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Beer, BBQ & Behind-the-Scenes: Bright Brewery Open Day This Saturday!

Ever wondered how we make our beer? Now’s your chance to experience the magic firsthand! Bright Brewery is throwing open the doors to Fred’s Shed– our exclusive production site – for one day only, inviting beer lovers, families, and the local community to a Community Open Day on Saturday, March 15, from 10:30am to 3pm.

This is a rare behind-the-scenes opportunity to witness the passion and craft that goes into every drop of our award-winning beers, including Alpine Lager – recently crowned Australia’s #1 Indie Lager!

What’s in store?

Free brewery tours – Get a guided insider look at our brewing process (11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm)

Beer tastings – Sample our freshest brews, including fan favourites and new releases (11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm)

Meet the brewers – Chat with the experts and uncover the secrets behind your favourite beers

Complimentary BBQ – Because great beer deserves great food

Outdoor games for kids – A fun-filled day for the whole family

Bright Brewery pop-up bar – Sip and enjoy our craft beers and soft drinks on-site

Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering craft beer, this is the perfect chance to immerse yourself in the world of brewing, connect with our vibrant community, and enjoy a day of fun, food, and fantastic beer.

For more information and to sign up for one of the free tours and tastings click here.

Important Info: For safety reasons, all visitors to Fred’s Production Facility must sign in upon arrival and wear the provided high-vis clothing.

Alpine Lager Crowned Australia’s #1 Indie Lager in 2024 GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll

Bright Brewery is thrilled to announce that its flagship beer, Alpine Lager, has secured an impressive #18 ranking in the 2024 GABS Festival Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll. This remarkable achievement not only marks Alpine Lager’s debut in the Top 20 but also crowns it as Australia’s #1 Independent Lager.  

This year’s result represents a massive leap of 20 places from its #38 ranking in 2023, smashing its previous best result of #32. The GABS Hottest 100 is one of Australia’s most prestigious and competitive craft beer polls, featuring nearly 400 breweries and attracting over 55,000 voters who cast their ballots for their favourite beers of the year. With nearly 1,500 different beers nominated and 70 breweries making the list, Bright Brewery’s Alpine Lager has risen to the top as a standout performer.  

Evin Craney, National Sales and Brand Manager at Bright Brewery, shared his excitement: 

“This last weekend was a dream manifest for the Bright Brewery team. Our flagship beer, Alpine Lager has for the first time cracked the Top 20 of the GABS Hottest 100. As well as taking out the title of Australia’s #1 Independent Lager. Not bad for a beer made in a town of less than 3000 people, 4 hours north of the city!

“This year’s result is even more special as it’s sweetened by having two independent brewers from North East Victoria place in the Top 20, highlighting the strength of our region’s beer scene. This result is a tribute to the incredible effort and dedication of our team, and we’re so proud to share this success with our community.”

Alpine Lager is one of five year-round core-range beers brewed at Bright Brewery’s state-of-the-art production facility in Bright, Victoria. Crafted by brewers Lewis Kerr, David Stokie, Madi Bruce, and Claire Lock, this crisp and refreshing lager has become a favourite among beer enthusiasts across Australia.  

The 2024 GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll showcased the incredible diversity and quality of Australia’s craft beer scene, with several new lagers making their debut. For Bright Brewery, an independently owned brewery, to compete and excel against internationally owned conglomerates is a testament to the passion, dedication, and craftsmanship of the entire team.  

Alpine Lager is available year-round online, at the Bright Brewery Brewpub, and through its network of 500+ stockists across Australia.  

Celebration Offer!
To toast Alpine Lager being voted Australia’s #1 Independent Lager, enjoy 10% off cases of Alpine Lager until 7 February, 2025!

 

GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll – Get your votes in before Jan 12!


Remember that crisp, refreshing Alpine Lager you crave on a scorching summer day? The one that perfectly pairs with sizzling sausages on the barbie and sends the kids into dizzying Hill’s Hoist spins?

Yeah, that one! Our beloved Alpine Lager, year after year, has been voted Victoria’s #1 favourite indie lager (and #2 in all of Australia!), proving that sometimes, classic simplicity reigns supreme.

The GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll is open now, and pale ales are threatening to flood the countdown again. Enough is enough! Let’s raise our icy Alpine Lagers and say: #notanotherpaleale!

Here’s how you can make your voice heard:

Vote #1 Alpine Lager! Show your love for this clean, crisp lager brewed with pure Alpine water and locally-grown hops. It’s a damn good beer, and it deserves the top spot!
Spread the word! Share this post with your fellow Aussie beer lovers and encourage them to vote for Alpine Lager.
Crack open an Alpine Lager! Celebrate the beauty of simplicity, the refreshing taste of summer, and the power of a classic Aussie brew.

