In fact, I've come to understand there's not been a time like this for something like 100 years. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the word "unprecedented" is being used in the media at an unprecedented frequency. And now with all the bars and restaurants closed, close to zero beer has left our brewery for the past month.
See, as a brewery with a part-time sole-operator (me), putting beer into bottles doesn't represent a time-efficient pursuit. And so keg has been the choice vessel for the past few years - and I've been seriously moving it! With an ever-growing number of local taps bearing our own laser-crafted timber decals I've been kicking some real goals.
No one saw this coming.
And now I've gone from filling the fermenter with back-to-back brews to wondering when I'll get to brew next. However, I'm not sitting still. There are oak barrels to blend, package and refill and an online store to build with the question of rebranding to consider...
In the meantime, AusPost are holding things up. I ordered some equipment to build a counter-pressure filler and paid for express post. That was 3 weeks ago and there's still no sign of the package from Melbourne...
See, as a brewery with a part-time sole-operator (me), putting beer into bottles doesn't represent a time-efficient pursuit. And so keg has been the choice vessel for the past few years - and I've been seriously moving it! With an ever-growing number of local taps bearing our own laser-crafted timber decals I've been kicking some real goals.
No one saw this coming.
And now I've gone from filling the fermenter with back-to-back brews to wondering when I'll get to brew next. However, I'm not sitting still. There are oak barrels to blend, package and refill and an online store to build with the question of rebranding to consider...
In the meantime, AusPost are holding things up. I ordered some equipment to build a counter-pressure filler and paid for express post. That was 3 weeks ago and there's still no sign of the package from Melbourne...
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