Hawkesbury Brewing opens Taphouse

SINCE SETTING UP their brewery and beverage manufacturing operation at Lisarow two years ago ABC Filling Co Pty Ltd has become the largest brewing company on the Central Coast with their flagship Hawkesbury brand now being marketed nationally through all the major liquor stores.

ABC Filling Co Pty Ltd is a contract manufacturer of beverages that includes beer, wine and spirits to cider and fruit drinks and other non-alcoholic drinks for the FastMoving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market.

Until locating on the Central Coast with the help of a $1.755 million grant from the NSW Government’s Regional Investment Activation Fund, ABC operated from several separate locations from Mount Ku-ring-gai to Queensland and Victoria, the move to Lisarow bringing all operations under the one roof.

The facility represents an investment of over $40 million in the most up to date and state-of-the-art brewing and packaging equipment and research laboratory all located in a 10,000sqm factory that was once occupied by Albany International.

The company employs around 75 fulltime and up to another 40 casual workers.

The move also facilitated the growth of the Hawkesbury Brewing Co with a broad range of beers under the now popular Hawkesbury label.

The company’s plans always were to establish the brewery as a tourist destination with Taphouse, restaurant, and visits through the plant for groups.

This month will see the opening of “The Hawkesbury”, a 2000sqm space that will feature a full range of beers on tap along with wines and non-alcoholic drinks, restau-

Hawkesbury Brewing Co’s brewery facility at Lisarow

Hawkesbury Brewing Co’s brewery and production plant

rant with seating for 300 in a family friendly environment and conference facilities and a 7 x 4 metre TV screen, the largest outside Sydney.

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