BRUNY ISLAND BEER CO.
BRUNY ISLAND BEER CO.
In 2016 we started making craft beer. For Cheese Makers, we makes bloody great beer!
Locally grown ingredients and an eye towards Tasmania's seasons and sensibilities are what guides our beers down an unconventional path. Much like our cheese, our beer is an artisanal product that strives to be the best expression of the seasonally variable ingredients available in our region.
Because the development of beers is very much an ingredient-driven process, we place a lower priority on adhering to common ‘styles’ of beer. We do not strive to make the best ‘lager’ or ‘pilsner’, not only because we are not in Europe, but also because we are in Tasmania, and this is a special place and deserves special beers to call its own. The unlimited potential for creating products expressing distinctively ‘Tasmanian’ characteristics is far more exciting than trying to copy something that makes another part of the world special.
To achieve this, we use locally grown grain wherever possible, 100 per cent Tasmanian grown hops, Bruny Island honey, and Bruny Island water. We frequently experiment with non-traditional or unusual beer ingredients, such as quinoa, spelt, and native plants, for no other reason than they are grown here in Tasmania. We actively forge links up our supply chain and within our community, whether it is working closely with farmers to source to particular ingredients, or having access to freshly emptied whisky barrels to mature beer in.
In keeping with our dairy roots, a collection of decommissioned milk vats was repurposed into a 15 hectolitre brewhouse, located behind our cheesery. All our beers are open fermented, bottle conditioned and free from preservatives.
Nick’s vision for the brewery is delivered by Head Brewer Luke Rutland. True to the ethos that underpins our farming and cheesemaking, the goal in our Brewery is to create intrinsically Tasmanian flavours and explore the rare opportunity offered by a Brewery and Cheesery operating alongside each other.
PALE ALES
tasmanian pale ale
farm ale
Farm Ale is a unique pale ale made with wheat, oats and hops from Tasmanian farms. Our flagship session ale is hazy golden, with a smooth bitterness and fruity hop aroma balanced by earthy cereal sweetness. 4.8% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Bruny Island Red Wheat (TAS), Organic Oats (TAS).
Hops:Â Ella, Cascade & Galaxy. Dry Hopped.
Yeast: Ale, American Origin.
Cheese Match:Â 1792.
summer session ale
honey pale ale
Honey Pale Ale has a delicate floral character from seasonal honey varieties, complemented by earthy cereal notes from raw barley and wheat. Galaxy and Cascade hops contribute fruity aromatics and a light bitterness. This beer was developed in collaboration with the local pub, Hotel Bruny. 5.0% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Bruny Island Red Wheat (TAS) & Bruny Island Raw Barley (TAS).
Hops:Â Galaxy & Cascade. Dry Hopped.
Yeast: Ale, American Origin.
Cheese Match:Â Raw George.Â
raw wheat IPA
cloudy bay ipa
Cloudy Bay IPA is a hazy India Pale Ale (IPA) with deeply Tasmanian roots, made entirely with locally grown and malted barley, raw wheat and Bushy Park Hops. Juicy citrus and tropical fruit hop characters dominate, with proteins from the wheat contributing an opaque haze and enhanced body. 6.6% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Bruny Island Red Wheat (TAS) & Munich Malt (TAS).
Hops:Â Ella, Enigma & Galaxy. Dry Hopped.
Yeast: Ale. American Origin
Cheese Match:Â Raw Milk C2Â
tasmanian pale ale
urban farmer
Introducing Farm Ale’s city cousin... Urban Farmer - a uniquely Tasmanian Pale Ale in a can. Urban Farmer is hazy golden in colour, with a fruity hop aroma & smooth bitterness balanced by earthy cereal sweetness. 4.8% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Rolled Wheat (TAS), Rolled Oats (TAS).
Hops:Â Ella, Cascade & Galaxy. Dry Hopped.
Yeast: Ale, American Origin.
Cheese Match:Â 1792.
tasmanian ipa
jubbly ipa
Packed with tropical and stone fruit aromas, this IPA pours a deep copper with a refreshing dryness and bitterness to balance out the delicious malt flavour. 6.9% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Wheat Malt (AUS), Rolled Wheat (TAS), Munich Malt (GER), Carapils Malt (GER), Chocolate Wheat (GER).
Hops:Â Galaxy & Eclipse.
Yeast: Ale, American Origin.
Cheese Match:Â Raw George.
REDS
Session Red Ale
lighthouse ale
Lighthouse Ale is a malty session red ale, with biscuity malt flavours balanced by firm bitterness. Late kettle additions of three Tasmanian aromatic hop varieties – Galaxy, Ella and Cascade – deliver subtle fruity and floral notes. 2.8% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malter Barley (TAS), Munich Malt (TAS), Crystal Malts (AUS), Wheat Malt (AUS).
Hops:Â Cascade, Ella & Galaxy.
Yeast: Ale, English Origin.
Cheese Match:Â Raw Tom.Â
darks
dark pale ale
oxymoron
Oxymoron is our signature dark ale – or is it a pale ale disguised as a dark? Does it matter if you drink it with your eyes closed? Either way, Oxymoron straddles the gulf between pale and dark and is every bit as intriguing as it sounds, with spicy rye notes meeting pungent, fruit-driven hop aromas. 5.5% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Malted Wheat (AUS), Malted Rye (AUS), Munich Malt (GER), Crystal Malts (AUS) & Sinamar (derived from roasted malts).
Hops:Â Enigma, Cascade & Galaxy.
Yeast: House Ale Yeast, English Origin.
Cheese Match:Â Raw Tom.
Sweet Stout Enriched with Whey
whey stout
Whey Stout is a roasty milk stout enriched with lactose from our very own cow's milk whey left over after making our cheese. Our brewer's yeast cannot digest the lactose sugar, meaning that it stays behind in the beer and enhances the sweetness and gives the texture greater creaminess. 5.8% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malter Barley (TAS), Roasted Barley (AUS) & Crystal Malt (AUS).
Hops:Â Cascade.
Yeast: Ale. English Origin.
Cheese Match:Â Saint.
raspberry stout
black pudding
Black Pudding is a limited seasonal release stout, infused with Derwent Valley raspberries. Rich dark chocolate and roasted notes balance a pronounced raspberry aroma and slightly tart flavour. It’s like drinking a chocolate pudding with raspberry coulis. 6.0% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley (TAS), Munich Malt (TAS), Chrystal Malts (AUS), Roasted Barley (AUS) & Roasted Malt (GER).
Hops:Â Ella.
Yeast: Ale. American Origin
Cheese Match:Â Raw GeorgeÂ
dark ale
bruny black
Pouring a reddish-tinged black, Bruny Black offers ample malt-driven flavours of freshly roasted coffee, toffee, and toast intertwined with citrus, spice, and plum notes from Tasmanian-grown Cascade and Ella hops. A robust bitterness emerges late, lingering along with a drying note of roasted barley, making for a complex, yet superbly quaffable drink. 5.5% ABV
Grain Bill:Â Pale Malted Barley, Munich Malt, Crystal Malts, Roasted Barley & Carafa II (malted, dehusked & roasted barley).
Hops:Â Ella & Cascade.
Yeast: US-05.
Cheese Match:Â Raw Milk C2.Â