Tumbleroot was established in 2018. With a combined brewery and distillery production space, we make a wide variety of beer, spirits, liqueurs, bitters and canned cocktails. Made from-scratch, our products feature organic, garden grown and wild harvested ingredients. Our beers have won medals at national competitions including the Great American Beer Festival and the National Honey Board Honey Beer Competition. We have won numerous local awards for our products, and in 2020, the readers of Edible Magazine named Tumbleroot the best producer of distilled spirits in New Mexico. Our production space has an intimate tasting room and bottle shop where guests can learn more about us, sample our products, and enjoy draft beer and craft cocktails. We also offer tours every Wednesday and Thursday.
Our flagship taproom on Agua Fria St, the historic Club Alegria, is a community hub with an expansive courtyard and a large indoor venue with a stage and dance floor. We have a from-scratch bar program and make our own syrups, shrubs, bitters and cordials for our cocktails and alcohol free beverages. WIth indoor and outdoor bars and kitchens, the taproom changes throughout the seasons, but always delivers quality, pub-style food and drink. Check out our current menu. Tumbleroot has won many local awards for our taproom ranging from best date spot to most family friendly restaurant. We regularly host djs and live music, from the best local artists to nationally touring musicians. Check our calendar for upcoming shows.
Jason and Angela Kirkman are the husband-and-wife duo behind Tumbleroot. Before founding Tumbleroot, the couple studied culinary traditions around the world and Jason worked in several breweries/distilleries. Angela is an avid gardener—cultivating many ingredients used in Jason’s recipes—as well as the artist behind the ceramic serviceware featured at Tumbleroot Pottery Pub.
Jason Kirkman
Owner/Master Brewer and Distiller
Jason is one of our founders and the head of brewery and distillery operations. Born in upstate New York, and a graduate of Colorado College, he has been a homebrewer since the early 90’s and has worked several stints as a commercial brewer and distiller, most recently at Bathtub Row Brewing Cooperative in Los Alamos and Broken Trail Brewery and Distillery in Albuquerque. A resident of Santa Fe since 2002, Jason was an elementary and middle school teacher for 12 years. Jason, his wife Angela, a translator and potter, and their three children, Cyrus, Isabella, and Cruz, have shared many experiences traveling, both within the states and internationally. Their two year journey around the world is documented on the website thebigfieldtrip.com. Jason’s favorite beers are hoppy lagers, Belgian tripels, and farmhouse style ales.
Angela Smith Kirkman
Owner/Director of Business Operations
Angela Smith Kirkman has recently joined the management of Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. Angela is a ceramic artist and photographer with nearly thirty years of experience specializing in rustic dinnerware influenced by years of travel. She recently returned from a journey around the world during which she hiked the Inca Trail, snuck into a communist headquarters in Bulgaria, rode camelback through the Sahara, caught the swine flu in Istanbul, was chased out of the Grand Mosque of Uqba, lived on a vineyard in Portugal, taught at a tribal school in Rajasthan, biked floating markets of Thailand, and communed with snow monkeys in Japan. Angela is excited to be back home in Santa Fe, joining her husband Jason in owning and managing Tumbleroot, alongside her other business, Paseo Pottery.
Michael Chavez
Brewer and Distiller
Raised in Albuquerque, NM, Michael has pursued a variety of careers in his life including sous-chef, restaurant manager, audio engineer and music producer, assistant brewer, and most recently lead brewer and distiller. His appreciation of craft beer and spirits began with drinking home brews under the stars and discussing the nuance of detail with long time friend, Jason Kirkman. Upon Jason’s invitation to join Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery in 2018, Michael found a home utilizing his multitude of skills by managing the bar, running live sound and assisting in the brewery/distillery. In 2022, he became the lead brewer and distiller, where he continues to learn and grow as Tumbleroot does.
