A Bristol brewery has stopped production due to "huge price increases" in the industry that have jeopardised its future. Newtown Park, based at Wadehurst Industrial Park in St Philips, is the second brewery to announce financial difficulties in as many weeks after Wild Beer went into administration.
Newtown Park Brewing Co. says its taproom will remain open for now and it is hoping to find a way to move forward, but at least for now it will not be producing any more beer. It team spoke out about a "brutal time for trading" and urged people to support their local breweries.
In a statement posted on Instagram yesterday (December 13), the brewery's team wrote: "The tide has turned - not the name of our new beer, but an unfortunate position we find ourselves in. Like many other breweries, we have been facing some difficult trading conditions and as the entire industry faces huge price increases, we have some significant challenges ahead.
