Sycamore Brewing appears to rebrand with new legal name after co-founder arrest

Sycamore Brewing has changed the name of its limited liability company, a state business registration filing shows.

The new name is Club West Brewing, according to the Department of the Secretary of State filing on Thursday. Brewery co-founder Sarah Louise Taylor is listed as the managing member.

Taylor’s husband and former Sycamore co-owner, Justin Tawse Brigham, 44, was charged Dec. 11 with statutory rape of a child under 15, first-degree burglary and indecent liberties with a child.

Following his arrest, Taylor announced Brigham was removed from the business and she initiated divorce proceedings.

On Monday, Sycamore taproom in South End closed indefinitely to “allow space for processing, healing and beginning the work of reimagining this community space,” Taylor had announced in a late December letter to the community.

Company officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday about the LLC name change.

Sycamore Brewing, one of Charlotte largest and popular breweries, experienced immediate widespread fallout from Brigham’s arrest was restaurants and retailers dropping products.

Sycamore Brewing also was ousted from the Charlotte airport after opening there three year’s ago. The brewery’s plan to open “a family-friendly” location in Cotswold Village Shopping Center also evaporated.

Crisis communication experts like Barry Finkelstein previously told The Charlotte Observer he believes it’s possible for the company to survive with swift action and accountability.

“They’re simply distancing themselves from it as the act of an individual, and reminding folks why they love Sycamore, or why they did business with Sycamore in the first place,” said Finkelstein, the principal of Truth Advisors communications consultant agency in Charlotte.

Sycamore opened in 2013, and its beer had been sold in seven states. In 2023, Sycamore closed its original location at 2161 Hawkins St., and moved to a 21,000-square-foot space at 2151 Hawkins St.

This story was originally published January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM.