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things all the time. We’ll have ciders and seltzers as well.” Trent said they plan to have a rotating roster of food trucks, rather than an in-house kitchen at this stage. “We didn’t want to jump into an onsite kitchen so early on because of the costs associated and the complexity of running a kitchen,” Trent said. “A lot of places tend to go for the food truck model. We’ve seen a lot of examples of it in Victoria, interstate and overseas.” Trent said he envisions the taproom to be a great place for people of all ages to catch up.
“We want to create a space where people can come and hang out with each other, have a few beers while watching the AFL on a Friday night or a Sunday session with an acoustic artist,” he said. The premise has seven parking spaces, nine less than the statutory requirement, so the application seeks a reduction in the number of car parks required. The application states, “the brewery and a food and drink component will operate at different times, which reduces the peak parking demand generated by the site.” Continued page 6
The food and drink premises use and the sale and consumption of liquor will occur Wednesdays and Thursdays 4pm to 10pm, Fridays 1pm to 11pm and Saturdays and Sundays 12pm to 11pm. Smiley Brewing will produce all types of beer, with a core range of four or five brews, Trent explained. “We’ll have a rotation of beers, maybe half a dozen smaller batches. So locals can get to know our core range and come back for them, but also might want to try the new ones every few weeks,” he said. “Craft beer drinkers tend to want to try new
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Pakenham could soon be home to its first brewery, located in the South East Business Park. Smiley Brewing is Trent and Kylie Butcher’s dream, the culmination of seven years of home brewing in Botanic Ridge. An advertised planning permit with Cardinia Shire Council reveals their plans to build a micro-brewery in a vacant factory at 1/9 Southeast Boulevard, Pakenham. “It has been a dream for a while,” Trent told Star News. “I started brewing in 2014 as a hobby but I’ve done more and more ever since. “We thought we’d like to open a small brewery locally.” They took over the lease of the factory in March this year after a few roadblocks in their hunt for a space due to Covid-19. “My wife grew up around Kooweerup and Pakenham, and I grew up in Langwarrin and we’re in Botanic Ridge now so we wanted somewhere in that area,” Trent said. “The closest brewery to Pakenham is either Lang Lang or Warragul.” The name came from their home street, Smiley Way. “We live on Smiley Way and as a bit of a gag Christmas gift, my wife ordered Smiley Way Brewery bottle labels so when it came time to choose a name, we just dropped the ‘Way’,” Trent said. The application proposes to change the use of the two storey building from an existing warehouse to a brewery and taproom offering food and drink services for up to 90 patrons. Plans state beer brewing will operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week and is estimated to produce approximately 14,000 litres of beer per month. During proposed hospitality trading hours, the brewing operation will be largely passive in nature (fermenting rather than bottling beer).