All Grain Brewing

02/02/2026

Excise on CPI indexing. Beer used to be a cheap and affordable product, no more.
Would you consider getting into home brewing? Still a dollar a litre and better yet no preservatives and all yours! The best part is you won’t have to pay excise, only the tax for your kits at the check out!

Message me today to start your journey and make your own!

20/02/2025

https://independentbrewers.org.au/campaign-2025/

Campaign 2025We're fighting to keep locally owned beer available and affordable for the average Australian. At least 47 independent brewing businesses have entered voluntary administration or closed down in the past 2 years. 48% of independent brewing businesses report struggling to maintain profita...

20/02/2025

the IBA are making roads into the tax affair that we struggle with endlessly, needlessly and every six months it goes up again.
There’s no sustainable aspect to this type of fiscal cash grab. Not one brewery aside from the multi nationals who’ll even be able to afforded the luxury of sending their beers down the line, lets alone the shelves and taps Australia wide in 5-7 years from now.
Beer is going to cost by the end of this year $12-$15 a schooner.
That’s a meal. The 3rd highest taxed alcohol rate in the world.
I’ve enjoyed being a producer but I couldn’t afford the packaging tax. So I closed up.
And so many that had come and gone in this great industry have also tasted the sour lambics of this stupid tax regime.
But what about the publicans - will they also lower the prices back to a normal level once this tax is lowered? If this tax is lowered?
I’ll be signing up to the IBA’s plea for lowering at best freezing the tax. Cause currently every 50L of beer is 35%TAX. FT.

James McKay.
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18/02/2025

How does one start down the road of becoming a brewery? It’s a loaded question.
How big/small, what’s your audience / market.
Do you want to sell to a local community, brewpub scenario.
Do you research your market or throw caution to the wind (said no one ever).
Do you buy the Main Street or dig into the industrial estate.
What about future funding after you’ve made all your best laid plans and purchased the brewery, built the building, paid for trades to connect you plus you council (ferryman 30%).
Then the staff - brewer (do you contract) or have you DIY?
Do you have access to cashflow??
Whichever way you set up the last question is the one you’ll want to get you going.

James McKay.

11/12/2024

Good afternoon to all my brothers & sisters of beer. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and festive holidays, with family and friends. Stay safe & drink good beer.
James. All Grain Brewing

08/02/2024

If you're not aware as a brewer, commercial or home brewer. The NZ & Aussie home brewer forum is looking for donations to upgrade their server. This is a fantastic initiative set up via the AHB forums, which lets face it we've reached out to the brains trust more than once to improve our brews! Chip in Today: here's the link

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01/02/2024

FYI -

Find the current excise duty rates for alcohol on beer, spirits and other excisable beverages.

31/01/2024

Morning all I’m curious to know what the thoughts are for many breweries around Australia when the proposed excise increase kicks in and the question is, is there still skin in the game? Will the IBA step in to make some aggressive proposals to the ATO at large to stop the ever increasing tax.
In Australia to date, we are the third highest taxed beer economy. , , ,

31/12/2023

18/12/2023

BB 2010. You’ve got to love passionate brewers. The Commemorative Ale is alive and well into 2023.
What a stunning beer. Thanks to .
Thanks mate.

23/07/2023

Afterburner on!