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Two Birds Brewing.
The first female-owned beer brewery in Australia can be found nested in the Melbourne
suburb of Spotswood, an industrial-chic eatery in a beautiful brick Deco warehouse with big
windows. Two Birds is one of a growing number of brewers fighting against old giants of the
industry to produce independent, artisanal beer. Long-time friends and business partners
Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen had both dreamed of running their own brewery – one that
was balanced, approachable, and had a little fun.
“We’ve known each other for a long time,” Danielle says, from where we sit in their Sydney
office. The brewery itself is based in Melbourne but Danielle finds herself in Sydney more
often than not, looking after the business side of things. “Jayne and I have been friends
since we were in our late teens. We even went to University together, where I did marketing
and public relations and she studied winemaking and viticulture. We both went our own
ways after Uni, naturally, to pursue our own careers. I ended up moving to Sydney for my
marketing career. Jayne started her career as a winemaker but then transitioned to brewery,
working for Little Creatures, who are the pioneers of craft beer in Australia.”
“We both followed our own paths. We never expected that one day we’d be starting a
business together,” Danielle says. It was during a 2010 holiday along the West Coast of the
United States when they decided to take their dreams and turn them into a reality. “The
lightbulb moment came when I heard Jayne wanted to open her own brewery. I recognised
that if Jayne wanted to do that, she would need some kind of business partner to assist with
sales, marketing and operational aspects.”
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