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So this is Christmas....

And we know what we've done....made a whole whack of beer. We're feeling ok about that.

Down to business. Bar opening hours over the holidays are as follows: We're open Fri Dec 23rd, closed between Christmas and New Year, and re-open Wednesday 4th Jan, 5pm.

Gift ideas for the ones you really love: A stack of new Goaty Merch is about to land and of course beer - Rare Breeds & regulars.

We hope you have a ripping Christmas, responsibly drink some great Craft Beer, and all play nice with each other...

More Beer Festivals to Come...

Beer Festival season is still in full swing.

After events in Sydney, Hobart, Perth and Newcastle over the last month, the next cab off the rank is the Ballarat Beer Festival, happening Sat 21st Jan.

We'll be there, and so will a bunch of other (mostly) Victorian Breweries.

Live music, food and errr, beer! Be there.

Tickets/info at ballaratbeerfestival.com.au

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Next years MFWF is getting into beer. We love that.

We're stoked to be directly involved in three separate events: The Gypsy & The Goat - with Mikkeller (Sold Out), the Great Melbourne Beer Breakfast - with Mikkeller and Bridge Road Brewers (Sold Out), and Two Goats on Gertrude (Not Yet Sold Out).

The tickets have been pretty hot so far - the festival guide was only printed this week, and as you can see many event tickets are going fast...So be quick! There are plenty of other great, beery events.

BOHEMIAN PILSNER 5.9%
Our brewers’ favourite… they have been doing the happy dance for a month now!

Based on the classic style of lager first brewed in the town of Pilsen in Bohemia (now Czech Republic), this is an unfiltered, yet clean & balanced beer.  A generous malt character imparts a slight sweetness which is balanced by potent hop bitterness, achieved by 3 hefty additions of hop flowers in the boil.  A long and cold fermentation period followed when plenty of hop flowers were steeped in the conditioning tanks creating a floral and spicy aroma.  Golden in colour with a dense white head, you will be left with the hoporific effect of having the corners of your mouth go up!

On tap and in bottles at the brewery this week and in good beer shops and bars from early next week.

Review of Bohemian Pilsner Here
Beer Geek Specs Here

CHRISTMAS 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... WEEKS TO GO
Gift Ideas Galore for the Beerlover
Gift packs of beer including special gift packs with our seasonal releases, printed glassware, handmade ceramic chalices, gift vouchers, make up a hamper and add pickled onions, chutnet, spicy nuts, pickled local cherries, 750ml champage bottles of Ninkasi's Angel.

Forget going to Chaddy, just come to the Brewery and do with a pint o' Pils in your hand

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS... OPEN TILL 7PM!
Daylight savings is here, that means more time for the late arvo deck sessions, come on down and enjoys some great beer for longer. Now 11am-7pm Thu-Sun, all public holidays and mondays in school holidays

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE BREWERY
- Christmas ale batches are in the fermenters, and bright tanks, dry hopped and tasting very good and very Belgian.
- Hops are at the top of the wires and starting to cover the deck, sit long enough and you'll become entwined.
- Open lots of extra days this summer. Maybe even a few nights

WIN 3 SLABS OF ANYTHING!! VALUE OVER $300!
We need a slogan. Something irreverant, beery, but still very Red Hill, which means its a little bit country and always classy. If you can come up with something we love, we will put it on our backs on Tshirts and on our wall on posters. It only needs to be 3-6 words.

Artwork not required, but bonus points if it includes more than words and is a total concept. Competion closes end of November.

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TEMPTATION 8.0% - SPRING SEASONAL
At the brewery on tap & in bottles from 13th October
Light, refreshing aromatics from our Goldings and Hallertau Hops. A classic style of beer known as Belgian Strong Golden Ale, it has a cleverly disguised alcohol content of 8.0% making this beer dangerous, yet tempting and easy drinking. This beer has a high level of carbonation, a beautiful golden colour and luxuriant big white foamy head. Once
you've tried it there is no turning back. Be Tempted.

Limited stocks also available around the peninsula and Melbourne at specialist bars & bottleshops.

