Holgate Brewhouse is one of Victoria's oldest independent breweries, brewing for close to two decades making local beer.
Currently, it's undergoing a substantial expansion and is after a new brewer with experience to keep the beer flowing from Woodend.
Job Description: Brewer
A pioneer of the Australian craft beer industry, Holgate Brewhouse has been brewing innovative, award-winning beers since 1999 in the village of Woodend, Victoria. We are now looking to add a brewer to our team. This is a great opportunity to work within a successful business in a beautiful, country location with a brand-new production facility to boot! Our new equipment includes:
- Fully automated 50hL Braukon brewhouse incl. malt handling
- Leibinger 24-head rotary bottle filler
- Keg Technik keg cleaner/filler
- Improved cellar and yeast propagation
As an experienced brewer you will be able to hit the ground running in our busy facility. You will be a fast learner and join us as we commission our brand new brewhouse. However, this is still very much a hands-on role as we have a mix of highly manual and automated processes. You will enjoy working independently as well as part of a team, collaborating on seasonal releases and on-going recipe and process development.
We are a small, tightly-knit team and the successful candidate will join us in covering a variety of tasks, including but not limited to:
- Wort production on new 50hL brewhouse as well as original 15hL manual brewhouse
- Cellaring, including fermentation & yeast management, dry hopping & centrifugation.
- Lab work
- CIP/SIP of plant, tanks etc.
- Packaging: bottle and keg
- Warehousing including safe use of forklift
- Occasional representation of the brewery at events & festivals etc.
Key requirements:
- Minimum two years professional brewing experience
- Flexibility regarding shift work (mornings/afternoons Mon – Fri)
- Physically fit: able to work safely and tidily in a manual environment
- Valid Australian forklift licence
- Accurate and diligent record keeping
- A working knowledge of Microsoft office
- The right to work permanently in Australia
- Self-motivated
- Collaborative attitude with ego in check!
Looked upon very favourably:
- Science background and/or brewing qualification
- Skills in electrical automation, machinery maintenance and troubleshooting
Remuneration commensurate with experience.
Please send applications to paulh@holgatebrewhouse.com.
