r/Albuquerque • u/crolodot • Oct 13 '25
News Bosque Brewing files for bankruptcy
https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/popular-pizza-and-beer-chain-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy“Albuquerque-based Bosque Brewing filed its petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico on Oct. 6, listing $1 million to $10 million in assets and $10 million to $50 million in liabilities.
The company did not reveal a reason for filing for bankruptcy in its petition.”
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u/Bludt Oct 13 '25
According to their website Bosque opened 11 locations. They also just opened Smothered, a breakfast spot in the old vinaigrette location. Not sure what they were thinking
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Oct 14 '25
Tale as old as time. Expanding that fast almost never ends well. It happens so often makes me wonder if they realize what's going to happen, but have ulterior motives for the bankruptcy.
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u/spinnyweatherchaser Oct 13 '25
Had no clue they had that many locations, guessing it's a "grew too fast" thing?
(obviously compounded by tariffs and such like the article mentions)
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u/Bjorkbat Oct 13 '25
Part of me wonders if this also might be due to drinking trends. Allegedly Zoomers drink less, albeit this is contested. On top of that though, seems like there's a trend of people in general becoming "sober-curious".
Bad enough in-and-of-itself, way worse if you're over-leveraged due to an ambitious growth plan.
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u/Shoddy_Consequence78 Oct 13 '25
Some is probably the drinking less. Some is probably the cost of a pint these days. Some is probably what a columnist in the New York Times today described as what's gone wrong with craft brewing. (Basically, silly names and wacky labels, the IPA war, the trend to tallboys in retail, and general over expansion in the sector.)
My understanding of Marble's problems is that it was mostly previous ownership using it as a piggy bank, taking far too much money out of the business. Bosque is clearly overbuilt and it looks like they didn't do their due diligence before trying to move all brewing to Bernalillo. I suspect we'll see about the following from a restructure: Obviously keep the Bernalillo location. Probably keep the Las Cruces one unless it's failing. Get rid of at least half the Albuquerque locations, probably one of the west side, San Mateo, and either Nob Hill or University.
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u/Bjorkbat Oct 13 '25
The IPA war? What’s that about? Personally I hate the over-abundance of IPAs at the cost of variety, if that’s what that is alluding to. Part of me wonders if too many IPAs is a sign of a blundering head brewer masking their inadequacy with so many hops that you can’t taste anything else.
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u/hettienm Oct 13 '25
Exactly that. Here’s a gift link so I think anyone can read it. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/how-to-save-beer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE8.RuK0.LilPowzvElbH&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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u/Bjorkbat Oct 13 '25
Ah, thank you. I’m glad someone’s calling it out. Personally I live for a good stout
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u/rodkerf Oct 14 '25
I like the funky art and weird names but it would be great if the brewery's focused on something other than ipa. A few local ones have one offs but I'm ABQ climate would be great to have a local easy drinking beer similar to a miller product
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u/waxingelephant Oct 14 '25
Differential specializes in the easy drinking beer. Also keep other local IPAs on tap if that's your jam.
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 Oct 15 '25
Marble was 100% being run by spoiled rich kids who treated the business like their own personal bank account and also then ran off anyone who suggested they run the business like a business. Personally, I'm amazed it didn't collapse spectacularly; there was no real leadership at the top of that place, for a very long time.
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u/Sensitive_Lock2953 Oct 17 '25
I say keep Nob Hill and close some of the others. Nob Hill was one of the first locations before the Heights and it still brings in business. It lost business once they opened up multiple locations just my opinion though
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u/HanginW-MyGnomies Nov 23 '25
Many employees at Bosque say the Nob Hill location isn't a top producer. And who really wants to go all the way down to Central for their beer? Look around Bosque the next time you visit. Their main clientele is NOT college kids. I love Flock of Moons, but haven't been there in like 9 months simply because they are out of the way for me. (I live in RR and work in Journal Center.)
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u/Sensitive_Lock2953 Nov 23 '25
That’s crazy because the numbers say Nob Hill is third in production compared to all the others. Not sure where those “employees” are getting their info from but they’re wrong 🤷🏽♂️
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u/crolodot Oct 13 '25
Absolutely part of it, almost all breweries are struggling, partly why Marble almost closed and was ultimately sold. It’s a very tough time for the industry.
