March 25th
Modisch Märzen | White Bay Beer Co.
White Bay Beer Co. has announced its latest limited release.
Modisch Märzen (5.1% abv) is a Märzen style Lager comprised of Pilsner and Munich malts.
This release is available to purchase online now.
Cascade Stout x Old Gold | Cascade Brewer x Cadbury
Cascade Brewery and Cadbury have collaborated on a new limited edition beer in time for Easter.
The Cascade Stout x Old Gold (5.8% abv) is inspired by Cadbury’s Old Gold Dark Chocolate and is only available in six-pack cans and slabs in Tasmanian independent bottle shops, Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores.
Read the full media release here.
Lychee & Apple | Hard FIZZ
Hard seltzer brand Hard FIZZ has added a new flavour to its range.
Lychee & Apple (4% abv) is now ranged in Liquor Legends, Bottlemart and Cellarbrations outlets around Australia.
Read the full media release here.
March 18th
River of Ideas | White Bay Beer Co.
White Bay Beer Co. has released its latest limited beer.
River of Ideas (6.1% abv) is a Cold IPA brewed with Falconers Flight, Huell Melon, Mosaic and Citra hops.
This release is available online now.
Blueberry IPA | Felons Brewing Co.
Felons Brewing Co. has announced its latest beer.
Blueberry IPA (6.8% abv) is brewed with a union of Mosaic and El Dorado hops.
With only 5,000 cans produced, this limited release is available to purchase online now.
Hyperdrive Hazy | Modus Operandi Brewing Co.
Modus Operandi Brewing Co. has announced a new limited release.
Hyperdrive Hazy (6.5% abv) is a hazy IPA brewed with Galaxy, Vic Secret, and Simcoe hops.
This beer is available online now.
Specialty Saison & Proteus Strong XPA | Helios Brewing Co.
Helios Brewing Co. has announced two new releases.
Speciality Saison (5.8% abv) is the brewery’s 4th Classic Series release brewed in collaboration with Ipswich Brewers Union and is available online now.
Meanwhile Proteus Strong XPA (6.7% abv) is a taproom exclusive and is a “fresh and tasty malt-driven beer with an exceptionally well hidden hop presence until it hits the palate.”
Galactic Symphony | Black Hops Brewing
Black Hops Brewing has released its limited beer for March.
Galactic Symphony (7% abv) is a Hazy IPA with passionfruit, pineapple and melon notes.
This release is available to purchase online now.
Serenity of Speed | Prancing Pony Brewery
Prancing Pony Brewery has announced its latest limited release.
Serenity of Speed (4.8% abv) is a Pale Ale brewed with Lemon Drop and Citra hops.
This is available online now with part proceeds being donated to the Dry Lake Racing Association.
Nebula Hazy IPA & Urban Dark | Urban Alley Brewery
Urban Alley Brewery has released two new beers this week.
Nebula Hazy IPA (6% abv) is brewed with Eclipse, Amarillo, Cashmere, Citra and Galaxy hops.
Urban Dark (5.4% abv) is an English Brown Ale brewed with Willamette and has aromas of Caramel, Chocolate and Toffee.
Both of these releases are available online now.
Crumblicious | Dainton Beer
Dainton Beer has re-released a beer in time for Easter.
Crumblicious (7.1% abv) is a honeycomb and toffee stout and is available online now.
Keep ‘Em Cold IPA series | Range Brewing
Range Brewing has released its Keep ‘Em Cold IPA series containing three beers.
Esky (6.4% abv) is a 100% Australian hopped IPA brewed with Galaxy, Vic Secret and Topaz hops.
Chilly Bin (6.4% abv) is a 100% New Zealand hopped IPA brewed with Motueka, Pacifica and Nectaron hops.
Cooler (6.4% abv) is a 100% American hopped IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe hops.
This new series is available to buy online now.
March 11th
Rasselbock & Ray of Sunshine | Hop Nation Brewing Co.
Hop Nation Brewing Co. has announced two new releases.
Rasselbock (7.8% abv) is a Doppelbock that was brewed for the 2022 Mountain Culture Rauchbier Festival.
