This week we have Stirling Howland, Brand Director and co-founder of Balter. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Key Mentions in the episode: Balter Brewing Beer Healer Podcast Founding team: Josh Kerr, Bede Durbidge, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Sean Ronin, Ant McDonald, Scotty Hargrave … Read more
Early April sees us hitting two significant milestones in the history of Black Hops Brewing. Our very first Pale Ale will be officially available, and it will be our first beer to come in cans. In this post we run through the process for designing the cans and boxes for the new Pale Ale.
In the podcast this week we take you through our process for re-branding Black Hops and interview our designer Matt Vergotis.
While working on securing our brewery arrangement, we progressed with the merch side of things. With the labels and stickers sorted, we’ve moved onto shirts and caps. All of the detail is discussed in this post.
On Monday, 27 November it was time to let our hair down and celebrate an epic year at the annual Black Hops staff Christmas Party. This year’s event took place at the outside deck and bar of the Robina Pavilion, with employees from all areas of the business coming together to raise a hearty toast … Read more
On Saturday, 17 July a battalion of fearless Black Hops foot soldiers accepted the daunting mission of completing the Kokoda Challenge, taking on a 48 kilometre test of endurance and resilience across more than 12 hours through the Gold Coast hinterland. The event is held annually to honour the Australian diggers who fought in 1942 … Read more
California Love, our 7.2% West Coast IPA, has long been a Black Hops’ connoisseur’s favourite from our Limited Release range. And recently, as well as bringing the original back for another very limited run, we also created two new Cali derivatives of the Hazy and Imperial variety – a killer Cali Triumvirate! California Love: The … Read more
Our second bi-monthly Limited Release of 2023 is XRAY HAZE, a thick, juicy Hazy IPA packing a citrus and resinous punch with a story deeper than what you see on the surface. Brewed with HPA Australia’s new Galaxy Spectrum hop variant, this hop derived liquid is 8 times stronger than traditional hop pellets. The hop … Read more
Our bi-monthly Limited Release series of beers for 2022 have wrapped up with the unveiling of our November/December brew, a 5.5% Grapefruit XPA known as Foreverland. Some of these beers were previous faves that we brought back, such as Caribbean Haze. While others are either brand new beers or franchise versions of other beers, such … Read more
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