A Perry County brewery and hop farm has shut down operations.
Owners of the 3-year-old River Bend Hop Farm and Brewery at 1800 Lower Bailey Road in Newport made the announcement Nov. 6 on the brewery’s website and Facebook page.
“As many of you know, in today’s climate with COVID-19, it has become more and more difficult to continue to keep River Bend’s doors open with the regulations we must follow,” they wrote.
Co-owners Tom and Melissa Beers along with Denny and Wendy Browne opened River Bend in 2017 after converting a century-old barn into the brewery and taproom. It was the first brewery to open in recent years in Perry County, thus giving the owners license to call it the county’s oldest brewery.
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