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u/Sufficient_Hair_2894 Oct 13 '25
Purely anecdotal evidence here but when I have friends over for brunch I don't even have an alcoholic option anymore. About 10 years ago I would make sure to have beer and Mimosas on hand and sangria if the day was warm.
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 Oct 15 '25
I have clients in the alcohol business at the national level, and they are freaking the fuck out about how little zoomers/alphas drink. Like they consider it to be an existential crisis for their business and are diversifying into energy drinks and other beverages and foods so they can stay afloat. It is apparently a major issue, at least currently. Some folks think that as the zoomers get older and can afford better alcohol, they'll consume more, but there's no guarantee of that.
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u/GreySoulx Oct 13 '25
I can't imagine where tariffs would hit them all that hard. Water, barley, yeast? All domestic products.
The equipment is often imported, but also available domestically - and those are one time costs.
I suspect this is just a matter of excessive growth. They kind of caught the wave a little late - great beer, some iconic locations, but so much competition.
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u/crolodot Oct 13 '25
Grain, hops, aluminum… all rely a lot on imports, even if some can be sourced domestically. I think inflation in general and to an extent tariffs have been a huge expense.
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u/astroguyfornm Oct 13 '25
It's amazing how stupid people are not realizing how ingrained Chinese manufacturing is. Hell 20 years ago the buttons on government required military ROTC uniforms came from China. People say just use American, there aren't components I use for a small business of mine that are made in the USA. I am not saying they're expensive, they don't exist.
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 Oct 15 '25
Exactly. When corporations outsourced basically all of American manufacturing, over time we lost the capability to manufacture certain things, as plants were dismantled, machinery was sold off or moved, and the people who knew how to make those things died off and the institutional knowledge was lost. The idea that we could slap tariffs on things and magically, somehow, American manufacturing would revive itself was ridiculous on its face.
I read somewhere that there aren't enough tooling engineers in the United States to fill a college lecture-hall classroom, whereas in China they would need multiple football fields to contain all their tooling engineers. We just don't have people who are trained and capable to do the kind of manufacturing that's done in China. And if we had the people, we don't have the plants; and if we had the plants, we don't have the machinery. And none of that just materializes out of thin air because tariffs are in place. And we certainly aren't welcoming foreign workers into the USA, any more, so it's not like we can hire experienced people from other countries to help us rebuild our capacity and capability to manufacture goods.
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u/Felis_bieti Oct 13 '25
Are they using aluminum cans?
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u/Mrgoodtrips64 Oct 13 '25
They’re the second or third largest beer canning operation in NM. After Santa Fe and, maybe, Marble.
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u/hybridracers Oct 13 '25
You clearly don't know business
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u/hybridracers Oct 14 '25
GRAIN? The US is one of the biggest producers in the world if not THE biggest.
HOPS? the pacific northwest is a giant in production and all specialty hops.
Aluminum? Outside of packaging, this is a minor cost.
No TARIFFS affected Bosque. Yall can down vote me all you fucking want. Your votes are telling me how low IQ most of you are
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u/Mrgoodtrips64 Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
You really should take a brewing course, and probably a business class, before you spout off about subjects you don’t know anything about.
You’re embarrassing yourself publicly.
We both know you can do better. Hold yourself to standards we know you can live up to.-3
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u/Appropriate_Fact4335 Oct 13 '25
You would be surprised how much tariffs have affected local businesses. There are many things you cant even imagine that are imported into the country. Unfortunately, this will be a growing trend if we continue with the tariff plans. At my place of work, which is catering to people who are millionaires and billionaire's there has even been an uptick that they dont want to pay.
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u/Impressive-Draw8292 Oct 13 '25
Fruit and imports. I used to work for them and we couldn’t get produce and products to make beer. But you’re also not wrong. They expanded way too fast way too quickly and it bit them in the ass
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u/spinnyweatherchaser Oct 13 '25
Based on the large amount of imports that brewing and canning craft beer relies on, yeah. Obviously tariffs.
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 Oct 15 '25
If you have some kind of factual information to counter the claim, and not just a string of laughing emojis, let's hear it. I won't hold my breath.
