No buyer for Ringwood brewery: Carlsberg’s UK arm closes site

United Kingdom | What a sad end. The Ringwood Brewery, on the Hampshire-Dorset border, was put up for sale in June by owner Carlsberg Marston's (CMBC). The firm said the site needed an upgrade to be competitive, but expansion and improvements would have been “challenging and extremely costly” given the limited space and location.

As CMBC failed to receive an offer that met its expectations, production of the Ringwood ale brands will be moved to other breweries within the CMBC network and the brewery will close in January 2024. The land will now be sold for another purpose.

The Ringwood Brewery, with a staff of ten people, was founded independently in 1978, before being bought by Marston's in 2007 for nearly GBP 20 million (USD 41 million). Carlsberg merged with Marston’s in 2020.

In a statement, Paul Davies, the CEO of CMBC, said: “Having, over the last six months, been unable to secure a sale of our Ringwood Brewery operation in Hampshire, we have made the difficult decision to announce our intention to close the site.