Crowdfunding Australia
Crowdfunding Australia

Akasha Brewing Company

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Great Beer Is Our Everything!

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Great beer is our everything!

Akasha Brewing Co

Register your interest to own a share of one of Australia’s fastest-growing, most-awarded independent craft breweries, and be amongst the first to join Akasha’s Inner Circle.

    Akasha Brewing Overview

    Founded in 2015 in Sydney’s Five Dock, Akasha has helped spearhead Australia’s blossoming love affair with high quality, hop forward beer, rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and successful independent breweries in the country. 

    With a nationally recognisable brand, a stellar core range of highly awarded, eminently sessionable beers, and an expanding roster of limited release seasonal projects that push the art and science of brewing to new heights of invention, Akasha is now poised to expand.

    One of Australia’s Top 30 independent craft producers by volume with revenue growth far exceeding the market as a whole, Akasha is currently making inroads into the Southeast Asia market with no plans of taking its foot off the accelerator. 

    Its Taproom in Five Dock continues to attract new converts to quality craft creations, while its strong relationships with a range of distribution partners are helping ensure more and more people are experiencing Akasha’s great beer for themselves.

    New locations and equipment promise to unlock Akasha’s potential to become one of Australia’s truly iconic breweries. Its mantra is “Great beer is our everything.” Now it’s your turn to “Make great beer your everything”, with a chance to become part of its story.

    Investment Highlights

    1. Consistent growth, year on year on year

      Since its inception, Akasha has achieved consistent double-digit revenue growth each year, growing by more than 35% in FY20/21. E-commerce sales continue to soar, forecasted to drive even stronger future growth with an estimated 20% of total sales predicted in this channel alone in the next few years.

    2.  Accelerating demand – here and overseas

      To keep up with the growing thirst the market has for both kegs and canned beer, Akasha is currently expanding its production capacity to 1.5M litres. Not only will this ensure more Australians can access Akasha’s high quality, highly awarded beers, it will support further growth in the rapidly developing Southeast Asian market.

    3. One of Australia’s most beloved – and most awarded – craft breweries

      In the world of craft beer, quality – independently assessed by the people who are most passionate about it – is everything. Every year since its founding, Akasha has held one or more places on the undisputed leaderboard of craft beer, the GABS Hottest 100. 

      It has won Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Australian International Beer Awards, and has been consistently recognised by craft lovers as amongst Crafty Pint’s ‘Best New NSW Beers’ from 2015-2021. Recently, its Canada Bay XPA has been awarded Best XPA in Australia by Vintage Cellars, in one of the country’s biggest blind tasting competitions. 

      And that’s just a paddleboard sampler of the accolades earned to date… 

    4. Taking the love of local to new heights – wherever you are

      Akasha’s core range of beers is found in over 800 independent bottle shops, bars, pubs, and clubs around Australia, and currently distributed to every state in the country – with limited seasonal releases gaining strong footholds as well.

    5. A community of superfans, that’s growing every day

      One of Akasha’s proudest achievements is the loyal community that it has built, brought together by a shared love of great beer. 

      This community comes together not only at Akasha’s Taproom and Beer Garden in Five Dock, but across the country through a regular calendar of tap takeovers, product launches, collaborations and events, plus social media channels followed by over 20k people and growing. 

      Recent collaborations with Barrel & Batch, Western Sydney Magpies, West Harbour FC Pirates, Brooklyn Boy Bagels and more reveal Akasha’s commitment to creating unique beers that bring together people from all walks of life in shared celebration of the craft.

    6. Giving back in the things that matter

      Akasha is not simply about its beer. It’s about trying to make the world better in whatever way it can, wherever it’s able. 

      That’s why Akasha is a grassroots sponsor of local sporting teams like West Harbour Pirates, Drummoyne Rugby Club and Drummoyne Water Polo Club. It’s why it directs proceeds from its annual International Women’s Day special release beers to organisations that need them most, and why it started Akasha Gives in support of our community partners, raising awareness and finance for causes that are important to the brewery and to its collaborators. 

      And its why Akasha is actively pursuing ways to minimise its ecological footprint, through LED lighting, 100% recycled pak-techs, water re-use initiatives, solar panels, carbon offset credits and more, with the aim of making it one of the cleanest, greenest breweries in the country.

    7. An experienced founder, backed by a first-rate team of international taste

      As co-founder and head brewer of Riverside Brewing Company back in 2011, Dave Padden had already made a name for himself in the Australian brewing community before launching Akasha in 2015. With over a decade in the industry, Dave has a breadth of knowledge about all things brewing, and has assembled a team of experts drawn from the four corners of the globe – each of whom are given the opportunity to express themselves creatively on the brewery floor, expanding and enhancing Akasha’s offering like few other breweries today.

    Why Equity Crowdfunding?

    As community is at the heart of everything it does, Akasha has chosen to raise funds through equity crowdfunding to enable its truest supporters the opportunity to own a share in the brewery they’ve come to love. 

    Akasha’s regulars are more than just consumers: they’re part of the family, and Akasha wants to bring them – and anyone who shares their passion – on its journey, as it continues to grow and develop to meet the demand for authentic Australian craft beer, delivered at the highest possible quality.