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Shaping Brews
&
crafting boards
Inspired by the foam of the sea and the rich surfing culture of the
Northern Beaches in New South Wales, the lovechild of craft beer
and surf, SurfCraft Brewing Co, have released their first beers –
The Pintail Lager and the Vee Bottom Session Ale.
Going hand-in-hand with the brewery’s motto, ‘shaping brews
and crafting boards’, the beers pay homage to the founders of the
Australian surfing industry who surely need no introduction – the
Brookvale Six.
In the 1950’s, Barry Bennett, Gordan Woods, Bill Wallace, Scott
Dillon, Greg McDonagh and Denny Keogh, also known as the
Brookvale Six, supplied the entirety of Australia with balsa wood
and foam surfboards from their home in Brookvale, where they
took turns in turning on a keg of beer every Friday.
Founder of SurfCraft Brewing Co, Nathan Gazzard, said craft beer,
surfing and the history of the Brookvale Six inspired him to launch
the craft beer brand on August 21 2022, along with cans of his
Pintail Lager and Vee Bottom Session Ale.
“These men pioneered the surfboard manufacturing industry in
Australia and helped transform how surfing was shaped and I am
thrilled to share their story so we can revere, have a beer, admire,
respect and never forget them or our craft.”
The Pintail Lager is a result of a collaboration with one of the
Brookvale Six and one of the largest surfboard manufacturers in
Australia, Bennet Surfboards. The design of the Pintail Lager is
inspired by old-school surf branding and culture, and the beer itself
is easy, crisp and sessionable with a slight unique twist, designed
in collaboration with Dad & Dave’s Brewery and the Bennett’s.
The Vee Bottom Session Ale is the next in the SurfCraft series
and is inspired by the founder of Keyo Surfboards, Denny Keogh,
who was an unheralded leader of the shortboard revolution of
the ‘60s. It was in the Keyo Factory that the game changing Vee
Bottom came to life, giving surfers the shape they needed to carve
a tighter, shorter arc on the wave and
creating a new movement.
surfcraftbrewing.com
SurfCraft is planning on launching a core
range of six beers, which will continue to
be shaped and crafted from the factories
where Australian surfing was born.
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