Beer Hug Australia

11/11/2024

It's that time of year (already!) when you decide if your customers, clients and coworkers deserve a big hug this year.

Better still...take the easy way out and give them 2 hugs, 3 hugs or even 6 hugs, with our pre-paid Brewery Tour subscriptions https://beerhug.com.au/collections/gift-beer 🎁

Or if you just need to dish out a bunch of Hugs, to a bunch of legends this year, email us at [email protected] and we'll sort you out!

Big hugs.

10/11/2024

We love getting off the beaten track. 🛻 Finding the up and comers, the lesser knowns, the little hidden gems & the local haunts making amazing beers that most of us have never even heard about.

On the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™️ 💣 we've discovered some incredible breweries...that even we haven't ever had the pleasure of tasting before. It's been a tasty journey over the last few months finding new world class IPAs, Hazies & Pales Ales that have since made our fave beers list. 🍺📃

And to back it up, this month's Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour pack from looks insane (to say the least)!

Shipping from this Wednesday (we're waiting for the last two beers to be canned), these fresh AF hop bombs could be heading your way. Ryan and the crew have chosen a selection to showcase what these local Brisbane legends have become famous for around the streets of Brendale.

If you're a Beer Hug Big Hop member, this pack has already got your fridge's name on it and will be heading your way soon.

If not, hop on board the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour, to grab this epic selection. In your Brendale Big Hop Bomb pack you'll get:

💣1x Lucky 8 Hazy IIPA 375ml (8.0%)
💣1x Heavy Industry IIPA 375ml (8.0%)
💣2x Cryo Genesis IPA 375ml (5.6%)
💣2x Industrial Haze NEIPA 375ml (6.8%)
💣2x South Pine Pale Ale 375ml (4.4%)
💣2x Exile XPA 375ml (5.2%)
💣1x Light Industry Session IPA 375ml (3.4%)
💣1x Don't Stop the Party Hazy Session IPA 375ml (4.0%)

Remember you can skip, pause, cancel your Brewery Tour™️ anytime. No worries!

Cheers for putting together this epic selection. Can wait to crack into the Tour!

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08/11/2024

It was hard to not be happy with the arrival of Bacchus' Big Hop Bomb Tour selection last month!

We loved the 'side by side beer off' with the Haze for Daze series & the Cali IPA was another memorable banger among a box that really didn't put a foot wrong! 👌

Cheers Bacchus Brewing Co !

Which new faves did you find in October's pack?

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05/11/2024

Cheers Craig! Love the punchy review! 😂

We love hearing your reviews and seeing your pics of your Brewery Tours. Keep 'em coming1

31/10/2024

Congratulations to our three winners of the 'Guess the Next Stop' comp! 🎉

We had 10 correct entries into the prize draw and the three randomly selected winners are:

🏆Adam Prescott
🏆John Prunty .prunty.180
🏆Kristy Dossor

Super fresh beer is heading your way!
DM us or email us at [email protected] to claim your prize! 🍻🥳

Ryan & Elsie from Brendale Brewing Company have been brewing award winning Pale Ales and IPAs since they purchased the brewery and taproom back in 2014. A local institution famous for Big beers and even bigger burgers, they pride themselves on creating super fresh brews. Ryan's hand picked an incredible line up for this months Big Hop Bomb Tour, jammed with some of their cult classic IPAs and some fresh AF limiteds straight off the canning line!

The pack launches later today...keep an eye out

23/10/2024

DECIPHER THE CODE & WIN!!! 🔍🏆🍻

Are you a brewery super sleuth? 🕵️Consider yourself a hop detective? 🍻

Time is ticking to November and the reveal of our next Brewery Tours.

Until it drops on November 1st, we'll be dropping hints daily as to what our next BIG HOP BOMB BREWERY TOUR™️.

And if you can guess our November Big Hop Bomb stop, you'll win a Brewery Tour™️ box from your choice of our November brewery Tour stops!! We have 3 BOXES TO GIVE AWAY to three lucky super sleuths!

Right, entry is super simple;

TO ENTER:
1️⃣ Follow the daily hints dropped on this post and our page daily.
2️⃣ Like or follow our page
3️⃣ Tag the Brewery you think it is, with a📍Drop the pin & @ tag the brewery in the comments ON THIS POST (pinned at the top of our page).

