Who owns BUCKLEDOWN BREWING?

BUCKLEDOWN BREWING is independently owned!

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BuckleDown Brewing Company was founded in 2013 by Ike Orcutt and Sean Mahoney in Lyons, Illinois. Orcutt had been a homebrewer for several years, while Mahoney was a graphic designer. The two had discussed starting a brewery with two other business partners, but felt they weren’t aligned with the same vision and parted ways. Orcutt and Mahoney then began scouting locations, and landed on Lyons to build their brewery. Later, Ike’s wife Michelle joined the business, managing the company’s business operations.

In 2019, BuckleDown got caught up in a federal scandal when the FBI raided the brewery and seized their liquor license, meeting minutes, and a list of sponsors. The raid was part of a corruption probe into Illinois house leader Michael Madigan. The brewery was not implicated in any wrongdoing, though Madigan did eventually resign from the house.

In 2022, Mahoney left BuckleDown Brewery. Neither he nor Orcutt appear to have commented publicly about the move, though Mahoney’s presence in the business seems to have been scrubbed from the company’s official history on its website.

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