After announcing the proposed sale of Ringwood Brewery, CMBC (Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company) has said it is planning to close Wychwood Brewery, best known for producing the beer Hobgoblin.
The closure is expected to be in November with Hobgoblin likely to then be brewed in Burton on Trent.
It is reported that the closure is timed with a break clause in the lease of the premises, along with the continuing difficult economic climate.
Wychwood Brewery in Witney, Oxfordshire, was formed in 1989 at the Two Rivers Brewery, formerly Glenny Brewery. It took over brewing some of the Brakspear beers when they closed in 2002.
In 2008 Wychwood was bought by Marstons.
Hobgoblin is its best known beer and brewed at a variety of strengths dependant on whether for cask, bottle or can and is said to be the second best-selling bottled beer in the UK.
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