COME 2017 Geebung will be the home of a new brewery capable of producing upwards of one million litres of beer each year.

Teneriffe brew-pub Green Beacon Brewing Co. has bought a 670sq m industrial space on Newman Rd with the intention of at least tripling the output of its core offering of craft beers including its 3 Bolt Pale Ale, Wayfarer USA and Windjammer IPA, co-owner Adrian Slaughter said.

“We are massively excited. This is a huge development for us ... it’s been a hard slog for a lot longer than (three years of operation),” Mr Slaughter said.

The Gordon Park resident, who founded the company three years ago with old school mate Marc Chrismas, said he was delighted his head brewer Johann van der Walt agreed to transfer to the Geebung brewery.

“Having him come to this site is a boon because he’s just taken out (Craft Brewers Awards Medium) champion brewery in the country,” he said.

Mr Slaughter said he anticipated the new brewery would employ seven fulltime staff and inject hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy.

“We are going to be buying a lot of the equipment that goes into the manufacture, and ongoing operation of the facility being supplied from Geebung and Zillmere,” he said.

Construction started on Monday.

Booze news:

■ The company will install high-quality gear at the new site, including a centrifuge and a “hot rocket” which instils the product with aromatic profiles typical of craft beer.

■ Green Beacon Brewing Co. has signed a deal with Emirates Leisure Retail Australia which has seen the beer served at three bars in Australian international and domestic terminals.

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