Where we share everything we learn along this journey
Recently on the blog we took you back to the beginning of our brewing days, when Eddie, Govs and myself were transitioning from keen amatuer home brewers with a dream to putting the foundations in place for opening our very first brewery, Burleigh HQ. Back then all of our beers were brewed exclusively in bottles and all in very small …
Those of you familiar with the Black Hops story may know that back in 2014 three fresh faced lads, Govs, Eddie and myself, set about walking our talk and brewing a beer that Eddie had come up with that we all thought was worth giving a crack. The name of that beer was Eggnog Stout. What you may not know, …
After a hiatus last year, the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA’s) were back again in 2021, with the Black Hops founders heading down to Melbourne on 20 May to represent as part of the bulging Queensland contingent of craft brewers. The AIBA’s have been going for over 25 years and are the largest annual draft and packaged beer competition in …
In late April we added a new beer to the Black Hops core range, an easy drinking 4.5% Hazy Pale Ale called East Coast Haze, a beer inspired by our hometown of the Gold Coast – the place we live and love. The story behind the beer involves an interesting journey, so in this post we’ll revisit the origins of …
Welcome to Season 4 Episode 2 of the Operation Brewery podcast. This season is all about our new Barrel-aged beer project, AWOL. In today’s episode, we sit in the AWOL barrel aged beer taproom an hour before we first open to the public and run through our first 8 AWOL beers. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Android. …
Gold Coast, Queensland: April 2021. Award winning Gold Coast craft brewery Black Hops have unveiled the latest addition to their core range of beers, a 4.5% Hazy Pale Ale known as East Coast Haze. The eighth beer to become a Black Hops core range staple, East Coast Haze is described as: A cool coastal breeze in the golden sunshine, this …
We recently announced that we’re about to commence a three million dollar upgrade to our primary production brewery at Biggera Waters (BHII) on the Northern Gold Coast with the purchase and pending implementation of a new, state of the art packaging line solution. You can read the press release here. It’s a big step up for us, but a necessary …
The Operating Brewery podcast is back for Season 4. This season is all about our new Barrel-aged beer project, AWOL. In Episode 1 we go into the story on how AWOL came to be. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Android. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions AWOL taproom and tours Black …
Gold Coast, Queensland: April 2021 Award winning Gold Coast craft brewery Black Hops are opening Queensland’s first dedicated barrel aged beer taproom, known as AWOL. Barrel aged beers are made using an ancient brewing technique which results in the fermenting beers being transferred to oak barrels that have previously stored wine or spirits. They are then left to age for …
If you are like us you’ll be triggered by a great beer presented in a dirty glass. We’re always tempted to join the Facebook chorus and yell ‘Dirty Glass!’ everytime we see one. But now we don’t have to, because we offer you this post. Drinking beer from a glass should hit that magical sweet spot of how it looks …
