alcoholic beverage founded 1994 founders greg atkin tom hennessy richard post thomas white headquarters 2381 aztec ne albuquerque new mexico usa products beer website www.canteenbrewhouse.com canteen brewhouse formerly il vicino brewing company is an american craft brewery founded in 1994 in albuquerque new mexico . 1 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 name change 4 see also 5 notes 6 references 7 external links history edit originally housed in the albuquerque nob hill location of il vicino wood oven pizza restaurant founding partners greg atkin rick post and thomas white along with former partner tom hennessy currently the founder of colorado boy brewing recognized restaurant customer wishes for craft beer to go with their pizza . 1 they created their first beer old route 66 golden ale in december 1993 . 2 after a few months hennessy needed help with the growing brewing endeavor recruiting brady mckeown then a university of new mexico student . mckeown studied under hennessy receiving ground up education in craft brewing eventually becoming il vicino s head brewer . 3 in 1995 il vicino s wet mountain ipa earned the young brewers their first great american beer festival medal starting a nearly two decade progression of achievements for the brewery and mckeown . 4 in 2011 the partners opened the il vicino brewery ivb canteen taproom in albuquerque s brewery district . the 6 500 square foot brewing facility also features an outdoor patio food menu and live music . 5 6 awards edit canteen brewhouse il vicino brewing company has garnered 13 great american beer festival medals seven world beer cup medals and is a six time winner of the new mexico ipa challenge . 7 8 9 in all the brewery has won over 115 local national and international awards and is the oldest albuquerque brewery still in business . 10 most recently canteen brewhouse won two awards at the 2014 great american beer festival gold medal in the american style amber red ale category for dougie style amber ale and silver medal in the aged beer category for saint bob s imperial stout 07 . 11 name change edit in september 2014 il vicino brewing company changed their name to canteen brewhouse . 12 see also edit beer portal new mexico portal albuquerque craft beer market list of breweries in new mexico list of microbreweries notes edit a b official website stott 2014 p. 37 meet your local brewer brady mckeown . albuquerque beer scene . july 22 2009 . retrieved march 3 2015 . 1995 great american beer festival winners list pdf . greatamerican beerfestival.com . great american beer festival . retrieved october 23 2014 . brodsky rivkela may 2 2011 . il vicino concocts new brewery experience . albuquerque journal . retrieved october 23 2014 . english mike . hail to the beer sponge . local iq.com . iq . retrieved march 3 2015 . gabf winners . greatamericanbeerfestival.com . great american beer festival . retrieved march 3 2015 . past winners . worldbeercup.org . brewers association . retrieved march 3 2015 . martinez rozanna m. august 9 2013 . vote early and often . albuquerque journal . retrieved march 3 2015 . the oldest new brewery in town . abqbeer.com . abq beer . september 29 2014 . retrieved october 23 2014 . great american beer festival winners list . greatamerican beerfestival.com . great american beer festival . retrieved october 23 2014 . dyer jessica september 29 2014 . il vicino brewery becoming canteen brewhouse . albuquerque journal . retrieved february 24 2015 . references edit stott jon c. 2014 . new mexico beer a history of brewing in the land of enchantment . charleston sc american palate a division of the history press . isbn 978 1 60949 814 6 . external links edit official website v t e breweries in new mexico northern new mexico abbey brewing company santa fe brewing company tractor brewing company central new mexico bosque brewing company canteen brewhouse marble brewery tractor brewing company historical defunct illinois brewery of socorro southwestern brewery and ice company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title canteen brewhouse & oldid 733707191 categories beer brewing companies based in new mexicocompanies based in albuquerque new mexicocompanies established in 1994drinking establishments in new mexicovisitor attractions in albuquerque new mexico navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 16 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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