From national write-ups to local love, Tumbleroot’s craft, creativity, and community roots have caught the attention of media far and wide. Browse the latest features, stories, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into what makes Tumbleroot a uniquely Santa Fe experience.
TRAVEL & LEISURE
“I joined my family at Tumbleroot Pottery Pub, a bar with potter’s wheels. “What’s my favorite thing in the world? Sitting around, playing with clay, and drinking cocktails,” said Angela Smith Kirkman, who started the pub with her husband, Jason Kirkman. It’s the kind of place I wish every city had. We ordered cherry limeades (which were served in glazed tumblers) and slabs of sculpting clay. Instead of scrolling on our phones, my husband and I chatted as he made a pinch pot, I sculpted an abstract shape, and my daughter smothered her clay in paint.”"
DARK SIDE BREW CREW
A while back the Crew felt the tremor of a tectonic shift in ownership and management at Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. We knew there had been a major quake, but out of respect, we kept a tight lid on the seismic activity until someone was ready to chat about the major change.
Over the course of several weeks and events, I was able to catch up with owners Jason and Angela Kirkman, as well as lead brewer and distiller Michael Chavez, to talk about what that major change entailed, as well as everything else happening at Tumbleroot’s three locations.
Turns out there was a lot going on.
DARK SIDE BREW CREW
Earlier in June, just before hitting the road for our Southern Colorado beer trek (featured on the page), I reached out to the very busy brew crew of Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. I had known they had a lot going on and one exciting major development in the works. It was about time I sat down with them for their Look Back/Look Ahead story, which wraps up the series for 2022-23.
Without hesitation, they agreed to meet up, and so after work one day, I made my way down the road to the brewing facility on Bisbee Court, the one with the charming, comfy bar attached, just on the outskirts of Santa Fe.
If you follow the Santa Fe River from its headwaters high in the Sangre de Cristos down into the foothills, through McClure Reservoir, past the adobe houses that line Upper Canyon Road, all the way along Patrick Smith Park and under Palace Avenue, you’ll find yourself traversing, as the land flattens, what was once fertile farmland irrigated by abundant acequias, their silver branches flowing north and south from the central trunk of the river.
