When it comes to craft beer, the saying ‘drink fresh’ is a good adage to drink by. And this is especially the case when it comes to beers that contain a strong hops flavour profile, such as Pale Ale’s, Hazy’s & IPA’s. Previously on the blog we’ve published an article called ‘How To Make Sure You Are Drinking The Freshest …
Bright Friday – From our Bright Tank to you, let’s enjoy a beer together this Friday (Brisbane & Gold Coast only)
Bright Friday Sabro IPA is Live! **UPDATE 11:28AM – SOLD OUT, NO MORE SUPPLY DROP DELIVERIES TO BRISBANE.** Here’s the idea. There’s too much bad news this week, so we’re trying to brighten things up today (Friday 27 March) in the only way we know how (with beer). We have a new Black Hops Recon Series release, Sabro IPA being …
Food Safety Recall: Black Hops Extra Eggnog (As part of 2019 Beer Cartel Advent Calendar)
Packed 10/10/2019 – Best Before 10/04/20 Dan, Eddie and Govs regret to inform our valued customers that we are recalling all Black Hops Extra Eggnog 375ml cans effective immediately, due to potential for refermentation. The beer was brewed exclusively for the Beer Cartel 2019 Advent Calendar and can be found in Slot 25. No other Black Hops beers are affected …
Press Release: Black Hops Brewing Expanding Interstate In April
Gold Coast, Australia – 25 March 2019 Gold Coast craft brewery Black Hops, Australia’s current AIBA Champion Small Brewery and 2019 RQFWS Champion Brewery, is set to expand into the NSW, Victorian and South Australian beer markets in April. The past 24 months have seen the fledgling craft brewery on a rapid growth curve, culminating in the launch of their …
Royal Qld Food & Wine Show Beer Awards Results
The Gold Coast craft beer community are a pretty tight knit fraternity, so it was great to see a bunch of us do well at the recent Royal Qld Food & Wine Show (RQFWS) Beer Awards, which took place at the Brisbane Showgrounds on 13 March. A strong Black Hops contingent went up on the day, including Black Hops founders …
New beers available online, update on the new brewery, BH October News
Welcome to the October edition of the Black Hops newsletter. A bunch of new beers for October!! Spring is in full swing, so we’ve bounced into the warm weather zone with FIVE new beers for October, including a Black Hops first for our limited run, Recon Series range. Covert Red – Amber Ale (available online) We decided to brew an …
Black Hops II Progress Update
As you may already know, next year we’ll be opening a second brewery, on the Northern end of the Gold Coast. We found the perfect location in the original Riviera sheds on Pine Ridge Road in Arundel. You can read all about how we got there on the blog. The space is a 1,300sqm warehouse with 8m ceilings and a …
A statement about our latest beer
*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 …
Black Hops August update: upcoming events, what’s on tap and beers coming soon
It’s been an exciting past few months for Black Hops with the launch of our brewery and taproom in Burleigh last month. Here is an update on some events we are part of, the current beers on tap and upcoming brews. Events Dan Norris guest speaker, Startup Grind, Brisbane: Thursday 28 July from 5pm Black Hops co-founder Dan Norris will be …