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Viva La Espana – Spanish Takeaway

The tour of the world continues with this week’s takeaway at Bright Brewery!

With our capacity severely restricted (to just 30 people) we are again running a takeaway menu all weekend long!

This weekend, we are heading to: SPAIN!

VIVA LA ESPANA!

Think Paella, Patates Bravas, Jamon, and CHURROS!

This Spanish-inspired menu will be available every weekend night from 5pm – Fri, Sat & Sun.

And to make sure everyone can get involved, we’re taking pre-orders for the weekend right now!

Click this link to pre-order now! (works only on mobile devices)

PICK-UP ONLY

Fri/Sat/Sun: 5-8pm

HOW DO I ORDER?

  1. Check out the menu below & get excited
    2. Head to the link or button below & place your order
    (you must do this on a mobile device – not a laptop or PC)
    Click here to order
    3. Choose your pick-up day
    4. Choose your pick-up time
    5. Pay online
    6. Head down to the Brewery at your selected time & pick up your meal!

DON’T WANT TO PRE-ORDER ONLINE?

No worries! Call us on 5755 1301 & order over the phone. Or just drop in and see us at the brewery any time.

Feast for the Gods – Greek Takeaway

Who doesn’t want to pretend they’re far away from lockdown and on a beautiful Greek island?

With our capacity severely restricted (to just 30 people) we are again running a takeaway menu all weekend long!

A FEAST FOR THE GODS – GREEK WEEKEND!

Think grilled lamb, beef – and baklava!

This Greek-inspired menu will be available from 5pm on Friday night until 8pm on Sunday night!

And to make sure everyone can get involved, we’re taking pre-orders for the weekend right now!

Click this link to pre-order now! (works only on mobile devices)

PICK-UP ONLY

Friday: 5pm-8pm

Sat & Sun: 12pm-8pm

HOW DO I ORDER?

  1. Check out the menu below & get excited
    2. Head to the link or button below & place your order
    (you must do this on a mobile device – not a laptop or PC)
    Click here to order
    3. Choose your pick-up day
    4. Choose your pick-up time
    5. Pay online
    6. Head down to the Brewery at your selected time & pick up your meal!

DON’T WANT TO PRE-ORDER ONLINE?

No worries! Call us on 5755 1301 & order over the phone. Or just drop in and see us at the brewery any time.

We are reopening!

Come & have a beer with us!
We are excited to REOPEN the venue at 11.30am on Friday, September 10 after the lifting of restrictions in regional Victoria.
If you are planning to head in for a meal or a beer, please read on for all the important details:
• We are limited to 30 people at one time – 10 inside and 20 outside
• Our booking system is now up and running. You can book here. If you can’t find the timeslot you want, it means we are already at capacity at that time. You will have to choose another time, or come in for takeaway.
• Bring a jacket! We will do our best to surround you with heaters if the weather is cold, but prepare for the mountain air once that sun goes down!
• Please be patient with our staff as we get into a groove with the latest restrictions and requirements.
• As much as we want to see your smile, masks must be worn inside and outside until you’ve got that cold brewski in your hands!
• Don’t forget to bring your ID with you, as our staff are required to check residential postcodes.
• As much as we would love to have you join us, we will have (a lot of) empty seats, which we will not be able to sit you at if we have reached capacity.
• We will have takeaway beers and a takeout menu available over the weekend. If you do not get the chance to sit in the venue, you can order takeaway here.
Thank you for the support; we can’t wait to see you!

Sri Lankan Nights at Bright Brewery

Click here to order for this weekend now

With our capacity severely restricted (to just 30 people) we will be running a takeaway menu all weekend long!

SRI LANKAN NIGHTS FEAST

Think Sri Lankan Beef Curry, Kukul Maas, samosas, dahl, and naan.

And to make sure everyone can get involved, we’re taking pre-orders for the weekend right now!
Click this link to pre-order now! (works only on mobile devices)

PICK-UP ONLY

Daily from 12pm-8pm

HOW DO I ORDER?

  1. Check out the menu below & get excited
    2. Head to the link or button below & place your order
    (you must do this on a mobile device – not a laptop or PC)
    Click here to order
    3. Choose your pick-up day
    4. Choose your pick-up time
    5. Pay online
    6. Head down to the Brewery at your selected time & pick up your meal!

DON’T WANT TO PRE-ORDER ONLINE?

No worries! Call us on 5755 1301 & order over the phone. Or just drop in and see us at the brewery.

