Hydration is the essence of refreshment and refreshment is the essence of REINVIGAMENT*.

After too many long weekends, you might be thinking: ‘I’ve had about enough of all this fun. How can I possibly get back on track after the relentless silly season?’

But we know you – you’re also looking for something refreshing, a thirst-quencher with a zesty zing, minerally goodness and these things we’ve just heard of called electrolytes or electroknights or something like that.

Enter REINVIGAM8, our hydration ale and the sixth limited release from Counter Culture. Pazow! Whoosh!

REINVIGAM8 will leave our brewery-laboratory gates on Monday 3 February, when the beer goes on sale and when we’ll announce the stockist listing and associated events around the country.

Why is this hydration ale really good?

It’s beer.

Alc/Vol 2.7%

Vegan-friendly.

100% liquid, easy to sip on.

Contained conveniently inside an impermeable vessel.

Citrusy low-alc gose brewed with orange peel and orange juice, balanced with pale malts and lacto-sour pitch.

Implements untested and unproven Byr^oNic² formula.

Hexagons on the label = good science behind the beer.

Preferred refreshment of our head lab person and official ambassador, Caolan Vaughan.

Ingredients

• Orange peel
• Orange juice
• Barrett’s pale
• Caramunich 2
• Wheat malt
• Lactobacillus
• Sodium
• Potassium
• Chloride
• Magnesium

Directions

1. Place can upright
2. Wedge sturdiest fingernail under can-ring
3. Pull can-ring upwards until you hear pssst – crack.
4. Lift can to pouted lips, set approximately 1cm apart
5. Tip liquid into mouth

Warning

If symptoms of the silly season persist, call – uh – or maybe, just – um – do a couple of sit-ups.

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Let there be light– our So Long Darkness..? has left our brewery gates on its way to select venues and bottle shops around the country.

Not all is what it seems with So Long Darkness..?, our ‘invisible’ stout.

Eyes closed, the generous hints of roasted coffee, chocolate and creaminess found in So Long Darkness..? might have you think it were a regular stout. But upon pouring, the way the light shines through this pale liquid might surprise you like an optical illusion. This is, in fact, not a dark beer at all.

The beer’s stout flavours and aromas come through the addition of 45kg of whole unmilled coffee (post-fermentation), 35kg cacao nibs (post-fermentation), 400kg of lactose (kettle) and 15kg of vanilla beans (post fermentation), while the pale malt, wheat and oat backbone of So Long Darkness..? produces the beer’s ‘invisible’ colour.

Alongside the roasted coffee and chocolatey flavours, So Long Darkness..? is smooth and creamy on the palate, thanks in particular to the oats, balanced with the brightness of Galaxy hops.

Available in packs of two 500ml cans at good bottle shops and our online store ($17.50 + shipping), and tapped at select venues, check where to taste or purchase So Long Darkness..? with our Beer Finder or buy now here.

Importantly, we recommend calling your local to check when their stock has landed, as timings will vary depending where you are in the country.

Like all Counter Culture releases, So Long Darkness..? is super limited and will make way for the following release in roughly eight weeks’ time. Embrace the light and look for yours now.   

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Prepare to salivate. Our delectable French toast stout, It’d Be Rude Not To is the third release of our limited Counter Culture range – and a beer for those times you just can’t refuse.

Dark, decadent and oozing with patisserie goodness, we admit It’d Be Rude Not To is a little bit naughty …

The beer

Picture the breakfast of your dreams. A plate of fluffy French toast – crisp around the edges– topped with vanilla ice-cream and dusted with cinnamon beneath a cascade of maple syrup. This is It’d Be Rude Not To territory.

Pouring dark brown with a generous caramel head, this imperial milk stout unfolds in pastry flavours with every sip. Packed with a tonne of lactose, a tonne of maple syrup, 10 kilograms of vanilla beans and five kilograms of cinnamon, the beer’s unquestionable sweetness is matched by a toasty malt backbone and balanced with Galaxy hops.

Creamy, velvety, It’d Be Rude Not To simply begs for a #cheatday.

7.4% alc/vol

40 IBU

The national launch

Things can never get too sweet in Byron Bay, so we’re launching our third Counter Culture beer here at home with a delicious launch party at Three Blue Ducks, The Farm, on Friday 26 July.

The party will feature:

• It’d Be Rude Not To flowing on tap
• Savoury snacks by Locura Kitchen
• Pastry treats by The Bread Social
• Live music by Tim Stokes and Dan Hannaford
• Our Barrel Aged Stone Beer and Coffee Milk Stout (Pilot Batch brew) on tap
• Pacific Ale ad Garden Ale cans
• A selection of wine from Three Blue Ducks

Tickets are free but spots are limited, so be quick to grab you and your friends a spot!

Availability

Like all the limited-release beers in the Counter Culture range, It’d Be Rude Not To will be sold in packs of two 500ml cans online, as well in bottle shops and on tap at our brewery in Byron Bay – but is super limited volumes.

Keep an eye on our blog and socials on Monday 29 July when the stockist listing goes live.

And remember, after eight weeks, It’d Be Rude Not To will make way for a different Counter Culture beer and disappear.

For news and updates about the Counter Culture range, and to purchase an It’d Be Rude Not To pack, stay tuned via the Counter Culture instagram and mailing list.

It’s time to let your mind warp – Sticky Nectar has landed in our online store and in select outlets around the country, available for drinking and purchase.

With psychedelic hints from the ‘70s, our Sticky Nectar hazy mango IPA transports your back to a languid summer day with its sun-golden hue, heady tropical aromas from Galaxy, Citra and Amarillo hops, vanilla and lactose sweetness, and truckloads of mango puree – which together make easy work balancing the beer’s 45 IBU bitterness.

