brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded 1988 headquarters santa fe new mexico usa products beer production output 17 000 us barrels 2013 owner brian lock website www.santafebrewing.com santa fe brewing company is a brewery located in santa fe new mexico . it was established in 1988 as new mexico s first craft brewery 1 and has since become the largest brewery in the state . 2 its beers are distributed throughout the southwestern united states . 3 in 2010 santa fe brewing became the first brewery in new mexico to produce canned beer . 4 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the brewery was founded by michael levis in 1988 . in 1996 levis sold the business to a partnership formed by his son ty along with dave forester brian lock and carlos muller . 5 lock bought out the other three partners in 2003 to become the sole owner . 2 in 2005 santa fe brewing moved its operations to a much larger facility the former wolf canyon brewery near interstate 25 . 1 this doubled the brewery s capacity from 15 barrels to 30 barrels and annual production increased from 1 750 barrels in 2004 2 to 6 000 barrels in 2007 . 3 in 2010 santa fe brewing began offering its freestyle pilsner and happy camper ipa in cans becoming the first brewery in new mexico to do so . 4 see also edit beer portal new mexico portal list of breweries in new mexico list of microbreweries references edit a b easterling mike may 12 2005 . brewery gears up for move . albuquerque journal . nm . a b c easterling mike october 7 2004 . chicken killer leaves the brewery . albuquerque journal . nm . p. b1 . a b easterling mike july 10 2007 . local brews impress judges sf brewing wins national honors . albuquerque journal . nm . a b parker phil july 19 2010 . pop a top of craft beer local brewer first in state to produce canned beer . albuquerque journal . nm . p. a1 . van cleve emily may 21 1999 . micro brewed means full of flavor . albuquerque journal . nm . 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 this beer or brewery related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this new mexico related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title santa fe brewing company & oldid 707386970 categories beer brewing companies based in new mexicocompanies based in santa fe new mexicocompanies established in 1988drinking establishments in new mexicovisitor attractions in santa fe new mexicobeer and brewery stubsnew mexico stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 28 february 2016 at 15 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view