Texan Barbecue Bonanza this weekend!

Hungry for a special lockdown treat?

This week’s menu

We can’t thank you enough for your support of our Mexican Fiesta Pop-Up Restaurant last weekend!
And we’re excited to bring you another fun Pop-Up Restaurant to feed Bright & surrounds locals this coming weekend (Sept 3-5).

So, in keeping with our theme of: What delicious cuisine is Bright missing?

The answer for this weekend’s Pop-Up Restaurant is:

TEXAN BARBECUE BONANZA!

Think Pork Ribs, Buffalo Wings, Buttermilk Chicken, and Chilli Cheese Fries…
That’s right, folks, we’re taking you to Texas for our Texan Barbecue Bonanza!
And to make sure everyone can get involved, we’re taking pre-orders for the weekend right now!
Click this link to pre-order now! (works only on mobile devices)
PICK-UP AVAILABLE
  • Friday & Saturday: 5-7.30pm
  • Father’s Day Lunch & Dinner 12-2pm & 5.7.30pm

HOW DO I ORDER?

1. Check out the menu below & get excited
2. Head to the link or button below & place your order
(you must do this on a mobile device – not a laptop or PC)
Click here to order
3. Choose your pick-up day (Fri/Sat/Sun)
4. Choose your pick-up time (5.30pm-7.30pm).
5. Pay online
6. Head down to the Brewery at your selected time & pick up your meal!

DON’T WANT TO PRE-ORDER ONLINE?
No worries! Call us on 5755 1301 from 5pm on Fri/Sat/Sun & order over the phone. Or just drop in and see us on the night.
Just want a beer and not a feed? Don’t forget our free, same-day beer home delivery service running locally 7 days a week to stay stocked up on brews for the warm spring weather.

Mexican Fiesta comes to Bright

We are so incredibly lucky here in Bright with the variety and range of incredible food options available to us – even during lockdown!
But one thing we hear, time and time again, is
“I wish there was a Mexican restaurant in Bright!”
So with time on our hands to be creative, we’ve decided to create a Drive-Up Mexican Restaurant at the Brewery this weekend!
Our Mexican Fiesta Menu will be available for takeaway (orders in person or via phone) this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Aug 27-29).
We’ll have Meals for One, Family Feast Boxes, Date Night Boxes for Two, and you can buy a branded Brewery growler full of ANY beer (excluding our premium range) for $30 with all food orders.
So pop down to our Drive-Up Bottle Shop & Restaurant this Friday, Saturday & Sunday night (Aug 27-29) from 5pm. Or call us to order on 5755 1301.
Vive la Bright!

MEXICAN FIESTA MENU

MEAL FOR ONE $25 (1 person)

Small Nachos

Corn chips, cheese, spicy tomato salsa, guacamole, pot black beans, sour cream coriander leaves.

1x Pulled Pork Taco

Plus apple slaw, tomato salsa, guacamole, sour cream.

1x Mexican Bean Taco

Plus shredded lettuce, chilli beans, sour cream, coriander leaves.

DATE NIGHT DUO $40 (2 people)

Small Nachos

Corn chips, cheese, spicy tomato salsa, guacamole, pot black beans, sour cream coriander leaves.

2x Pulled Pork Tacos

Plus apple slaw, tomato salsa, guacamole, sour cream.

2x Mexican Bean Tacos

Plus shredded lettuce, chilli beans, sour cream, coriander leaves.

1x Beef Burrito

Chilli beef, jalapenos, shredded lettuce steamed rice corn salsa.

FAMILY FEAST $60 (4 people)

Large Nachos

Corn chips, cheese, spicy tomato salsa, guacamole, pot black beans, sour cream coriander leaves.

4x Pulled Pork Tacos

Plus apple slaw, tomato salsa, guacamole, sour cream.

4 x Mexican Bean Tacos

Plus shredded lettuce, chilli beans, sour cream, coriander leaves.

2 x Beef Burritos

Chilli beef, jalapenos, shredded lettuce steamed rice corn salsa.

ADD A GROWLER OF FRESH TAP BEER FOR $30 WITH EVERY ORDER.

New date for Darker Days

This is the news you’ve been waiting for…

Firstly, we’d like to thank you from the bottom of our collective hearts for supporting us and our homegrown festival, Darker Days, through this tumultuous time!

To all of you who patiently held on to your tickets while we regrouped after our cancellation, to those who sent us such kind and inspiring messages of support during this time, to those that generously got behind our online Darker Days packs – thank you, thank you, thank you.

