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Heather Pickstock

"Gutted" owners forced to close popular brewery amid 'skyrocketing' energy costs

A brewery has been forced to shut its doors for the final time - citing skyrocketing energy costs amongst the reasons. Pitchfork Ales at Hewish, near Weston, which was born out of the RCH Brewery that previously operated on the same site, announced the closure on social media.

The brewery closed on Tuesday (February 28). And now the company has been put into voluntary liquidation, reports Somerset Live.

A spokesman for the brewery said: “We’re truly gutted to have to announce this – as of last night, Tuesday 28th February 2023, we closed the doors to our brewery for the final time.

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