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. Angela and Jason began a brewing rivalry 30 years ago – which lasted for a few years until it became clear that Jason was the real master brewer and Angela took on the role of official taste tester, which she has remained in ever since. 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.