From the moment Darker Days was cancelled due to COVID lockdown, we’ve been committed to running this festival as soon as we can – to support the vendors, artists, brewers and customers we made a commitment to.

So we’ve been working furiously behind the scenes to pull this festival back together and now we’ve got some news…

Darker Days will be rising from the ashes from Aug 27-29 (festival day Aug 28).

Got a ticket and planning to come? Great! Your ticket remains valid and you don’t need to do anything except get ready, and make sure you’ve got a buck ticket booked to get home. Book bus tickets here.

Got a ticket and unable to make it? Please let us know and we’ll refund you. Head to the link below for refund info.

Haven’t got a ticket? At this stage, due to uncertainty around event restrictions, we are not releasing any more tickets, as we don’t feel it would be responsible to do so. Once we have more clarity over the situation, we will release more tickets if we are able to.

Head to the link here to put yourself on the waiting list to be the first to know about new ticket releases.

Darker Days postponed

Darkness has come!

Based on the latest Victorian COVID lockdown, we’re devastated to say that Darker Days 2021 has been postponed.

Sadly, we were just 36 hours away from Darker Days 2021 when Victoria went back into a hard lockdown last Friday, July 16.

However…
The show will go on! We are committed to running this festival this year, after COVID has shafted our plans twice in the past 12 months.
We are working furiously on a new plan, to ensure our artists, our vendors, and you, our beloved customers, are supported and can enjoy Darker Days this year!
Some of our musicians and artists were already on their way to Bright when lockdown was announced.
We will have more to say on this very soon and we’d love your support in the meantime.
All ticketholders have been contacted via email and are legally eligible for a refund – however – we’d love it if you could bear with us until we can announce our new plan.
If you’re unable to attend the rescheduled date, you will, of course, be able to receive a refund.
For more information, please email marketing@brightbrewery.com.au

15 fun facts about Bright Brewery

As part of the ongoing celebration for our 15th anniversary this week, we’ve put together 15 fun facts about Bright Brewery that you might not know…
 
#1 The original Bright Brewery was established during the gold rush and ran from 1876 to 1916.
 
#1 When Bright Brewery first opened, it was two tin sheds with a small bar and no indoor seating.
 
#3 This original building cost less to build than the architect’s fees for the proposed venue which was eventually built 5 years later!
 
#4 Our first ever beer – Pioneer Ale – was brewed at Jamieson Brewery, Mansfield in 2004. It was a “pretty basic pale ale”, according to founder Scott Brandon. We’ve just released a tribute beer – Pioneer Barrel Aged Stubborn Russian Imperial Stout – for our 15th Anniversary.
 
#5 The first beers ever brewed onsite in Bright were Hellfire Amber Ale and Blowhard Pale Ale and these are still two of our best-selling beers 15 years later!
 
#6 Bright was a founding member of the High Country Brewery Trail which promotes beer tourism in Victoria’s High Country.
 
#7 100% of our beers are brewed right here in Bright. Many people think we must have a production facility in Melbourne but, despite the logistical challenges it creates, we are committed to staying local and investing in our community
 
#8 Our production brewery, about 1km from our venue, is named ‘Fred’s Shed’ after our co-founder Fiona ‘Fred’ Reddaway.
 
#9 Our now-infamous Stubborn Russian Imperial Stout was first brewed in 2011 by then-brewer Jon Seltin. It’s gone on to become our most iconic annual release.
 
#10 Stubborn Russian was named by Jon and Scott because the beer itself was “stubborn” and took so long to ferment during our cold Alpine winter.
 
#11 The roof of Bright Brewery is completely covered in solar panels, generating about a quarter of our current energy usage and saving the equivalent of 6000 trees!
 
#12 In 2019, the Brewery bought a herd of cows, raised them in the nearby Buckland Valley on fresh grass and spent brewery grain, before they made their way back to the Brewery as part of our low-food-mile Paddock To Plate program.
 
#13 One of our current Apprentice Chefs and Ambassadors, Sammy McMahon, summited Mt Everest in 2018 and lost half a toe to frostbite in the process. Now she’s known as Sammy 9.5
 
#14 In 2020, Bright Brewery was forced to shut for more than 150 days (nearly 6 months) due to bushfires and COVID-19.
 
#15 Bright recently commissioned a brand new canning line which means more cans than ever will be coming your way!
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