Remember, voting ends on January 12th. Don’t let this be another year of pale ale dominance! Stand up for the lager you love, the one that’s been there for backyard barbecues, scorching days, and good times with mates.

 Let’s throwback a lager this summer!

#notanotherpaleale

VOTE #1 ALPINE LAGER

Alpine Lager named Australia’s #2 Indie Lager

Bright Brewery’s flagship best-selling beer, Alpine Lager, has been named Victoria’s Best Independent Lager and Australia’s #2 Best Independent Lager in Australia’s biggest craft beer competition.

The annual GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll pits beers from around Australia against each other, asking the general public to vote on their favourite beers from the past year.

Alpine Lager took out the accolades over more than 2100 beers from more than 300 Australian breweries in this year’s competition.

Alpine Lager stormed into the GABS Hottest 100 at #32 in 2021, retaining its position inside the Top 50 this year for the second year running.

The beer, which has been part of Bright’s lineup since 2019, has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity in recent years and is now available in all states of Australia, as well as overseas.

Bright’s Marketing Manager Laura Gray said the brewery was thrilled to see their beers being recognised on a national stage.

“Alpine Lager represents the very best of Bright Brewery – from the name and design right down to the Alpine water and local hops we use to brew it,” she said.

“It’s our best-selling beer, both in the venue and in the wider craft beer market, and we love seeing how many people out there are enjoying it.”

Ms Gray said family-owned and independent craft breweries like Bright had to compete with much larger, foreign-owned multinational corporations like Asahi, CUB and Lion in the poll, which is why the “indie” accolades meant so much more to the team.

“It’s difficult to compete with corporations of that scale but being family-owned and independent is more important to us. So to see beers from smaller indie breweries like ours up there with – and often out-voting – the big boys is exciting,” she said.

To get your hands on a can of Australia’s #2 Best Indie Lager, please click here.

GABS HOTTEST 100

Top 5 Australian Indie Lagers

  1. Heads of Noosa Japanese Lager (QLD)
  2. Bright Brewery Alpine Lager (VIC)
  3. Hawke’s Lager (NSW)
  4. Burleigh Brewing No-Carb Lager (QLD)
  5. Young Henry’s Natural Lager (NSW)

Top 5 Victorian Beers

  1. Bridge Road Beechy Pale Ale (indie)
  2. Brick Lane Brewing One Love Pale Ale (indie)
  3. Mountain Goat GOAT (Asahi)
  4. Bright Brewery Alpine Lager (indie)
  5. Kaiju Krush (indie)


Giant 104 Can Lager Lover’s Competition
As part of our celebration of our Alpine Lager, we decided to design a giant lager lover’s case that would hold 100 cans! In the end it was 104 cans!  More beer is better, right? Especially for the lucky winner Daniel Reitter of Point Cook, Victoria.

Stay tuned for limited stocks of these cases coming online soon.

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Vote for #notanotherpaleale in 2022

Ever calculated the percentage of pale ales in the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll? We have.

95% of the Top 20 beers in the 2021 poll are pale ales – or hazy pales, tropical pales, India pales, etc. You get the drift…

And as a brewery whose #1 best-selling beer is not a pale ale, we find this statistic pretty interesting.

Craft lagers are on the rise in the Australian beer market – that’s a fact. And breweries who have long turned their noses up at brewing lagers are now scrambling to try and brew them quickly. But, here in Bright, we’re ahead of the curve…

We’ve been brewing our best-selling Alpine Lager (and, before that, our Bright Lager) for years now, and it very quickly became our #1 best-selling beer – both in our brewpub and more widely across Australia.

 

It’s brewed with pure Alpine water and locally-grown High Country hops. It’s as crisp as the winter sun rising over the mountains around Bright. And it’s a damn good beer.

Last year, with the help of beer lovers around Australia, Alpine had one of the fastest climbs up the Hottest 100 ladder, climbing from #150-something to #32 – making it the best lager in Victoria made by an independent brewery.
Now that’s a statistic we can get behind!

That fact, coupled with the larger resurgence, has seen Alpine Lager find its way into the hands of thousands more beer lovers around Australia in 2022.
So with lager well and truly on the way up, we’re hoping to see it give all these pale ales a run for their money in the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Poll for 2022.
Competitions like this – which are won by popular vote – are really important to small businesses like ours. They can be an absolute game-changer. But changing the game when you’re a small, family-owned indie brewer can be a challenge.

Are you sick of seeing pale ales dominate the countdown? So are we! So let’s get together and do something about it.

There are so many amazing craft beers out there, and we know your Top 5 votes are precious. But a vote for Alpine Lager is more than just a vote for us – it’s a vote for small business, for adventure, and for the future (not to mention a vote to bump those pales ales out of all the top spots!).

Vote #1 Alpine Lager
#notanotherpaleale

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