Credit: Fitger's Beer

DULUTH, MN -- You'll be hard-pressed to find two ales produced by Fitger's Brewery on store shelves, following the closure of Lake Superior Brewing.

President and co-owner of Fitger's Brewing Scott Vesterstein told KBJR 6 on Friday that their Pale Ale and Fitger's Red are no longer being bottled.

Both off-sale ales had been bottled by Lake Superior Brewing since 2012.

The owners of Lake Superior Brewing quietly closed their doors sometime in December. The state said the craft beer maker's liquor license is currently expired.

Vesterstein said he's hoping someone else takes over Lake Superior Brewing soon in order to get production going again. In the meantime, he said, they're exploring other options.

The two Fitger's beers are sold in about two dozen bars and restaurants in the Twin Ports area.

Fitger's Beer was founded by August Fitger in the 1880s and was brewed at the site until 1972.

Lake Superior Brewing started in the Fitger's complex in 1994.