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Founders Brewing closes Detroit taproom indefinitely amid racial discrimination lawsuit

Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press Published 9:13 a.m. ET Oct. 25, 2019 | Updated 10:10 a.m. ET Oct. 25, 2019

Founders Brewing Co. has finally broken its silence. And it's closing its Detroit taproom "until further notice."

Michigan's largest brewery sent an email to ticket-holders of this weekend's highly anticipated Canadian Breakfast Stout release and party in Detroit that it's canceling said release and party while closing the popular Detroit taproom indefinitely "in light of the recent events" and due to safety concerns for its employees.

Those "recent events," of course, include the pending racial discrimination lawsuit that reached national news this week when a leaked deposition first posted by the Detroit Metro Times sparked a social media firestorm and led to some Detroit shops, bars and restaurants pulling Founders products from their shelves.

The CBS release in Grand Rapids, where Founders is based, will still go on as planned.

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