Doom Bar maker Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall to be closed by US owner

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Deebster@infosec.pub⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/25/doom-bar-sharps-brewery-cornwall-closed-us-owner-molson-coors

I love Doom Bar and I’m not shopping since it’s among the bestselling cask ales in the UK, but it seems that the US owners are going for a quick payout by closing and asset stripping what’s left.

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blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wonder if St Austell brewery would be interested in buying it? It would help keep its Cornish heritage.

I’m suprised that it’s such a popular beer though, personally I’ve never liked it.

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Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I know several people who work there and I used to live within sight of the building. I remember when Sharps was a small but popular micro-brewery just starting to get national recognition.

I predicted that this would happen as soon as I heard Molson-Coors were moving in. Not quite sure how a business that turns over £16m and makes 100,000 barrels a year is unsustainable. Hopefully someone can buy the site and continue producing.

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obinice@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Let’s sell our country piece by piece to foreign nations so they can siphon every penny they can to their own coffers, then let them shut it all down once they’ve bled us dry! Yay! We r smort!

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fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How can one of the most ubiquitous and popular ales in the UK not be financially sustainable? What did they do to that brewery? Lump it with a bunch of debt or something and write it off?

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- ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They’re claiming the site is unsustainable, not the product.
  
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  - ns1@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Molson Coors said it was exploring potential deals with other producers to keep making the beer, including brewing in other parts of the country. But Stainer added that any plans to produce the Cornish beers outside the region “would be a disgrace”.
    
    I think many real ale drinkers would say the site is part of the product. If it’s made in a different place by different people, it’s a different beer. Shame this company doesn’t seem to understand that.
    
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darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Wow, that was one of my favorite beers when I lived in the UK. Such a shame.

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