Home brewer to pro brewer

[Woostyle]

UH OH! I thought out of all the events im going to this would be the tamest.. Its gonna be a long shift on tuesday!

 

[Yob]

Really? A bunch of homebrewers sitting about in a pub talking about beer and brewing?

lolz

 

[Woostyle]

Makes sense now that u put it that way. :blink:

 

[Danwood]

See you there, fuckers.

 

[Blind Dog]

You're all bar stewards! Have to be at the school by 6 to pick up the little man

Just realised its GABS this week too.

Think Im going to cry

 

[Tahoose]

Tahoose is populating struggle street this morning.

 

[Yob]

I am in so much trouble....

Worth it..

 

[droid]

trouble, as in:
you haven't gotten home yet?
spent money allocated to the nursery?
someone was talking when they should have been listening and you gave 'em what for?

 

[Crusty]

Some exciting news for me.
I'll be brewing full time at The Wobbly Chook Brewing Company in Yamba, NSW. It's a small scale, pilot brewery with planned expansion to a larger production brewery within two years. Due to zoning & council regulations, the brewery will be focusing on beers brewed on site with growlers the only allowed takeaway. At this stage, we're looking to have 6 beers on tap with 4 core beers & 2 seasonal changeovers. The planned production brewery will allow us to keg & can for other establishments. Installation date is scheduled for the first week in December 2020, but I'm guessing officially open to the public sometime late January, early February. Smack bang in the middle of the township & easy walking distance from the caravan parks or anywhere in town.
Woodfired pizzas, cheese & meat platters, live bands & just a darn good time.

 

[philrob]

Good news. Mrs warra and I spent a few days in Yamba last July after returning from Qld to see our family up there. It'll be our regular stop off spot on our journey to see our family (daughter + husband, son + wife, and all our grandkids are in Brisbane).
The only brewery I could find was way out towards the highway, so it will be great to have one in the town. I always look for local craft breweries every place we visit.

 

[Crusty]

It would be great to meet you in person & put faces to names.
Looking forward to catching up over a nice cold beer & a cracking pizza.

 

[razz]

Congrats and good luck Crusty, I envy Chook’s new role!

 

[Crusty]

Congrats and good luck Crusty, I envy Chook’s new role!

Thanks razz.
There's no one on the face of this earth that's better suited to that role than Chook.
Every time they come out to my place to taste a new beer on tap, he's here for the long haul. He always turns up with an esky full of prawns or mud crabs which go hand in hand with a cold one. I'm really excited but a tad nervous at the same time.

 

[DU99]

Good to see someone following their dreams..

 

[///]

Some exciting news for me.
I'll be brewing full time at The Wobbly Chook Brewing Company in Yamba, NSW. It's a small scale, pilot brewery with planned expansion to a larger production brewery within two years. Due to zoning & council regulations, the brewery will be focusing on beers brewed on site with growlers the only allowed takeaway. At this stage, we're looking to have 6 beers on tap with 4 core beers & 2 seasonal changeovers. The planned production brewery will allow us to keg & can for other establishments. Installation date is scheduled for the first week in December 2020, but I'm guessing officially open to the public sometime late January, early February. Smack bang in the middle of the township & easy walking distance from the caravan parks or anywhere in town.
Woodfired pizzas, cheese & meat platters, live bands & just a darn good time.

Did the council or the cops dictate growlers only? Bit concerned they can define this when the legal facility does not restrict under the Liquor Act. If it is a preferene for the business there are plenty of small machinery options. Growler supply has not been the best with c19

 

[Crusty]

Did the council or the cops dictate growlers only? Bit concerned they can define this when the legal facility does not restrict under the Liquor Act. If it is a preferene for the business there are plenty of small machinery options. Growler supply has not been the best with c19

Might of been my misinterpretation of owners vs council permission. I know we can't keg for other establishments where we are but if all goes well, a larger production brewery is on the cards at the Industrial Estate. I know there's mobile canning businesses around if they head down that path. The brewery construction will be completed sometime next week so it's not too far away from shipment date.

 

[Crusty]

Well.
Here we go. Installation has begun & it's the end of day one.
Tomorrow will be installation of the 5 fermenters & plumbing up all the tanks, kettles etc. Glycol plumbing towards the end of the day.

 

[Grmblz]

Let the cleaning, begin.

 

[Crusty]

A few more shots of plumbing progress today.
I've never seen so many butterfly valves in my life.

 

[razz]

I love all of that shiny stuff, especially the steam jigger and the plate chiller. Good luck Crusty, always remember, brewing is fun.