$1.1 million expansion begins at Capital Brewing

Fyshwick brewers Capital Brewing have broken ground on a $1.1 million expansion to keep up with demand.

Work has started on a new packaging hall next door to the current Dairy Road facility.

The new site will hold a new packaging hall with state-of-the-art canning line, centrifuge, conditioning tanks and specialty grain store

It's been less than two years since the brewery opened its doors in September, 2017. In that time the original team has grown from five to 46 full-time employees.

Their beers are now available in major chains, bars, venues and independent outlets across Australia.

This announcement comes just weeks after news of a new brewery bar at the Canberra airport which will be launched in autumn 2020.

The expansion will double the production footprint to 4.5 million litres of beer annually.

It will also generate six new jobs at Fyshwick. The jobs will include packaging staff, a supply-chain manager, sales support manager and additional sales and marketing staff.

"Our brewery is at production capacity and that is entirely thanks to our community who have supported us since we started," managing director Laurence Kain said in a statement.

"The locals got behind us and we'd like to thank them, and lovers of good beer around the country, whose support has underpinned this home-grown success story.

"When you buy local beers, you're supporting local growth, jobs and families.

"We're stoked.

"We're proud to be reinvesting your hard-earned beer money into our community."

Over the next 12 months further works at Dairy Road will include a quality-control and microbiology laboratory.

The number of taps in the hospitality venue will also double.