Wizard’s Beer Festival Coming to Boston - Eater Boston

"After a variety of delays and licensing hurdles, a planned brewery, taproom, and community space will no longer be opening. Agapé Brewing Community cofounder Rev. Jamie Green Klopotoski explained the situation via a video and Facebook post, with the final straw being the skepticism of Gloucester’s licensing board regarding Klopotoski’s plan to make the taproom family-friendly. All aspects of the brewery (which was already selling cans) will be closed by January 1, 2020, with several events happening throughout December. While the brewery is closing and the taproom will never open, the associated nonprofit organization will remain in operation. “We have formed an absolutely amazing community of people, and while I’m not quite sure what our next steps will be, I do know that this is not the last you will hear from us,” wrote Klopotoski." - Dana Hatic