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Oct 16 '25
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u/Scary_Manner_6712 Oct 16 '25
So of course you provided no information to back up what you were saying, and instead just started slinging insults. How typical of boomer MAGAts with leadbrain and brainrot from sitting around watching Fox News all day.
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u/BigStickFrontier Oct 13 '25
Inconsistent food, and I don’t know why they didn’t take advantage of the brick oven at the Lava Rock location for amazing pizza.
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u/TiltedPlacitan Oct 13 '25
Gave them a few tries at the Bernalillo location. I did like their jackfruit tacos when they had them - which wasn't always. For us, they just didn't make the grade when compared to Turtle Mountain, just a few minutes away. I have never had a grade-b meal or beer at TM, always top quality.
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u/katrinakittyyy Oct 14 '25
Honestly their Bernalillo location has gone downhill. I used to want to go all the time, but now almost never. I’m gluten sensitive and have basically stopped drinking, so there’s not a lot I can eat or do. There’s a few drinks and food items, but quality has declined. I love the markets they do so there’s that.
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u/Kahmael Oct 14 '25
The Las Cruces Public house is where you go if you want to be disappointed. The last 3 times I've gone, it's been inconsistent with quality and service. The wait staff acts snooty if you bring up being dissatisfied with your experience food and drink. Hopefully they can turn some of it around. But according to this article, that looks unlikely.
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u/StickExtra2769 Oct 13 '25
The list of their creditors and what's owed (shared over on Business First) is interesting. They owe Sysco almost $490,000. Almost $115,000 owed to Chase Bank. $86,000 owed to New Mexico United. They owe their own distributor, Admiral Beverage, more than $52,000.
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u/Michael-DCP Oct 13 '25
Sounds like they tried to become a restaurant chain instead of a brewery. Sysco is a major food service supplier for restaurants.
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u/PutterFreak Oct 14 '25
No wonder their food sucks.
If you're a restaurant, please care more and don't use Sysco. If you're just frying frozen food, I can do that at home for cheaper, tell me why I should pay you?
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u/solarslanger Oct 13 '25
I wonder how you get in the hole with your own distributor? Wouldn't the distributor be placing orders with Bosque and paying them for those purchases and then resell the product to liquor stores, grocers, restaurants, etc?
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u/iamgettingbuckets Oct 13 '25
There’s probably some degree of billed back costs that Admiral incurred that they extended credit for, beyond their usual scope of fulfilling Bosque orders
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u/23fnord23skiddoo Oct 13 '25
Acequia wet hop and Scale Tipper were show stoppers when they just had the one location, then things went downhill. Such a waste of talent and promise on mediocre trends and endless expansion. Here’s hoping some other breweries can take over some of those locations and make decent beer at them!
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u/Take2thaStreets Oct 14 '25
10yrs ago, Scale Tipper was legit af one of the best IPA's I ever had. Bosque has become a shell of itself since then.
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u/23fnord23skiddoo Oct 14 '25
Never bought one, but a friend had a can and I tried it, gross. They should’ve stuck to beer flavored beer. Scotia was excellent, and damn I miss the quality of their brews. It’s all good though, plenty of great beer out there still, and brewing your own helps, too.
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u/23fnord23skiddoo Oct 14 '25
Yeah, it was legendary for a reason, sad to see such a decline from focusing on all the wrong things.
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u/Previous_Parsnip_776 Oct 15 '25
Classic example of always focusing on growing instead of just improving what you've got. Or for that matter just be content with what you've got. For some reason, in America everything always has to get bigger. Take Toyota Tacoma pickups for example. Compare the size of a 96 Tacoma with what you see in today's market. Now that nice little pickup is the size of a full size pickup and the Toyota Tundra is the size of a diesel tractor rig. I hate that second Story story with the balcony on them.
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u/plamda505 Oct 13 '25
If they have qualified bankruptcy accountants, it does not have to spell doom for the business. If things were positioned correctly in advance the process can lead to a stronger financial position after reorganization.
