 In September 2004 the owners ( now known as InBev ) announced plans to close the Strangeways Brewery and move most production from Manchester to Magor in South Wales and Samlesbury , Lancashire , with the loss of 60 jobs . Two years earlier the brewery had employed 250 people . Boddingtons cask ale production , which accounted for less than 10 per cent of output , was moved to Hydes Brewery in Moss Side . The closure plan was made despite the company admitting the brewery was profitable but the brewery site had become a valuable property asset and was subsequently sold for £ 12 million to developers . A spokesman for the firm argued : " [ The ] building was built in the Victorian times and it is an old historic brewery but it was a victim of its age . It is an inflexible brewery – it can 't bottle or can and customer needs have moved on " . Production ended in February 2005 and the brewery was demolished in 2007 . Bloomberg Businessweek described the move by InBev as " unsentimental " . 
