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NEW HARVEST BREW WITH FRESH PICKED HOPS FROM OUR FARM

With the help of many hands of our hop pickers, the hops were harvested last month and used fresh picked straight into the brew kettle

And it’s out today!! how good is this!!
Rich, smooth and creamy straight off the handpump or grab some to take home. Our Harvest brew is out today. Lookout for it, or drop in for a pint of this not-to-be-missed drop!!!
Brewed with hops freshly picked from our own farm creating a fresh twist on the classic ESB

https://www.redhillbrewery.com.au/shop/seasonal-range/hop-harvest-6-1/

Two new craft beers are now available in cans from the Mornington Peninsula’s Original Craft Brewery.

A very exciting day for us this week, where a long term goal culminated in awesome new beers in our actual hands (and yes, mouths not long after)

The Two Bays Pale, a summery pacific ale, which has been brewed to best match the Peninsula life, only 4.5% it has been our most requested beer for the last two years, in fact it has generated the need to produce the fresh new look that sees these two beers head into cans.

The other one relatively new to our lineup, but one that has been so popular it has been added as a permanent feature is the East Coast IPA, a session IPA with super fresh and hoppy character that not only will appeal to the hopheads, but at a smooth 5.5% you can drink it all summer.

Both join the lineup year round, on tap and in cans

 

Bovine and Swine

The kitchen resident is barbecue legends Bovine and Swine. They showcase their authentic southern style barbecue and their custom made Manhorne smoker at the brewery.

“Hillbilly Wes” is Australia’s original pit boss.  He launched Bovine and Swine Barbecue in Sydney, opening to a meat hungry city with lines stretching out the door for the best barbecue in town.  Within the first year was awarded a Good Food AU award. Since opening, Wes has built a dedicated professional team with the ethos of ensuring that the Barbecue experience is the best available.

Where it all Began Real Southern Barbecue

Low and slow is how they like it in Texas and that’s how Bovine & Swine make it. Living and breathing classic barbecue. Cooking starts at 5 AM every day for that perfect bark, melt in your mouth texture and smokey taste. For Wes, it all started in Lockhart, Texas – the Barbecue Capital of America, where he was mesmerised by the sights and tastes of real Barbecue. Whilst travelling he worked with some of the best Barbecue restaurants in Austin.  Wes has brought his passion and that authentic Central Texas taste to Australia. He travels with the team from Queensland to South Australia and now to Red Hill.

What’s On the Menu

On weekends, it’s all about the barbecue plate, here is a taste of the menu.

* Beef Brisket, encrusted with a salty and peppery bark that once tasted becomes melt in the mouth… pure Texas.

* Indulge in the chopped pork, barbecued in the Carolina style.

* Enjoy the juicy chicken breast with a coffee rub, sliced and tender.

* Drool over pork ribs hit with a lick of smoke and rubbed with a delicate spice salt.

* Hot link spicy sausages house recipe that uses beef, pork, jalapeño and cheese, thickly sliced.

To create your meal, simply choose your meat on a plate for one, two or more and add your sides.

In addition, there are always some tasty side dishes consisting of the regular Barbecue fare, sharp pickles, mac and cheese and a vinegar dressed coleslaw. Finally, vegetarians and vegans are not forgotten and can be catered for delicously too.

Discover the midweek meals a beer-friendly snacks menu with sandwiches and snacks such as Loaded Tater Tots or Wings.  Join in on the weekends they to experience the full southern barbecue experience.

Finally, special menu items for events might see slow cooked beef ribs featured or the Whole Hog special Barbecue, full Carolina style cooked within a cinder block pit it aint your average roast.

Once upon a time in a bar in Brugge Belgium (you know the ones, with 350 beers) three of us were on a special pre-Christmas road trip.

Each shout was a round of 3, of course, by brewery. So the Chimay shout went like this, 8% Chimay Gold for her. 12% Chimay Blue for him, and low and behold every Belgian brewer has a 14% Christmas Beer in its own special chalice just for this time of year, so of course our brother was gifted that one.  I don’t need to tell you how that night ended up for him.

But wow! Christmas beers. We were immediately smitten.

We we first opened our own brewery in 2005 it was the first speciality beer we brewed. And one of the first seasonal brews even made by a brewery in Australia. We have recently tried one from that year and its aged like a fine cognac. Very rich and winey. Cellaring this beer gives a great idea of what a beer goes through. It is fantastic after a few years. Theres a midway point where they may taste a bit off or sour, then a few years later, 5-6, they become incredible. At 13years, probably a bit past it but still enjoyable.

We always aim to release it by 1st December. This year, enjoy our lucky 13th brew of this special festive beer. This year it comes in our new wrapping paper, a whole new look for the brewery

New Look Christmas Ale and Cans coming December 2018

Many of us have shared a sip of ‘local’ with one of the eminently sessionable brews made by Red Hill Brewery. In the Peninsula’s dynamic brewing community, creativity is now being expressed through more than just the flavours — imaginative packaging has become a big part of the beer experience.

This December, the brewery reveals the new look and officially launches two styles of session beers, previously only on tap, in their new packaging – the can.

Over a decade and a half, entrepreneurs ­Karen and David Golding, decided there was a gap in the abundant food and wine industry of the region for good beer – today the thriving brewery produces 20 innovative styles per annum.

“For over three years we have been producing both our Two Bays Australian Pacific Pale Ale and the East Coast Session IPA, busting with hops.  Our customers have loved it and we have received great feedback on the styles. We have been weighing up the right way to take it from the tap to our customers and the can is where we have landed.” Indeed, the quest for the right look for these two brews somewhat pushed us to change up the whole design of our products. Perfectly crafted to suit the Peninsula beachside vibe, and very sessionable, the new brews in the cans offers drinkers a great looking product that many believe keeps beer fresher and better tasting.”

