Richard Mackey opened an aerated water and cordial factory on Beach road in 1899, the company also started bottling Wakerville beers. Richard ran into trouble several times for sly groging, the practice of selling beer without telling the excise office, the beer was sold in unlabeled bottles. Richard died in 1925 and the company was sold and renamed to Northern Bottlers Limited. The company started to bottle beer from other breweries including S A Brewing and Jacka Bros. The company changed hands in 1934 and renamed though the new name did not stick for very long and was renamed back to Northern Bottlers soon after. The company lost it's liquor license in 1942 which closed the company.		Richard Mackey & Sons Northern Bottlers Beach Bottlers Brewery ID : 5.370.002 Beach Road, Port Pirie Established : 1896 Closed : 1942 Bottler
Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail, 14th December 1901
Labels from the brewery 5.370.002.001.0010 c1920