Remember you are guessing the brewery you think will be our NOVEMBER BIG HOP BOMB BREWERY TOUR™️ brewery is. 700+ breweries in Australia and 1 to choose! Good luck!

For example a valid entry would be:
📍

(P.s it's not Bacchus, they are our October brewery....check it out! It's a banger!)

Then you are in the draw! Easy as! The randomly selected winner from correct entries will receive a Tour box of their choice, delivered to their door and Hop-Detective braging rights!

The fine print:
* One guess per person
* You must be over 18 years of age to enter and receive the prize
*All correct guesses will be in the draw to be randomly selected for a Tour box. 3 to win
*Entries close end of 31/10 🎃
*Prize is drawn on 1 November at 9am & winner will be notified in their DMs & on our page!
*Prize is not redeemable for cash (the beer is better value than the cash!).

Check out the comments for the daily hints and get your super sleuth on!

Righto.....first hint in the comments! Lessgo!

Welcome to Beer Hug! Home of the Brewery Tour™ 🍺🚍 We're on a never-ending mission to bring you the best craft beer in Australia, one brewery at a time. Enjoy fresh, mixed selections of craft beer delivered direct from brewery floor, to your front door.

17/10/2024

Delivery Day! Top Flight Brewery Tour from Beer Fontaine 🍺

08/10/2024

On the Showcase Brewery Tour™️, we'll visit a new brewery each month & bring you an epic selection of 12 of their latest & greatest brews. And we'll ship it fresh from brewery floor to your door! (at an epic member only price & with flat rate shipping!)

This month we've headed to Torquay, to see the crew at . If you haven't had a chance to try their beers before, the quality really is top drawer, so you'll find some new faves in here for sure!

Our mates at Blackman's Brewery are an independent, family run and owned brewery, based on Victoria's surf coast, in Torquay Geelong. Renn & Jess Blackman established the brewery in 2014. Their philosophy is... "we love good beer, its really that simple!". And the judges agree, with a string of medals 🏅 in recent years.

They've selected this fine line up of brews, to showcase what Blackman's Brewing has to offer. In your Blackman's Brewing Showcase Tour pack you'll get these 12 awesome brews;

🏭 Arthus Smoked Porter 375ml (6.0%):
Gold x 4, Silver x 9, Bronze x 3
🏭 Ernie Tropical Hazy 375ml (5.0%):
Silver x 1, Bronze x 3
🏭 Juicy Banger IPL 375ml (5.8%):
Gold x 1, Silver x 4, Bronze x 4
🏭 Reginald IPA 375ml (6.2%):
Silver x 1 Bronze x 6
🏭 Mervyn Pale Ale 375ml (4.6%):
Gold x 5, Silver x 4, Bronze x 1
🏭 Patsy Wildberry Sour 375ml (4.6%):
Bronze x 1
🏭 Local Pacific Ale 375ml (3.5%)
🏭 Pivot City Lager 375ml (4.3%)
🏭 Pivot City Pale 375ml (4.3%)
🏭 We Met in a Taxi Hazy IPA 375ml (6.3%)
🏭 Barrel Farm Spring Ale Pale Ale 375ml (4.4%)
🏭 Czech Pilsner 375ml (5.2%)

Hope on board the Tour at beerhug.com.au 🍻

01/10/2024

This is one Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™ stop you definitely don’t want to miss. First up, this month our Big Hop Bomb Tour is heading north to visit Ross & the legends from Bacchus Brewing Co, one of the hottest breweries in Australia (70,000 reviews on Untappd!). And he’s been brewing up a storm exclusive for Beer Huggers!

⛔️WARNING: This month’s stop on the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™ (like last month) will sell out quickly, so make sure you hop on board today to avoid missing out!!⛔️

Famous for handcrafted, interesting and experimental brews, Bacchus also have an unrivalled line-up of super hoppy IPA's, Hazys & Pales that would rival some of the best in the world. And this pack contains only the Big Hop Bomb IPAs, Hazys and Pales from Bacchus!

These are small batch beers, many brewed exclusively for this release, and some won’t be brewed again! A selection of their finest Hop Bombs. With a ‘small and often’ philosophy, they have upwards of 90 unique beers available in cans at any one time. Narrowing down to a selection of 12 beers was no easy task, so we let Ross do that for us! And here’s what he’s come up with, just for you!

