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kooinda — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:30:18 +0000

Josie Bones and Kooinda Saturday Session

kooinda — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:40:26 +0000

Kooinda Lunch with Josie Bones

Saturday the 22nd October 2011
(Click on image to enlarge) It was a great session, 10 people came for an intimate lunch and beers, thanks Josie Bones for having us down

New Beer Release # 4!

kooinda — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:45:20 +0000

Yes after a long wait we can finally reveal the 4th Kooinda beer… The Valhalla Golden Ale.

A beutifull style Golden Ale, brewed with Ale Malt and lightly hopped with American Hops. Light and refreshing this one will be the thirst quencher.

Upon entering Valhalla, the heaven of the Vikings, they received a horn full of Golden Ale. Take Yourself There…

Kooinda now on TAP!

kooinda — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:32:32 +0000

Kooinda Pale Ale, Kooinda Belgian Wit and Kooinda Raspberry Belgian Wit beer is now on TAP!

You can find it at :

1. The Local Taphouse St Kilda Vic

2. The Local Taphouse Darlinghurst NSW

3. Penny Blue Melbourne CBD

4. Archive Boutique beer and bistro West End QLD

5. Biero Melbourne CBD

6. Royston Hotel Richmond, Vic

New Beer Release # 2 and # 3!

kooinda — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:28:24 +0000

Thats right finally after a big wait we have released two new beers. First up is out take on the Belgian Wit beer style, its a wheat beer brewed with corriander and orange peel late in the boi

Then we brewed what seems to be the flavour of the month between brewers the big and might Black IPA. We use dehusked malt to provide the black colour then throw in a truck load of Nelson Sauvigan hops last into the boil. At 7% Alc and 70 IBU’s its a beer for the biggest of hopheads.

We think they are both delicious and hope you do to! Both beers can be found at selected stockist’s on our stockist page.

2011 Australian International Beer Awards – Melbourne

kooinda — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:29:28 +0000

Kooinda has entered 3 beers in the 2011 Australian International Beer Awards (http://www.beerawards.com/index.asp) to be presented this Friday night, 20 May, 2011, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

In contention this year is the Kooinda Pale Ale – winner of a Bronze Medal in these same awards in 2009 & again in 2010.

The new entries are the recent Kooinda limited addition release the Kooinda Karaka (a Karaka raspberry belgian witbier) and the soon to be available for public consumption – the Kooinda Belgian Witbier (voted ‘Best Belgian’ by the ‘People’s Choice Awards’ at the 2011 Fed Square Microbreweries Showcase in March).

We will keep you posted as to how our 3 Kooi contenders stand up.

Find Us at Dan Murphy’s

kooinda — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:31:13 +0000

Exciting stuff. In the effort to bring Kooinda closer to you. Kooinda Pale Ale can now be found in five Dan Murphy’s locations across Victoria:

1. Alphington

2. Coburg

3. Eltham

4. Prahran

5. Richmond.

And will be stocked in another four Dan Murphy’s Victorian locations in the near future (Brighton, Camberwell, East Malvern & Preston).

Click here for your local Dan Murphy’s store address.

Belgian Raspberry Wit and Belgian Wit

kooinda — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:32:53 +0000

Been a long while between updates but i guess that means we are busy brewing you good beer!

Well we have infact brewed our second ever beer for release. Its a belgian Wit Beer. Inspired by the likes of Hoegaarden this is our take on a classic beer.

We also took that Wit beer and racked it onto some Raspberry’s for the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular for the Local Taphouse in both St Kilda (Vic) and Darlinghurst (Nsw) and it seems to have been recived well by all.

Currently we are only kegging the Wit Beer so look out for it at your local on tap and if your local does not have it tell them to give us a call!

“Take yourself there”!

Kooinda Voted # 5 In Hottest 100, 2010.

kooinda — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:14:25 +0000

Kooinda Pale Ale was voted # 5 beer out of 100 beers in the Local Taphouse’s Hottest 100 beers of 2010. We were pretty stoked with the results.

As commented by brewsnews.com.au

This year’s Hottest 100 confirms – if any conformation was needed – that hops are the driving force in craft beer. Eight of the top ten beers are hop driven ales, predominantly pale and India pale ales. It also confirms Little Creatures Pale Ale’s position as one of the most highly regarded and influential beers in Australia.

Despite the importance of hops, it is interesting to note that the top 10 is largely devoid of ‘hop monsters’. Depending on how the definitions are drawn (and this is wildly subjective), around fifty per cent of the featured beers fall into the loose category of ‘sessional’ beers as opposed to bigger and one-off brews.

Heres the top 5 results :

1 McLaren Vale Ale

2 Little Creatures Pale Ale

3 Stone & Wood Draught/Pacific Ale

4 Feral Hop Hog

5 Kooinda Pale Ale

For a full list of all 100 beers head to the Crafty Pint :

http://craftypint.com/features/post/hottest-100-aussie-craft-beers-2010-the-full-rundown/