However , the business closed in 1961 as a result of the embargo on Cuba and the opening of rival breweries by Anheuser - Busch and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Tampa .
The brewery survived the adversities of the Prohibition and the Great Depression .
The business closed in 1961 as a result of the embargo on Cuba and the opening of rival breweries by Anheuser - Busch and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Tampa .
The brewery survived the adversities of the Prohibition and the Great Depression .