Marble Brewery

Marble is an Albuquerque brewery, founded in 2008, and one of the two or three that built the modern New Mexico beer scene alongside Santa Fe Brewing Company. Its beer is poured widely in Santa Fe. Its taprooms are not here: all three are in Albuquerque, and the Santa Fe taproom on the Plaza closed in 2015.

Albuquerque, Specifically

Ted Rice, Jeff Jinnett, and John Gozigian opened Marble in April 2008 in a former HVAC warehouse on Marble Avenue, at the northern edge of downtown Albuquerque, a few blocks from the site of the old Southwest Brewery and Ice Company. The street gave the brewery its name. The three had worked in brewpubs and wanted something different: a production brewery with a taproom and a beer garden attached, so that the beer was drunk where it was made and also went out on trucks. That model was uncommon in New Mexico then. Most of what followed in the state copied it.

With Rice as head brewer, Marble took Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival in 2014, and eleven GABF medals between 2011 and 2017. Double White, a hazy Belgian-inspired wheat ale, won gold that same year and is still the beer Marble is known for. The brewhouse runs 30 barrels; annual production reached around 23,000 barrels by 2018.

What This Means in Santa Fe

The Santa Fe taproom occupied the upper floor of the Santa Fe Arcade at 60 East San Francisco Street, with a balcony over the Plaza. It ran for about five years, lost its lease, spent a further year in a temporary space, and closed in 2015 when a permanent home did not materialize.

So Marble in Santa Fe means Marble on tap and in cans, which is easy enough to find on a local list or a grocery shelf. If you want the taproom, it is an hour down Interstate 25, and the downtown original on Marble Avenue is the one worth the drive. The beer garden beside the brewhouse is more or less where New Mexico’s beer culture started. If it is a brewery in Santa Fe itself you are after, Santa Fe Brewing Company is the one with taprooms in town.

Common Questions

Is there a Marble Brewery in Santa Fe?

No. Marble’s Santa Fe taproom, on the upper floor of the Santa Fe Arcade, closed in 2015, and the company has not returned to the city. Its beer is still poured and sold widely in Santa Fe.

Where is Marble Brewery?

Albuquerque. All three taprooms are there, and the original brewery and beer garden are on Marble Avenue at the northern edge of downtown.

What is Marble Brewery best known for?

Double White, a Belgian-inspired hazy wheat ale, which took gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2014, the same year Marble was named Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewmaster of the Year.