Trailblazer Tasting Paddle
Tasting Paddle Beer #1
ALPINE LAGER
#2 Australian Indie Lager
#1 Victorian Indie Lager
GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll 2022
Crisp, refreshing and bright with subtle floral and tropical flavours sourced from our local hops growers.
Style: Lager
ABV: 4.5%
Tasting Paddle Beer #2
ANY DAY XPA
Brewed to taste like something much bigger, Any Day XPA is the session beer that packs a punch. With a fresh hop aroma and tropical flavour, Any Day XPA is a clean and easy-drinking midstrength XPA – perfect for any day of the week
Style: Midstrength XPA
ABV: 2.9%
Tasting Paddle Beer #3
BRIGHT PALE ALE
Bright Pale Ale is as synonymous with Bright as majestic Mystic Mountain which towers over our town. As refreshing as a dip in our pure Alpine waters, Bright Pale is crisp and easy-drinking, with tropical aromas from our locally-grown hops.
Style: Australian Pale Ale
ABV: 4%
Tasting Paddle Beer #4
M.I.A IPA
Bright Brewery’s big and bold American-style IPA is a celebration of juicy, tropical, floral hops, with a well-balanced bitterness and a malt structure that just lets the hops sing. Heady aromas and flavours of mango, passionfruit and lychee.
Style: IPA
ABV: 6.5%
Tasting Paddle Beer #5
HELLFIRE AMBER ALE
Our modern English amber ale is crafted from the finest ingredients to be packed full of flavour. Malty and nutty with floral hops, fruity Yorkshire yeast and a background caramel sweetness.
Style: Amber Ale
ABV: 5.0%
Tasting Paddle Beer #6
Staircase Porter
Silver Medal – 2023 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA)
Our tribute to the great London brewing tradition, Staircase Porter is a decadent blend of dark roasted and caramel malts. Complex layered flavours of creamy espresso, bittersweet chocolate, and toffee combine with flowery hops to create this full bodied nourishing ale.
Style: Porter
ABV: 5.7%
Limited Release Beers
Our Limited Release Tasting Paddle is not currently available.
Rule 47
Marking the 10th High Country Brewers collaboration, the 2023 release is a Red IPA. Its captivating deep red tone accentuates vibrant notes of rockmelon, sun-kissed pineapple, and candied fruit, all blanketed by a rich malt aroma.
Style: Red IPA
ABV: 6.0%
Cowboy Nectar Juicy Pale Ale
Cowboy Nectar Juicy Pale Ale is a real smooth ride with tropical fruit flavours and a lasso of hoppy goodness from Citra, El Dorado, and Sabro hops.
Style: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.8%
Dad Bod Lychee IPA
Time to embrace the Dad Bod! Kick back and relax and let Dad Bod’s subtle lychee notes hit you like a perfectly-timed dad joke at the dinner table.
Style: Lychee IPA
ABV: 6.3%
Cherry Pie Stout
A dark stout base with added vanilla, coconut, creamy lactose and tantalisingly tart cherry flavour and aromas, this iconic Cherry Pie Stout is what dreams are made of.
Style: Oatmeal Stout
ABV: 6.0%
MechaRoo Yuzu Sour Hazy IPA
With a zesty citrus blast of mandarin and yuzu up front, MechaRoo is a true hop-forward IPA built from Citra, Eclipse and Cascade hops with a thick hazy body.
Style: Hazy IPA
ABV: 6.0%
Frostfire Australian Strong Ale
Unleash the beast and embrace the untamed spirit of Frostfire Australian Strong Ale – a Darker Days 2023 festival collab. This blazing bronze brew is aged on oak, giving it a touch of vanilla and caramel sweetness, and infused with chilli. The nose bursts with local Ella and Enigma hops, followed by the intense bitterness of a strong ale. Get ready to ignite your taste buds!
Style: Strong Ale
ABV: 8.0%
Drinkin’ Donuts Imperial Jam Donut Golden Ale
Sugar, spice, and all things nice – not to mention oozing with sweet raspberry jam. Our GABS 2023 beer will transport you directly to beer drinkin’ heaven!
