Disappearing and 'in peril' breweries

[Farway]

. How does Yorkshire get away with having so many?

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[london calling]

Tom Woods brewery have went into administration but have been in trouble since 2014.Apparently they brew 170,000 pints of beer a week.
Sentinal Brewery are reported to be in trouble owing £800,000 but the owner said they are still trading.
Ascot ales have changed their name to Ascot Brewing co and have re-badged their beers with new names for Alligator ,Posh Pooch etc to more horse racing themed names.

[Mobyduck]

Ascot ales have changed their name to Ascot Brewing co and have re-badged their beers with new names for Alligator ,Posh Pooch etc to more horse racing themed names.

Will it make their beers any more interesting? I doubt it.

[Aqualung]

Tom Woods brewery have gone into administration but have been in trouble since 2014..

I had a brief chat with Tom Woods earlier in the year and he took a bit of a generalised swipe at the newer London breweries which I thought was completely unwarranted. Apparently a group of probably wealthy locals are buying out the brewery where he will stay as head or the brewer. I don't recall them selling to JDW on a national basis recently but they had a distribution arm that presumably dealt with the likes of Punch and Enterprise with the same sort of margins as JDW.
There seems to be a pattern developing here in that the old school brewers from twenty or more years ago are being squeezed out by the more successful and less conservative new kids on the block.
I wonder how Cotleigh are doing.

[london calling]

The old school brewer like Tom Woods and Cotleigh will find it hard to sell beer in London unless they sell it cheap.London is awash with beers from London brewers as the pubs now seem to think that beer should be local. I am sick and tired of the same London brewed beers taking over every new pub that opens but maybe that's what the public want.Tom Woods wants to start brewing better beer imo. 2000+ breweries in Britain.Its dog eat dog.

[Quinno]

The old school brewer like Tom Woods and Cotleigh will find it hard to sell beer in London unless they sell it cheap.London is awash with beers from London brewers as the pubs now seem to think that beer should be local. I am sick and tired of the same London brewed beers taking over every new pub that opens but maybe that's what the public want.Tom Woods wants to start brewing better beer imo. 2000+ breweries in Britain.Its dog eat dog.

A saturated marketplace.

To be honest, how many breweries that have gone under in the last few years have any of us truely mourned? For me, only Grand Union (and that was for the Honey Porter).

[london calling]

A saturated marketplace.

To be honest, how many breweries that have gone under in the last few years have any of us truely mourned? For me, only Grand Union (and that was for the Honey Porter).

God! I miss Grand Union.They got me onto hoppy beers with their single hop series and their Honey Porter. You are right about the closed breweries as few are missed.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Miss the Wrekin/Ironbridge Brewery , their Barrel aged Wenlock stout was stunning and the Ironbridge Gold was very good and very cheap , £2.50 for a 4.4%

Closed due to ill health rather than financial

[hondo]

"Brewery has been selected by Everards Brewery to"
http://www.shropshirelive.com/2017/0...g-partnership/

[hondo]

"has acquired a majority stake in Sadler’s Brewing Company"
https://www.insidermedia.com/insider...linder-brewery