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CBCo Brewing

Bramley (Margaret River), WA, Western Australia, Australia

ActiveSingle breweryMicrobrewery
Founded
2004
Archive ID
TB-7G6R97HC
Last checked
2026-08-07
#WA#Independent

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Summary

Formerly Colonial Brewing. A Margaret River pioneer that expanded with a Victorian facility; famous for 360-degree pop-top cans. Born in the Margaret River region in 2004; postal locality is Bramley.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

A Margaret River pioneer famous for innovation and pop-top cans. Clean, approachable brewing done on a grand scale.

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The People

Behind the beer

Ian Watson
Founder

Margaret River independent production brewery.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Small Ale

Year-Round

Session Ale

ABV3.5%
IBU25

Three and a half percent with full flavour is harder to brew than eight percent with plenty. Australia's drink-driving limits made the mid-strength beer a genuine engineering target.

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Sources

  1. foundedConfirmed

    CBCo Brewing was founded in 2004 and operates from Bramley (Margaret River), WA.

    CBCo Brewing — founding and location · cbco.beer

    BreweryMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-07Brewery-stated
    Claim last checked 2026-08-07

    Conflict. Born in the Margaret River region in 2004; postal locality is Bramley.

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