![]() ![]() “We have two-stepping on Sunday night and techno on Friday,” says bartender Kim Pelton. ”īoasting concerts packed with 500 people, the brewery has quickly become a mainstay of the Northern New Mexico entertainment scene. Taos Mesa Brewing is our best approximation. Black Mesa is an American research corporation whose headquarters are located in the Black Mesa Research Facility, in the New Mexico desert. Peter Kolshorn's thing was Burning Man, so his vision was similar. I knew I'd spend the rest of my life trying to recapture that feeling,” says Irion, “Gary was in that scene as well, so he remembers. “There was such a sense of freedom and endless possibilities that exuded from those performances. The band hosted parties in the desert in the early 2000s but after a few hiccups with the police they were shut down. “The original concept for this business came about when my band rented a warehouse a quarter of a mile away,” says Irion. Named one of the coolest breweries in America by Travel + Leisure Magazine, the brewery is 16 months old and has hopes to distribute to Santa Fe and Albequerque by the summer. “We have all run businesses before but nothing like this dynamics on this scale.” The company has 52 investors, including the four founders who own 57% of the company. We were a bare bones budget, raising money just to get building up,” says Feuerman. “All of our combined skills has made it work. After spending days grinding it down, they were left with their “poor mans terrazzo” that covers the foyer, bathroom and bar floor.Īt first glance the four co-founders, including brewer Jayson Wylie, might seem like an unlikely group, with backgrounds ranging from law to entertainment, but they insist that it has helped make the brewery a success. “To give our concrete floor intrigue we threw gallons of crushed glass into the slab as we were floating it,” says Irion. ![]() Acknowledging that not all of their salvaging projects have been a success, Irion recalls the enjoyment of the process. When a Borders Books closed in Santa Fe, the founders paid $200 dollars for almost all the shelving in the store, repurposing the wooden and metal shelves to hold LED lights and help with acoustics. Salvaged materials played a large part in construction, from a concrete bar filled with objects like metal gear wheels and spoons to a dance floor that was built using old tires. ![]() “We are already set up for that, but we ran into capital issues with some of the projects.” “We should be off-the-grid in 5 years,” says Feuerman. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |