Lake Tahoe Brewing closes throughout the region
By Mike Higdon, Reno Gazette-Journal
In the last two months, Lake Tahoe Brewing Co.’s four locations in Carson City, Truckee, Fernley and Reno closed or never opened. What would’ve been the region’s largest locally-owned beer franchise fizzled down to nothing after a series of legal troubles flattened the brand.
Brewery owner, Michael Candelario, said he is wrapping up closure of the final Fourth Street location that he planned to open as a tap house and largest barrel-aging facility in the region. In Carson City, the brewery represented the fourth brewery to close in the same downtown location since Stew’s Brewery, Doppelgangers and High Sierra Brewing Co. shuttered in 2011 and 2014 respectively.
The troubles for Lake Tahoe Brewing started in February when Lake Tahoe Brewing was evicted from its downtown Carson City location.
It’s always amazing how many business use “Lake Tahoe” in their name, when they are not in Lake Tahoe. The name sells, not the location, and maybe not the product.
Carson City brewing?