Buy your own brewery

FAMILY-owned independent brewery East Bendigo Brewing Company is up for sale, with the whole kit and kaboodle offered at a price of two-hundred-and-seventy-five thousand dollars.

Formerly known as Brookes Beer, the brewery was established 11 years ago by Doug Brooke and Melissa Church.

“We’ve put a price on what we want to sell it for, and I think it represents fantastic value,” said Mr Brooke. “You wouldn’t get a brewery established in a new location for that amount.”

Items included in the sale make up pretty much everything you’d possibly need to brew and package beer, including a 2500-litre electric brewhouse, five 2500-litre fermentation vessels and one 3500-litre fermentation vessel, four 120-litre stainless tanks, and a 27-can-per-minute filler/seamer.

There’s also a labelling machine, Renault delivery van, keg washer, various water treatment and filtration equipment, electric pallet jack, access to existing customer lists and recipes, and a 30-day handover.

“If someone wanted to take it on as a working brewery, we’d give them a month to just familiarise themselves with how it all works and what the equipment is,” Mr Brooke said.

“And if they want to brew our recipes, we’ll help them get across that and introduce them to suppliers and all the bits and pieces.”

Mr Brooke said since the announcement of the sale, he and Ms Church have been “absolutely touched” by the “genuine and heartfelt regret that we’re packing up.”

“Our customers love what we’re doing. People know and understand the brands and appreciate it,” he said.

“We’ve been able to find a way to make beers that our local community has embraced. I think that’s shown that local communities have been really welcoming of something that’s new.”

Interested parties can contact Mr Brooke on 0405 928 662 or via [email protected].