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Brewery boost

Chris Shanahan

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Six years after establishing in Byron Bay, Stone & Wood Brewing is poised to triple its brewing capacity. Partner and brewer Brad Rogers says Stone & Wood's new 50-hectolitre brewery, under construction at Murwillumbah, will have double the capacity of the existing Byron Bay facility, which will continue to operate.

Rogers says the expansion is necessary to meet rapidly growing demand, driven largely by the company's flagship, Pacific Ale. Roger says, ''We're going 100 per cent but our customers want more. We can't make enough''.

He says Stone & Wood enjoys great success in the Northern Rivers district, hence the location of the new brewery just 50 kilometres north of the original. The brewery and packaging line is largely in place, says Rogers, and mainly awaits approvals to be up and running.

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