NINKASI'S ANGEL ON TAP SOON - JUST ONE WEEK
The Women of Beer have collaborated on this very special brew, a Belgian Tripel, brewed with exotic spices and packaged in 750ml champagne style bottles, sealed with red wax. This is a very special beer, and all the proceeds are being donated to the McGrath Foundation. It will be available on tap at the brewery for just one week, in late October. Keep an eye out for where to get your bottle of this one off, very special beer. Read the full story Here

DID YOU GET YOUR WEIZENBOK?
It all disappeared in a flash, but if you are still looking, Purvis Beer just got delivery of the last of it, so you can pickup fresh supplies from them at Surry Hills or Richmond.

JAYCO HERALD SUN TOUR PASSING THE BREWERY
On 15th October, this world class bike race passes us at 3.15pm. The road will be closed around this time, but come early, have lunch, few beers, and walk out to the naturestrip to watch them ride up Shoreham Road. Best seat in the house! Details

MELBOURNE CUP IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Tuesday 1st November
We will be showing all the races all day(on the not-so-big screen)
* 3 course gourmet bbq lunch
* Sweeps all day with prizes for every race
* Red Hill beers on tap
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and we are open Monday before Cup Day too

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS... OPEN TILL 7PM!
Daylight savings is here, that means more time for the late arvo deck sessions, come on down and enjoys some great beer for longer.

COMING UP AT THE BREWERY
- Brewing Bohemian Pilsner. The beer that makes magic happen.
- Lots of work happening in the hop field, strings are up, hops are growing like crazy
- Open lots of extra days this summer. Maybe even a few nights

SUMMER HOURS
11am to 7pm Thurs -Sunday and all Public Holidays & Mondays in school holidays

Goats Loose In Sydney

We'll be hoofing around Sydney for a couple of nights next week with some IPA and Steam kegs. Tues 11th Oct Cam will be @ Honey Rider at 5:30pm (230 Military Rd, Neutral Bay) and Wed 12th October Cam & Wags will be @ Union Hotel Newtown 5:30pm (576 King St). Stop by for a chat and we'll fix you up with a beer.

New Brewhouse.

Oh Boy, has Christmas come early for us. We got our new brewhouse this week and we've been tinkering away, piecing it together all week.

Too much fun.

It's nearly time to hand over to the sparkies, steam guys and plumbers to do the final plug-ins. Then its our turn. Make beer! We'll have an unveiling very soon...

At the same time we need to pay respects, and say our last goodbye to our original brewhouse, which is leaving for Sydney on Tuesday. So we've put her up in the bar area for one last goodbye tomorrow night, from 5pm.

Microbrewers Showcase - Fed Square Atrium.

It's on again. 28 Victorian breweries pouring the goods. Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October 4:30 - 8pm. Tix at Ticketmaster or at the door.

This is a Mountain Goat Approved event.

Other Mountain Goat Approved events coming up include:

Australian Hotel Beer Festival (Sydney) - Oct 29 & 30th
Tasmanian Beer Fest (Hobart) - Nov 17 & 18
Warners By The Bay Beer Festival (Newcastle) - Nov 28th

Its beer festival season!

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Very Appealing...

Don’t let anyone tell you that just because a beer is refreshingly easy to drink it’s not deceptively difficult to make. Our White Ale is just that! It’s all about balance and when our take on a traditional Belgian wheat beer involves oats, juniper berries, spices, and citrus peel (just to mention a few) things get a little bit interesting. In fact, just getting great citrus peel is challenge enough.

The peel we would love is Curacao Orange – it’s grown in the Caribbean and they’ve been importing into Belgium forever. On our little island though, we can’t get stuff in because they want to protect our borders from diseases and pests. We thought we'd try our luck anyway and did order some in once but it got burnt when it arrived at customs! Next time you're watching Border Patrol on TV and there's a White Rabbit brewer running away from the camera you'll know why...

Turns out the only way we could get it was if they cooked it at 70 degrees for 8 hours; we're thinking we’ve lost all the goodness at that point. There was a point where we said “stuff it” and decided to get the cooked peel anyway, just to try, but the suppliers wouldn’t send it to us unless we ordered a tonne! We even looked at dehydrating our own orange but that is serious hard work.

