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16 Nov 2024
4 Hearts Brewing announces new brewery in Ipswich
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4 Hearts Brewing announces new brewery in Ipswich
The heritage listed 88 Limestone complex
Three and a half years since the first keg of 4 Hearts Pale Ale was sold 4 Heart’s dream of building a brewery in the Ipswich region has finally come to fruition.
The brewery will feature a 1200L Brew-house with 1200L and 2400L Uni-tanks. Beer will be served direct from the tanks for the year round beers and a number of seasonal beers will be brewed on a regular basis. The brewery equipment has been sourced out of China from the producers of several well know New Zealand breweries, Hallertau and Panhead.
The brewery and bar will be the foundation tenant for the redevelopment of a 4000m2 heritage listed site in Ipswich called 88 Limestone.
Featuring an onsite bar and kitchen, the brewery and bar will be called the Pump-Yard, based on the history of the site being the first water source for the city in the mid 1800’s. The site was more recently a TAFE or Technical College and the heritage listed building was built in 1910.
The fit-out of the bar will be industrial and cool, inspired by local and overseas brewpubs and craft beer bars like the one’s operated by Brewdog in the UK.
The brewery bar will be applying for a full hotel licence so other craft beers can be sold along with wine and cider. The bar will feature approximately 8 to 10 taps, 4 supplied direct from the brewery tanks.
Growlers will be available to allow customers to take the beers home.
“I think a lot of people thought when I started and said I would be opening a brewery in Ipswich that I would never make it happen….well I guess I did!”, said Wade Curtis, owner of 4 Hearts Brewing. “We want to build something that locals will love and that people will see as worth visiting from Brisbane and other surrounding areas. It will be all about good beer and a casual atmosphere. So far the support from the Ipswich and Craft Beer community has be incredible, I just hope everyone turns up when we open!”
It is expected the brewery and bar will be open by the end of 2014.
Ipswich is Queensland’s fastest growing city with a population of over 180,000, 2 million people live within 1 hour’s drive of the city.