Brewed as part of its limited Spritz Series, Ray of Sunshine (4.5% abv) is a “refreshing sparkling water, bursting with honeydew melon and yuzu.”
Both of these releases are available online now.
Mornington Free XPA | Tribe Breweries
Tribe Breweries has announced a new non-alcoholic beer, Mornington Free XPA (<0.5% abv) as part of a new branding launch for Mornington Peninsula Brewery.
Read the full media release here.
Rejected Ales collection | Matilda Bay Brewery
Matilda Bay Brewery has launched Rejected Ales, a limited collection of 27 beers rejected when making the award-winning Original Ale.
Read the full media release here.
Return of the Yeti & Tropic Sour | Revel Brewing Co.
Revel Brewing Co. has announced two new limited releases.
Return of the Yeti (7% abv) is a cold IPA, which “requires pitching the fermentation at colder temperatures before allowing the beer to “rip through” the fermentation by naturally raising the temperature.”
Tropic Sour Ale (3.5% abv) is brewed with mango, pineapple, coconut, raspberry and macadamia.
Both of these releases will be released early next week.
Korben Double IPA | Akasha Brewing Co.
Akasha Brewing Co. has announced the return of its Korben Double IPA (8.5% abv), which is brewed with Simcoe, Centennial and Mosaic hops.
This release is available online now.
West Coast IPA | Mismatch Brewing Co.
Mismatch Brewing Co. has released a new West Coast IPA (6.4% abv) which has a combination of mango and passionfruit and “a hint of malt sweetness”, according to the brewer.
This is available to purchase online now.
Stranger than Fiction & Seaside Passionfruit | Range Brewing Co.
Range Brewing has announced two new releases.
Stranger than Fiction (9.1% abv) is a DIPA brewed with Mosaic Cryo, Mosaic LUPOMAX and Citra hops.
Seaside Passionfruit (7% abv) is a fruited Gose style Sour beer, soured a base gose along with Tasmanian sea salt and passionfruit.
Both of these releases are available online now.
March 4th
Bourbon Barrel Aged White Stout (2022) & Double West Coast IPA | Hawkers Beer
Hawkers Beer has announced two new releases.
2022’s Bourbon Barrel Aged White Stout (6% abv) has “vanilla and espresso notes on top of a subtle bourbon influence”.
Double West Coast IPA (9% abv) is an expanded version of Hawkers’ core West Coast IPA and is brewed with Southern Cross, Simcoe, Mosaic, Northern Brewer hops.
Both of these releases are available to purchase online now.
Tassie BREW Ale | Moo Brew
Moo Brew has released Tassie BREW Ale (4.3% abv), as part of its BREW range.
Read the full media release here.
Fred’s Blackberry Pale Ale | Bright Brewery
Bright Brewery is releasing a beer in honour of International Women’s Day.
Fred’s Blackberry Pale Ale (4.5% abv) is named in honour of founder, the late Fiona ‘Fred’ Reddaway and was developed and created by Madi Cooper, Bright’s Trainee Brewer. The beer is all-female production from start to finish, with part-proceeds from every Fred’s sold going directly to Pink Boots Society Australia.
This beer will be launched at an International Women’s Day event in Bright on Tuesday, 8th March. Tickets are available here.
Nas XPA | Akasha Brewing Co.
Akasha Brewing Co. has launched its latest limited release beer, Nas XPA (4.2% abv), which is spelled out in Braille, in collaboration with Reckless Brewing and ABC Disability Affairs reporter Nas Campanella.
Read the full media release here.
Long Black & Flat White IPAs | Sauce Brewing Co.
Sauce Brewing Co. has released two coffee-inspired limited releases.
Long Black IPA (6.5% abv) is dry-hopped with Citra and Idaho hops with coffee beans sourced from Brazil, Columbia and Peru.
Flat White IPA (6.5% abv) is a milkshake style IPA brewed with oats, wheat and lactose and has coffee beans sourced from Ethiopia, Uganda and Sulawesi.
Both releases are available through Sauce’s Marrickville taproom.
Mandarin Rice Lager | Two Bays Brewing Co.
Two Bays Brewing Co. has released its latest limited gluten free beer.
