Beloved Brewery and Bar Chain Closing
For more than a decade, craft beer and heavy metal music have been in perfect harmony in Denver and Ashville, N.C.
But on July 2, the party came to an end.
TRVE Brewing founder Nick Nunns announced on social media he is closing both of his taprooms. The final day will be July 12.
“It hasn’t been an easy choice, but this brewery has run its course, and for a huge number of reasons, it’s the right time to send this thing off into the lake trailed by a fiery arrow,” Nunns wrote on Instagram and Facebook.
Nunns didn’t say whether beer production would also stop.
Nunns said he started TRVE in 2011 "with a mediocre business plan, no professional brewing experience, and way less money than (he) needed." with the hopes of making some good beer and listening to the music he liked.
In his social media post, he thanked everyone who helped him along the way, including the "maniacs in the brewery to the masochists behind the bar."
"Ultimately, this brewery has provided me with things that cannot be measured by capitalism, no matter how hard that vicious and broken machine may fumble around with spreadsheets and ledgers and trying," Nunns wrote.
TRVE's closure is the latest specialty brewery to close as the industry has undergone a transformation and customer tastes have changed.
In 2024, the craft beer industry experienced a decline in the number of breweries, with more closing than opening for the first time in nearly two decades, according to the Brewers Association.
The Association attributes the shift to a number of factors including increased competition, rising costs, and changing consumer preferences.
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