The loss of James Boag's brewery and Hawthorn Football Club to northern Tasmania's economy could cost the region a million dollars a week, local leaders say.

The Iconic northern Tasmanian brewer announces it will cease production in the state by November and pay back a government loan it secured to keep its Launceston brewery visitor…

Tasmanian beer manufacturer James Boag will cease production in the state by November as it looks to move onto the mainland.