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Hop Hen Brewing
Hop Hen Brewing is a small family owned and operated independent brewery located in Lilydale, Victoria. The brewery came about via their passion for brewing that got out of control harvesting the hops from the plants that grow over the chicken pen in their family backyard! Deciding on the Hop Hen name came easily. All their beers are made with passion and pride. Beers made by locals for locals, so we are feeling plucky to have them on board at Craft Cartel!
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BEER WITH THE BREWER
We enjoyed a beer with Mike from Hop Hen Brewing this week. Hop Hen is a small family owned and operated indie brewery down in Victoria. The brewery came about via his passion for brewing that got out of control, find out how the brewery was named, what’s inside his fridge and why he thinks the future of craft is in your hands.
WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE BEER?!
In 2016, a trip down the west coast of Australia saw Mike and Jodie enjoying many micro-breweries and craft beers and becoming inspired to recreate this back in their home town of Lilydale, Melbourne. This resulted in Mike resigning from a 9 year tenure as a Primary School Principal and turning his brewing hobby into a family business.
Hop Hen beers are crafted in Lilydale with only the finest ingredients. They are all natural containing no preservatives, additives or filtration. Flavour is foremost!
As a small brewery, the Hop Hen team value the importance of producing genuine hand crafted beers and being connected to the community.
100% of the production process is conducted entirely in-house – from brainstorming sessions through to the hands-on work of milling, mashing in & brewing fresh ingredients, finishing with the thirst-quenching beer being canned or kegged for customers to enjoy.
The onsite taproom allows locals and visitors to enjoy the freshest of beer. The Hop Hen crew love meeting new people and hearing differing thoughts and ideas, so make sure you come and talk to us when you visit.
There is usually one of the brewers available to chat about the processes undertaken, upcoming releases and all things brewing.
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