Jamaica Plain’s Turtle Swamp Brewing is closing for good in August

Some unhealthy information for followers of native brewers — Jamaica Plain‘s Turtle Swamp Brewing is closing its doorways for good in August.

Identified for its Orange Line New England IPA and its JP porter, the brewery posted a word to its web site Tuesday informing patrons that it’s stopping manufacturing and can shut on Aug. 19 — or when their beer provide runs out.

The word didn’t specify why the homeowners have determined to shut the brewery. The homeowners didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Tuesday night.

“It has been an amazing honor to personal our native brewery and share our ardour for beer,” the homeowners wrote. “Thanks to all who believed in us.”

Turtle Swamp Brewing’s legacy

House owners John Lincecum and Nicholas “Nik” Walther opened the brewery at 3377 Washington St. in Might 2017. Since then, they stated within the word, they grew to distribute beer everywhere in the state.

“By means of the nice instances and the tough instances, we had the pleasure of welcoming a whole lot of hundreds of our pals, neighbors, and guests from across the nation to our taproom to share a freshly brewed Orange Line IPA and a easy good time,” the homeowners wrote.

The brewery additionally operated a location in Roslindale for a couple of years earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, however closed it in 2021 because of the pandemic’s impacts.

“It’s been an unforgettable journey for us, our households, and the handfuls of type of us who joined our employees by way of the years,” the homeowners wrote. “These superb folks brewed the beers, served the beers, and greeted patrons with a real heat that mirrored our easy perception that each one are welcome right here.”

Turtle Swamp got here beneath hearth in 2021 after it joined the proprietor of its constructing in suing to cease an inexpensive housing condo complicated from being constructed subsequent door to the brewery. Dozens protested exterior the brewery in September 2021.

The go well with ended after Turtle Swamp and its landlord reached an settlement with the developer to maneuver the constructing again 5 ft from the brewery’s property line.

Although Turtle Swamp by no means cracked Boston.com’s prime 5 reader-chosen breweries in Massachusetts, readers beneficial it to us in each 2022 and 2023.

“Over the subsequent month, we encourage everybody to go to one final time to share their recollections of Turtle Swamp and lift a glass in celebration of life and alter,” the homeowners wrote.