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A little bit more on the Big Bog closure.

Award-winning brewery closes after collapsing into administration​

The brewery moved its operations to Liverpool in 2016 and won awards for its beer

Big Bog Brewing Company was based at Venture Point East in Speke


Big Bog Brewing Company was based at Venture Point East in Speke.

A Liverpool micro-brewery has closed after it collapsed into administration.
According to Companies House documents, Big Bog Brewing Company, based at the Venture Point East business park in Speke, appointed administrator Neil Henry of Lines Henry last month. The brewery has closed and its assets will be sold.
Founded in North Wales in 2011, Big Bog moved its operations to Liverpool in 2016. The brewery focused on traditional, hand-pulled cask ales, while sister brand Strawberry Fields Brewery produced modern craft beers from the same site, which also had a tap room.

About the closure, Neil Henry said the higher price of materials and lower sales due to an increase in pub closures meant that the brewery faced financial difficulties. He added: "All of this has meant that, despite producing a product that has won many awards and accolades, the business could not continue and has had to close."

The hospitality industry has taken a number of hits in recent times. Several venues in Merseyside have closed since the turn of the year and last week the ECHO reported that award-winning Cheshire brewery Chapter would close later this year.

Last year, Craig McCormick from Birkenhead's Glen Affric brewery told the ECHO that he believed the region's hospitality industry would remain in "survival mode" for some time.
He said: "I think the entire drinks industry is going to be hunkered down in survival mode for the next 12 to 18 months.
"At a certain point, I lost count of the breweries that closed down last year. Even this year, we've lost loads.
 


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