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Westside Ale Works was already one of the most prolific breweries in Australia, regularly filling 20 of the 30 taps at their South Melbourne brewpub with their own beers.
Then they embarked on Ida Pruul – a wild ale and barrel-aged beer joint venture with brewing offsider Ben Sewell – and added even more to their already-colourful lineup.
If you'd like to learn all about the two operations, sample some of their beers, and enjoy some pizza at the same time, you can join them for a Crafty Cabal member event on August 4.
Kicking off at 6.30pm upstairs at their brewpub, Westside founder Casey Wagner and Ben will share some of their favourite beers and give you an insight into their ethos and plans for the future.
Tickets cost just $15pp and will include a launch night taste of The Pint of Origin PoO-totype – a beer we were originally hoping to brew for Pint of Origin (#PoO22) venues before running out of time.
The concept was to create something that represented every PoO region in some way or another, which led to a beer featuring:
- Malt from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK
- Hops from the USA
- Kveik yeast from Europe
- Yuzu juice from Japan
It's being launched on the night before, hopefully, sparking a series of future PoO beers in years to come.