Major Beermaker to Relocate Operations in Bid to Save $1.5 Million

Tasmanian brewery James Boag will move part of its beer production to mainland Australia. Parent company Lion made the announcement on June 25, one year after discontinuing the award-winning Two Birds beer, and The Nest taproom and brewery in Victoria. Lion’s Australian Managing Director James Brindley said the move would save the company more than $1.5 million in transport costs to the mainland amid difficult conditions for business. “It has been a tough time for large and small brewers with overall beer sales and production volumes in decline due to changing consumer preferences, cost-of-living pressures, and continual increases in federal government excise,” he said....