USA, PA: Pittsburgh�s Necromancer Brewing permanently closing this weekend

After nearly 3 years in business, Necromancer Brewing is permanently closing, Breweries in PA reported on February 19.

The brewery will be open for the last time this Thursday and Friday (February 22-23), giving away FREE beer.

Necromancer owner Ben Butler explained the sudden closure as follows:

�Long story short, if you love your local brewery, hold them tight and don�t ever let them go. As an owner, my current perspective is absolute respect for anyone who has done this longer and continues to do so. It�s challenging.

�In that vein, I think it�s important for patrons to understand just how many factors work against breweries from the state level. Although it wasn�t the reason for our closure, my god do they make it hard. Breweries pay taxes on literally breathing, and as you might�ve seen recently in Pittsburgh, get told to stop operating without any temporary authority to operate to address state concerns.

�That is literally a business killer, which is completely against the stance of the current governor, and very against business in general.

�Finally, I gotta give a shout to my head brewer, and my entire team. They worked their asses off and this has nothing to do with the quality or their work. It�s purely a financial decision.