Beer and non-beer drinking friends alike, we need your help. Cessnock council are presently taking submissions from residents on the 2036 Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS). This is our chance to fix the mess that Read more…
Council said NO. Gutted… We started this journey 2 years ago, having bought the land on advice our brewery would be permissible. We hired an architect, a town planner named Steve and countless “consultants” to Read more…
We’re getting closer! Can you feel it? Me neither… this is taking forever. I was telling people late last year that we hoped to get the DA in before Christmas. Alas, here we are in Read more…
Concept plans, & An invitation to come and share a few pints. After a quiet period over Christmas, the wheels are turning once again. We’re a little closer to identifying exactly what Bucketty’s Brewery is Read more…
3 months – 7 Brews – 500 tonnes of gravel It’s been an action-packed period at Bucketty! We’ve come a long way since the first batch and my last post. A journey of progress, heartache Read more…
As I write, I’m licking my lips at our beautifully handcrafted IPA, cracked for the first time only a few short hours ago. It was all worth it. Every drop of blood, sweat, tears and Read more…
Today is the day a bounty of fragrant hope cones, pregnant with bitter/spicy deliciousness are being harvested. As I stand, shaded by the girthy monstrous trellises, heavy under the weight of opportunity and flavour, I Read more…
It actually arrived in December last year… It sat in the neighbour, “Chicken Man Dave’s” shed for the past 2.5 months while I’ve worked out how to Dad. While on that subject, hats off to Read more…
If you’re thinking of importing anything from China you need to read this post because it’ll likely save you thousands. As you should know, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of our pilot brewery Read more…
Today we took a leap of faith. We wired across 95% of the remaining payment ($8,000USD) to our friends the Chinese city of Jinan with a population of 7mil. Basically a country town over there. Read more…