November, 2009

This is my 1st blog since taking over the role of Head Brewer here at Mildura and therefore an appropriate time to introduce myself to the beer drinking community. I arrive here from the UK, by way of Coldstream in the beautiful Yarra Valley, having spent my entire working life to date involved in the brewing of beer.

My career includes stints in a number of interesting and renowned (not to say fairly old) regional breweries in southern England, more details of which can be found elsewhere on this website.

The role I have taken on here at the Theatre Brewery is an extremely exciting one and I am very fortunate to be taking over the responsibility of a fantastic brewing facility with a really great team of enthusiastic (and surprisingly youthful!) young lads. I am certainly relishing the challenge of maintaining the excellent reputation that the brewery has gained over the last few years under my predecessor, Stefan, as well as developing the wonderful range of beers currently on offer (starting of course with our next seasonal beer, a crisp Pilsner, that should be out in time for the arrival of early summer).

Another new beer of ours to watch out for is Mildura Bitter, a clean refreshing beer that will initially be available on draught only, here in the Mildura region.

On the contract brewing side of things, we are being kept pretty busy in the build up to summer and have recently brewed a number of new products. We were also delighted to hear that a couple of ales that were brewed here earlier this year have picked up medals at the World Beer Challenge held in London recently, so congratulations must go to Brad and the rest of the team for this fantastic success.

Rod Williams, Head Brewer