Doom Bar maker Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall to be closed by US owner

Critics say any plans to produce the Cornish beers outside of Cornwall would be ‘a disgrace’. Photograph: Mark Dunn/Alamy

The Cornish brewery that makes Doom Bar ale is to be closed by its US owner, throwing the popular beer brand’s future into doubt and putting about 200 jobs at risk.

The drinks company Molson Coors said it plans to shut Sharp’s Brewery in Rock, along with its national call centre in Wales, saying it was “no longer financially sustainable”.