Beer Tasting Notes

Core Range Beers


ALPINE LAGER

 AIBA Gold 2025 & Silver Medal Winner 2026, 2024
#27 Craft Beer – GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll 2025
(#1 Victorian Indie Lager & #2 Lager Overall)

Brewed in the modern Australian style, Alpine Lager is crisp, refreshing, and effortlessly drinkable. Subtle tropical notes lift this classic lager, making it the perfect choice for both long-time lager lovers and those discovering the style anew.
Style: Modern Australian Lager
ABV: 4.5%

BRIGHT PALE ALE

Indies Gold Medal Winner 2023 & AIBA Silver Medal Winner 2026, 2024

Bright Pale Ale is a true taste of home. Brewed with locally grown hops, it’s a light-bodied, fruit-forward pale ale that’s as easy-drinking as it is flavourful. Expect bright notes of pineapple, passionfruit, and juicy citrus.
Style: Australian Pale Ale
ABV: 4%


M.I.A IPA

AIBA Double Gold Medal Winner 2026 & Indies Silver Medal Winner 2024
MIA IPA stands as one of the first true West Coast IPAs brewed in Australia. It’s a bold celebration of the style, packed with resinous pine, zesty grapefruit, bright citrus, and a hit of passionfruit—all the big hop flavour you’d expect from a classic West Coast.
Style: IPA
ABV: 6.5%


HELLFIRE AMBER ALE

AIBA Silver Medal Winner 2026, 2024 & Indies Silver Medal Winner 2024
A tribute to the classic English ambers that came before it, this beer adds an Australian twist with vibrant new world hops. Deep amber in colour, it delivers a rich yet sessionable malt body, layered with subtle notes of citrus and pine.
Style: Amber Ale
ABV: 5.0%


ANY DAY XPA

AIBA Silver Medal Winner 2026
Brewed to drink like something bigger, Any Day XPA is the session beer that punches well above its weight. Slightly hazy and bursting with notes of fresh-cut pineapple, passionfruit, and mango, it’s loaded with tropical character.
Style: Light XPA
ABV: 2.9%

STAIRCASE PORTER

Our tribute to the great London brewing tradition, Staircase Porter is a dark ale that balances depth with drinkability. Layers of creamy espresso, bittersweet chocolate, and rich toffee create a full-bodied beer that remains surprisingly approachable.
Style: London Porter
ABV: 5.7%

Limited Release Beers



Affogato Stout

Featuring locally roasted coffee beans from our friends down the road Sixpence Coffee in Bright. Lactose and vanilla are layered in to recreate that unmistakable affogato character. Rich, sweet and beautifully roasty, it is easy to see why this beer has become such a fan favourite.
Style: Milk stout
ABV: 5.5%



Salted Caramel Affogato Stout

We’ve taken our cult favourite coffee and vanilla stout, brewed with our mates at Sixpence Coffee, and dialled it up with a rich hit of salted caramel.
Style: Milk stout
ABV: 6.0%



Stubborn Imperial Stout 2026

Like the mythical Alpine bear that adorns its label, this bold brew for 2026 is not to be taken lightly. Layered with rich expresso and dark chocolate, Stubborn is built for the long haul.
Style: Imperial stout
ABV: 10.5%



Leaf Peeper Red Rye IPA

When the autumn leaves start to change, all roads lead to Bright! Leaf Peeper Red Rye IPA is bursting with red malt, caramel sweetness, and shades of amber, like the the autumn foliage that makes Bright a leaf peepin’ mecca!
Style: Red Rye IPA
ABV: 6.4%



Fishing Friends Fresh Hop Hazy IPA

Together with our friends at Shelter Brewing Co we have brewed the perfect companion for those quiet moments on the water, whether you are chasing something in the salt or drifting a line through fresh alpine streams. More than just an excuse to gather, this hazy IPA was brewed with fresh hops picked only hours before the brew day from Hop Products Australia just down the road in North East Victoria.
Style: Fresh Hop IPA
ABV: 6.3%



Stone Gold Fresh Hop Golden Ale

This trash talking SOB takes Golden Ale up a notch with fresh hops thrown in less than two hours after picking, locking in all that just off the bine character.Expect big tropical notes backed by a punchy, ultra fresh hop aroma that hits hard and finishes clean.
Style: Pacific Golden Ale
ABV: 5%



Fresh Hop Monster Double IPA

Originally created in collaboration with the sinister hopped minds at Kaiju! Beer, our 2026 monster is a continuation of our annual fresh hop series, bursting with a monstrous blend of fresh-from-the-bine Luna®, Galaxy®, Vic Secret™ hops, thanks to our friends down the road at HPA. This hop creature will have you willingly sacrificing yourself for more.
Style: Fresh Hop Double IPA
ABV: 9%



Endless Afternoon Australian Pilsner

Endless Afternoon is our ode to the feeling of true freedom – the crack of a new Christmas Day bat, the clink of tongs as your old man works the BBQ, or simply knowing there’s no work  tomorrow.
Style: Pilsner
ABV: 4.2%



Euphoric Horizons Guava IPA

Inspired by the spirit of adventure and the gift of perspective, we bring you Euphoric Horizons – a beer so irresistibly good, it’ll have you lacing up your hiking boots, packing a trail mix, and heading for the nearest summit just to crack a can in time for sundown.
Style: Cold IPA
ABV: 5.9%


Miami Weisse Mango Icecream Sour

Crack open a can of our Miami Weisse Mango Ice Cream Sour, and instantly be transported to hot nights under neon lights, cruising on your speedboat with synth bangers filling the air. Say hello to our little friend, unleashing a barrage of mango that would make Tubbs and Crockett proud.
Style: Sour
ABV: 4.0%


North Eastern Draught

Fresh, crisp and full of real beer flavour, North Eastern Draught is a full-strength, full flavour beer for the people.
Style: Draught
ABV: 4%

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