With two brand new West Coast IPAs, two of their famous 'Haze for Days' releases, a bunch of single hop numbers & a huge variety of Bacchus favourites, this is a Hop Bomb in all it's Bacchus-y glory. This will sell out, so get jump on to secure yours! With all beers canned in the last couple of weeks, this pack is as fresh as it gets!

Included in this Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™ release are the following 12 x 375ml super fresh brews;

💣 BRAND NEW West Coast IPA XXIII 375ml (6.1%)
💣 BRAND NEW West Coast IPA XXIV 375ml (6.1%)
💣 BRAND NEW Hoppy New Zealand Pils 375ml (5.4%)
💣 Jaff Sessions Session Hazy IPA 375ml (3.2%)
💣 Bacchus APA 375ml (4.9%)
💣 Cryo Crush Tropical Pale Ale 375ml (5.2%)
💣 Chinook Single Hop XPA 375ml (5.7%)
💣 Simcoe Single Hop XPA 375ml (5.7%)
💣 Twisted Citra Cali IPA 375ml (6.5%)
💣 High Tea Tea Infused IPA 375ml (6.7%)
💣 Haze For Dayz Simcoe/Sabro DDH Hazy IPA 375ml (7.2%)
💣 Haze For Dayz Galaxy/Talus DDH Hazy IPA 375ml (7.2%)

Hop on board the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour today at www.beerhug.com.au to secure yours, before they are gone. Remember you can choose your delivery frequency & skip, pause or cancel anytime!

26/09/2024

Which Brewery Tour™️ Would you choose? 🚌🍻

🚍 A Tour to suit your taste: 3 to choose from!
🗓 When you want it: Choose monthly deliveries, every 2 or every 3. New brewery every month.
😎 "Hop on, Hop Off": Switch, skip, pause or cancel your Tour anytime.

Join us on Australia's tastiest craft beer journey!

21/09/2024

Beer Hugs make the Best Hugs. 🍻🥰 And Beer Hugs are best shared with mates! Tag the mates you'd share a Beer Hug with. 👇

18/09/2024

Two and a half years ago we started the Beer Hug Brewery Tour™️, with a dream to help connect breweries with beer lovers across Australia (No matter how far that distance may be!). 🍻 🫶

After going on a brewery tour ourselves, we realised that the best beer in the country was always found in the shadow of the brewery. 700+ breweries in Australia, all brewing super fresh, super amazing, unique beers...of which most would only be enjoyed by those within a 5km radius of the brewery.

With national distribution in big box retail limited to only the lucky few that have the scale to command a national presence in the limited space on offer, much of this amazing beer is going undiscovered or hard to access.

With an 8,000,000 square kilometre country that we live in and hundreds of breweries spread far and wide, it's an impossible mission to truly experience our amazing breweries, in all their wonderful beer-y glory. But what a journey it would be, if we could make it possible.

So we started the mission to bring the full brewery experience to you, wherever you are. Helping breweries find new fans & beer lovers to find new faves. And in doing so helping our local hidden gems, become national fan favourites! And most of all help you discover awesome new brews and new favourite breweries.

We are truly grateful to all the breweries and beer legends that have joined us on the journey so far. Thanks for hopping on board. We hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as we have making it happen. 👊

We've toured over 100 breweries in our short time, helping beer lovers discover 1000s of fresh new brews. And with near on 600 to go, we'll won't rest until we've discovered them all (there could be worse jobs!). We've got some pretty special Brewery Tours lined up for the rest of the year, so can't wait to share them with you all!

Aussie craft beer is up there with the best in the world. Our brewers hard work deserves to be enjoyed & celebrated by all and we can't wait to see where the Tour heads to next.

Cheers Hayden, Adam & Phoenix 🍻

P.S - if you've found a new favourite brewery on the Brewery Tour we'd love to know who (tag em below, coz I'm sure they'd love to hear it too) 😉

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08/09/2024

We've gone overseas interstate search for Big Hop Bombs & Big Beer Hugs! This September, we have a very special 'guest New Zealand stop' on the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™️, exclusive to our Beer Huggers!! Chur bro! 🤙🍻

And this one is selling like hot cakes 🥞 , so won't be around for long.

