*Update Friday 14 September* In the last 24 hours we have had a chance to re-gather our thoughts on yesterday’s events. Our original apology can still be found below, here we have a few things to add. First off, we are absolutely genuinely sorry for our actions. It’s been a real wake up call for us, who for the most …
Our process for designing beer cans with our hand drawn full wrap labels
Regular Black Hops drinkers would have noticed that over the past few months we’ve brought out a few colourful and highly distinctive full wrap can designs. It’s been a bit of a departure from the minimalist can designs we have for our core range of beers, which we covered in this post. We thought we’d have a bit of fun …
We’re Hiring! Black Hops is seeking bar, packaging & delivery staff
As a rapidly growing business, Black Hops is regularly looking for staff to help with key parts of the business. At the moment we are looking for team members in the following 3 areas. If you are interested in any of these roles, please make contact with the relevant manager. If you have any general questions about working for Black …
Black Hops II: How we plan to build a second brewery on the Gold Coast
In this post we’ll run through our plans for building our new brewery, Black Hops II, and let you know what’s in store with this exciting phase of our growth.
Mission to Melbourne: a wrap up of our AIBA’s/GABS trip
Find out what went down when Black Hops founders Eddie, Govs and Dan headed down to Melbourne for the AIBA/GABS doubleheader Awards Nights recently.
2018 AIBAs – Champion Australian Small Brewery
We are still revelling in the high of last weeks’ results at the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA’s) where Black Hops Brewery received the trophy for the Australian Champion Small Brewery. In this post we wanted to thank a few people and give a bit of a backstory on what our results mean to us.
America Trip Wrap Up – 9 things that stood out about the U.S. Craft Beer scene
We had a ball checking out the American craft beer scene recently. Here’s 9 things that really stood out for us while we were there.
Recon Roundup: The next 6 beers from our pilot system
Recon Series is the name we’ve given to our limited run beers from our pilot system at Black Hops. In this post we’ll run through the current and upcoming Recon Series beers. All of these will be available on tap at the brewery now or in the next few weeks.
Water chemistry: the science of brewing an epic beer
The words ‘water chemistry’ are probably not the first thing that most people associate with brewing great beer. But without the correct water chemistry balance of salts, ions and minerals during the brewing process, your beer won’t be what it should be.
Recon Series: small batch creative brewing
Black Hops has always prided itself on pushing the boundaries when it comes to creative beers. In this article we’ll go through how we are approaching brewing some of our more interesting beers.