(Sacramento, CA) – Brewmaster, Peter Hoey, wrote on Facebook this morning, “Today is surreal.” Later in the afternoon, he revealed on the Sacramento Brewing blog that the brewery is closing:

“I’ll keep this blog short. Just wanted to thank everyone for all their support over the last 15 years. Some amazing friends have been made and great times have been had at Sacramento Brewing. As of today, we have closed the doors for good.”

Sacramento was a quality operation. The brewery won two GABF medals in the last few years since Hoey returned to run the brewery including a bronze this year for Collaborative Evil.

Pacific Brew News’ Rick Sellers, who is very close to Peter and the brewery, also had a post about it today:

“In 2009 SBC was selling more beer in house than ever – in part, due to the expanded tap selection that included 24 guest beers. Sadly, the economic realities hit the restaurant side of the business in a way that beer sales couldn’t compensate for.”

The brewery was already marked as closed on Beer Advocate as of Monday evening and all beers marked “retired.” Old Pappy Wheat Wine was the highest rated beer.

110+ tweets today on the subject and counting…