Work began this week on the beer to be known as Rule #47, a dry champagne or Brut style beer inspired by the Italian sparkling wine-making traditions of the King Valley.

It is the latest annual brew produced as part of a collaboration between the eight High Country Brewery Trail businesses.

This year production is happening at the region’s newest member of the group, King River Brewing, owned by Nathan and Brianna Munt.

Mr Munt said he was excited their first time brewing with the other businesses was a beer that not many people would know, as it was only created in February this year.

“We like to be on the cutting edge a little bit so it was almost a no-brainer,” he said.

“We’re using yeast from one of the local winemakers up here to make this very dry, hopefully not too bitter, very hoppy and flavoursome style of beer.”

The brewers have been planning for a while, but it was Tuesday when the grains were mashed and the boiling process began.

“We do a special thing to make this beer which is add an enzyme which makes the malt sugars even more fermentable, which is what makes the beer so dry,” Mr Munt said.

He said he would be cautious to get the process right and expected the Rule #47 beer to be ready for customers in about three to four weeks.

It will be available at all business along the High Country Brewery Trail: Black Dog Brewery, Rutherglen Brewery, Bridge Road Brewers, Sweetwater Brewing Company, Blizzard Brewing, Social Bandit Brewing and King River Brewing.

There is far more comradery than competition between the North East brewers.

Mr Munt said they all brought their individuality to creating different beers.

“You could have all the same ingredients in a beer and do it your way and it could be completely different to how someone else does it,” he said.

“We really believe in the trail, which is about marketing tourism in the North East as well as the amazing breweries you can see along the trail … We really wanted to give something back.”