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Southern Pines, NC's eponymous brewery will close for good after five yrs on Dec 31, co announced on social media. "This decision was not made lightly," it wrote. "Our current financial situation and circumstances beyond our control requires us to move now so we can responsibly wind things down as a company." Southern Pines produced 5.1K bbls in 2024 per BA estimates and is one of several Triangle-area breweries to close this yr, most recently Cary, NC's Cotton House (see Nov 19 issue). Sunnyside, Queens-Based Alewife's Last Day Was Dec 28 After moving from Long Island City to Sunnyside, Queens in 2020, Alewife Brewing closed its 10K sq-ft Sunnyside taproom and brewery after its last day on Sunday, Dec 28, co announced on social media, citing "rising costs and shifting consumer habits" since the pandemic as key pain points. Tho it's still "exploring ways to keep brewing through partnerships with other breweries so the Alewife brand can live on," post noted. Alewife concept started as a craft beer bar/pub/shop with separately owned locations in Long Island City, Queens, Baltimore, MD, and Jacksonville, FL. Founder of Alewife, Daniel Lanigan, also founded Lord Hobo bar in Boston. Both concepts went on to become breweries, tho Daniel was seemingly not involved with Alewife Brewing as Lord Hobo took off and sold to Valterra Partners private equity firm in 2017. Alewife produced just over 1K bbls/yr, primarily sold at its taproom, per Brewers Assn estimates.CO's Goldspot to Shut Down in Feb Denver's Goldspot Brewing Co, a haven for women and LGBTQ+ craft beer lovers, will close on Feb 1, reports The Denver Post. The 10-yr-old biz produced just over 400 bbls in 2024 per BA estimates and will soon sell the property, it announced on social media. "Saying goodbye is deeply bittersweet," co wrote, tho it promised "Goldspot isn't going away" and "we'll continue with distribution and look forward to hosting events all across Colorado as we shape what comes next."Owner Katie Hieber, who started as a brewer shortly after co opened in 2015 and became part owner in 2018 before taking full control in 2021, didn't announce her future plans for the brand but previously told the Post that Goldspot's unwavering support of her brewing efforts made the biz stand apart. "That's almost never how it works for a woman," she said in 2021. "That has not been a lot of people's story and especially if you are someone who has to do a bunch of beer fests and inevitably are put into these really toxic environments."San Antonio's Mad Pecker Closing Again, This Time for Good Another brewery closing up shop after a decade is San Antonio, TX's Mad Pecker, which briefly shut in Mar before reopening in May but closed permanently on Tues, reports My SA. The co reported 131 bbls produced to the BA in 2024 and earned its temporary reprieve from an "outpouring of community support," per report, but was unable to subsequently find its footing. "Yes I have ultimately decided to close M.P. for good this time with our final day of business on December 30th," co-owner Jason Gonzales confirmed to My SA.

Closings Roundup: Southern Pines in NC, Alewife in Queens, Denver's Goldspot, San Antonio's Mad Pecker

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