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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/lifes...o-1226292252996
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Goldings is a great name for a brewer/hop grower
Goes into quite a bit of detail, even mentioning specific grains and relative IBU levels
"KAREN and David Golding discovered the Red Hill region, southeast of Melbourne, after a stretch of footloose research in Europe, Britain and New Zealand. With the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Beer Guide as their road map, they wandered and explored, putting down shallow roots in such English countryside havens as the Cotswolds and The New Forest.
This gypsy-style wandering had a focus: to explore beer styles and brewing techniques. But the next bit was harder. After settling on the bush-laced Red Hill, located towards the toe of Mornington Peninsula, they faced more than eight years planning and developing, raising money and confronting complicated red-tape obstacles. All to set up something the Mornington Peninsula did not have: a microbrewery.
With its rolling hills and seaside, the entire peninsula - the eastern leg of Port Phillip Bay - is a trove of low-key villages and diverse produce. There are nearly 60 cellar doors in the region. A farm-gate brochure lists 21 visitable farms and orchards, their produce and seasonal harvests. There are goats, berry farms and orchards, olive groves and beehives, herbs, chemical-free garlic, beautiful seafood and, now, hand-brewed beer.
The Goldings opened Red Hill Brewery, still the peninsula's only microbrewery, in 2005. It's an 800-litre, steam-fired operation, with copper-clad brew kettles imported from the US (a "six-month journey")."
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Goldings is a great name for a brewer/hop grower
Goes into quite a bit of detail, even mentioning specific grains and relative IBU levels
"KAREN and David Golding discovered the Red Hill region, southeast of Melbourne, after a stretch of footloose research in Europe, Britain and New Zealand. With the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Good Beer Guide as their road map, they wandered and explored, putting down shallow roots in such English countryside havens as the Cotswolds and The New Forest.
This gypsy-style wandering had a focus: to explore beer styles and brewing techniques. But the next bit was harder. After settling on the bush-laced Red Hill, located towards the toe of Mornington Peninsula, they faced more than eight years planning and developing, raising money and confronting complicated red-tape obstacles. All to set up something the Mornington Peninsula did not have: a microbrewery.
With its rolling hills and seaside, the entire peninsula - the eastern leg of Port Phillip Bay - is a trove of low-key villages and diverse produce. There are nearly 60 cellar doors in the region. A farm-gate brochure lists 21 visitable farms and orchards, their produce and seasonal harvests. There are goats, berry farms and orchards, olive groves and beehives, herbs, chemical-free garlic, beautiful seafood and, now, hand-brewed beer.
The Goldings opened Red Hill Brewery, still the peninsula's only microbrewery, in 2005. It's an 800-litre, steam-fired operation, with copper-clad brew kettles imported from the US (a "six-month journey")."