Brisbane City Council has given a Scottish craft brewer the green light to begin construction on a $30m brewery in the city's east.
The Murarrie-based development includes the construction of a 50hl, 3,000m2 brewing and canning facility as well as a restaurant, taproom and visitor centre for BrewDog.
The development application was submitted mid-March and this week it was presented to the local council, which gave its support for the development.
Construction will start in July, and the building is due to be completed by the end of 2018. The first Brisbane-brewed BrewDog beer should be released in the first quarter of 2019.
Initially, the Brisbane brewery will focus on BrewDog’s core range, with beers such as Punk IPA, Dead Pony Club and Elvis Juice.
The brewery will also brew small batch beers with local ingredients from the Southern Hemisphere. Production volume is expected gradually rise up to 10 million litres per year over the first few years.
Another brewery and restaurant also opened this week in Sydney.
The Squire’s Landing is now operating at Circular Quay’s Overseas Passenger terminal, housing a two-storey restaurant and freestanding fully-glazed microbrewery.
The partnership between Mantle Group Hospitality and Lion tells the story of James Squire, a convict on the First Fleet and Australia’s first brewer.
