D.C. distiller Jos. A. Magnus & Co. is leaving the District. The company, which produces a range of bourbons and dry gins, announced Tuesday that it is relocating operations to Holland, Michigan, effective October 31.

“We’re excited to be bringing the Magnus brand home to Michigan to support the next phase of our growth,” Ali Anderson, general manager for Magnus, wrote in a post on its website. “West Michigan is known for its storied history of quality craftsmanship and industry and we are proud to contribute to that legacy in our new location in Holland.”

While the 128-year-old brand was started in Cincinnati and later reestablished in D.C. in 2015, it has early ties to Michigan. Founder Joseph A. Magnus spent summers in Michigan and later retired there.

In an email to DCist, Anderson said of the move, “Now is the time to pursue significant efficiencies of scale in production, operations and distribution that can be best achieved by transitioning operations to Michigan to support our long-term growth strategy.”

Anderson said that none of the distiller’s D.C. employees will be relocating to Michigan, and that one position was eliminated as a result of the move. She did not provide an answer to a question about whether employees who left the distiller were given separation packages.

When Jos. A Magnus opened in D.C. in 2015 above Atlas Brew Works, it joined a wave of distilleries setting up shop in Ivy City, effectively turning the Northeast neighborhood into a craft alcohol row. After Magnus leaves, a handful of distilleries will remain in the area, including New Columbia Distillers (the first spirits maker to open in the city post-Prohibition), Don Ciccio & Figli, Cotton & Reed, and Republic Restoratives. (Not to mention all the local beer to be found there.)

Magnus currently offers about a half-dozen spirits, including two varieties of its Vigilant gin and three bourbons, including a “cigar blend.” Like plenty of local distillers, its space includes a small tasting room, dubbed the Murray Hill Club.

This move halfway across the country isn’t the first national move the distillery has made. Last year, Magnus laid off about half of its full-time employees, turnover that Anderson said was part of a new national growth strategy, according to Eater.

“We are grateful for all those staff who helped us in our startup phase,” Anderson told the publication at the time. “Now we are really transitioning to a more national stage. So we had to bring on experienced staff to help us do that.” The brand is currently available in 33 states.

Magnus also faced calls for a consumer boycott in 2018, due to its financial ties to the Trump administration, after news of education secretary Betsy DeVos’ stake in the company, valued between $500,001 and $1 million, gained attention.

The company distanced itself from DeVos at the time, telling Washingtonian that she “is not one of our investors, although some members of her family are.”

The brand’s former D.C. location has been taken over by Bo & Ivy Distillers, per the post published on its website Tuesday. Anderson told DCist that Magnus is “not involved with the plans of Bo & Ivy Distillers, but they are looking forward to making an announcement in the future.”

In an email, Jared Powell, a spokesperson for D.C.’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, told DCist, “To date, ABRA has not received an application from ‘Bo & Ivy Distillers.'”

This post has been updated to include a comment from ABRA.