Taproom licence, sustainability and capacity expansion projects on the cards for WA’s Rocky Ridge Brewing Co. which is aiming for 3 million litres.
Sustainability
Closing the loop on containers
Container suppliers like O-I, Orora, Petainer and Konvoy are juggling logistics, carbon footprint and recyclability concerns as they look to create a more sustainable industry.
Melbourne brewers team up for sustainable beer
Melbourne’s Burnley Brewing and beer brand A Local Beer have teamed up for a beer made from surplus bread and locally-sourced fruit.
Startup aims to turn brewery wastewater into fuel
New South Wales startup SwitcH2 is bringing to market technology which it says will allow breweries to turn their wastewater into fuel.
Unleashed Software predicts 2020 trends
Unleashed Software uses its data to identify the biggest trends that will influence breweries in 2020 and help brewers prepare and profit from them.
Sustainability of cans versus bottles
Getting sustainability right is difficult. Stone & Wood’s James Perrin and Envirobank’s Chris Chamberlain discuss the issues with recycling, including the ongoing battle over cans vs bottles.
Tribe brews ‘best thing since sliced bread’
Tribe Breweries has teamed up with supermarket giant Woolworths to launch a limited edition pale ale, made with 350kgs of unsold bread. Josh Gaudry, head of marketing and innovation at Tribe, explains how and why.
Brewing industry should unite to reach sustainability goals says Stone & Wood
The industry needs to work together to reach sustainability goals says Stone & Wood sustainability manager James Perrin, discussing the relative merits of bottles vs cans at this year’s BrewCon.
CUB bans plastic six-pack rings
Carlton and United Breweries’ Abbotsford plant is the latest of its breweries to discontinue plastic six-pack rings on cans.
Does scale matter to sustainability?
While many small brewers pride themselves on their awareness, scale potentially gives larger breweries an advantage in what they may achieve in the sustainability space.