Skinners Brewery

[pilgrimhudd]

Despite @Hazelwood Brewery best efforts , Skinners Brewery has gone into administration, a real shame, an iconic Cornish brand.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Despite @Hazelwood Brewery best efforts , Skinners Brewery has gone into administration, a real shame, an iconic Cornish brand.

That’s terrible news hope it can be saved.

 

[Pennine]

Was there a reason why?

 

[An Ankoù]

I'm very sorry to hear that Betty Stoggs has thrown in the towel. Frankly I'm surprised as they had, I thought, the right balance between regional and commercial. Some jolly good, quaffable ales, too, if, often, just a tad sweet for my palate.

 

[NormanHurst]

That's very sad. I wonder if the strategy to grow via bottled beers in the the bigger supermarkets ultimately undid them. The margins in that sort of trade are negligible and with costs rising everywhere the challenges are obvious. Thoughts with all the individuals affected.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Was there a reason why?

One headline I saw said 'Sudden financial dificulties' but I can't find that now.

On the Beeb

Cornish brewer Skinner's goes into administration

 

[Rodcx500z]

A sad day but i fear there will be more

 

[samale]

Unfortunately I have never tasted any of their beers. Export costs are having a major impact after Brexit. The pound also crashing doesn't help

 

[Leon103]

Just saw this Cornish brewer Skinner's goes into administration

And was going to blame @Hazelwood Brewery for not drinking enough whilst on holiday. Someone beat me to it.

 

[Pennine]

Well maybe @Hazelwood Brewery can quit his day job and buy a brewery?

 

[samale]

Well maybe @Hazelwood Brewery can quit his day job and buy a brewery?

He's retired and is now a full time sauce pot

 

[samale]

All joking a side it must be a fierce industry to be in. Profit margins must be tight, the jump in the cost of electricity alone would be enough to put must in difficulty

 

[Pennine]

He's retired and is now a full time sauce pot

I am pretty sure he works harder now retired in his garden than he would owning a brewery, and imagine the perks drinking on the job?

 

[Pennine]

All joking a side it must be a fierce industry to be in. Profit margins must be tight, the jump in the cost of electricity alone would be enough to put must in difficulty

Yep I'd imagine the only way to make it now is to keep everything in house as a taproom or owned pub model to make sure you have the margins to cover the input increases. I would imagine they were not able to service their debt and likely couldn't get suppliers to give them credit. But who knows.

 

[obscure]

Real shame I always enjoyed their beers when I could get them, sadly with all the issues in the pub trade at the moment I suspect they won’t be the last to go.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I did try to do my bit too keep the lights on for them. Seriously though, it was quite a shock to hear they’ve shut up shop, they were a Cornish staple for me.

 

[NormanHurst]

In better news, Pete Brown reporting a consortium with links to Thornbridge have bought Kelham Island Brewery so Pale Rider will ride again. Very tough times out there for breweries and pubs. Wine industry suffering too - not least from the weak pound.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well maybe @Hazelwood Brewery can quit his day job and buy a brewery?

My nephew keeps trying to convince me to set up a brewery. He wants to be my sales manager - I know he wants free beer!

 

[SMP Brewery]

In better news, Pete Brown reporting a consortium with links to Thornbridge have bought Kelham Island Brewery so Pale Rider will ride again. Very tough times out there for breweries and pubs. Wine industry suffering too - not least from the weak pound.

That is good news. I passed Thornbridge Hall and close by Kelham Island today. It was fate

 

[Braumeister]

It’s really sad, I loved drinking their beer on holiday in Cornwall. No chance of getting it anywhere round here in SE England, although I did notice it in Tesco in Cornwall it’s not in my local Tesco. I guess it couldn’t compete with the hipster looking cans with snazzy graphics. More old school beers than double hazy NEIPAs and raspberry sorbet sours that seem to be the rage in the “craft beer” bit in Tesco.