The
Good Life DI
VINO AT HOME
Fresh handmade pasta and sauces for you to prepare at home + Italian desSerts, craft cocktails and natural wine packages 11am to 4pm Friday to Sunday
ORDER ONLINE OR CALL wWw.divinobyron.com (02)6680 8424
Do you Wandana another beer? Brian Mollet With pandemic panic engulfing the globe and the smart money hiding out in safe havens, far from the winds of misfortune, you won’t hear too many stories over the next few months about people opening up a new business. Mullumbimby couple, Rupert Brown and his wife Kristine, are busy bucking that trend – launching the Wandana brewery over the weekend in the Mullumbimby industrial estate, near the Leagues club, with little fanfare and all of the protocols in place. ‘Although I grew up in Mullum, I travelled for years, and eventually ended up working as a director, filming ads in Sydney, which is where I met Kris, who was a producer. When online advertising and the decline of free-to-air TV kicked in, and with a young family in tow, we realised we would have to re-place ourselves in the workforce’, says Rupert. With Rupert’s passion for brewing beer as their main inspiration, they dared to dream the dream. Finding the right location was the first hurdle. ‘We had a
BALLINA
Wharf Bar & Restaurant Ballina
FB/Insta: wharfbarballina 12–24 Fawcett St, Ballina 6686 5259
TAKEAWAY OPEN! Our takeaway is still open, from 8am to 7pm. We will be taking extra precautions to ensure our staff and the community are safe during this time, while still serving Ballina their favourite dishes!
The new brewers at Wandana, Kristine and Rupert Brown. Photo Jeff ‘don’t mind a brewskie or twoskie’ Dawson venue in Billinudgel that fell through at the last moment, but when the old Mullum Removals site came up, we knew it was the right choice.’ With its spectacular views of the sun setting over Mt Chincogan, and a spacious interior, the site fitted their business model of a boutique brewery and venue. Work got underway last year, and although they have raised some working capital from investors amongst their friends, they largely own the company themselves. Then the COVID-19 crisis hit. ‘We were 90 per cent there, and you don’t stop when you’re that far along. Beer
Open 7 days 9am till after midnight Shop 1 Woolworths Plaza 90-96 Jonson Street 6685 5700 www.legendpizza.com.au
Fishheads Byron Bay
1 Jonson Street, Byron Bay 6680 7632
Harvest
FISHHEADSBYRON
Success Thai Open Mon–Sat., 4pm to 7pm for takeaway and deliveries. 3/31 Lawson St, Byron Bay www.facebook.com/ pages/Success-ThaiFood/237359826303469
26 The Byron Shire Echo lëƷ ǨǪǽ ǩǧǩǧ
www.harvestnewrybar.com.au @harvestnewrybar
The Empire
20 Burringbar St, Mullum 6684 2306 Open Tuesday to Sunday FB/Insta: EmpireMullum empiremullum.com.au
See Facebook for further details.
Providing fresh, nutrient dense produce boxes for our community. Help us to support local farmers and growers to keep our little economy going. Food is medicine. Locally sourced vegetable boxes $50 (pre-order for Saturday pick-up and delivery) + pantry cooking essentials + frozen meals + wine & cocktails Allpress coffee: 6.30am–12pm daily (take-away)
The Empire is open for takeaways for breakfast and lunch! It might be a tough time right now, but with some kindness and a positive attitude we’ll get through it! The Empire kiosk is still doing what we do: serving up delicious vittles to help you get through the day.
CATERING
CELEBRATIONS Celebrations Catering By Liz Jackson
Taking orders between 4–5pm. Delivery between 5–7pm. Home delivery call 0421 902 855 or 0402 258 990
Eateries Guide
MULLUMBIMBY
TAKEAWAY OPEN! Our takeaway is still open, from 7.30am to 7pm.
Home Delivery to Byron Town, Sunrise and Suffolk Park.
Q Wandana Brewing, 20 Manns Rd, Mullumbimby. wandanabrewingco.com.au
HARVEST MARKETPLACE
18-22 Old Pacific Highway Newrybar NSW 2479 02 6687 2644
Check us out on
We will be taking extra precautions to ensure our staff and the community are safe during this time, while still serving Byron their favourite dishes!
According to a study by the University of Wellington, yeast activates more quickly and thoroughly when exposed to music. Rupert has speakers installed over each of his brewing tanks that amplify sounds into the tanks as they are fermenting. ‘Hops taste very different according to where they are grown. I thought it was appropriate to play music to the brew from the area it was grown in.’ So the beer you
NEWRYBAR
FRESH PIZZA BYRON STYLE facebook.com/byron.legendpizza Scan code for our menu! BYO Home delivery 7 days Established 1992
Music is the yeast şĪȞōĶĪĕ
Good Taste
BYRON BAY
Legend Pizza
was already brewing’, says Rupert.
drink from Wandana might have local hops that has been brewed with reggae and blues music played to it, bitter north American hops that have had grunge music played (think Kurt Cobain et al), or a German hops that has spent its short life listening to authentic polka music. ‘I had to turn the polka music down a bit, just for my own sanity’, says Rupert. Future brews will include a pilsner that has been reared on a diet of Bach and Mozart, and a porter that has developed in the sound waves of Irish and Celtic tunes. The brews are available for takeaway sales from the premises, canned or decanted into an insulated stainless steel flask called a ‘growler’. The ‘growler’ holds a six-pack and is perfect for taking to a barbeque, for example, and is a textbook case of a no-waste enterprise solution. ‘Beer is like any other food, it tastes better fresh’, says Rupert. Having tasted the result, I must agree, the big breweries have just lost my custom.
BY LIZ JACKSON
Celebration cakes Personal catering services Event co-ordination and management
E: lizzijjackson@gmail.com P: 0414 895 441
North Coast news daily in Echonetdaily www.echo.net.au