‘We raise our glasses one last time’: Popular Charlotte brewery announces closing

After 10 years in its current West Charlotte home, Blew Blaze Brewing has announced it will close in March.

“We very much wish that our place here could have continued to be available to us into the future,” managing partner Craig Nunn wrote Saturday afternoon in a letter to customers. “Our sincerest hope is that we can find a solution and a path forward in a new location and temporarily contract brew with one of our brewery friends in town.

“The search for these solutions to our challenges has and will continue in earnest. However, for now, we must unfortunately part ways from our current taproom.”

In October 2022, The Charlotte Observer reported about how Blue Blaze was fighting to keep from being evicted after facing a potential rent increase of 376% from its landlord, Atlanta-based Portman Holdings. Portman began working that year on a 27-acre mixed-use development of the historic Savona Mill, which includes the brewery site.

The brewery is planning a last hurrah at the spot at the end of Stewart Creek Greenway the weekend of March 8-10.

“We’ve completed this thru-hike and now we’ll move on to our next thru- on another long trail, and hope you’ll join us,” Nunn wrote. “For now, we raise our glasses one last time, we raise a toast to you, our family, (trail family), for your friendship, your loyalty, and your unwavering support.”

Blue Blaze Brewing

Location: 528 S Turner Ave, Charlotte, NC 28208

Instagram: @blueblazebrewing

This story was originally published February 10, 2024, 5:24 PM.