STONE & WOOD ANNOUNCE EXPANSION PLANS FOR MURWILLUMBAH

Northern Rivers

Brewers, Stone & Wood, have today announced a multi-million-dollar upgrade and expansion plan for their current Murwillumbah brewery which includes a tasting room for the public.

O. Wilson, “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

A crisis that manifests in the form of rampant flaws and insecurities caused by being digitally ‘connected’, but at the same time physically removed from all consequence, albeit the real time repercussions of functioning face-to-face.

As if he were somehow sounding out the concise measurements of our most gapping societal and interpersonal shortfalls, the futuristic visionary himself, Arthur C. Clarke once noted, “Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”

Thus, before the blur of our glitzy obsession with technology and self diverge into an irreversible blindness, it is high time we process the words of Jeremy Glass, “We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we’re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag.”

May we then, always be able to ensure the things that have held us in good stead, are not merely fed to the ravenous wants and detractive whims of ‘advancement’ through technological means.

This exciting expansion has been made possible after Stone & Wood purchased the Kite a more efficient and sustainable brewery, with work forecast to carry through until late 2025.

As part of the transformation, Murwillumbah residents and visitors to the region will be able to enjoy a Stone & Wood Tasting Room and Beer Garden on site by 2024, with plant tours also part of waste reduction and a larger water re-use water reticulation system.

On the brewery upgrade, Fermentum’s Supply Chain leader, Rich Crowe said, “Stone & Wood have put so much heart and soul into the Kite Crescent brewery over the past nine years, so we’re excited to announce we will not only see a great improvement in our safety, quality and sustainability measures, but also mean future jobs for the region, work for local suppliers through the design and construction phases and eventually a great space for the community to come together and share a glass.”

Crescent site, which has been their home for almost 10 years.

With the aim to break ground later this year, Stone & Wood are in the design stages of creating the new plans.

The operational and sustainable upgrades for the brewery will include CO2 collection, brewhouse energy recovery, further beer have now purchased the site, securing this as our home for the future and progressing its welldeserved upgrade.

“The current plans

All plans for the Honeyeater Circuit site, including the build of a new brewery, previously announced are currently on hold.