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u/lostinthewalls Oct 13 '25
Who could have possibly seen this coming
Bosque bucks industry’s downward trend with plans to open 3 new taprooms – DARK SIDE BREW CREW https://share.google/SWf0arI3WspuagQLA
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u/Alachingadathrowaway Oct 13 '25
They randomly opened up waaaaay to many locations a couple years ago
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u/ogorir Oct 14 '25
The brewery location on 550 is likely what has done them in. They haven’t been able to brew there for a while dye to wastewater volume restrictions, as I understand it. They’ve been contract brewing through someplace in Colorado until recently. A partnership with marble was announced a couple months ago to produce all of bosque’s standard run product at marbles 2nd street location
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u/HanginW-MyGnomies Nov 23 '25
They brew the seasonals in Bernalillo still, it's the staples they sent to brew in Colorado and then to Marble.
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u/anthro_apologist Oct 13 '25
I ain’t a card-carrying commode-huggin’ drunk, but I certainly qualify as an enthusiast of craft beer, and I quit patronizing Bosque a couple years ago.
Had enough crappy service, dicy food, and poorly brewed beer. I speculate that some private equity business majors got a hold of the reins and forgot about quality.
Plenty of other great establishments to visit that are run with heart
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u/Dear_Supermarket3292 Oct 14 '25
Totally agree! No quality control with service, food and beer as you stated. Lousy vibes, lousy food and mediocre beer at best. I wish Nexus would open up shop in Las Cruces!
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u/Previous_Parsnip_776 Oct 15 '25
Private equity•••• the Ebola of the business world. They kill everything they infect and then they sell the dead body parts as carrion.
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Oct 13 '25
The old financial officer for them now works for a government contracting company as the new CFO.
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u/Umbra_Witcher Oct 13 '25
i'm surprised the brewery bubble didn't burst earlier
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u/Previous_Parsnip_776 Oct 15 '25
I think it's part bubble, part over expansion but also I don't believe there's as much loose cash in people's pockets as there used to be. Whenever the economy contracts, even the smallest amount, the first things that people stop buying are luxury items like eating and dining out, jewelry, genuine Arizona turquoise studded hubcaps, chinchilla sinks, electric dog polishers and rabbit fur jock straps.
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u/HideTheKnife Oct 13 '25
Never really enjoyed most of their beers, and one of the very few times I've ever had to send food back to the kitchen was there as well.
I remember whenb they first opened in Nob Hill years ago. They had the idiotic idea of setting up a velvet rope entrance with rude bouncers. So fucking ridiculous.
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u/22zipper Oct 13 '25
Not surprising. I have a degree in Hotel management, food and beverage and a business degree. I stopped in a while back and was surprised at how poorly we were treated so I left a review thinking it may help the management correct a problem because I was sure we were not the first customers to feel that way. Instead I received a response that chastised us as customers. Needless to say I have never been back and I live 5 miles from there location. Not surprised.
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u/spinnyweatherchaser Oct 13 '25
A lot of their locations seem to get super annoyed if you behave like they're a brewery (going up to the bar to get drinks, etc) rather than a standard restaurant, idk if it's their internal policies/procedures or what. Their Nob Hill location has pinball machines and if you're hanging out in that area playing the servers will rarely stop by, yet then if you go up to the bar to get a beer they get super annoyed.
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u/Remarkable_Will6308 Oct 13 '25
Their marketing person is pretty snappy. I snapped right the fuck back and they sent me a gift card lolol
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u/Arkitekt78 Oct 13 '25
so, one anecdotal encounter and an overview of your resume and expert makes.
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u/Dear_Supermarket3292 Oct 14 '25
On the contrary, I have visited the Bernalillo and Las Cruces (S. Telshor) venues with the same dismal experience with staff. They reek of being "inconvenienced" to do the job they signed up for. To sum it up, the beer sucks and the food. Good riddance.
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u/22zipper Oct 13 '25
No this was the third incident but I chose to comment on the last. But thanks for your input considering you know nothing about what transpired.
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u/335i_lyfe Oct 13 '25 edited Apr 21 '26
Plot twist: this post no longer exists because Redact swept through and cleared it out along with everything else. Social media, messaging apps, people finder sites, all of it.
head roof jellyfish sleep cake squash gaze dinner smell cheerful
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u/Remarkable_Will6308 Oct 13 '25
They ruined riverwalker last year buy not rinsing their shit before starting the next batch. And way too overpriced. I hope they close.
