Late Shift Lager House

Over the years, breweries have often added a second style of alcoholic beverage to their repertoire, from hard kombucha to spirits to cider. It is less common for another producer of alcohol to decide to add beer to its menu, but that is what has happened over at Sandia Hard Cider. To learn a little more about this nascent brewing operation, we caught up with brewer Ram Khalsa, formerly of Lava Rock and La Cumbre. “This used to be shared space with Sandia Hard Cider and Desert Valley Brewing,” Khalsa said. “Desert Valley has since stopped brewing, so Sandia Cider bought their equipment. That’s right about the time I showed up. They brought me on to do the cider and tighten up that side of things, but also to start the brewing side.”