McLaren Vale Beer Company
McLaren Vale launched as a brewing company with just one beer – VALE/ALE – in 2008, it was soon on tap and in stores in multiple states, aided by a much debated top spot for VALE/ALE in the Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2011 poll. By that point, VALE/DRY – a lager – had been added to the roster, a roster that was steadily expanded further with the addition of a dark lager and a highly aromatic IPA plus a number of seasonal releases. The company had also taken up residence in McLaren Vale too, taking over the former Salopian Inn before the final piece of the jigsaw arrived in the middle of 2012 in the shape of their own brewery down the road at Willunga. It had been a long time coming, with the site secured two years earlier and the 35 hectolitre brew house imported from Canada originally expected to be in place late in 2011. The Willunga site now produces all of Vale’s draught beers under the stewardship of a very happy head brewer Jeff Wright. CRAFTYPINT.COM
McLaren Vale Beer Company was founded by a couple of Craft Beer loving, proud South Australian mates, who enjoyed decades of heading down to the Vale from Adelaide for summer holidays and long weekends. Being lovers of great food and beverage and local produce, the rich tapestry of McLaren Vale always delivered. As the boys got to know the wine community and gained a deeper understanding of the region, they realised there was a tremendous opportunity for a beer producer to add another dimension to the local offering. Beer has long been a popular post-work refreshment for the wine community and we like to think that behind every great wine is great beer.
MCLAREN VALE BEER COMPANY
McLaren Vale Beer Company was founded by a couple of Craft Beer loving, proud South Australian mates, who enjoyed decades of heading down to the Vale from Adelaide for summer holidays and long weekends. Being lovers of great food and beverage and local produce, the rich tapestry of McLaren Vale always delivered. As the boys got to know the wine community and gained a deeper understanding of the region, they realised there was a tremendous opportunity for a beer producer to add another dimension to the local offering. Beer has long been a popular post-work refreshment for the wine community and we like to think that behind every great wine is great beer.
MCLAREN VALE BEER COMPANY
