Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Co-owner Dave Crosley talks about the details needed to make good brews and spirits.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Just one of the specialized pieces of equipment to keep temperatures correct. Note the graffiti left on the former Skate Rink building.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Several of the specialized varieties of spirits available.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Grains used in making beer.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
The ribbon is cut by Crosley and his wife, co-owner Teresa Dahl-Bredine.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
Crosley and Dahl-Bredine talk about the process they have gone through to get to this point.
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery holds grand opening and ribbon cutting 060117
New Mexico Economic Development Department Secretary Matt Geisel talks about the financial help his department made available through LEDA.
New Mexico Economic Development Department Secretary Matt Geisel was in Silver City last Thursday, June 1, 2017. One of his visits was to the new Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery at the former skating rink on south Bullard Street.
Little Toad Creek co-owners Dave Crosley and Teresa Dahl-Bredine showed visitors around the facility and offered tastes of brews and spirits.
Crosley gave an in-depth explanation of the whole process of brewing and distilling and how critical proper temperatures are to a consistent product.
The brewery has moved from their former facility off New Mexico 35 in the Mimbres Valley.
After renovating and upgrading the former skating rink, the duo have installed state-of-the-art brewing and distilling equipment in the building.
Advice from the Small Business Development Center of Western New Mexico University helped Crosley and Dahl-Bredine qualify for Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) funding to help pay for the equipment and move forward with the expansion project.
Geisel talked about how his department can help with resources for small community economic development plans. The department also helped with LEDA funding to get the Silco Theater up and running.
Dahl-Bredine said the first step is having more than enough product to serve their customers at their Little Toad Creek restaurant and bar.
A store next door to the restaurant sells the products, and soon the products will be seen throughout the southern part of New Mexico, gradually expanding to reach all corners of the state.
They are also looking to become distributors in nearby states, such as Arizona.