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Racine: Downtown Racine’s only brewery closes.
Another Wisconsin brewery has poured their last pint, if only for the time being. Racine’s Littleport Brewing Co. has closed — it hopes temporarily — as it plans to sell its building to pay off its investors. The brewery posted on Facebook that it was closing Jan. 9 since “a couple of our original investors decided they wanted their investments back in their entirety, forcing us to put our building up for sale to resolve the matter.” The brewery owners felt that Littleport was growing at a consistent pace, but that it was not quick enough to satisfy the investors. The owners are looking for a new site and are hoping to reopen the brewery in some form later in 2025. The Journal Sentinel quoted Littleport’s statement, “Littleport Brewing Company will survive and be reincarnated with a more focused effort at a new site. Stay tuned for more news. We haven’t been sunk, we are just in dry dock.” The brewery opened in April 2021 and was the only brewery in downtown Racine. Full Story…