The biggest batch of beer ever brewed on the South Coast went into cans yesterday.
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Tarrawanna brewery Reub Goldberg had tapped Fairy Meadow's Principle Brewing on the shoulder to use their much larger facilities to make a batch of the popular pilsner Reub's Gold.
And Reub Goldberg's co-owner Billy Barnetson is certain the 4000 litres canned yesterday is the most anyone had made down here.
How can he be so sure?
"Because Principle is the biggest brewery and this is their biggest tank," he said. "And this is the biggest brew that they've done in that tank."
Barnetson and Reub's head brewer Nick Phillips go way back with Principle's brewer Ian Logue - they all cut their teeth at contract brewer Brewpack.
In case you're wondering 4000 litres of beer equals 10,000 cans, which will be sold at the Tarrawanna brewery, as well as local bars, cafes and bottle shops.
"We're just going to try and flood the Illawarra and the South Coast," he said.
"We're not really going to bother with Sydney."
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