Bells Beach Brewing: Torquay brewery planning live music, more capacity

A busy Torquay brewery is planning an expansion and could boast another big attraction pending approval from Surf Coast Shire.

A popular Torquay brewery could soon be playing live music from its venue after proposing the addition to its venue.

Bells Beach Brewing has submitted a planning application to the Surf Coast Shire Council to increase its patron capacity from 80 to 100, while also adding live music to its permit.

The brewery, which recently opened a new premises in Geelong off Little Malop Street, currently offers an “array of surf-inspired” craft beers at its Torquay taphouse.

Bells Beach Brewing in Torquay. Picture: Bells Beach Brewing

A planning report notes that having the ability to put live music on at the weekends, particularly on Sunday afternoons, would add to the coastal business’ offerings.

“The music proposed would be predominantly acoustic in nature,” the report notes.

“(The) intent is background music for patrons, rather than a feature event.

“The type of live music proposed is very low risk from a nuisance perspective.”

The live music is proposed to occur in the hours between 5pm and 11pm Thursday and Friday, and between 12pm and 11pm Saturdays and 12pm and 10pm Sundays.

The report also notes that after two years of operation there is a demand for increased capacity above 80 people “from time to time” at the Baines Crescent venue.

Council will not make a decision on the application until after March 29.

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Originally published as Bells Beach Brewing: Torquay brewery planning live music, more capacity