Valhalla Brewing, the Geelong-based brewing company that opened their brewery and taproom in the Federal Mills precinct last year, has become the latest indie operation to enter voluntary administration.
Owner Scott Hunt said they appointed Worrells as administrators on Monday, citing a significant drop off in patronage at their two venues as the main cause of their financial struggles. He told The Crafty Pint that takings at their original Geelong CBD venue in Union Street are down around 50 percent compared to a year ago, with visitation to the Federal Mills taproom well short of the figures they’d expected when they signed the lease and set out to build the brewery in North Geelong.
He believes the downturn is related to the legacy o…
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