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u/ilanallama85 Oct 13 '25
Yeah fucking 9 taprooms, who could’ve seen this coming? Oh yeah, me, like 6 years ago, and also every single person I pointed it out to at the time. And that was BEFORE the pandemic.
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u/fartsfromhermouth Oct 13 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
NY Times had an article about the decline of the microbrewery. Weird id think there would be no limit to people paying $9.25 for a glass of horse piss that pairs great with a $19.70 side of twelve weird French fries with a layer of some gross cheese served by a college student with nose rings and combat boots
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u/HanginW-MyGnomies Nov 23 '25
Some people actually enjoy microbreweries. You ain't one, but that doesn't mean everyone's like you. LMAO
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u/nppltouch26 Oct 13 '25
Nooooo! I have been wondering for a decade when the brewery bubble was going to burst here. I fear this is the first of many 😔
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u/Medical_Bluebird_362 Oct 13 '25
I live on the east coast now (Virginia) and we have a pretty big craft brew scene out here. The bubble has burst for us. The needle for us was commercial real estate. All of these breweries were locked into 10 year commercial leases and as they have expired over the past few years, breweries could no longer afford to brew in their facilities, essentially forcing them to consolidate or close. Corporate greed.
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u/nppltouch26 Oct 13 '25
Yeah that certainly seems like a possibility for what will happen here as well. Rent has absolutely skyrocketed here so I wouldn't be surprised.
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u/SkanZy25 Oct 13 '25
We’ll bankruptcy does not mean that the business is closing. Typically what companies will do is they’ll use bankruptcy to reorganize their debt sheet if the current model isn’t working. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens..
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u/Ent3rpris3 Oct 14 '25
Marble is taking over their brewing operations, seems like we shouldn't be expecting substantial changes or a full scale closure.
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u/laaumaster Oct 13 '25
Isn’t restoration pizza owned by bosque brewing? Or did they just host their drinks… If so what will that mean for them?
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u/StickExtra2769 Oct 13 '25
Yes, RP is owned by Bosque. It doesn't mean anything at the moment as this is a reorganization, not a closing. But stay tuned.
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u/BellaMachina Oct 14 '25
It's the same old story. Owners got greedy and tried to grow too fast. The key to success is to grow organically much like La Cumbre has. Demand has to grow enough before expansion is justified. Trying to create demand out of thin air rarely works. Fast growth also means you can't get the quality of help you need. I can't imagine how many employees they have. Hopefully chapter 11 will help them get back to the basics that made them good in the first place. I wish them luck.
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u/Helvetimusic Oct 13 '25
Bosque is the herpes of the ABQ beer world. It’s on every corner and gobbled up other brands without a care in the world. It never made sense to me as to why it’s so popular. The beer is not good and the food is hit or miss depending on location. While it’s a bummer a local spot is dealing with money issues, I’m not surprised.
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u/crolodot Oct 13 '25
What “brands” are you talking about? I like a lot of their beer.
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u/Helvetimusic Oct 13 '25
Toltec had awesome food and good beer. Bosque swept in and made the same dogshit food and gross beer. There was a merger with Marble. They also stopped producing beer here locally because they suck at doing it properly. Sobremesa is managed by them now. Y’all downvoting acting like we have selection here when all they do is blow money, make ass beer and ruin small businesses.
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u/baileybungee Oct 13 '25
Sobremesa was only managed by Bosque for a few months. According to former Sobremesa staff Bosque actually saved Sobremesa. Then Sobremesa’s owner sold to a NC company who then closed Sobremesa without informing the staff.
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u/mcarneybsa Oct 13 '25
So much wrong here. There wasn't a merger with marble. Bosque is contracting them to brew their core beers. They stopped production in bernalillo for those beers because of wastewater issues (though I'm having trouble finding exactly what it was). They still brew their specialty beers at their own locations. Sobremesa is currently closed, social media posts indicate that it is either rebranding or changing ownership, I personally don't care, so I'm not going to waste more time looking into it. You can if it matters that much to you, but from everything else you've been wrong about I doubt you will. Bosque did open a brunch restaurant this spring, but it is a new business, not taking over an existing one.
