Craft Brewery and taphouse located in the stunning McLaren Vale region.
Travelling North and South America following the surf on a budget meant that there were a lot of very long bus rides. It was during these breaks from the swell, that I began to think about the awesome craft beer industry in the Americas. Why wasn’t there anything like this in Australia? So out came the journal, and over numerous 10-hour bus rides to the next surf spot, the idea for Swell Brewing Co. developed.
As soon as I returned to Australia, I started on my brewing career. Setting up a brewery in our back shed, I worked hard at perfecting my beers. After three years of brewing from scratch, and I felt that my recipes were finally where I wanted them to be, and I was ready to take the plunge into launching our brand.
In my non-brewing life, I run our own vineyard called Rayments Block which produces premium grapes for Penfolds and Wirra Wirra wines. The Swell Taphouse looks out over our vineyard towards the d’Arenberg Cube.