As a result of all that, we've been spending much more time than usual hanging about in orange orchards on our eternal quest to make the best beer possible. Every so often you uncover a diamond in the rough and we reckon we've hit the jackpot with some ‘rough skinned’ Seville peel from Mildura we've just found. Now it's time to get back to the brewery and experiment...

Oysters & Stout

This Friday August 5th, we're having our annual winter celebration of Oysters and Stout - that beer match made in heaven...

We're going to officially launch Bigfoot Stout (Surefoot's big brother), have a specially Randied Surefoot (Vanilla Beans and Oak Chips), and good old reliable Surefoot Stout all on tap.

The oysters will be shucked right before your eyes. As you order. Fresh as a daisy.

Hightail, Steam, Coffee IPA & Regular IPA will also be on, together with the usual pizza, wine and softies.

Hope to see you. Bar open from 5pm, Oysters from 6pm.

New Bar

Over the last few weeks we've been renovating. Not just any old renovating, but recycling our old boxes as well. We've stuck them to the new offices upstairs. We reckon it looks way cool.

It's genius design from our mates at Phooey Architects (you might know Peter Ho from such TV shows as The Reonvators).

...and it's pretty funny watching people spill beer down their front as they try to drink while staring up.

New Toys...

We've got some new brewing toys on their way from Canada. In fact a whole new brewhouse is coming. Should be here early Sept.  We'd love to show you a photo, but we don't have one. Soon as we can, we promise.

We're totally excited. And can't wait for it to arrive. It'll mean we can make more beer, and more beer = good. It's one of those immutable rules.

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Harvest is on  Wednesday 9^th March, 9.30am sharp start 

We will be providing morning tea, lunch and of course cold beer! 

Please wear old clothes as hops are oily and may stain your clothes. Please also wear long sleeves as hops are scratchy, we will be providing gloves. 

Bring along a camping chair and don’t forget your hat and sunscreen. 
 

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Belgian Strength

It's no secret we like almost all things Belgian, so when we discovered we were about to have a Belgian strongman come through the giant doors of the brewery we waited with baited breathe. He comes to us from a tiny town called Herk-de-Stad with a population of only 12,000, weighs over a hundred kilos and promises to crush everything in his sight. So what was he doing in our midst? Okay, so less of a strongman and more of a really strong hammer mill that will take on the challenge of unmalted wheat, but that's more than enough to get us beer geeks excited.

See, we don't really like being told we can't do something so if it takes a Belgian hammer mill to crush our raw wheat then that's what we'll do. Throw this in the mix with roughly equal portions of malted wheat, pilsner malt and just a little bit of rolled oats (who said beer wasn't a breakfast food?) and you've got the grist for our White Ale. Then you know the drill, it's off to the mashtun, the kettle, through the hop back, a few special ingredients thrown in along the way for good luck and into our second Belgian inspired contingent in the brewery, our open fermenters.

What's next in our story of Belgian obsession? Well we might just have to start learning Flemish before we can find out...

Crossing the border

Those of you with a keen eye or a South Australian passport may have noticed White Rabbit popping up in a few places around Adelaide. We are now flowing freely on tap at The Wellington Hotel and at the Earl of Leicester so if you find yourself in the city of churches head down for a pint. Keep your eyes open and you never know where we might appear...

Hopping around Melbourne

We'll be taking some time away from the valley in the next few weeks to bring our latest batches of beer to those of you in Melbourne. Look out for us at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Cellar Door this weekend and at the Victorian Microbrewers showcase at Federation square on March 16th to 17th. We'll be packing our van 'Lucky' with plenty of beer for tastings so head on down for a tipple if you're in the city.

Of course, we'll make sure there's enough of us still out here to fling the great doors open everyday for those of you who come visit us at the brewery.

Cheers from all of us, or as they say in Flemish... Proost!

COOKING WITH JAMES SQUIRE

Ever cooked with beer? The Portland Hotel's head chef, Paul Bostock, will prepare five sumptuous courses
with beer as the focal ingredient, each course perfectly matched with James Squire Ales. Along with
memories of great flavour combinations, each guest will take home a booklet of the recipes and beer tasting
 notes so they can boost their own cooking knowledge and prowess.