Style: Golden Ale
ABV: 8.0%
POW Pale Ale
A fresh and fruity pale ale with tropical flavours and aromas, POW Pale Ale is brewed in the Alpine valleys by the adventurers at Bright Brewery.
Style: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.0%
Stubborn Imperial Stout 2023
Stubborn 2023 has a silky mouthfeel with moderate carbonation, strong hints of banana and fruit bowl open up into cherry and caramel as it warms up. There are heavy notes of molasses as it continues to warm.
Style: Stout
ABV: 16.0%
Affogato Stout
A hearty & full bodied stout brewed with locally roasted coffee beans from our friends at Sixpence Coffee, Bright. Full-bodied and sweet with creamy vanilla notes balanced with espresso and cocoa flavours. Very rich, brewed with lactose.
Style: Stout
ABV: 5.5%
Black Diamond Black IPA
Slide into smooth layers of citrus and piney hops with a firm bitterness and full body. A hint of roasted malt and a clean finish will leave you wanting more.
Style: Black IPA
ABV: 6.0%
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%
Dreamweaver Black Forest Stout
A chocolate stout with vanilla, cherry, cacao and lactose – Dreamweaver Black Forest Stout is what dreams are made of! Rich, decadent and delicious.
Style:Stout
ABV:5.6%
King Konge Norwegian Hazy IPA
Brewed with Norwegian Kveik Voss ‘super yeast’ and a mountain of hops including Cascade, Eclipse and Mosaic, King Konge Norwegian Hazy IPA is high in hop flavour, and heavy on the haze.
Style: Hazy IPA
ABV: 6.0%
Cold & Wet Cold IPA
Featuring hops from HPA’s Rostrevor Hop Garden and designed to showcase the difference in hop character between wet, fresh-off-the-bine hops and traditional dry T90 hop pellets.
Style: IPA
ABV: 6.5%
C-Easter and Desist Caramelised White Chocolate White Stout
Tendrils of caramel blend with cacao nibs, vanilla and lactose to create a caramelised white chocolate flavour and a creamy body.
Style: White Stout
ABV: 5.8%
Fred’s FOG IPA
Created and brewed by the women of Bright Brewery, Fred’s FOG IPA is a fresh and fruity IPA. Embrace the beautifully balanced orange, feijoa, and subtle guava flavours and aromas.
Style: IPA
ABV: 6.3%
Orchard NEIPA
Our best-selling The Orchard NEIPA is back! It’s the same incredible beer with a banging new look. Brewed with Norwegian Voss Kveik ‘super yeast’, The Orchard NEIPA is an absolute juice bomb with a huge hop punch and a hop bill that is 80% concentrated Cryo.
Style: New England IPA
ABV: 6.5%
Grapefruit IPA
Few flavours are as distinctive as the exotic grapefruit. But pair that unmistakable flavour with a hearty hop bill of Centennial, Galaxy, Motueka + Sabro and you create a fresh, tropical IPA which will leave you reaching for another.
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.0%
Yuzu Sweetart Sour Ale
A light, kettle-soured beer with a fresh yuzu kick, Yuzu Sweetart is brewed with fresh, whole yuzu from our local yuzu farm, Eurobin’s Mountain Yuzu, for an intense yuzu aroma and flavour.
Style: Sour Ale
ABV: 4.3%
White Out Hazy IPA
A hazy, juicy IPA that celebrates the cold and icy winters of our region. Brewed using a truck load of Calypso and Idaho 7 hops; expect big tropical and citrus flavours with a smooth body and balanced finish.
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.6%
Mystic DDH DIPA
Mystic DDH Double IPA has a luscious body and bold, strong bitterness from the double dose of El Dorado, Citra, Eureka, and Mosaic Incognito, plus a dry hop of Strata, Azacca, Amarillo and Cryo Amarillo.
Style: Double IPA
ABV: 9.0%
Razor Witbier
Our hazy Belgian-style Razor Witbier is laced with coriander and orange zest and brewed with unmalted wheat. It is effervescent and cloudy with aromas of banana, bubblegum and citrus.
Style: Witbier
ABV: 5.0%