HopDog Beer Works

    Tim and Therese started HopDog Beer Works in Nowra last year with the goal of brewing top class Ales in their own style in their own brewery. What they have succeeded in doing is setting the east coast craft Beer scene  on fire with their Beers in demand all along the coast by bottle shops, craft Beer pubs and Beer enthusiasts. They run a true micro brewery, 200L at a time and face at the moment the question of how big to grow and how fast. Thankfully it doesn't interfere with the brewing or the releasing of new Beers.

  
     With the cellar door in front of the brewery Tim and Therese are more than happy to guide you through their range of beers and then show you through the brewery and answer any questions you may have.You can purchase stubbies and refillable growlers and kegs are available commercially, also wort kits for some of the beers are available for those who wish to replicate the beers.
 
     HopDog use an effective 3 pot all grain set up and grind their grain directly into the mash tun saving time and labour. They believe in recycling the waste were possible and now send the waste grain to Bombaderry High School and a local farmer where it is composted or turned into stock feed.

     Their beers range from Black Sunshine a delicious Stout smelling of chocolate and coffee (sold out at the moment but will be coming back) to their Horn IPA and Midgee session beer with Citra hops and very easy to drink. This is backed up by the seasonal beers such as the Belgium Lawn Mower, a great summer saison which is running out fast, Ham on Rye with less hops and an all malt taste you get a smoky bacony combination making you feel that your having a bacon sandwich. Available next weekend (25/2) will be the next in the dark and strange series Coffee Pants, made with the help of a local coffee roaster this Stout will have big coffee notes. At this release HopDog will be putting on a BBQ and along with the coffee roaster will be available to tell you all about it.

     The weekend after Coffee Pants release will see a Peach Beer being offered, with partial batch barrel aging and partial aging on the fruit this promises to be very interesting indeed. With the start of winter we will also be seeing the Autumn Ales and Barley wine seasonals.

     Tim and Therese do all the work themselves, filling, capping and labeling all the bottles, it's a nice if time consuming touch. The beers are good value at $4.50 a stubbie or $60 a case of 16 and with postage available very easily accessible.

     HopDog will be at the Canberra Craft Beer Festival on April 14,15 and Paddys Hop Harvest on the 21st of April.

      My Pick -Belgium Lawn Mower        Wifes Pick - Ham on Rye

     Brewery tours available on request  -  Free

HopDog Beer Works   www.hopdog.com.au