“The growing market has allowed smaller batches of canning lines to be produced for small business like our own. The moment we saw the idea proposed by design agency; Design by Bird, we felt it really spoke of our sense of place and our commitment to the authenticity of our process and the product. When we first developed our brand look, nearly 15 years ago, it was quite different to what was around. Now the evolution of craft beer has opened people’s minds to what is possible in packaging and styles.  We wanted our new look to still look like us, draw on our history and be strongly representative of where we come from, but give us more freedom to be creative and work on both the bottles and our new addition to the stable – the can.”

“We have commissioned many special labels from artists in the last five years; the Red Range and some from cartoonist Matt Golding, they have had great feedback. We worked with Design by Bird to commission local Red Hill artist Darren Doye to create a piece which truly showed the Brewery at Red Hill’s heart with glimpses of the two bays either side.

New Labels and Cans for Red Hill Brewery
With Darren Doye and Design by Bird

When asked what makes RHB different, Karen shared; “we are real artisans. In a land where most beer comes out of big factories, much of it from the same factories – many brands are not breweries. We not only grow the hops and use our local rainwater, but feel, the way we brew, and the place we make it in, makes a difference to what we produce for our drinkers.’

New Labels and Cans for Red Hill Brewery
Art by Darren Doye

All your favourites will be available at RHB wrapped in the new look packaging just in time for the festive season, kicking off with the iconic Christmas Ale.

   New Labels and Cans for Red Hill Brewery

Our little devil

One of our most hotly anticipated seasonal releases and our most notorious brew, in the style of beer made famous by ‘Duvel’, a strong Belgian Golden Ale, it is renowned for being “the devil’s brew”.  At 8.5% it’s pure evil and impossible to resist.  Beautifully golden in colour and with a smooth deceptive softness, it has intense flavours & depth, fruity, spicy and very dry.  It is high in carbonation with champagne like bubbles and a luxuriant big white foamy head.

This beer has developed a huge cult following over the years for its mystical properties….. are you tempted?

Out now at the brewery on tap and bottle, good bottleshops next week

HOP POP BRUT IPA – 6.5%

Brut IPA, the champagne of beers! Sharing characters of the famed sparkling, super-dryness and effervescence, in an ale which also delivers a tropical fruit punch burst that literally pops out to indulge your senses. A cascade of fresh, fruity hops takes centre-stage as the light body and soft malt character create a quaffable beer evocative of champagne. A beer worth celebrating.

Out now at the Brewery Tap and Bottles

In great beer shops soon

WE ARE GOING THE WHOLE HOG ALL WEEKEND
MP BREWERS FEST WEEKEND SAT 8TH / SUN 9TH SEPT

Launching of collab beer, Nepean Nectar Red XPA at all Peninsula breweries all weekend with special events.

Join us at Red Hill to meet our new kitchen residents Bovine and Swine Vic. who are up and running with their authentic low and slow barbecue.
Legends Hillbilly Wes and Pitboss Sarah will be going the Whole Hog, A whole hog, slow roasted in true Carolina style that will rock your tastebuds
Try the full barbecue experience, checkout the new, specially commissioned pit by Manhorne BBQ Smokers, indulge in bbqd pork. Drink awesome brews.

Launching 3 new brews on tap that weekend:
Nepean Nectar Collab Red XPA
Hop Pop Brut IPA – new brew
Weizenbock – our famed dark wheat beer that will be the true match for the barbecued pork

SECRET STASH
VERTICAL TASTINGS ~RARE CHANCE

On both this Sat and Sun at 2pm or 4pm, limited to just 12 people.  Join the brewers in one of these exclusive sessions, a guided tasting in the brewhouse, featuring 3x Christmas Ales and 3x Imperial Stouts spanning 2006-2018.
Discover the amazing journey a beer takes in its lifetime!!!
BOOK HERE JUST $25
Join the facebook event for more info

Beers available in the vertical tasting

Christmas Ale 2017, 2014, 2006

Imperial Stout 2018, 2015, 2012

 

TAPLIST FOR SECRET STASH

TRUFFLED SCOTCH ALE 5.8% (on handpump)

CHRISTMAS ALE  8%

IMPERIAL STOUT 8%

‘KILLER BEE’ IMPERIAL STOUT BRAGGOT 8.7%

DUBBEL LIFE 7.3%

TEMPTATION 8%

A CRAZY AMERICAN LOST IN BELGIUM 7.9%

BELGIAN BLONDE 6.5%

SAISON 6%

‘DARK HORSE’ SCHWARZBIER  5.1%

RED BIKE SESSION IPA  4.5%

MEAD 13%

LAUNCH OF EAST COAST IPA 5.5%

WEIZENBOCK 8%

Will You Find the Brewer’s Secret Stash???

Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July 11am-6pm both days

Our Festival of Our Beer

Get your hands on the Brewer’s secret stash at our annual beerfest at the brewery.

The Brewer has been forced to share his secret stash of aged and limited edition ales. 10 specialty, award winning ales will be on tap for one weekend only in July.

The beerlist will be revealed leading up to the event, stay tuned!!! Special brews are likely to include double barrel Imperial Stout, vintage Imperial Stout, Truffled Scotch Ale, some of our earliest brews plus a choice selection of some of our best brews

Boomtown Barbecue will be smokin up a storm with their famous low and slow southern style BBQ to keep you happy all day long.

$28pp includes a limited edition printed pint glass to take home… filled with great beer of course. Steins must be booked – they always sell out BOOK NOW! 

Anyone can come for a pot, pint, paddle or lunch, no bookings required. Only bookings for steins if you choose that option.

Bookings are now open!

BOOK NOW! 

Click HERE to make a table booking or for any other enquiry.