Local brewers are shutting up shop. What will come of that local pint of craft ale?
What is Britain but a nation of beer drinkers? And sure – we like a Stella or a San Miguel as much as any old European nation, but there will always be a special place in our hearts for that pint of local ale down the boozer. Or… will there?
A “perfect storm” of high taxes, narrow routes to market and bulky energy bills has led to a crisis in British brewing. The latest fallen comrade is Banks’s Brewery in Wolverhampton, which is set to close after 150 years of beer brewing.........