After 16 years of serving beer, longtime New Braunfels brewery Faust Brewing Company announced it is closing its doors officially next month, according to a Facebook post.

The San Antonio craft beer scene faces tough times, with several breweries closing, scaling back or even filing for bankruptcy.

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SAN ANTONIO The demand for aluminum cans has increased due to more people drinking from home during the pandemic, and some San Antonio breweries are feeling the impact. Spickler said its hard to find sleek cans nowadays. We have a hard time getting our 12-ounce sleek cans because of the seltzer craze. If we were a brewery who had a printed can, wed be experiencing some extremely long lead times, Spickler said. Spickler said sales have gone down, but the company is still offering curbside options and selling products at H-E-B stores.