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The Stone & Wood Brewing Co. was established in 2008 by Jamie Cook, Brad Rogers and Ross Jurisich, [3] all of whom previously worked at Carlton & United Breweries. They constructed their first 25-hectolitre brewery in Byron Bay. In 2012 Cook, Rogers and Jurisich bought back the 20 per cent share of its business held by Lion (a wholly owned ...
May 9, 2019 · Stone & Wood Brewing Company’s journey to becoming the most successful brewing start-up of the modern era is explored in a new podcast documentary released this week. Founded in Byron Bay in 2008, Stone & Wood exceeded annual production of 12 million litres in its tenth year of operations, the Drinks Adventures podcast reveals. No other ...
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Sep 10, 2021 · Byron Bay brew-lords Stone & Wood have announced they are independent no longer. In a blockbuster deal reportedly worth AUD$500 million, the iconic brand revealed that beer giant Lion had acquired Stone & Wood parent company Fermentum, tightening its stranglehold on the domestic market. For founders Brad Rogers, Ross Jurisich and Jamie Cook ...
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After 15 years, the co-founders of Stone & Wood, and now Fermentum, have mixed feelings about the sale to Lion. Ross Jurisich said trying to raise funds earlier this year for a new $50 million brewery in Murwillumbah presented a real fork in the road for the business. "The founding families of Stone & Wood got together, and we discussed what the fu...
While the sale also shocked the Independent Brewers Association — which represents more than 600 members across the country — its CEO Kylie Lethbridge sees it as an opportunity to help nurture the rest of its members. " I think what our board is saying, and thinking is that the sale of Stone & Wood only leads to other breweries being able to come u...
While neither company would disclose the sale price, Lion has committed to building Stone & Wood's $50 million brewery at Murwillumbah, a $5 million donation to the InGrained Foundation, and a $1 million donation to Big Scrub Landcare, a group restoring and caring for the critically endangered rainforest. Big Scrub Landcare president Dr Tony Parkes...
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Oct 21, 2019 · Though Stone & Wood remain a relatively small player in the overall Australian beer market, business and distribution has consistently expanded since founding. So, there’s an element of futureproofing at play with these strategies; craft beer is a dynamic segment of the market that is always evolving, particularly as its popularity expands in ...
Jun 28, 2017 · Part of Stone & Wood’s commitment to the local community is the creation of a business that leaves as delicate a footprint as possible on the environment. There’s a waste-water treatment plant ...
Sep 9, 2021 · Stone & Wood was built on a ‘conscious business model’ more than independence according to co-founder Jamie Cook. Speaking to Brews News shortly after the announcement of the Fermentum Group’s purchase by Kirin-owned Lion, including Stone & Wood, Mr Cook said while some consumers value independence above a lot of other things, the business was always about more.
