(Los Angeles, CA) – What looks like a model new brewery to us, Cellador Ales, a bitter ale / combined fermentation centered brewery / blendery has introduced that it’ll stop operations of their present state on the finish of 2022. Should you had been to call the highest three bitter ale producers in Southern California, you’d be arduous pressed to not have Cellador Ales in that dialog. Whereas the long run future is unsure for the house owners and beer makers of Cellador, we want them the most effective, and thank them for his or her contributions to LA Beer.
If want to say “bye for now” to Kevin and Sara, you may wish to think about snagging tickets to the 2022 Buddy Fest at Cellador Ales on June 18th. Data and tickets right here.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cellador-friends-fest-2022-tickets-349691495677
Right here is the message from Kevin:
As our fellow brewers and pals, we needed you to be the primary to know. Sadly, after six and a half years in enterprise, Cellador Ales might be closing our manufacturing area and taproom location on the finish of this 12 months. Whereas we’re nonetheless exploring choices to maintain Cellador up and working in a brand new location, that future is unsure.
Sara and I write this e mail with some unhappiness however greater than something, we really feel gratitude to all of you for your entire help.
Allow us to begin by saying thanks!!! Earlier than anything, thanks a lot. To each single one that has supported us and helped us through the years, I’m so grateful for this expertise; for with the ability to share myself and my artwork by this brewery, and for being part of the thrilling and supportive tradition of craft beer in Los Angeles. It’s such a cool neighborhood of passionate individuals who love what they do. And we wish to give an additional huge shout out to our membership members. Each single 12 months, your help and belief are what made this complete undertaking attainable. And to all our staff through the years; thanks in your time and dedication and the exceptionally excessive requirements you met because the ambassadors of Cellador Ales.
It’s been a protracted six and a half years with many ups and downs. Holy fuck, it’s astounding how a lot and the way rapidly issues can change, and in methods you’d by no means have guessed. Clearly, the pandemic is on the prime of that checklist of ground-shattering upheavals. At first of Covid, I couldn’t think about how the brewery would survive, however we tailored and made some robust selections, and made it by the primary two years. However…one thing I can’t fairly put my finger on has been rippling by the business in 2022; It has unexpectedly been the hardest 12 months because the pandemic began, for us, and apparently many different small breweries.
We got here to the choice to shut our doorways by the confluence of many components. Monetary points, lease points, private life adjustments, and extra. It is very important us to get out in entrance of it, give you a plan, and never should make selections out of desperation.
Closing this location, just like the beer we make, might be a sluggish course of. We might be working the taproom by the tip of 2022. We nonetheless have lots of thrilling beers to launch, and we wish to be sure that we honor our dedication to 2022 Syndicate and Cellar Door Membership members to have a full 12 months of advantages, and to launch all the remaining allocations that had been promised.
I like all of you. I’m unhappy to be closing this chapter, but in addition excited to see what might be subsequent. Should you see me please come give me an enormous hug.
I hope the beers have introduced pleasure and pleasure and enjoyable to you and your loved ones and pals. Please come go to as a lot as you’ll be able to earlier than the tip of the 12 months. And hopefully we will work out discovering a brand new location or maintaining the model alive by some means.
