Capital Brewing Company
Capital Brewing Company is a Canberra-based brewery. It was founded in 2016 by brewers Tom Hertel and Laurence Kain, and has a brewpub in the Canberra suburb of Fyshwick.
The company is one of the largest craft breweries in Australia. It was previously the beer sponsor of the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants, which represent the Australian Capital Territory in the Australian Football League.
Awards and activism
In 2021, two of the brewery's beers were voted in the top 10 craft beers in the annual 'GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers' competition.In April 2022, Capital Brewing Co. became the first Australian brewery to be certified as carbon-neutral by the Australian Government.
In 2023, the company announced it would plant a native Australian tree for every goal scored by the Greater Western Sydney Giants, as part of its 'Kick a Goal, Plant a Tree' initiative.