The remnants of one of Tucson’s oldest craft breweries will close its doors on Nov. 29, five months shy of what would have been its 30th anniversary.
The owners of Brick Box Brewery, formerly Thunder Canyon Brewery, say they can no longer afford to keep the lights on and the beer cold at the downtown brick building they’ve called home for 13 of the brewery’s 29 years.
“We basically have just been kicking the can down the road as far as we can to the point that we haven’t been able to pay ourselves for over a year and a half,” said James Owens, who owns the brewery/restaurant at 220 E. Broadway with partner Michael Nixon. “The cost of service right now outweighs what we’re bringing in.”…