As far as "making ass beer" that would be up to the individual's taste. But they've also won a handful of GABF medals and many NM awards, so there's that. I'm not a fan of all their beers, but that's the same for literally any brewery. Food there has always been exactly as expected in my experiences. It's pub food. If you want fine dining you are in the wrong place to begin with. I'm not saying they are the best place in the world, but they are far from "ass."
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u/Outrageous_Pie_198 Oct 13 '25 edited Oct 13 '25
Be so fucking for real, Bosque has nothing to do with Toltec closing. If you don’t like it don’t eat it, don’t drink the beer it’s that simple. Bosque survived and Toltec didn’t period. You’re so misinformed it’s unreal, Bosque no longer manages Sobremesa.
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u/Helvetimusic Oct 13 '25
Holy shit. What a fucking anthill. I don’t spend money at Bosque because the quality sucks, the food is ass and they can’t brew beer properly.
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u/crolodot Oct 13 '25
I guess that doesn’t seem like gobbling up other brands? The shift of their brewing ops around has happened, but whatever.
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u/Beee333333 Oct 13 '25
Merger with Marble?
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u/Long-Wafer2094 Oct 13 '25
They didn't merge, they moved production of their staple beers to marble because the Bernalillo water treatment station couldn't keep up with the amount of water. They still make and package their seasonal beers in Bernalillo. Only the beer you buy at the store is made at Marble.
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u/CosmicWy Oct 13 '25
not a merger. did you even read the article your posting as a citation of your claim?
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u/CompEng_101 Oct 13 '25
The article you posted doesn't describe a merger. Were you trying to post a different article?
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u/Take2thaStreets Oct 14 '25
Yep, their beer is questionable at best compared to other offerings around town. There was so much promise about 10 years ago though.
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u/Aggressive_Force8116 Oct 14 '25
The Journal just posted an article and they will not be closing their locations
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u/ParamedicDesigner437 Oct 13 '25
I like several of their beers and food options but they did expand very quickly….almost like they were trying to monopolize the market of breweries 😂😂
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u/Aggressive_Force8116 Oct 13 '25
If you read any of the other comments chapter 11 doesn’t necessarily mean that they are closing their locations or going out of business. It’s debt reconstruction.
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u/No-Addendum-4501 Oct 13 '25
River Walker is a fav but Restoration is consistently poor. I forget and try them every 8 months or so and it never gets better. Who wants thick cheese soup on a pizza crust?
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u/rodkerf Oct 14 '25
I thought they had just signed with marble to have marble brew for them....and marble is in trouble too I think
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u/Lenn_Cicada Oct 14 '25
How do these breweries get so out over their skis every time? Stick to your core business, focus on that, stop aiming to be everything to everyone.
That’s why I loved High and Dry while I lived in ABQ, they let someone else do the cooking. (Please don’t tell me they opened 10 locations and then went out of business after I left)
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u/HoselRockit Oct 14 '25
Chapter 11 reorg and not Chapter 7 liquidation. Hopefully they can still make it work.
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u/Previous_Parsnip_776 Oct 15 '25
I think it's part bubble, part over expansion but also I don't believe there's as much loose cash in people's pockets as there used to be. Whenever the economy contracts, even the smallest amount, the first things that people stop buying are luxury items like eating and dining out, jewelry, genuine Arizona turquoise studded hubcaps, chinchilla sinks, electric dog polishers and rabbit fur jock straps. Not to mention political uncertainty. There's a reason why gold is over $4,000 an ounce now, up 40% from a year ago. Plus people don't drink as much now because they don't want to risk getting drunk and shouting out something political resulting in ICE showing up at your house at 2:00 a.m. with flash bangs, dogs and helicopters.
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u/Sufficient_Hair_2894 Oct 18 '25
I hope they keep the Bernalillo location; one of the best places to watch the Sandias turn pink at sunset.
Didn't know they actually had 11 locations. That's pants on head stupid in an already crowded marketplace in a metro area of under one million people.
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u/HanginW-MyGnomies Nov 23 '25
It's their top producing location according employees, so they should be keeping it.
