UK: Molson Coors’ Burton brewery still not working

Bosses at a Burton brewing giant have confirmed that production at a £1 million micro-brewery in Burton has still not resumed, Burton Mail reported on February 5.

Molson Coors chiefs said efforts to improve working conditions at the William Worthington Brewery, based at the National Brewery Centre, in Horninglow Street, are still continuing and no date has yet been set for it to reopen.

Production was ‘temporarily paused’ in April last year while senior figures worked on several ‘safety’ improvements across the site.

A spokesman for Molson Coors said: “The Worthington brand is an important part of our Burton heritage and our brewing future.”

A major review was sparked to look at how machinery could be ’reconfigured to make brewing, cleaning and maintenance easier’ at the site, which opened in 2010 with a blaze of publicity.

The company is still using existing stocks of the brewery’s beers and bosses confirmed that historic ales such as Worthington’s White Shield are now being brewed at the firm’s main Station Street site in the town to ensure they will still be available for customers.

A spokesman for Molson Coors said: “We haven’t stopped production and packaged beer is available as normal.”

Bosses were also still quick to stress that the brewery was not closing permanently and no staff were facing redundancy due to the ongoing issues.

06 February, 2015