Breweries and Distilleries 2020

Western Australian craft breweries and distillers have been heavily impacted by restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19, but the pandemic has also reinforced the emerging buy-local trend and given businesses time to develop new products.

In this series

Special Reports 08 Jun 2020

Craft brewers ride out COVID their own way

While COVID-19 affected on-premises sales at craft breweries, it reinforced the emerging ‘buy-local' trend and fast-tracked efforts to grow sales.

Special Reports 08 Jun 2020

Distillers crank up the creativity

New products, cheaper bottles and a push to buy local are on the cards for craft distillers, despite the disruption caused by COVID-19.