# Downshift Brewing Company — Ruidoso, New Mexico

> Downshift Brewing Company in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States scores 3.94 out of 5 — Fine, #11 in New Mexico. 65 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Downshift Brewing Company is a brewery in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.94 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #11 in New Mexico. Of the 65 beers we track, 32% are IPA and 18% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.94 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #11 in New Mexico · #1,984 in United States · #2,751 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 65

## About

Downshift Brewing Company produce's decent quality beer and is ranked #13 in New Mexico. They are most well known for "Snowday", which is a New England IPA and "Apex View", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 32% of the beers we track
- Other — 18% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 15% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 11% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 7% of the beers we track
- Amber Lager — 7% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 2408 B Sudderth Drive, Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
- Coordinates: 33.3316989, -105.6703652
- Website: http://downshift.beer/

## Breweries nearby

- [Tall Pines Beer and Wine Garden](https://finding.beer/brewery/tall-pines-beer-and-wine-garden-24045.md) — 3.60, Poor — Ruidoso, New Mexico — 0.1 mi away
- [Lost Hiker Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/lost-hiker-brewing-company-19391.md) — 3.76, Fine — Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico — 5.1 mi away
- [Bonito Valley Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/bonito-valley-brewing-company-19711.md) — 3.73, Fine — Lincoln, New Mexico — 20 mi away
- [Cloudcroft Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/cloudcroft-brewing-company-4503.md) — 3.46, Poor — Cloudcroft, New Mexico — 26 mi away
- [575 Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/575-brewing-company-24048.md) — 3.52, Poor — Alamogordo, New Mexico — 34 mi away
- [Black Cock Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/black-cock-brewery-17405.md) — 3.84, Fine — Roswell, New Mexico — 67 mi away
- [Capitol Bar&Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/capitol-bar-brewery-32955.md) — 3.90, Fine — Socorro, New Mexico — 86 mi away
- [Box Canyon Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/box-canyon-brewing-company-33708.md) — 3.77, Fine — Socorro, New Mexico — 86 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in New Mexico](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-mexico.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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