Sydney Beer Co has joined the list of Australian breweries to be put into voluntary administration, just months after expanding into the United States.
The brewery, co-owned by former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee and acclaimed writer and actor Matt Nable, had recently raised over $6m to fund its expansion into the US.
RSM Australian partners Richard Stone and Brett Lord have been appointed administrators of the company, with the creditors meeting held last night.
RSM said that it plans to investigate what went wrong with Sydney Beer Co, and while that investigation is underway the administrators said it was in the very early stages.
Sydney Beer Co launched in 2016, with the intention of brewing “Sydney’s…