"We just finished our semi-annual survey of shops and gross revenue is down by an average of 8%, and that continues a trend of single-digit average declines since 2016." "The home brewing market is rough right now," noted Glass. The closing of Brewmented may be part of a larger downtown in the homebrew industry. I'm guessing that they were just not getting the traffic they needed to make it." I was a regular customer there and the place was more busy than most shops I've been in.
A lot of them are started by home brewers without much business experience, but that didn't seem to be the case with Brewmented. "There's not many homebrew supply stores out there. "I was surprised by the closing, " said Gary Glass, Director of AHA. We will still be open for the next couple weeks and would love to have one more chance to see you either in our store or taproom."Īccording to a 2017 report by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), there are an estimated 1.1 million homebrewers in the United States, producing over 1.4 million barrels of beer, which represents about 1% of all beer produced. We are better brewers and individuals because of you. Over the past year, we have made some great friendships and learned so much from all of you. It has been a great adventure, and we want to thank you for supporting us through it all. Despite the efforts of our customers and staff, we just did not experience the growth we needed to keep the store and taproom open. "After a year and a half of serving Longmont and the surrounding area, we are saddened to share that we will be closing our doors at the end of this month. The store's owners posted the following on their Facebook page: This content was originally published by the Longmont Observer and is licensed under a Creative Commons license.įor those who like to homebrew your beer, it just got a bit more difficult to do in Longmont.īrewmented, Longmont's newest homebrew supply store, will be closing its doors at the end of August.
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