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UPDATE (9:30 am 5\/20)<\/strong>: Late Tuesday night, Three Floyds Brewing owner Nick Floyd confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that their famed brewpub would be closed \u201cindefinitely,\u201d<\/a> with hopes of maybe re-opening sometime in 2021 or 2022. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floyd also confirmed that brewpub staff had been let go, which he described as \u201cthe most painful thing I have had to do.\u201d He said the actions were a result of his fear of putting people in danger due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production brewery and distillery production spaces continue to operate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE (12 p.m. 5\/20):<\/strong> Three Floyds posted a statement about the indefinite closure to their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our inbox started filling early this morning with tips about what could be the end of the road for one of craft beer\u2019s original \u2013 and most-talked-about \u2013 brewpubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff at Three Floyds Brewing<\/strong> said they were notified Monday night that the Three Floyds Brewpub won\u2019t be re-opening, even after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, according to multiple people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, those termination calls were delivered on the first day Indiana breweries were allowed to partially re-open and just two days after what would have been the annual Dark Lord Day festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No reason was given, they said, and blindsided staff are still in a state of shock. Curbside service to-go continues outside the brewpub doors \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our outreach to Three Floyds has gone unanswered, though this isn’t a surprise — FFF is notoriously tight lipped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been over two years since renderings emerged showing plans for a new multi-million-dollar craft beer playground<\/a> in Munster, Ind., but since then, construction has been noticeably non-existent and no updates have been publicly provided. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As that massive expansion went on the back burner, they added a second production facility<\/a> and a distillery<\/a>. Distillery tasting room staff reportedly received notification of the same closure plan during their own Monday termination calls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could the brewpub closure simply be an extended pause, in advance of the complete leveling and re-building of it all? Perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or have the Floyds decided to take the #notnormal route and pivot away from a brewpub to focus all their resources on off-premise sales? Also perhaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is sure is the brewery’s continued popularity — just six weeks ago, the Brewers Association announced that Floyds is now the 31st-largest craft brewery in the country<\/a>, a huge jump up from the previous year’s ranking of 39th largest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s also sure is that the brewpub was distinctly unique and, as the Floyds’ brothers long wanted, “not normal.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is indeed the end, we’ll miss the cozy confines, the B-list horror movies, drinking a Dreadnaught to the melodic hum of bands like Sleep and Earth, as well as the more standardly aggressive sounds of bands like High On Fire and Eyehategod. Not to mention a kitchen that exceeded every expectation of what a brewpub can provide, as well as a group of lovably misfit staff that served as perfect ambassadors for the brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those characters – and characteristics – gave the Northwest Indiana beer scene some unexpected swagger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s hoping it’s not the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Ed: This post has also been updated to fix the spelling of Eyehategod. GDB regrets the error.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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