Watsacowie Brewing Company

Yorke Peninsula


Craft beer is everywhere in Australia these days, including agrarian Minlaton in the Yorke Peninsula's deep south. Watsacowie occupies a former woolshed on the northern outskirts of town, facing onto a field of barley (handy for making beer). Sip into a Jazzy Red Ale and ask the barman what a 'cowie' is to get the conversation rolling.


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