Its Mandarin Rice Lager (4.4% abv) “showcases an unmalted rice backbone”,complemented with delicate, balanced millet malts and a hop mix of Talus, Mandarina Bavaria and Motueka that gives off subtle mandarin flavours.”
This release is available online now.
Never Have I Ever, Back In Time and Beginner’s Luck | Range Brewing
Range Brewing has announced multiple new releases.
Never Have I Ever (10.8% abv) is a TIPA brewed with Citra LUPOMAX, Mosaic Cryo, Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops.
Beginner’s Luck (7% abv) is an Oat Cream IPA dry-hopped with Sabro Cryo, Citra, Mosaic LUPOMAX and Wakatu hops.
Back in Time (7% abv) is a West Coast IPA brewed with Citra, Simcoe, and El Dorado LUPOMAX hops.
All three releases are available online now.
Bridge Road Brewers have partnered with Australia’s largest hop grower (HPA) to debut a first-of-its kind collaboration at the annual High Country Hop. With the harvest in full swing, Bridge Road Brewers joins forces with renowned brewers fromMountain CultureandGarage Project, carefully producing two new beers in a creative endeavour to express the unique regions they call home.
First up is Hazy Harvest, an IPA made with Mountain Culture. The recipe was developed in conjunction with Australia’s foremost crafter of hazy beers, DJ Mcready from Mountain Culture. This year’s beer sees the introduction of a higher level of protein from malted oats and chit malt, and Bridge Road’s first use of yeast from Bluestone yeast in Melbourne.
Dark Harvest comes in next as an IPA made with Garage Project. 2022’s Dark Harvest was designed together with Joss and Pete from New Zealand’s famed Garage Project. It’s a subtle but punchy Black IPA, thanks to a big malt base and generous hop regime. Both beers are bursting with the unique flavours of freshly harvested local hops from HPA’s Rostrevor Hop Garden. The 2022 vintage uses fresh Galaxy hop cones, picked and added to the beer within 6 hours.
Owen Johnston from HPA says “Aussie brewers are making great beer year-round, but there’s something special about fresh hop beers. They’re only available once a year for a limited time, and beer drinkers should be jumping at the chance to try them.
“In an industry where most brewers are pumping out one or two top sellers’ week in week out, it’s great to give Aussie brewers the excuse to slow down, do something different and test their skills”.
Alongside hosts Bridge Road Brewers and special guests, Garage Project (NZ) and Mountain Culture (Katoomba) are much-loved regional Victorian breweries; Sailors Grave (Orbost), Dollar Bill Brewing (Ballarat) and Love Shack (Castelmaine). Representing the High Country will be Bright Brewery, Mitta Mitta Brewing Co., King River Brewing and Billson’s Brewery.
Separate to the exciting collaboration with Bridge Road Brewers, Garage Project will bring along ‘Chance, Luck & Magic’, a spontaneous brew that can only be made in Wellington. Situated in the heart of the city, the team produces a base wort, puts it in the coolship and opens the windows, letting the microbes in the air and wild yeast work their magic. The brewery will also pour the hop-heavy ‘Dry Haze’, showcasing Yakima Chief’s Sabro hops from the legendary Perrault Farm. Dry Haze is designed with a lighter body and dry hazy brew, bursting with a blend of tropical fruit, citrus, tangerine, and coconut.
Mountain Culture hops along with ‘Status Quo’ in tow, the highest rated Pale Ale in Australia as ruled by Untappd. Accompanying the super hoppy, fruity, hazy pale ale will be ‘Oat Cream IPA- Autopilot’. The all-American hopped Oat Cream combines six of their favourite American hops, pushing it to all sorts of limits.
The exceptional Sailors Grave joins the line up with their unique, nuanced and subtle layers of complexity. The Orbost brewers makehand crafted, artisanal beers with adiverse array of farmed and foraged ingredients, showcasing the “terroir” of the Snowy Mountains.
Ballarat-based Dollar Bill is working hard to bring a mash hopped barrel fermented Saison to the table, undoubtedly inspired by their fruity, Belgian influences.
The High Country Hop is the perfect way to see out the festival season, punters can join a killer line-up of beers and tunes with Australia’s high country as their backdrop.