When 5, 6 March, 12:00PM - 4:00PM and 6 March, 5:00PM - 9:00PM
Where: The Portland Hotel, 127 Russell Street, Melbourne
Cost $80.00 five courses with beer
Bookings 03 9810 0064
Website: www.portlandhotel.com.au 

BEER vs WINE FOOD MATCHING

Come and join the team at The Portland Hotel as we pitch the Malt Shovel  Brewery's James Squire range of
 beers against some of the of the best wines from around Australia. Matched to five sumptuous courses
prepared by The Portland Hotel's head chef, Paul Bostock, you decide which matches best.

Local Taphouse SpecTAPular (GABS)

Each quarter the guys down at the Local Taphouses (St Kilda & Darlinghurst) put on a special turn. The next one is this Saturday (12th Feb) and is to be known as the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular. The theme for this one is specially brewed, one-off beers from breweries all around Australia.

Looking down the list, there have been some doozies of beers made. There are collaboration brews, fruit beers, and an ANZAC biscuit-inspired beer (Whu?). The envelope is creaking at the seams…

We came up with 'Cucumber Sandwich', a summer ale infused with (you guessed it) Cucumber and a bunch of fresh, zingy New Zealand hops. Perfect for a hot February day.

Gold coin donation at the door goes to raise funds for those struggling with the apocalyptic weather this country has been enduring these last few weeks.

Check the list of beers, and learn more here. We’ll see you there.

The Ladies of Beer.

On Mar 4^th, the World Famous Beer Diva, Kirrily Waldhorn, presents the Victorian Women of Beer. This would be an event to go to anyway, but the added bonus for us is that our own Head Brewer, Jayne Lewis will be part of the show. She’ll be talking beer, busting myths and maybe banging out a couple of tunes on her ukele (not confirmed).  Ladies from Red Hill Brewery, Bridge Rd Brewers and True South will also be there.

It’ll go down at the Thornbury Theatre and you should look here to learn more, and book tix.

Young & Jackson's Beer Dinner, Feb 15th.

That venerable establishment of beer and general good times, Young & Jackson’s Hotel, is hosting us at a Beer Dinner on Tues Feb 15^th. 5 courses, 5 beers and beer chit-chat in between from our own Executive Brewer, Dave. He’ll be there to answer all your questions. On anything.

The menu includes Steam Ale with Prawns, Skipping Girl with Mussels, IPA and BBQ'd Kangaroo, a Hightail Ale Pie, and Double Hightail matched with Cheese. Mmmmmm.

Phone the pub on 9650 3884 for more info, and to book tix.

What's so wacky about introducing a lager in summer you say? Well, you've never tasted a lager quite like this one! Not content with an "oh so smooth, crisp and boring" lager like the multitude of others in the market, the Mad Brewers set off in a brain thumping pursuit of the quintessential Australian summer characters, and then combined them to create our latest offering, Scribbly Gum Lager -  a beer with a name to match its uniquely Australian flavours!

Micro Beer Club are running an Ashes Series in Melbourne at the Portland/James Squire Brewhouse on the 28th December and at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel on 4th January.

Tasting 12+ beers, food and Show Bag worth over $50 for $95.

Book on line at www.microbeerclub.com.au Panel members in Melbourne are Jane Loius-Head Brewer at Mountain Goat and Chris Badenoch-restaurant owner, beer enthusiast and Masterchef celebrity and Sydney 2 of the countries best brewers David Hollioak-Redoak and Bruce Peachey-McLaren Vale and Des Mulachey.

Whats happening this month

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One of Melbourne's most historic hotels, the Portland Hotel, incorporating the James Squire Brewhouse and Portland Lane Café, offers a unique hospitality experience.  The Portland houses three distinct entertainment areas each with their own identity.  The Portland Lane Cafe offers modern casual dining in a relaxed and informal atmosphere and the James Squire Brewhouse showcases handcrafted, award winning ales brewed both on site and at the Malt Shovel Brewery (Australasian Brewery of the Year 2000/2003).  We also have a nightclub upstairs which features regular entertainment and theme nights.

