Rogue Ales & Spirits and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday.

Earlier this month, the storied brewery closed all its restaurants and operations in its hometown of Newport, and shuttered its Southeast Portland restaurant.

Initial reports on the closure said the brewery was buckling under the weight of enormous debts to Lincoln County and the Port of Newport. Overall, the brewery and its subsidiaries, Rogue River Brewing Company and Yaquina Bay Beverage Company, owe $17 million in liabilities and hold $5.6 million in assets. The liabilities include $10 million in unliquidated, contested debt relating to a legal claim, leaving $7 million in uncontested debt.

Rogue was founded in 1988 by Jack Joyce, Bob Woodell, Rob Strasser and Jeff Schultz in southern Oregon, and grew

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