At this time of the year there aren’t many better places in this fine land to settle in for a beer. It’s a steep climb up from the beach to the bar at the Pacific Hotel in Yamba, but it’s a great way to add a bit of sweat to the drying salt water on your back. By the time you get to the bar you’re more than ready to blow the froth off a refreshing beer. It’s no surprise that the Pacific is going through a bit of Stone & Wood at the moment, with both Draught Ale and Pale Lager on tap you are spoilt for choice. Relaxing with a cold beer as you look out over the blue of the Pacific Ocean is just priceless … well apart from the cost of the schooner of course.

During the month now known as Movember, we helped out our friends at The Local Taphouse with their “Movembeer” fund raising campaign. The collective efforts of the customers, Steve and Guy and their staff at The Local Taphouse and ourselves raised well in excess of three thousand dollars for the Movember charities in what was a great team effort. Our beers flowed throughout the month as part of the brewery showcase, and Brad made a guest appearance at the Darlo Taphouse for their Ale Stars night. Cheers to Beer …

We are working on a real treat for the friends of Stone & Wood. We can’t reveal all yet, but we are putting together a night full of beer and song that will have kegs and feet tapping … so mark the fourth of September in the diary and stay tuned …

We reckon drinking beer is one of life’s simple pleasures and when we heard that the fifth annual Life’s Simple Pleasures Photography Competition was about to fire up we had to get on board. Entries are now open and this years theme is based on a quote from Winston Churchill … “All the great things are simple”. 

Hey we’re with you on that big W! 

The competition is hosted by the Brunswick Heads Chamber of Commerce and entry forms are available online at www.brunswickheads.org.au . So start snapping because entries close on the 7th of August.

The Guys from Pig ‘n’ Whistle (great pubs with great beers) in Brisvegas were on tour this week, here’s some of the gang with Brad at the Brewery….a couple of tasters, a brewery tour, a mini pub crawl and back to the big smoke, not a bad way to spend a day.

It was great to see Stone & Wood Draught Ale on tap amongst a great line up of beers at The Local Taphouse SpecTAPular today. A big thanks to the taphouse boys for giving us the opportunity to have our beer available at two great bars (Sydney & Melbourne). If you want great beer, head to the The Local Taphouse … they are beer temples!

We have taken delivery of our latest toy….a packaging line. So that means that we will have a new beer in bottles in just a short while, stay tuned.

Every now and then a pub comes along that transforms a town….The Beach Hotel is one of those places. Positioned on Bay St overlooking the Pacific Ocean ‘The Beach’ is a must see for anyone coming to town. Great food, great music, great view and great beer.

Over the next couple of weeks we are going to take you on a pub crawl of a few of the pubs pouring Stone & Wood Draught Ale. 1st cab off the rank is the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay, built in 1939 this hotel still retains its original character and charm and is one of the greatest band venues in the area.

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