Nexus Brewing

Albuquerque is in the middle of a craft beer renaissance. We have had a few new microbreweries open up in the past year. Nexus is the new business into the market. When they first opened up they had some issues with getting their equipment approved in time by the health inspector, but what do you expect from the government? The result of the delay by the health inspector was delayed release of their beer. Since the opening I have been there a few times. All of the food I've had is great. Pictured to the right is fried chicken and waffles. This sounds like an unusual combination, but the flavor and texture contrast is awesome. The owner of Nexus Brewery has a great story, he is a former banker with 30+ years of experience and wanted to open a brewery. The story is on the website below. Nexus describes their food as New Mexican Soul Food or maybe New Mexican food with Soul. It's damn good grub, but don't expect it to come out fast. The food is made fresh and it takes a bit to cook food. It takes the average person probably at least half an hour to cook a dinner.

Nexus did hire a head brewer and a brewer-master: Maun and Dr. Farnsworth or Dr. Beer. Dr. Beer has helped a lot of breweries get off the ground around the world a few in the New Mexico market too. Their beer is good. It seems to hit the sweet spot or pallet of most beer drinkers, nothing too extreme. The only beer from Nexus I have anything bad to say about is their stout, but I love stout. The stout is a mild summer style stout. I love stout that is complex and that needs a fork and knife to be consumed.

Nexus has great atmosphere, but it echos. I've mentioned this to the staff and the owner. The service is good. All of the staff seems to be there because they love the business. Nexus gets three and a half stars out of five.

http://www.nexusbrewery.com/