Blackwood Valley Brewing Company

BREWERY OF THE MONTH April 2007

Brewer: Mark Hollett

Established:

Opened as a Cidery on 17th March 2000 (to both ensure St Patrick’s blessing and have a good excuse every St Pat’s for a good party – ruined of late by the owners insisting on adding their voices to the night’s live Irish music!). Started beer brewing in 2002 and wine making in 2003.

Present capacity (brew length):

Beer: 120lt batches

Cider: 5000lt batches

Wine: 5000lt batches

Location:

Bridgetown WA

Beers: “Blackwood Lager”, “Blackwood Bitter”, “Blackwood Wheat Beer”, “Blackwood Stout Porter”, “Blackwood Irish Red Ale”

Ciders: “Scudamores Scrumpy”, “Dry Spider Cider”, “Sweet Rosie Cider”, “Soft Cider”, “Apple Kiss”

Wines: “Bottla Red”, “Bottla White”, Bottla Bubbly White,” “Bottla Bubby Rose,” “Bottla Shedley’s Muscat”

Awards:

(Only ever entered one Beer Comp) - 2007 RPBS

Judges Trophy & Gold – Blackwood Stout Porter

Silver Medal – Blackwood Bitter

Bronze Medal – Blackwood Irish Red Ale

Where can beer lovers get your beer:

On draught at “The Cidery”. Bridgetown WA

(Don’t panic – we have purchased a beer bottling line and plan to bottle and release the beers this summer under our “Local Beers” label)

Website:

www.thecidery.com.au

What is the best thing about your brewery:

All our drinks are handmade on the premises, by traditional methods, using the best of natural ingredients. This ‘hands on’, micro approach allows us to craft drinks relying upon our senses rather than the tools and equipment of mass production – “if its smelling good, looking good and tasting good, then it will be good!!”

Other:

Our core product when we opened was ‘Real’ Ciders, made from locally produced apples and using the same methods employed by the cidermakers of old. Our passion for re-creating ‘real’ drinks led us into producing ‘real’ beers and wines using the same traditional methods, free of modern additives and preservatives and not stripped of natural goodness through filtering.

We all enjoy a good drink – so first we have to make them.

“Life is short – Drink the best”