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We believe every liquor licensee in Australia should offer gluten free beer

After being diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in 2015, Richard Jeffares set out on a mission – hellbent on making sure every person avoiding gluten (over 18) could have access to great gluten free beer.

Like opening any business, it hasn't been a straight forward journey, and we know there are further challenges ahead. But to see the look on the faces of TWØBAYS drinkers at the Taproom, and to read the countless emails that thank us for creating great gluten free beer, makes every drop of blood, sweat and tears (and beers!) absolutely worth the hard yards.

As you'll read below, from road trips to America to source the finest gluten free malts, to the challenges of brewing all grain craft gluten free beer – and more than 50 different beers on tap, we've been on an interesting journey thus far.

And we're only just getting started.

2022

With gold medals for GFB Draught, Pulp Fusion Passionfruit Sour, IPA and Session Ale – and reaching the Indies Finals for Champion Medium Brewery, 2022 was another strong year. Erin, Grant, Blake and Steven joined the brew team, and Nathan took over as Marketing Manager, with Josh joining the Sydney Sales Team as we re-launched Stout and Pulp Fusion as Seasonal Beers, in addition to speciality releases Mandarin Lager, GABS Collab Almond Milk Porter and Nectaripa NZIPA. Three new HUGE tanks increased our brew capacity by 66% and we won Mornington Peninsula Business Awards Agriculture & Manufacturing Business of the Year!

2021

The year started with national tap takeovers and a collaboration with Ball Park Music (Ball Park Bloom Witbier), and ended with the release of new brand GFB and a collaboration with Aussie Olympic long jumper Brooke Stratton (Margarita Sour). In between, we launched a national partnership with Grill'd, won gold medals for our IPA, Stargaze Hazy Pale and No Doubt Stout, added Lager and Session Ale to our core range, unleashed beer bundles and gift sets, and increased our taproom beers from 9 to 11! We also sent a West Coast IPA, Red IPA and Hazy Pale Ale across Australia, with our beer in more and more taps and fridges.

2020

In what was a challenging year for everyone, TWØBAYS continued the fight to make great gluten free beer available in as many licensed venues and bottle shops as possible. We had to scrap plans of a new winter beer (watch this space 2021), so we re-released the ever-popular Ollie's Hoppy Brown Ale, alongside Taproom favourite Mosaic IPA, and then Red Rocks, Pulp Fusion and S.M.A.S.H. – all Australian Gluten Free firsts. Each of our Core Beers hit #1 style rankings on Untappd, and Kristian Martin became our new Head Brewer, joining Assistant Brewer Ajay Hall with lots of exciting ideas! Oh... and our Pale Ale won a GOLD MEDAL at the Indies!!!

2019

Following a successful Pale Ale release in December 2018, the real fun kicked off in 2019, with the release of our Core Range IPA and then our first limited run Seasonal Beer Ollie's Hoppy Brown Ale (named after AG's dog). No Man's Land XPA followed (later to be added to the Core Range), and we put our beautifully refreshing Summer Ale 'Breakaway' into cans for Christmas. We developed a national footprint, with Woolworths, Coles and hundreds of independent bottle shops stocking our beer while we continued to experiment in the Taproom, tapping 20 different beers. We won 4 beer medals and a tourism award!

2018

In October 2018, we shared our beer with the world for the very first time at the Coeliac Australia Melbourne Gluten Free Expo. Founding Head Brewer AG, Richard and his wife Sarah, and marketing co-ordinator Tom served up more than 4,000 samples of two Pale Ales over the weekend. We asked tasters to vote on their favourite and they chose the first iteration of our Core Range Pale Ale today. Following delivery of our brewery and the Taproom fit out (and a few attempts at getting the Pale Ale right), we finally rolled up the shutter doors on 7 December 2018 and released our first Pale Ale in cans 11 days later. 

2017

From the moment Richard tasted his first gluten free beer at Ground Breaker Brewery in Portland, Oregon, he knew he had to bring this experience to Australia. The next day he walked into Ghostfish Brewing Company in Seattle and it clicked – the brewery had to have a taproom too. That way, everybody could come and share great beer with friends in a dedicated gluten free environment. Richard's fact-finding mission also took him to Grouse Malt House in Colorado and Eckert Malting & Brewing in California, where we now have exclusive rights to import the world's finest gluten free malts to Australia and New Zealand.

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