A Field Day for Brewers

A field day for brewers of boutique beer in regional NSW

FOOD DETECTIVE: Judith Elen | July 21, 2007

MUDGEE Brewing Company, recently launched in the NSW wine township, is bubbling along. It has been awarded a hard-to-come-by grant of $97,000 from the Australian Tourism Development Program. With energy, expertise and excellent beers, all the company needed was a fast track for its beer cafe (at the brewery, 4 Church St).

Co-owner Gary Leonard tells Food Detective, "this will allow us to do what we planned now rather than later".

The cafe will be another plus for Mudgee's high street.

Leonard reports that the company's three core beers, and one brewed especially for the day, were on tap at Mudgee's recent Small Farms Field Day and were a great success. The special brew was an American-style pale ale, highly hopped, very floral ... It's just like talking about wine. www.mudgeebrewery.com.au