WHILE THE COVID PANDEMIC
HAS SHUTTERED BUSINESSES
ACROSS THE STATE...
ONE ALBUQUERQUE COUPLE
DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR
CHANCES AND OPEN
A BUSINESS.
TONIGHT NEWS 13'S
COURTNEY ALLEN HAS THEIR
STORY.
19:42
"This is something I
feel like we can be
proud of, knowing this
is our brewery."
19:46
ALBUQUERQUE COUPLE
STEPHANIE AND SHAWN
WRIGHT CALL RESOURCE
BREWING COMPANY
THEIR LABOR OF LOVE.
19:35
'We made our first batch
together.
We did our very first
test batch together
here."
19:39
IT ALL STARTED FIVE
YEARS AGO.
SHAWN PICKING UP THE
HOBBY OF MAKING BEER AT
HOME.
38:47
"After the first batch,
I said I will never own
a brewery and here we
are five, six years
later."
38:54
FAST FORWARD TO NOW --
THEY ARE PREPARING TO
OPEN THEIR BREWERY IN
THE SCOTTSDALE VILLAGE
OFF EUBANK, FILLING IT
WITH WORK BY LOCAL
ARTISTS... AND ADDING
PERSONAL TOUCHES.
26:43
"All of the light
fixtures were handmade
by Stephanie over the
last eight months."
26:48
THEY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION
IN OCTOBER... MOVING
FULL SPEED AHEAD,
UNTIL...
13:54
"In March and April when
work slowed down, it
gave me a place to
self-isolate,
paint,
do tile. It has given us
the opportunity be hands
on."
THE COUPLE POURING
THEMSELVES INTO THEIR
PROJECT AMID THE
PANDEMIC.
21:35
"There has been a lot of
sleepless nights, what
ifs? What now?"
25:40
THANKFUL, THEY WEREN'T
OPEN LIKE OTHER PLACES.
15:00
"There is a lot of
places that had been
established and laid off
staff. Lucky we didn't
go through that."
15:09
THE BREWING INDUSTRY HAS
BEEN ON A ROLLERCOASTER
THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH
VARYING RESTRICTIONS.
BUT THE COUPLE SAYS THEY
NEVER CONSIDERED
THROWING IN THE
TOWEL.
5:55
"Belief in ourselves.
Belief in the economy.
Belief in the
community." 6:00
ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES
ALONG THE WAY...
READY TO WELCOME PEOPLE
THIS FALL.
19:49
"We literally have built
this, and
we can't wait to share
that with people."
19:54
COURTNEY ALLEN KRQE NEWS
13.
THE WRIGHTS SAY THEY
HAVE BEEN GETTING ADVICE
FROM OTHER
BREWERIES ON HOW TO OPEN
SAFELY.
THEY PLAN TO OPEN BY
NOVEMBER.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WONDERING IF A POPULAR
WESTSIDE RESTAURANT WILL
REOPEN.
MIMMO'S HAS BEEN CLOSED
SINCE APRIL BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC.
