History
The origins of Mountain Goat Beer go back to the early 1990s, when founder, Dave Bonighton, was home-brewing in his backyard in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia; friend and fellow founder, Cam Hines, was travelling throughout Canada when he was struck by the range of micro-brewed beer available at various bars in Vancouver. Seeing the possibilities for a microbrewery in his hometown of Melbourne, Hines contacted Bonighton with a business proposition.
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