Available in packs of two 500ml cans at good bottle shops and our online store ($16.50 + shipping), and tapped at select venues, check where to taste or purchase Sticky Nectar with our Beer Finder or buy now here.

Like all Counter Culture releases, Sticky Nectar is super limited and will make way for the following release in roughly eight weeks’ time. So, sit back, drop out and dissolve – this might be your only chance.

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OUR KILLER KWEEN IS HERE!

Bursting through the brewery gates and into select outlets, our Imperial Berliner Weisse Killer Kween has arrived and is available for drinking and purchase.

The first beer of our limited-release Counter Culture series, Killer Kween is our contemporary take on a traditional Berliner Weisse with 1.2 tonnes of raspberries, plenty of booze (7.6 ABV), refreshing acidity and two rounds of lactobacillus fermentation. Bold she is; apologetic she isn’t.

Available at good bottle shops and in packs of two 500ml cans through our online store ($16.50 + shipping), and tapped at select venues, check where to taste or purchase Killer Kween with our Beer Finder or buy now here.

Like all Counter Culture releases, Killer Kween is super limited and will make way for the following release in roughly eight weeks’ time. Be quick – the Kween waits for no one.

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Here come our Kweens!

STICKY NECTAR – HAZY MANGO IPA

Throughout the year we release Pilot Batch brews that are special, limited, and once gone, they may never return. It’s a space for our brewers to get creative, an opportunity to trial weird and wonderful things… an experimental playground to get a little fruity.

Normally these one off brews are poured only in our tasting room, and drinkers outside our backyard are left thirsty. We’re excited to announce that this limited release will be pouring from taps along the east coast of Australia from today onwards.

Introducing Sticky Nectar…

We’re ready for longer days…fresh mango juice dripping off your chin as you sit on the back deck in the warm sun. Our Sticky Nectar is a delicious IPA brewed with lactose and truckloads of fresh mango and pours with a golden haze. Hop additions of Galaxy, Citra and Amarillo enhance the tropical fruit aromas, while providing firm bitterness that is balanced with a smooth and creamy mouthfeel and that finishes medium bodied.

“To kick off mango season around the country, we’ve brewed a milkshake style IPA loaded with mango…We wanted to have a bit of fun with this beer to bring in the warmer Spring days, the perfect drinking occasion for Sticky Nectar.” – Caolan Vaughan, Head Brewer

6.5% ABV | 45 IBU

FIND STICKY NECTAR ON TAP AT A VENUE BELOW

Northern Rivers & Gold Coast

Going on tap

Tasting Room	The Rails	The Great Northern, Byron
Bangalow Hotel	Welders Dog	Element Bar
Flatop Boogie	Mothers Milk / 63 First Avenue	BRGR Spot
Bine	House of Brews	Last Night On Earth
Cambus Wallace	Sandbar	Aloha Bar & Dining
Lucky Bao	BackBone Bar Tugun	Zee Pickle Burleigh
Scottish Prince Palm Beach	Salt Bar Kingslciffe	Eddies Grub House
Crafty Cow	Craft House Tugun

Sydney & Surrounds

Going on tap

Blind Bear	Howlin Wolf	Beach Club, Collaroy
Stowaway Bar, Freshwater	Winston Hills Hotel	The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay
Station Bar, Katoomba	The George Hotel, Bathurst	The Stoned Crow, Crows Nest
Keg and Brew	Longueville Hotel	Dove & Olive
Taphouse Darlinghurst	The Union	East Village Balmain
Noble Hops	The Henson	The Bank
The Welcome Hotel	Bitter Phew

Newcastle & Surrounds

Going on tap

Happy Wombat	Old Bank Dubbo	Grain Store
Warners at the Bay	Welders Dog Tamworth	Prince of Whales

ACT

Going on tap

Durham Castle Arms

Old Canberra Inn

To All My Friends

Brisbane & surrounds

Going on tap

Alliance Hotel	Archive Beer Boutique	Embassy Hotel
John Mills Himself	Grand Central Hotel	Lefty’s old time Music Hall
Netherworld	Pig N Whistle Riverside	Scratch
Super What Not	Transcontinental Craft Bar	Triffid
Ze Pickle Fortitude Valley	Ze Pickle Camp Hill	3 Blue Ducks – W Hotel Brisbane
The Bench – Cleveland	Grand View Hotel – Cleveland	Fitzy’s Toowoomba
Tipplers Tap – Southbank	Strand Hotel – Ipswich	Prince Alfred Hotel – Ipswich
Prince Alfred Hotel – Ipswich	Covent Garden – Westend	Foxy Bean
Elysium	Suburban Social – Chapel Hill	Shady Palms
Osbourne Hotel	Woolly Mammoth Alehouse	Brewski
Kettle and Tin	Bloodhound Corner Bar	Mongrel
Zero Fox	Happy Boy

Sunshine Coast

Going on tap

Sasquatch	Crow and Arrow	Tap Works Bar and Grill
Mr Henderson	Taps Mooloolaba	The Dock Mooloolaba
The Pocket Espresso	Little Sister	Sandfest (Event)

Victoria & Surrounds

Going on tap

The Great Northern	The Royston	Park Hotel Abbotsford
Grape & Grain	Sonder	Slowbeer Richmond
Whitehart	Captain Melville	Beer Deluxe CBD
Hopscotch	Workshop	Boilermaker House
Heartbreaker	Fifty Five	Mr. West
Beermash	Catfish	Miss Moses
Hotel Lincoln	The Rose Hotel	Terminus Clifton Hill
Forester’s	Johnny’s Emporium	Carwyn Cellars
Rainbow Hotel	Fisher’s Craft	Melbourne Cellar Door
Valley Cellar Door

Tasmania

Going on tap

The Whaler

Preachers

Boodles and Beasley