{"id":4637,"date":"2026-07-14T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:06:11","slug":"one-of-durhams-best-known-breweries-is-shutting-down-after-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4637","title":{"rendered":"One of Durham\u2019s best known breweries is shutting down after 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Triangle craft beer woes continue, as one of Durham\u2019s oldest breweries will close down in September.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4635\">NFL Star Isaac Rochell&#8217;s Wife Allison Kuch Slams $20K Labor and Delivery Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durham brewery Durty Bull announced this week that it would wind down operations after a decade in business.<\/p>\n<p>Durty Bull opened in 2016 near Durham\u2019s Geer Street District, which has grown into one of the city\u2019s busiest nightlife spots.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, July 13, Durty Bull owner Matt Pennisi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1613953910730424&amp;set=a.512825920843234&amp;type=3&amp;mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=e6faN7AloCoFaTJZ&amp;share_url=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1BMYayFmXx\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">announced on social media<\/a> that he would close his brewery in a couple months, pointing changing consumer habits and rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many other small businesses, we have struggled to keep up with rising costs,\u201d Pennisi wrote on Durty Bull\u2019s Instagram page. \u201cEverything from rent to ingredients has drastically increased over the last few years. In this economy, people are simply not going out as much and this has led to less traffic in our Durham taproom. When we opened in 2016 we sought out to make wild sour ales and lagers in Durham, and we\u2019ve had a blast doing so over the last 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4633\">Popular Raleigh sushi bar expands, serving up the latest Triangle noodle shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DavY8jUOjot\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Durty Bull Brewing Company (@durtybull)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Known for crispy lagers and popular collaborations around Durham, like Queeny\u2019s crushable grapefruit kolsch, Durty Bull kept an early craft beer vibe, with its taproom built alongside its warehouse brewery, with picnic tables filling a parking lot. The brewery hosted popular food trucks and trivia and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/article257194412.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">expanded to a second location in Gastonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve brewed so many batches of great beer, met so many awesome people, and were able to contribute a lot of money to charities,\u201d Durty Bull posted on Instagram. \u201cUnfortunately, we are unable to continue and we will be closing our doors in Durham at the end of September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina has enjoyed a prominent place in America\u2019s craft beer boom, founding some of the country\u2019s top breweries and attracting expansions from the likes of Sierra Nevada and New Belgium. But like the rest of the country, the state and Triangle have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/living\/food-drink\/article316051088.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">seen a shrinking in the industry<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/living\/food-drink\/article314980443.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">several prominent breweries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/living\/food-drink\/article316005830.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">shutting down recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Triangle, we\u2019ve seen beer-makers like Barrel Culture, Funguys and Vicious Fishes end operations in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=4632\">James Comey signals vindictive-prosecution challenge in NC seashells case<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durty Bull, one of Durham&#39;s oldest breweries near Geer Street District, will close at the end of September after a decade due to rising costs and falling taproom traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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