Oxfordshire is home to 25 breweries which have been left out in the cold as they do not qualify for cash grants. While pubs endure a third lockdown, breweries are facing an even tougher situation because, with pubs and restaurants closed, there is no one to sell their beer to. Although they could still apply for discretionary grants, because they have not been forced to close, they cannot apply for the same cash grants as pubs. Most breweries have seen sales drop by an average of 80 per cent and have either stopped production or scaled it right back. Dave Richardson from Oxford Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said: “They haven’t been ordered to close, but of course their main market has been severely diluted or even dried up, so a lot of them are in quite a difficult situation.”