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Beaten
Track Brewery has had one heck of an experience getting to where they are
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June 2007 |
The Beaten Track Brewery name
is registered and Company (BIA Investments Australia Pty Ltd) is
incorporated. The name was given to the Brewery by Nicole Garbin. |
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July 2007 |
Planning commences for business
planning, venue, beers and all of the boring stuff. Andy Biggs and Nick
Galton-Fenzi spend much time with the saying “mmmm beer...” |
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January 2008 |
Venue is purchased for
conversion into the brew house. A warehouse in Boulder (Formally a Powder
Coaters building) is about to undergo a massive transformation. |
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June 2008 |
Plans are submitted to Local
Shire and Dept. Racing Gaming and Liquor for approval. |
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September 2008 |
Plans are approved by Dept.
Racing Gaming and Liquor and Shire. |
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September 2008 |
GFC hits and hits hard. Banks
withdraw pre-approval for loans to Beaten Track for the commencement of
construction. The plan is there is a new plan... |
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January 2009 |
New plans are submitted to
Local Shire and Dept. Racing Gaming and Liquor for approval. |
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March 2009 |
Plans are approved by Dept.
Racing Gaming and Liquor and Shire. |
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March 2009 |
Building of the venue begins in
earnest. |
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December 2009 |
Building is complete. 80 hours
a week for the last 9 months. |
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January 2010 |
Plans are approved by Dept.
Racing Gaming and Liquor. BTB are able to commence wholesale trading. |
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January 2010 |
ABC local radio
does a story on brewing in the Goldfields. |
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February 2010 |
Final touches on the fit out
and negotiations for supply of raw ingredients. |
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March 2010 |
First brew is put down!!! Our
Summer Ale 4.7% |
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April 2010 |
Boulder is hit by a magnitude
5.8 earthquake and destroys BTB’s first batch of beer and entire grain
storage pile is destroyed by a leaking roof water main. |
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May 2010 |
Beaten Track spend the next 2
months conducting repairs to the premise and rebuilding equipment. |
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June 2010 |
End of financial year – 3 years
into the project and not a single drop of beer has been made. A big
disappointment and funds for the project are now dwindling. |
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September 2010 |
Kalgoorlie Golf Course gets its
liquor licence. |
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September 2010 |
Beaten track Brewery
Congratulates the Shire on their achievement. |
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January 2011 |
Beaten Track start supplying
beer to the newly built Kalgoorlie Golf Course. |
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April 2011 |
Beaten Track is beaten down by
Carlton United and pouring rights agreements at the Kalgoorlie Golf Course.
Beaten Track is asked to remove their equipment from the premise... |
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Rate Payers pay the price for
an unsustainable golf course that fails to support local business in favour
of Carlton United. |
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April 2011 |
Trading and
production ceases at Beaten Track Brewery. |
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May 2011 |
Markets evaporate and BTB needs
a new plan... Luckily, plans for a tasting area were submitted to Dept. Racing
Gaming and Liquor for approval in January 2011, it will be |
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May 2011 |
Building commences on the
tasting area in earnest – more building!! |
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June 2011 |
Tasting area complete – now
waiting on Local Shire to approve changes to business hours. Thank you to the
Shire Councillors, especially Cr Russell Haigh, Cr Esther Roadnight OAM, Cr Laurie Ayers and Cr Nat James for their support. |
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July 2011 |
The Shire approve changes to
trading hours and S39 and S40 certificates are issued. |
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July 2011 |
Good news story in the Kalgoorlie Miner. |
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September 2011 |
Department of Racing Gaming and
Liquor issue approval for tasting area. |
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October 2011 |
Beaten Track Brewery recommences
trading!!! |
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October 2011 |
Tours commence in conjunction
with Kalgoorlie
Tours and Charters. |
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11 October 2011 |
75 mm of Rainfall in 1 hour.
Gutters overflow, mud and silt floods the brewery. Everything under 10 cm of
water and mud. 5 hour cleanup. Wall art, 100 kg grain, cartons and Christmas
orders destroyed. |
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December 2011 |
Department of Racing Gaming and Liquor advise
that they have been incorrectly issuing our Occasional Trading Permits for
the past 8 months and we are forced to stop our popular extended beer tasting
functions. Back to the Shire for the re-gazetting of land and RGL for another
licence and 12 month permiting process – all for 20 person tasting events... |
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January 2012 |
We turn Two Years Old on the 6th of
January 2012!! |
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February 2012 |
BTB submit a Schedule amendment to the City of
Kalgoorlie Boulder to regazette the land in preparation for the lodgement of
a ‘Tavern Licence’. |
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March 2012 |
BTB nominate for changes to
Section 55, Part 1 (a) (iii) of the Liquor
Control Act 1988 to allow on site consumption for holders of a ‘producers
licence’. |
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April 2012 |
Installation of 2 x 300 L Fermenters – Only
just keeping up with demand! |
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Aphotic Aleworks Pty Ltd |
ABN 96 102 580 913 |
© 2012 Beaten Track Brewery |
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