‘Beer life crisis’ leads Hobart men to open own brewery and bar

A GROUP of old schoolmates have quit their day jobs to open a brewery, bar and cellar door experience in what they’re calling a “beer life crisis”.

owner/operators of Shambles, Bruce Arnold, left, brothers Cornel and Adrian Ianculovici and Nathan Crump. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE.

HOBART’S growing craft brewery industry has a new player, with a group of old schoolmates quitting their day jobs to open a brewery, bar and cellar door experience at North Hobart in what they’re calling a “beer life crisis”.

Beer will be brewed on site at Shambles Brewery — in the old Mundy’s meat building in Elizabeth St — in full view of patrons and then served in a bar at the front, an operation thought to be the first of its kind in Tasmania.

The group started brewing beer at university as a hobby and have progressed from there.

Former aeronautical engineer and cyber security expert Bruce Arnold moved from Canberra to Hobart to open the brewery.

“There are a lot of different styles of beer and we’re going to explore a lot of them,’’ he said.

“We’d like to get some unique flavours and bring back some beers that don’t get as much publicity anymore.’’

Cornel Ianculovici, a former science teacher, said he was interested in the science of beer.

“Tassie has a great reputation for food and whisky and we’re starting to get that for beer and cider,” he said.

Mr Ianculovici said in the past year Hobart had gone from having five craft breweries to more than 12.

Now Mercury readers have the opportunity to name one of the brewery’s beers.

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The new beer will be launched at the brewery on February 27.