Breweries

The family-owned and family-operated Mountain Ridge Wines near Berry, south of Wollongong, has recently diversified into beer-making. The vineyard was planted in 2007 by Barry and Monique Starkey and their sons, and in mid-2009 they added Mountain Ridge Brewery to their operation. Barry brews in 300 litre batches, using a custom-built stainless steel system,...
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True South restaurant-brewery at Black Rock, on the eastern shore of Port Phillip Bay, opened in September 2009, but without a licence to sell its beer. This unfortunate omission was rectified at the beginning of December, and the beer then began to flow. Although the retail sale of beer had been curtailed, the making of...
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