\u201cWe needed to do this for our families.\u201d<\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bc.thegrowler.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/another-beer-co-2-min.jpg\")
Another Beer Company opened in New Westminster\u2019s Sapperton neighbourhood in 2019. It will close in September 2025. Jennifer Gauthier\/Lodestar Media file photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMetro Vancouver is losing\u00a0Another Beer Company<\/a>\u00a0(ABC).<\/p>\nThe\u00a0New Westminster brewery<\/a>\u00a0has announced that the company is shutting down in September.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve decided to close Another Beer Co. because it just seemed to be the right time to do it,\u201d reads a press release from ABC.<\/p>\n
ABC\u00a0opened\u00a0at 30 Capilano Way in New Westminster\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Sapperton neighbourhood in 2019, founded by business partners Alex Jopson and Clete Hanson.<\/p>\nThe reason for the closure isn\u2019t explicitly stated, but in the release, ABC hints at the attention and time running a craft brewery takes.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease know that this wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make. We needed to do this for our families,\u201d states ABC.<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019re not dead yet\u2019<\/h3>\n
ABC makes a couple of references to the death of the brewery, including starting off saying \u201cWe\u2019re dead. Dead tired,\u201d but that death won\u2019t happen right away.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like mourning, but we\u2019re not dead yet, we\u2019ve got a summer to celebrate and share some final projects with you including a farewell tour with our beer friends and some beers we want to revisit,\u201d reads the release, which was also\u00a0posted on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\nA final weekend celebration is planned at the brewery and tap house, with a party on Sept. 13 and a \u201cbreak-up brunch\u201d on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not you. It\u2019s us,\u201d ends the post.<\/p>\n
Other Metro Vancouver breweries have expressed disappointment that a fellow brewer is shutting down.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat space and great beer. You\u2019ll be missed!!\u201d reads a comment from Vancouver\u2019s Slow Hand Beer Company.<\/p>\n
\u201c\ud83d\ude22 \ud83d\udc94,\u201d commented New Westminster\u2019s\u00a0Steel and Oak.<\/p>\n
\u201cNO FUN!\u201d wrote Ile Sauvage Brewing Co. from Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u2014This story originally appeared on Vancouver Is Awesome<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bc.thegrowler.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kerginbrendanvancouver.jpeg\")
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Metro Vancouver is losing\u00a0Another Beer Company<\/a>\u00a0(ABC).<\/p>\n The\u00a0New Westminster brewery<\/a>\u00a0has announced that the company is shutting down in September.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve decided to close Another Beer Co. because it just seemed to be the right time to do it,\u201d reads a press release from ABC.<\/p>\n ABC\u00a0opened\u00a0at 30 Capilano Way in New Westminster\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Sapperton neighbourhood in 2019, founded by business partners Alex Jopson and Clete Hanson.<\/p>\n The reason for the closure isn\u2019t explicitly stated, but in the release, ABC hints at the attention and time running a craft brewery takes.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease know that this wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make. We needed to do this for our families,\u201d states ABC.<\/p>\n ABC makes a couple of references to the death of the brewery, including starting off saying \u201cWe\u2019re dead. Dead tired,\u201d but that death won\u2019t happen right away.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels like mourning, but we\u2019re not dead yet, we\u2019ve got a summer to celebrate and share some final projects with you including a farewell tour with our beer friends and some beers we want to revisit,\u201d reads the release, which was also\u00a0posted on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n A final weekend celebration is planned at the brewery and tap house, with a party on Sept. 13 and a \u201cbreak-up brunch\u201d on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not you. It\u2019s us,\u201d ends the post.<\/p>\n Other Metro Vancouver breweries have expressed disappointment that a fellow brewer is shutting down.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat space and great beer. You\u2019ll be missed!!\u201d reads a comment from Vancouver\u2019s Slow Hand Beer Company.<\/p>\n \u201c\ud83d\ude22 \ud83d\udc94,\u201d commented New Westminster\u2019s\u00a0Steel and Oak.<\/p>\n \u201cNO FUN!\u201d wrote Ile Sauvage Brewing Co. from Victoria.<\/p>\n \u2014This story originally appeared on Vancouver Is Awesome<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u2018We\u2019re not dead yet\u2019<\/h3>\n
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