Our Story
Socorro Springs to Cuba Street
1999
Socorro Springs
Socorro, New Mexico
Mic, studying geology, and Molley, studying accounting, met at New Mexico Tech. Somewhere between the lab and the lecture hall they discovered their real passion was brewing beer. They opened Socorro Springs Brewing Co, the first brewery in Socorro since prohibition.
2004
Built By Hand
Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro Springs outgrew its first space. So Mic and Molley built the next one themselves: a full restaurant and brewery in an insulated concrete form building they designed for energy efficiency. Hands in the concrete, literally.
2009
Finding the Eddyline
Buena Vista, Colorado
In kayaking, the eddy line is where fast current meets a calm pool. You can sit in the eddy and watch the river go by, or cross the line and commit to the rapids. In 2009, in the middle of the global financial crisis, Mic and Molley crossed the line and started Eddyline Brewery in a small mountain town in Colorado.
2011
Bigger Tanks
Buena Vista, Colorado
Eddyline grew into a full production brewery. Same approach: build it, figure it out, do the work yourself. The beers started winning medals and the brewery outgrew its space again.
2016
New Zealand
Richmond, Nelson
In 2010, Mic and Molley took a campervan around New Zealand and fell for it. Four years of research later, they moved the family to Nelson. Eddyline Brewery & Pizzeria opened at 8 Champion Road, Richmond, in February 2016. Different hemisphere, same philosophy.
2019
The Production Brewery
15 Elms Street, Stoke
A dedicated production brewery opened in Stoke with canning, nationwide distribution, solar panels, and a CO2 capture system Mic built himself. The Taproom & Taqueria followed in 2023, where New Mexican food met New Zealand beer for the first time.
2022
T.E.D.
Wellington
Eddyline won the Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge with a beer called "That Eddy's Drop" (a nod to Fat Freddy's Drop; that year's theme was classic Kiwi rock bands). The name got shortened to T.E.D., and the hop character on the label became a mascot. When it came time to name the Wellington restaurant, "Teddy's" felt right. Teddy, from T.E.D., from That Eddy's Drop.
2024
Enter Moab
Wellington
Moab grew up in the business. He started washing dishes, moved into the brewery, learned to brew. He moved to Wellington for university and started asking what it would take to open his own place.
2026
50 Cuba Street
Wellington
Teddy's Tacos opened in February. Moab runs it. Mic and Molley are mentors and business partners. The chile comes from the same growers in Hatch, New Mexico that supplied Socorro Springs. The beer comes from the family brewery in Nelson. Twenty-seven years and two countries later, the recipe is the same: build it yourself, do it properly, pour a good beer at the end of the day.