{"id":829,"date":"2026-07-28T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/ironbark\/brewery\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T07:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T07:09:37","slug":"brewery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/ironbark\/brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A chain-makers' shed, put to better use.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ten years brewing close to home, in a shed that used to make something entirely different.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How it started<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A fifty-litre kettle and a roller door left open to the street.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Neighbours kept wandering in to ask what the smell was. Eventually we put out a bench, then a second one, then a licence. The kit is two hundred times bigger now, but the door is still open.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rae, Felix and Ivy run the tools between them. Nothing here is brewed somewhere else and trucked in \u2014 if it\u2019s on the board, it came out of the tank forty feet away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four things we won't budge on<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Not brewery poetry \u2014 the working rules behind everything on the board.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Fresh<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Small batches, sold close to home, brewed again. Check the date on the can.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Local<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Malt from the Darling Downs, and the spent grain goes to a farm ten minutes away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Honest<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The ABV is on the board and the allergens are on the sheet. If a batch missed, it never left the tank.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Open doors<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The brewhouse is behind glass, the tours are weekly, and questions at the bar are part of the job.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Four corners of the shed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What the shed looks like on a brew day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The brewhouse<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Twelve hectolitres, behind glass, visible from the taproom side.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The canning line<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Small runs, dated on the bottom, filled the same week they\u2019re brewed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The tanks<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Checked twice a day, by hand, by whoever brewed that batch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The barrel corner<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where the porter sleeps for a few weeks every winter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Small on purpose<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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These figures have not moved in years and we intend to keep it that way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2015<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Brewing at the Yard since<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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12hL<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Brewhouse \u2014 small on purpose<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Core beers, always on<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Small batches a year, at most<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The brewhouse is behind glass every day we\u2019re open.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Come and look through it, or book the Saturday tour and stand inside it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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