Full of history and style and with several function spaces, regular live entertainment, screenings of all the big sporting events and fantastic service, the Portland Hotel provides an experience of uncompromising quality.

I'm dreaming of a White Ale Christmas

It seems while we were busy jumping from tank to tank in the brewery, and distracted by the disarray that comes with relocating the packing line, the end of the year somehow snuck up on us and Christmas is hiding behind a tree just around the corner. Luckily, we've put a case of White Ale under the tree too to keep it company until we get there.

A big merry Christmas to all of you!

Doing it like rabbits

It is true what they say about rabbits and White Rabbit is no exception. We just can't get enough of you. Summer is upon us, it's time to play and we want to play all the time. If fact, we're doing it daily.

We'll be sliding open the brewery doors 7 days a week 11am to 5pm from December 11th all throughout the summer season. Join us tucked away in the hills amidst the daily flurry of brewery buzz for a tasting, a beer and a laugh. It is the silly season after all...

Visit www.whiterabbitbeer.com.au to find out how to get up here. We'll be ready with your freshly poured beer, bubbles gently rising to the surface, beads of condensation dripping from the side of the glass, just waiting for you to walk in.

A Twilight Tipple

What better way to bring in the start of a new year than with a white rabbit beer in hand, a film on the big screen and the green open plains surrounding you? Seems like Regional Twilight Movies have taken care of all the details for us so we don't have to worry about hiring that expensive projector after all. Perfect we say. "When?" You say? Why, you could visit www.twilightmovies.com.au but we'll tell you anyway...

Echuca Jan 5 to 7
Bendigo Jan 15
Ballarat Jan 19 to 21
Horsham Feb 4 to 5
Shepparton Feb 25

We have 10 double passes to each screening to give away so if you live in the area or are craving a cruise on the old dusty trail simply email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it your name, postal address and preferred location and we'll post off some tickets to you so you can hop along for the evening. Isn't it time you visited that long lost Auntie in the hills?

Until next time, wishing you a very hoppy new year from all of us here at White Rabbit...

December 2010, Special Christmas Edition

What is a Rare Breed?

Lately we've been busy playing with our new bottling line, cranking out longnecks.

We bought the thing especially and we're calling the longnecks 'Rare Breeds' because they won't be everywhere, and they'll run out. This makes no sense to our accountant but we think that's a good reason to do it. He's used to being ignored anyway.

We'll do different beers seasonally. Like an IPA in summer, Stout in winter etc, other stuff when we think of it. 

Which segues nicely into:

Rare Breed IPA is out now!

It's rich, malty and hoppy. Don’t take our word for it see here for what our mate Crafty Pint thinks of it. It’s 6.2% alc/vol and full of the Christmas spirit. Get it at discerning bottleshops, and of course, right here at Goat HQ.

But only while it lasts.

Meredith Music Festival

They say that being a sailor, and owning a boat is like standing in your raincoat, under the shower, tearing up $100 bills. That sorta reminds me of a few Merediths of late. But we wouldn’t miss it for the world. And we’ll be there again this year.

Being a BYO, but no glass event, quite a few Goat kegs make it into the Supernatural Amphitheatre. Why wouldn’t you bring one? A keg establishes your place (and importance) in the Sup, new exotic people can be won over by sharing a pot or two. And the beer! So fresh!

But note, if you’re going, and thinking of taking a keg, and pouring it through a regular temprite/magic box, you won’t get in with a gas bottle, leaving you with an impregnable 50litres of beer. The very definition of frustration.

The way around this is to get one of these things: a party pump. You can get ‘em at our friends Grain and Grape.

And remember to always keg responsibly.

What's On At HQ

We always thought that Melbourne had only three seasons; football, cricket and asparagus, but it turns out there's a fourth; IPA.

So in honour of IPA season we've got two on tap at the Goat Bar: Our Rye IPA and regular IPA. We also have a new English Style Summer Ale (Goldilocks) and ol’ faithfuls Hightail and Steam.

More here on all the beers. Including why Randy thinks he lives in Queensland at the moment. Pineapple and mint!              Who thought of that!

Oh, and we'll be open Christmas Eve. A merry and safe Christmas to all...

