Writing about the end of breweries is much harder than the beginning

As we noted in Tuesday’s beer history timeline article, the idea for that story came from a reader after we put out a request for a little inspiration to help us through a slow news period. Another reader had a shorter and simpler request for an article, asking what is happening over at Cantero Brewing.

Our honest answer: we do not know. A few trusted sources have told us that Cantero put up all of its brewing equipment for sale. Beyond that, we have no news to share. Our only contacts there were the brewers, and we have no way to reach the owners. Even if we did have an email or phone number for the owners, the odds would be against us finding out anything.

In the nine years that we have been writing on breweries, the single hardest stories to put together are always when a brewery closes or is about to close. Simply put, no one really wants to talk on the record about the end of their business. With a n

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