Medicine Bow files petition for bankruptcy

CHEYENNE – Cheyenne’s first and only brewpub, Medicine Bow Brewing Co., is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

That means new management, a new menu, a new focus on families and a new determination to weather financial storms that prompted it to seek protection under federal bankruptcy laws.

“We definitely are going to be here,´ said Medicine Bow president Larry Sortor, emphasizing changes the business is making to continue as a fixture in downtown Cheyenne, day and night.

Rocky Mountain Brewing Co., doing business as Medicine Bow Brewing Co., filed a Chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Wyoming Division, April 28, four…