Love,

Goats.

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Double Hightail In Bottle

We've just packaged 232 cases of Double Hightail in 650 ml longnecks. What's it like? It's like Hightail but with more. More malt, more hops - more Hightail (7.2%). Where is it? A bunch of good Melb beer stores have it right now eg Purvis, Mc Coppins, Church St Cellars, Blackhearts and Sparrows, Carwyn Cellars, Swords, Slow Beer, Acland Cellars. We are sending a handful of cases to most cap cities but it will take a week or so to get there. Just call if you'd like more info.

Bottling Line

We're installing a brand spanking new bottling line in here this week. Fresh off the boat from the US this pup will enable us to crank Goat out that will stay fresher longer. First trial bottling session tomorrow arvo. Psyched.

Special Goats On In The Bar

We have some good one-off batches on tap in the brewery at the moment. Fancy Pants, Two Champs Kolsch, Dopplebock, Double IPA and Surefoot thru coffee beans in Randy (that's a pic there illustrating the blackness!) Then there's always Steam and Hightail of course. Bar open from 5pm Wed and Fri nights, free brewery tours each Wed at 6:30pm. Drop in for a pizza and goat. 

Cheers, Cam and Dave.

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Hi,

BeermenTV (http://beermen.tv) are arranging a beer lover's breakfast (we're calling it Hair of The Dog Breakfast) for Saturday the 22nd of May at 10am on the back of AIBA and the Beer & Brewer expo week/weekend in Melbourne.

Hosted at Beer Deluxe, Federation Square, we'll have tastings from 7 fine Australian craft breweries, accompanied by a beautifully paired selection of food created by the awesome team at Beer Deluxe.

If anyone would like to join us on the day, here's a link to the registration page. Entry is $20 payable on the day.

http://bit.ly/beerbreakfast

Hawthorn Amber Ale is a rich malt flavoured ale, presenting itself as dark auburn coloured with hints of red. More British than the Queen's corgi's, our Amber Ale is meticulously brewed to the true Northern English style.

The inclusion of the world famous base malt – Maris Otter, ensures a lovely rounded body, whilst a small addition of Chocolate Malt in the grain bill delivers a warm bittersweet roasted caramel flavour.

Mild English hops balance the sweet malt nicely, and plenty of dry hopping after the fermentation infuses a floral and spice aroma.

Hawthorn Amber Ale is an all malt beer with no added sugar, chemicals or preservatives. Smooth and well balanced, drink it a few degrees warmer than the fridge for the full flavoured experience. Best from a glass.

Perfect with char grilled meat, or equally enjoyable on its own.

Beechworth's Harvest Celebration 2010.

This years event will also feature some hands on baking. Learn the art of making pretzels with the

Brewery kitchen team.

Visitors will also get some hands on experience brewing with the guys at Bridge Road Brewers;

Ben, Nardia and Devin.

This Beechworth outfit has been crafting a great range of ales since 2005.

Their quality brewing being recognized at the latest Australian international Beer Awards with multiple medals

spread across the big Bridge Road stable.

Extract from flyer attached:

 “Join the team at Bridge Road Brewers for a morning of brewing, baking breakfast and beer!

Learn the ins and outs of brewing and baking at this years Harvest Celebration."

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Get your hands dirty learning how we brew, and how we bake. The brewing team from Bridge Road Brewers will

run you through a mornings brewing and explain all you wanted to know about where beer comes from

and how we make it. All this along with brekafast and beer included.

Saturday May 15th. 8am-10.30am.

$55/head. Bookings Essential:

Ph 03 57282703

HOP PICKING IS ON

Harvest is on Tuesday 9^th March, 9.30am sharp start.

We will be providing morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea and of course cold beer!

Please wear old clothes as hops are oily and may stain your clothes. Please also wear long sleeves as hops are scratchy, we will be providing gloves.

Bring along a camping chair and don’t forget your hat and sunscreen.

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NEW EXTENDED HOURS

After a long wait we’ve finally got some extended hours so you can enjoy a few beers on the deck after work

Thursday – Sunday & Public Holidays 11am-6pm (7pm in daylight saving)

Also open Mondays in school holidays

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MOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 2009

CHRISTMAS EDITION

2009: YEAR OF THE BULL!

