In April 2013, Cains announced it would be ending contract brewing and production of supermarket beers. A month later, it said it would cease brewing altogether and find a contract brewer for its beers. 38 staff were made redundant. In the same month, Liverpool CAMRA reported that Cains was down to an estate of three pubs – the Brewery Tap, Dr Duncan's and The Dispensary. However, a 2015 news articles state that Cains still has an estate of five pubs. The additional two pubs are thought to be the two out-of-town pubs Kelly's Dispensary in Smithdown Road and The Edinburgh in Wavertree.