Three months after announcing that it would stop packaging and distributing its beer — and lay off more than twenty employees — Boulder Beer Company has released an even more unexpected and immensely more depressing statement: The company plans to sell its building and close its pub on January 18.

The Sleeping Giant contract brewery in Denver will continue to brew six of Boulder Beer's flagships and distribute them under a new agreement, but the move will, for all intents and purposes, mean the end of on-site operations for the oldest craft brewery in the state — an iconic business for many Coloradans — if not its brands.

The following is a statement from Boulder Beer majority owner Gina Day, the wife of longtime Boulder restaurateur Frank Day, the founder of the Old Chicago and Rock Bottom chains. Gina Day couldn't be reached immediately, but we will update this story when we can.