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Black Hops Brewing to turn the tap on new growth chapter

By Administrator | 17 October 2018

Its young entrepreneur founders have shown talent in producing craft beer for local sales, but the next step in Black Hops' evolution will require mastering the craft of scale. 

After winning the "Oscars for Beer" this year, the Gold Coast's Black Hops Brewing is frothing over a new facility that's set to open in 2019 and will be one of the largest craft breweries in the country.

With a 1,300sqm warehouse in Arundel, the new brewery will significantly lift Black Hops' capacity with high-tech equipment from US specialist Alpha Brewing Operations and an automatic packaging solution from Fibre King in Brisbane.

For Michael McGovern, who co-founded Black Hops in 2015 with mates Dan Norris (pictured above) and Eddie Oldfield, the biggest milestone this year has been earning the distinction of "Australian Champion Small Brewery" at the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBAs).

"That was our second year entering the awards. We go in there with the intention prior to win medals and to do that we need to produce world-class beers," he says.

The 2017 recipient of the same honour, Brisbane's Green Beacon, scaled up to win the Champion Medium Australian Brewery award in 2018. Could Black Hops be on a similar trajectory with its expansion? Read more

Paris Faint - Business News Australia - 16 October 2018

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