Hunter Beer Company

2011 Beer Awards

2011-05-23T14:10:00.003+10:00

The Hunter Beer Co. team have picked up 4 Silver & 3 Bronze medals at the 2011 Australian International Beer Awards!

Every beer entered picked up a medal which makes us in the brewery very happy campers.

For the record Silver medals were won by our Bock, Pale Ale, Banana Beer & Chocolate Porter!

For a complete set of results you can visit www.beerawards.com/results.asp

Happy tasting,

Keith
ps. a big congrats to Craig who was part of the team for two years before leaving to open his own brewery, the Thirsty Crow in Wagga. In his first year out he has won the Champion Hybrid Beer with his Vanilla Milk Stout - we can't wait to see what comes next!

Trainee wanted for the brewery

2011-04-22T11:38:00.002+10:00

The Hunter Beer Co. is searching for a trainee.

This is an entry level position that would suit someone who enjoys sharing their passion about beer, has great communication skills and is unafraid of working long hours for very little money.

If you think this might be you send your resume to:

brewer@pottershbr.com.au.

Keith

Summer time

2011-02-12T18:51:00.004+11:00

It's been a crazy summer this year and we wish a speedy recovery to all those affected by floods, fires or a cyclone.

We are brewing enthusiastically at the moment and will have a hefeweizen, brown porter and a chilli flavoured robust porter on tap by the end of the month.

The new bar is getting there and with fingers crossed it will be open by the end of the month.

Happy tasting,

Keith

Merry Christmas

2010-12-01T15:24:00.002+11:00

It's December and that means Christmas beer.

Jess has brewed another batch of a delicious christmas pudding in a glass.

That the beer is completely unsuited to the warm weather this time of the year doesn't slow us down one bit.

In this year's brew the spices are a tiny bit more restrained which allows the malt complexity to add more depth to a quite big beer.

Merry Christmas to all,

Keith

Free postage deal

2010-08-26T12:03:00.003+10:00

If you purchase 6 or more champagne sized bottles of Hunter Beer we will ship it anywhere in Australia for free.

This offer is valid for the month of August.

Use the discount code "FREIGHT" when you place the order on-line at www.hunterbeer.com.au

Champion Porter

2010-05-23T11:35:00.005+10:00

1 Gold, 5 Silvers, 1 Bronze and the Champion Porter Trophy - that's the haul from our trip to this years' Australian International Beer Awards held in Mebourne.

And let me say - wowie kazowie! The brewery team are buzzing from the results and a big hats off to Jess for her Chocolate Porter. It will be some time before you can wipe the grins off our faces.

Our regulars also did well with the Kolsch, Pale & Bock picking up Silver medals and a Bronze went to our Lager.

On a personal note from me, many thanks both to the local homebrewing fraternity for their support, inspiration and assistance as well as to my friends in the craft brewing industry who have never hesitated to offer assistance, and the chance to share a beer, whenever the need arose.

Cheers and happy tasting,

Keith

HUB Brew Day

2010-05-03T10:45:00.002+10:00

Just has the boys from the Hunter United Brewers (HUB) up for a brew day.

Was a pretty relaxed day and the guys had some fun & ended up walking away with their cubes of AIPA (Centennial and Amarillo earlier in the piece and Citra at flame out).

We will post some pics from the day on our web site.

I am looking forward to the next one.

Cheers,

Keith

Beer & Food Dinner 7th May 2010

2010-04-19T13:17:00.007+10:00

We're hosting a Beer matched with Food evening. If you would like to join in an evening filled with great beer, fine food and lots of fun check out the details at our web site: Hunter Beer Co.

Seasonals on Tap

2010-04-12T11:24:00.005+10:00

Greetings!

It has been a fun filled month. We have ten (count them thats 10!) beers on tap at the moment.

Our regulars are all available and we presently have three seasonals:

Doc's Gose is down to the last keg. This has been a very enjoyable salty, sour coriander flavoured beer that has proved to be very sessionable.

We have sold out of bottles of our regular St. Patrick's Day celebratory Oyster Stout, but have plenty left on tap.

And last, but certainly not least, Jess' Chocolate Porter is a very tasty Brown Porter. In my humble opinion this is a style that is very underrated and our offering is an authentic version of the style - great drinkability, chocolate up front and nutty, toffee flavours in the background - it makes for a great session beer.

Happy tasting,

Keith

March 2010

2010-03-16T12:32:00.002+11:00

Hey Everyone,

Well it's been super busy at Hunter Beer Co. which is great. After getting absolutely hammered with customers over the Summer period we have had to continue the action packed brewing schedule for the Beer Awards coming up in May!

At the moment on tap at Potters Hotel you can find all of our usual line up. The 2 seasonals at the moment on tap are the Gose - a sour, salty, coriander, wheat beer and our Smoked Oyster Stout - come in and taste for yourselves!!

Later

Hunter Beer Co

Welcome

2009-08-01T17:36:00.003+10:00

Hi and a big welcome to the Hunter Beer Company's brand new blog - which is all very exciting!

If you want to be kept in the loop about what's happening in the brewery, what's on tap and find out about events at Potters please stay tuned (or sign up as a follower to receive our RSS).

Keith