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Lagunitas Brewing closing Chicago brewing operations and taproom amid declining sales

Kyle Cooney pours beer on Aug. 11, 2015, at a tasting at Lagunitas Brewery.

The Chicago manufacturing operation of Lagunitas Brewing Co. in North Lawndale is packing up and moving to California this summer, the company announced Thursday, “amid changing tides in the craft beverage industry” and declining sales and production.

The local brewing arm will move to Petaluma, California, where

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