Ten Years of Great Beers at Holgate Brewhouse

The year is drawing to a close and we once again find ourselves in the midst of the festive season. We’ve parties galore, new beer to celebrate and lots to cheer about. There’s no better time to have a cold refreshing brew than in these hot summer months, and our beer garden is the best place to enjoy one.

Ian, and following his return, Paul & Natasha have all been busy in the States. They’ve been dedicating all their time and effort to experiencing as many beers and breweries as possible. We thank them for all this exhausting work to be able to continually bring you the best brewed beer in the world!

Thank you one and all for your patronage throughout 2009, we’ve had a great ten year celebration that started in January and still hasn’t stopped!

MOVEMBER

You could be forgiven for thinking the staff at Holgates are looking decidedly ‘shady’ lately, but it’s all for a great cause. The boys are growing their mo’s for Movember, and raising funds for Prostate Cancer and depression.

If you’d like to join the team “Holgate’s Hirsute Hombres” or donate to this worthy cause visit au.movember.com/ and read on for details of our Movember Wrap Party.

MOVEMBER WRAP PARTY IN THE BREWERY!

 Monday, 30 November, 5:30-7:30 pm. Join our mustachioed Movember team members for a Movember wrap party. A $10 donation to Movember gets you two hours of beer and nibbles in the brewery.  Check out the team - "Holgate's Hirsute Hombres"                                 au.movember.com/

DECEMBER DELIGHTS

Delve into our delicious beers this December;

Friday 4th at The Prince Wine Store, 177 Bank Street, South Melbourne

Wednesday 23rd, Purvis Cellars, 615 Whitehorse Road, Surrey Hills.

For more details call Julian 0419 460 259.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE HOLGATES HAS A NEW BEER

‘THE MILD ONE’ 3.5%. A MILD is a style of ale from days of yore and still popular in Britain today. Originally a reward for farm workers at harvest time, it was designed as a ‘restorative’ drink. Easy drinking beer with low bitterness & alcohol but with full-bodied malt character. All of this resulting in a great lunch-time or session ale. Or a nutritious refresher after a hard days work!

ENTERTAINMENT AT HOLGATE BREWHOUSE

FREE LIVE MUSIC

Friday nights in the bar from 8pm

·         NOV 27, Hornets Blues Band

·         DEC 4, Andre Camilleri

·         DEC11, Scott Graham

·         DEC 18, Hornets Blues Band

Sunday December 2, 3-5pm relax in the lounge with The Black Forest Rogues.

New Years Eve themed party – YOUR DREAM JOB!

Nurse, policeman, spud farmer… what is your dream job?

Dress to impress and bring on 2010!

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CHRISTMAS FUNCTIONS

Where better to hold your Christmas festivities than at a brewery? Our Lead-Light room has been stylishly refurbished to create a gorgeous space for parties, functions, meetings and conferences. Call Natasha on 03 5427 2510 or email                                        This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SUMMER LOVING

We love our new Summer Menu. Oysters, Smoked Salmon, Local Organic Venison, Lemon Mousse, Chocolate Porter Jelly Trifle to name just a few of our new menu delights. For bookings call (03) 5427 2510

CHRISTMAS TRADING HOURS

Holgate’s (Brewery, Bar & Restaurant) will be closed on Christmas Day while the Holgate family have a well deserved rest. The bar is open again at 2pm on Boxing Day and dinner will be served as usual that night.

INTRODUCING JULIAN

A self confessed ‘home-brewer devotee’ Julian has joined the team at Holgates as our Business Development Manager. Hailing from England and immigrating to Australia 19 years ago, Julian’s background is packed with impressive positions at renowned restaurants and clubs in and around Melbourne. The three things he has missed from England are; the Historical Architecture, the Pubs and the Beer. That is, of course, until he found Holgate’s! Feeling right at home, Julian has settled into concentrating on ‘World Domination’ of the Holgate brand.

HOLGATE BREWHOUSE • 79 High Street, Woodend 3442 • (03) 5427 2510 • www.holgatebrewhouse.com