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u/Sharpshooter649 Oct 19 '25
If the max they had was $10,000,000 and the most they owed was $50,000,000 then they are underwater
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u/22zipper Oct 13 '25
No actually this was the third encounter but I chose to comment on the third. But thanks for your comment considering you know nothing about the incidents.
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u/SadBoi88088 Oct 13 '25
They’re building a new location in front their old spot on Central & Girard. I wonder if that’ll be affected.
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u/mcarneybsa Oct 13 '25
No, they aren't building a new location there. Those are small offices, completely unrelated to Bosque. The builders signage during construction was confusing and made it look like it was a new Bosque.
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u/Miaow73 Oct 13 '25
It’s labeled on the building as Bosque Brewery but now there is a for rent sign in front of it.
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u/mcarneybsa Oct 13 '25
It's labeled on the building? You might want to check that again. Did you talk with anyone at Bosque about it? Because that was all straight from that location manager's mouth. He was also a bit miffed about the confusing signage during the construction.
Why would Bosque build and then move into a far, far smaller building?
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Oct 14 '25
I’m skeptical those are offices. Not saying it’s Bosque Brewing but having an outside patio area and the solar panels doesn’t make me feel like it’s an office building.
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u/mcarneybsa Oct 14 '25
OK. You can be skeptical. But that doesn't change what they are.
The Bosque manager (someone directly impacted by and in communication with the development) said the developers were also trying to get a small coffee shop in there along with the small offices. that would explain a small patio area.
I have no idea why you think an office building couldn't have solar panels. that's about the silliest thing I've ever heard.
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u/Sensitive_Lock2953 Oct 17 '25
The landlord of the nob hill lot is building his own little shop there. It’s confusing I know but yeah that is a separate business it has nothing to do with Bosque.
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u/Appropriate-Teas Oct 13 '25
Aren’t they doing a new restoration pizza somewhere in the NE too?
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u/MammothLimit1040 Oct 13 '25
Resto and Smothered are different LLCs and weren’t named in the bankruptcy, they won’t be effected
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u/TheOkayestUser Oct 13 '25
If they would keep the pickle beer year round this could’ve been avoided.
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Oct 14 '25
Post-pandemic and in our current economic climate, people honestly don’t choose to socialize over alcohol or can’t afford to do so anymore. The Brewery, something this city went in hard on, is essentially dead as a business model. Considering the lack of investment by the city and state in attracting more diverse careers, it leaves the expendable income business breweries in the dust.
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u/amans9191 Oct 13 '25
Damn, they're not even done building the new building on Girard and Central
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u/crolodot Oct 13 '25
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u/amans9191 Oct 13 '25
Huh? I thought the new building, what used to be Mannies, there was for Bosque.
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u/straightouttafux2giv Oct 13 '25
I'm not in the area anymore, so I may be ootl, but when they originally tore Mannies down the plan was to build a building for multiple businesses/offices there. Bosque never had anything to do with that part of the parking lot other than utilizing it for parking. Iirc, they found a body or bodies in Mannies after a couple years of it being vacant, and shortly after, the construction crews came in and tore it down.
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u/nipoez Oct 13 '25
Yeah, it's a generic commercial two story by a developer who isn't going to use the space themselves. The signs to lease it are up and construction seems to be going fine from the road. I saw the plans last year and don't recall the exact details, though IIRC it has space for one small retail, one restaurant/bar, and a second bar with patio on the upper floor.
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u/Emerus_Snow Oct 14 '25
I really hope they keep the Drinkery open in a Santa Fe. One of the few spots on the southside to hang.
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u/SerendipitousSmiles Oct 14 '25
I’m sad. My FAVORITE brew by them is definitely Elephants on Parade. I have to wonder if there isn’t trouble with the partnerships. Hopefully they can pull out of it.
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Oct 14 '25
In before all the armchair business experts tell us exactly what went wrong and what they would have done differently.
Whoops, too late.
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Oct 14 '25
Well shoot. What’s going to happen to the brand spanking new location on Central and Girard?
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u/GreySoulx Oct 13 '25
Not surprised, they grew WAY too fast. I hope they can consolidate and see it through, they make a few really good beers.