| The Morphett Vale brewery was built by Alexander Anderson in the late 1849, Alexander was the licensee at the Emu
Hotel in Morphett Vale, and along with the hotel Alexander also built a mill and the brewery on the same property.
The brewery was finished in October 1850, described as the most creditable building in the district, and was leased
to Joseph Edwards. Joseph quickly ran into financial problems and was declared insolvent by April 1851, after Mr
Anderson took Joseph to court to recoup some of his costs, and Mr Alexander operated the brewery for several years. Thomas Auld from Gawler leased the brewery off Anderson in 1855, but again the brewery was not paying its way and Mr Auld was bankrupt by 1858. The bad run for the brewery continued when Charles Catchlove and James Hoskin leased the brewery but both left the business after a year of operation. Finally Wilhelm Adolf Gerloff leased the brewery in 1860, the brewery was closed in 1867.he opened a grocery store named the Sugar Loaf in King William Street Adelaide. John married Miss J Williams the daughter of Charles Williams from the Walkerville Brewery. John learned the brewing business from Charles and in the early 1860's John and his family moved to Wentworth in New South Wales where he established a brewery. The Wentworth Brewery was operational by 1867 and was highly rated, but unfortunately the brewery was washed away in 1870. The brewery was abandoned and the Moody's moved to Moonta in the copper triangle. John started to build a brewery in 1873 and was brewing beer by the start of 1874. The beer being brewed by John was again highly rated and it won several awards at local shows. By 1879 John decided to move away from Moonta and found a property at Orroroo and worked as an auctioneer and general agent. John died in 1916 leaving four sons and five daughters, and was greatly loved by the people in Orroroo. |
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