Rio Bravo Brewing

Huge warehouse building in the old industrial area. 2 large U-shaped bars in spacious main area seat at least 60 people, plus some tables. Also a separate arcade room, and who knows what upstairs. 17 beers on tap. Friendly bartender. Solid green chili sliders.

Located in an industrial area just south of I40.
Nice big welcoming space.+good selection of beers, most of which was good.
Good service, maybe slightly slow.
Good food menu. Really like the tacos.

Visited for a late smallish lunch on a Friday with my mom.

It's a pretty big place, lots of tables and bar seating, apparently with some outdoor space as well (though it was snowing a bit so I ignored it). They had maybe a dozen or 16 taps or so (I always forget to count) across a reasonable variety of styles. I had a WCIPA and a helles lager, both were good.

Staff was friendly and attentive, helpful and knowledgeable. They were willing to give us samples of beer to help decide what we wanted.

We had fried cheese curds and a pulled pork sandwich, which were pretty good.

They had some singles, 4-packs, and 6-packs for sale.

 

 

 

Visited on a weeknight in April 2017 with a few coworkers. The tasting room was modern, large and well-appointed. It was also almost deserted, but the staff was cheerful and attentive. The brewing equipment was visible behind glass and I'm told the head brewer is happy to give informal tours when he is present, but unfortunately he was not there that night. We did not try any food. I had a taster flight of 5 beers from the tap list, which was sufficiently large but not overly extensive. The beers were all fresh and well-made, probably the best overall beer sampling that I had after visitng several other taprooms that night. For me the highlights were the Russian Imperial Stout and the Woodford Reserve Barrel-Aged Porter.

Went with a friend while in Albuquerque last night. Had the Level 3 IPA which was reasonable. The service was great; they put the hockey game on for us. The ambience was enhanced by a bikers charity event. It was a nice part of the evening.

 

 

 

 

This place has definite possibilities, will be fun to see where these guys are in 5 or 10 years. Spacous, clean, nice layout, plenty of taps, barrel aging going on; I like the outlook for Rio Bravo Brewing.

Rude. Told the bar tender of dirty counter. Was told that the 3 staff members were over worked. At the most 20 people in bar. Will never go back. Service and beer sucked. Go tractor!

Big, shiny and new. Nice facility, beer could use a lot of work. Seems to cater more to the general populace and not craft crowd, sports pub vibe. Good value though.