USA, IN: Avon’s Cutters Brewing Company announces immediate and unexpected cease of operations

Cutters Brewing Company announced online on March 10 that it would cease operations immediately after four years in business, WISH-TV reported.

A 24-Hour News 8 reporter stopped by the Avon-based brewery to learn more about the closure, but an employee there respectfully declined to comment. However, a posting on the brewery’s Facebook and Twitter accounts reads in part:

“It’s with tremendous regret that we must announce that all brewing operations will cease immediately.”

The statement, which garnered several comments from Facebook well wishers and more than 100 shares, goes on to blame part of the closure on a dispute with the local sewage company.

“Launching a small business demands certain sacrifices. We knew that competing in the exploding craft beer business would not be easy. It not only takes sellable products but a tightrope of location, distribution, marketing and operations must be walked,” the posting reads.

“We knew we would make our share of missteps and hoped that none of those miscues would be fatal. However, ultimately, it was our inability to come to a reasonable resolution with the sewage (company), whom we believe was simply extorting us for exorbitant sums, that precipitated the decision to close.”

Calls to the local sewage utility in Avon weren’t returned.

Repeated calls and emails to the brewery owners also weren’t immediately returned.

11 March, 2015