As one of the pioneers of the burgeoning Brisbane craft beer scene, molecular bioscientist Mark Howes and the partners of Newstead Brewing Co founded their brewery in December 2013 and Mark had to make the rapid transition from 40 litre home-brewer to head brewer of Newstead Brewing Company.

With a 2nd Newstead brewery, bar and restaurant set to launch shortly across the road from Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, the brainchild of the Howes clan (Peter, Heather and Mark) and Michael Conrad has gone from strength-to-strength.

In this week’s fascinating insight into Colonial Brewing Co, we chat with National Operations Manager, Grady Patching about growing up in Papua New Guinea, the Colonial Brewing Co history, from founding the brewery in 2004 to setting up in Port Melbourne to enable the company to continue to be able produce and preservative-free beer on the east coast and scale the business, launching their core range beers in cans and the innovation of a 360 lid, so that you can drink straight out the can like it’s a glass, leadership and empowering your employees, Colonial Leisure Group venues such as Lucky Coq, Bimbo Deluxe and the Newtown Hotel and their brand new menu.

 

It means so much to me to promote the wonderful projects and businesses that my friends and people that inspire me are creating and if I can’t utilise my own platforms to not only celebrate their hard work, but raise awareness for important topics that quite often go unnoticed and can make a massive impact on people’s lives in the process, then what is the point in doing what I do.

 

123 Agency boasts an super impressive artist roster that is testament to the hard work of Damo and his 123 Agency team. There’s a whole BUNCH of my favourite Australian artists and bands including Kingswood, Tash Sultana, Ash Grunwald, Harts, Pierce Brothers, Clairy Browne, The Delta Riggs and shitloads more.