Bungo Brewery Up and Running (sort of)

Well, after 5 months of waiting (2 months in the factory – plus another due to the American summer vacations – 1 month on the ship to Melbourne, 2 weeks on the docks) Jess and I finally were able to drive to Melbourne to pick up our brand new Sabco Brew Magic brewery (more a pico brewery than a micro brewery).


After unpacking and with great assistance from Jess given my slight over excitement, we managed to get it assembled the right way up – and here it is.

That’s the hot liquor tank on the right, the mash tun in the middle and the boil kettle on the left (for those who care). The coolest bit (and most expensive) is on the far right, and is the temp controller – a notoriously difficult (although not impossible) variable to deal with in home brewing.

Another picture with us and Jess’s brother Hamish –my soon to be brother in law. Hamish is sitting behind our stainless steel fermenter.

So we are underway – first brew will be an American Pale Ale. No doubt this will appear in the second blog.