Auckland-based craft brewery, wholesale and hospitality business Brothers Beer has entered voluntary administration.
Brothers Beer, which also operates seven venues, has cited Covid-19 lockdowns as significantly impacting its financial position in the move that is illustrative of the hardship brewing and hospitality groups have faced since the pandemic hit.
Brothers Beer, which was founded in Auckland in 2012 by two friends Anthony Browne and Andy Larsen, was once a craft beer success story with the business growing quickly before expanding to a 52,000 litre brewery site in Mount Eden named Juke Joint.
Speaking about the situation, PwC voluntary administrator Stephen White revealed to local reporters that the plan was to explore whether…
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