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Brewery tour a bottler

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Bloke’s Lounge members today had the sad privilege of taking the final official tour of CUB’s Yatala Brewery, originally established by Bernie Power in the late 80s.

The tours have been stopped due to lack of patronage.


Tour guide Catherine gave us all the in and outs
of brewery operations and production. The stats are boggling, even when sober: basically the brewery produces about half of beer consumed in Australia - equating to about 50 million cartons - with territory covering the NT, Qld and NSW down to Sydney and only about three weeks stock at hand at any one time.

We had to drag some blokes out of the packaging area - they were mesmerised by thousands upon thousands of Crownies tink-tink-tinking their way along the production lines, going from stacks of empties off the back of a truck to carton-packaged beer ready for delivery.

After the tour the lads got to suck into a steak sanga or fish 'n' chips and sampled a few beers, with Roger Crook reckoning the
Carlton Stout had coffee, caramel and chocolate overtones which lingered on his palate. We always thought Roger a bit blokey so we upped his cred and reckoned he could make a living giving wine descriptors - that was until the cheeky bugga said he read it on the label on the back of the bottle.


Below: beer blokes (clockwise from top left) - Ron Heslop and Merle Finney with Mike Darby in background; Robert Sanderson and Vince Paino; a restored Ford delivery truck; Ron Kuypers and Mike Carmody.

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  • Blokes Lounge
    • Why a Bloke's Lounge?
    • Vision & values
    • Who's who
    • What the Lounge means to me >
      • IT'S A FUN AND FRIENDLY PLACE - Mick Gannaway
      • Ageing gracefully - Ian Begaud
    • Foundation members
    • VALE
    • GALLERY >
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018 >
        • Rollo's 80th Birthday
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2014-15 >
        • XMAS IN JULY
      • 2013-14
      • 2012-13
    • QUOTABLE QUOTES >
      • QUOTES 2019
      • QUOTES 2018
      • QUOTES 2017
      • Quotes 2016
      • Quotes 2015
  • ACTIVITIES & VENUES
    • Activities
    • Interests and skills
  • News/other stuff
    • You and Your Prostate
    • Early detection saves lives
    • 2018 Commonwealth Games
    • Brrm Brrm - Bloke's cars
    • Marathon Man 2
    • SIX BEST DOCTORS
    • Beer blokes
    • Poetry >
      • The Names of the Game
      • THE TOUGHS
      • THE PUFFS
      • GOF Golf
      • TORTOISE TABLE
      • BLOKES ON BIKES
      • Meanderthals
      • Darts for Old Farts
      • TEAM TORTOISE
      • Dehli belly
      • Security Guard
    • On ya bike, Mal!
    • Rollo Meyers Park
    • Marathon Man
    • Vitamin F
    • Mental wellbeing
    • Avoiding midlife crisis
    • Signs of a stroke
    • DARTS >
      • BULLSEYE CLUB
    • FISHING NEWS >
      • Piscatorial ponderings
    • Volunteering
    • Older news >
      • Fishing fees - open letter to MPs
      • Men's Health Week June 15-21
      • Helping the homeless
      • Brewery tour a bottler
      • Probing for members
      • Forging a future
      • GC Snrs Regional Roundtable
      • Bali bombing survivor an inspiration
      • Mental health & older fellas
      • Laughs & Chuckles
      • GC SportinG Hall of Fame
      • Superannuation update
      • Bowel cancer info session
      • Poetry in Paradise
      • Centrelink support for seniors
      • eBooks and library services
      • Aged care session
  • USEFUL STUFF
  • Contact Us
  • Help & advice