Sunshine State coldies specially brewed at Asahi for NRL grand final
The first batch of solar-powered beer made in the Sunshine State will be served at Suncorp Stadium when the NRL grand final kicks off on October 3.
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The first batch of solar-powered beer made in the Sunshine State will be served at Suncorp Stadium when the history-making NRL grand final kicks off on October 3.
Asahi Beverages Yatala, Australia’s biggest brewery, will serve up its favourite coldies of Great Northern, Victoria Bitter and Carlton Draught at the match, expected to draw a crowd of 50,000.
The beers will be the first produced using the country’s fifth largest solar installation.
The 7000 panels on 15,000 sqm of rooftop at Asahi’s Yatala brewery cover an area larger than Suncorp Stadium’s playing surface and took 18 months to build with more than 150km of cable laid.
Yatala Brewery Plant Manager Tom Robinson said the new 3.01 MWp solar system generated enough energy to power more than 800 homes and nearly 9000 beer fridges annually.
“We’re committed to making the Yatala Brewery more sustainable and estimate the solar we generate will be enough to brew around 150 million stubbies or cans each year,” Mr Robinson said.
“We’ve covered virtually every bit of available space at the Yatala plant with panels. While it’s not enough to run the entire brewery, our goal is to ensure Yatala is powered by a mix of directly-sourced and offset solar electricity within four years.
“The beer itself won’t change, with the same ingredients and brewing methods used. Only now when the sun’s making you hot, it’ll also be making you a cold one.”
Asahi Beverages last year bought Carlton and United Breweries, which owns and operates the Yatala plant.
The solar beer project will reduce Queensland’s carbon emissions by 100,000 tonnes over the next 25 years as Asahi Beverages seeks to halve its emissions by 2025.
The solar project was a partnership with Smart Commercial Solar and AMPYR Energy.
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