Openings & Closings

The pub at Cisco Brewers’ complex in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has closed, the brand announced last week.

Molson Coors will cease operations at the Leinenkugel’s Chippewa Falls brewery and the company’s Tenth Street Brewery in Milwaukee, effective January 17.

Revolution Brewing will permanently close its brewpub in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood on December 14, the brewery announced on Saturday.

Ace Cider founder Jeffrey House has been outbid in his attempt to reclaim the brand after its parent company Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, according to North Bay Business Journal.

Cambridge Brewing Company (CBC) founder Phil Bannatyne joins the Brewbound Podcast to discuss the recent announcement that the Massachusetts brewpub will shut its doors in December after 35 years in business.

Five months removed from its abrupt closure, next-gen convenience chain Foxtrot Market is preparing to reopen its doors tomorrow.

After 35 years, Massachusetts-based brewpub Cambridge Brewing Co. (CBC) has announced it will shut its doors at the end of 2024.

Citing “considerable distress” in the restaurant industry, the parent company of craft-centric on-premise chain World of Beer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Massachusetts-based Exhibit A Brewing has closed its Framingham brewery and taproom, and will move operations more than 90 miles west to Williamsburg, the craft brewery announced this week.

Glass bottle manufacturer Ardagh will close its Houston plant in July and lay off 220 workers, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Clearwater, Florida-based Big Storm Brewing closed its taproom at Orlando’s Kia Center earlier this month, bringing the former multi-taproom operator to one location, according to the Orlando Business Journal.

Weeks after the death of founder Art Larrance, Portland, Oregon-based Cascade Brewing ceased operations on Monday, the Oregonian reported. Alissa Larrance, Art’s daughter, told the Oregonian that she delivered final paychecks to brewery staff Tuesday, though the brewery’s website says it is “temporarily closed.”

Lagunitas will cease operations in Chicago in early August and move all production to the craft brewery’s original brewhouse in Petaluma, California. The Heineken-owned brewery’s Chicago taproom, located within the brewery, will close permanently, effective today. The adjacent warehouse will remain in operation.

Adult non-alc retailer Boisson will be restructuring the company under chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing financial challenges amidst an “overly aggressive expansion plan” and the “inefficient deployment of capital.”