Well it had to happen, South Australia finally loses it's major brewery which makes the iconic West End brand of beer.
It's interesting how the media has stated that this brewery is what West End is all about considering it's actually the old Southwark Brewery that was taken over by the West End Brewery that was originally located at the West end of Hindley Street. The brand West End took over everything that Southwark did and all the brands that they produced at the time.
Southwark was a huge brand of bitter beer in Adelaide and was a much bigger brand than West End Bitter ever was, but slowly "Southwark" beer known as "Green Death" had very much dwindled in sales as has West End Bitter and Draught and Lager beers have very much become the norm over the past 30 or so years. The switch to Lager beers was accelerated by the "Fosters" brand when they sponsored the Australian Formula 1 in Adelaide.
Anyway that seems to be the way of manufacturing now and it's all about only producing in one location and shipping outwards opposed to producing in many more localised places. General Motors-Holden is a testament to this strategic way of manufacturing. They used to have 2 plants in every state and ended up with one sole manufacturing centre located in Elizabeth, Adelaide. The only exception to that situation was the Victorian Government throwing bucket loads of money to retain engine manufacturing in Melbourne. Had that not happened the engine plant would've also been located in Adelaide which really made far more sense.
Cheers, BB.
Below is the Main entrance of the West End Brewery with the Famous Chimney adorning the the prominent Red & White colours of the North Adelaide Football Club on top and Norwood's underneath as the loser of the 2018 Grand Final.
I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.
