Bluetongue Brewery was an Australian

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owned by

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. The brewery had a capacity of 100 million litres per annum, and supplied beer to all Australian states. On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Bluetongue would be phased out and discontinued as a brand.

History

Bluetongue Brewery was founded in 2003 by four

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businessmen, Philip Hele, Bruce Tyrrell, Ian Burford and Paul Hannan in Cameron Park. In 2005 they sold a 50% share in the brewery to interests associated with

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. In December 2007 the consortium sold the brewery to Pacific Beverages, a joint venture between

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and

. In November 2010 the company opened a $120M brewery in the Central Coast suburb of Warnervale to produce and package the Bluetongue premium beer brands. The brewery, the second largest in New South Wales had the initial capacity of 50 million litres per annum. In 2012,

sold its 50% share in Pacific Beverages to

, who had acquired

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(the Australian Beer, Cider & Spirits (BCS) division of the

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). On 23 January 2014, SABMiller announced that the Bluetongue brand would be discontinued. Sixty-four staff at the Warnervale brewery were told they would lose their jobs towards the middle of the year and that the brewing equipment would be relocated to its Yatala brewery in Queensland with the remaining assets to be sold off.

Beers

* Bluetongue Premium Lager (4.9% alc/vol) * Bluetongue Pale Ale (5.2% alc/vol) * Bluetongue Premium Light (2.7% alc/vol) * Bluetongue Original Pilsener (4.5% alc/vol) * Bluetongue Black Ale (4.7% alc/vol * Bluetongue Vintage Ale 2005 (6.6% alc/vol) * Bluetongue Alcoholic Ginger Beer (4.0% alc/vol) Other beers brewed: * Bondi Blonde *Bruers Bright *Hunters Old/Hunters Resort Black Ale

Sponsorship

*Bluetongue Brewery was the

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sponsor at

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from 2006 until February 2014.Application to Rename Stadium at Grahame Park

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28 March 2006

References

External links

Bluetongue Brewery website
{{SABMiller Australian beer brands Beer brewing companies based in New South Wales Defunct breweries of Australia Food and drink companies established in 2003 Food and drink companies disestablished in 2014 Foster's Group 2003 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia

History

Beers

Sponsorship

See also

References

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