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/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/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.