If you are already signed up to the Tour...never fear, you'll get guaranteed access to this Behemoth Brewing Company box of bangers. If you are still 'umming' and 'ahhing' about hopping on board the Big Hop Bomb Tour, then you'll wanna hop to it, as this special realease won't last the month!

Behemoth Brewing are undoubtedly NZs best when it comes to crafting hoppy, Hazy beers that rival any IPAs and Hazies on the world stage. And the judges here and in NZ agree, with Behemoth picking up Champion International Brewery at the AIBAs and Champion Medium Brewery at the NZBAs in the same year! A stalwart on the New Zealand version of Beer Hug Brewery Tour, the kiwis 🥝 can't get enough, so our friends at Behemoth have put together this epic pack (amazing buying too) just for their Aussie Brewery Tour™️ friends. How cool!

We have limited access to epic release, so come join us on Australia's best craft beer journey, where we'll keep hunting out the best Pale Ales, IPAs & Hazys in Australia (and this month in NZ 😉), one brewery at a time.

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02/09/2024

The best thing about the Showcase Brewery Tour™ is discovering new beers styles that you wouldn’t typically find at your local.

A true journey of discovery, to find some hidden gems and we always know we'll be in for finding some tasty new favourites at . Last on the Tour in 2022, we're stoked to be returning to Molly Rose, to taste these one of a kind brews from these top drawer Melbourne brewers.

We catch up with Nick as he runs us through a couple of his favourites in this months Showcase Brewery Tour™️ pack.

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02/09/2024

Spring has arrived! 🌻 And our Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™️ has headed across the ditch to bring our Beer Huggers a very special treat this month.

This September, exclusive to members of our Big Hop Bomb Tour, we've headed to say G'day to our kiwi 🥝 mates.... to try, hands down, the best IPAs and Hazys in Aotearoa (aka the "land of the long white cloud" ☁️, aka "land of the big green hops!").

We're stoked to be featuring the #1 brewery in NZ, famous for creating the biggest, haziest, hoppiest brews & with a cult following on NZ's own Beer Hug Brewery Tour! What's more these guys were awarded Champion International Medium Brewery at the 2023 & 2024 AIBAs as well as #1 Beer in the GABS NZ Top 100 in back to back years too!

The guys at Behemoth Brewing Company have really come to the party, with a pack of their latest, fresh releases and their most epic cult brews. They've created a fridge filler pack, that is unbeatable value!

If you are on the Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™️ already, get excited...this pack will be making its way to you soon. If not, hop on board today and join us on this special guest Tour adventure across the Tasman. And sit back and we'll bring this awarded selection of awesomeness right to your door!

Here's to a hoppy month ahead! 🍻

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25/08/2024

Winter is winding down (yeehah!) & spring has nearly sprung (double yeehah!), which means it's your last chance to hop on board our amazing August Tours. P.S - can confirm, these lineups are Deadset Delicious & we've found a bunch of new favourites in here.

💣Big Hop Bomb Brewery Tour™️
KAIJU Beer- A selection of IPAs and Pales from one of the OGs of epic hoppy brews. Including the 'Dank from Dandenong' , aka the DankLord Vol 2; the return of one of Australia's greatest IPAs, this is one tasty pack from these Melbourne legends.

✈️Top Flight Brewery Tour™️
Good Land Brewing Co- Hidden away in the Gippsland region, a couple hours east of Melbourne, lies one of Aussie's true hidden gems! They've gone all out to put together one of the all-time great boxes of beer (it's incredible value too) to celebrate their 3rd birthday! It's easy to see why this one is nearly sold out....with only a handful left...so hop to it.

💎Showcase Brewery Tour™️
Squinters Brewing Co- Hailing from western Sydney, these guys are relative new kids on the block. An epic crew, with an epic brewpub at the foot of the Blue Mountains, these guys are brewing beers well beyond their years. If you want to explore one of the true up and comers, this mix has it all.

And remember, if you hop on board, you can skip, pause, cancel or switch your tour anytime. Plus you'll get epic member only deals, just for being a Beer Hugger on the Tour! 👌

Grab one before their gone...⌛

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31/07/2024

Dry July is done and dusted and August is looking as sweet as mustard!

Have a sneak peek at the new Brewery Tours launching this week....we are in for a real treat.

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