The Yarra area has had a long history of brewing beer and other beverages, well before the construction of the larger large-scale Carlton and United Breweries in 1907. That brewery was established through the amalgamation of smaller local producers and businesses, including the Fosters Brewery, which was established on this site in 1888. The Fosters brothers emigrated from New York and brought with them “special appliances [for brewing] as could not be procured elsewhere”, giving their product an edge in the local market. Their 1890s beer labels advertised that their lager had won “the highest award in the world” at the Melbourne Centennial exhibition in 1889. Production of Fosters beer ceased on this site in 1907 as the brewery was amalgamated into the new Carlton and United Breweries and production moved to Abbotsford, and Joe White Maltings continued the use of this site for brewing beer up until the 1990s. The original buildings were classified by the National Trust in 1970 and recommended for formal heritage protection; a survey in 1995 described a four floor building with decorative keystone archways and rosette cornices, however this building was demolished in 2000.
by laurenpiko on Feb. 26, 2019
as reproduced in the Victorian Beer Label Collector’s Society Newsletter (November 1988) www.vblcs.com/pdf/v17n06.pdf
as reproduced in the Victorian Beer Label Collector’s Society Newsletter (November 1988) www.vblcs.com/pdf/v17n06.pdf
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