Young Henrys

The tale of Young Henrys could be considered one of serendipity. Originally mooted for Sydney's über-trendy suburb of Surry Hills, the brewery's establishment there was scuppered by council bureaucracy and resident objection. Eventually though, a new site was found, this one in the rather more diverse suburb of Newtown. Consent was gained, tanks were installed, the beer began to flow and it's safe to say they've never looked back. In fact, it's now difficult to imagine that Young Henrys could have ever existed anywhere else.

From the outside it could easily seem that the little patch where Young Henrys now resides isn't so much a brewery as some sort of permanent beer festival. It certainly attracts the right crowd; musicians, artists, environmentalists, chefs, poets, activists and free spirits - just about anyone with anything interesting to say or do seems to be summoned here as if by some giant, invisible beer magnet.

This was achieved, initially at least, simply by putting out good quality, locally-made beer that the community was proud to call its own; beer with simple and unambiguous names like Real Ale, Hop Ale and Natural Lager. But once a bit of a following was established, things took a more interesting turn. For example, where most brewers usually work with other brewers when collaborating on a beer, Young Henrys tends to get busy brewing with famous bands, magazines, chefs and radio stations. That rock n roll attitude is worn proudly at the brewery; the persian rug on the tasting room floor was donated by an ARIA award-winning rock band (after they'd help brew a beer, of course), electric guitars adorn the wall and the big old amplifiers blast out every genre of music you could imagine.

Walking into the brewery you instantly pick up a certain vibe, one that causes you to adjust your immediate plans so you can spend a bit more time kicking back at the bar with a fresh pint and watch the brewers in action. And if said brewers aren't knee-deep in spent grain in the much-expanded brewery, they're always happy to have a chat or give you a tour of how the beer is made.

While you can't really stay all day because there's no food available on site (though on special occasions they have been known to drive a food truck right into the brewery), when you do leave chances are you'll be lugging one of their famous 2 litre growlers with you back towards King Street.

You may also find yourself leaving with a bottle of gin in hand. In 2014, Young Henrys launched their own distillery: their Noble Cut Gin is made with native lemon myrtle and pepperberry, and even Tassie hops as one of the botanicals that flavours the spirit. When they snagged a Gold with Noble Cut at the 2020 San Fransisco Spirit Awards, neither Young Henrys nor head distiller Carla Daunton made a huge deal; rather than resting on their laurels, they got straight to releasing single batch variations on Noble Cut, including a batch aged in an ex-rye whiskey barrel and the 55 percent ABV gentle giant aptly named “Newtown Strength”.

Whether it's a product of its location, an idea that landed in the right place at the right time or a little of both, Young Henrys is a brewery that has become integrated with its local community like few others. In that way, it is the embodiment of what a small brewery should be; one that makes damn good beer, gets local people interested and has a hell of a lot of fun doing it.

Nick Oscilowski

Name
Young Henrys
Address

Units D & E, 76 Wilford St
Newtown
NSW 2042

Phone
02 9519 0048
Open Hours

Mon to Sun: 12pm to 7pm

Tours

By appointment


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The Specials

Young Henrys Wattle They Think Of Next?
Young Henrys Dunies Lager
Young Henrys 10 Years Strong Barrel-Aged Red Ale
Young Henrys Brewers B-Sides: Sun Is Shining
Young Henrys & Volcom Welcome To Beer'a'dise
Young Henrys & Rolling Stone The Unifier
Young Henrys Brewers B-Sides: B.R.E.A.M.
Young Henrys Bowlo Bitter
Young Henrys & 4ZZZ H4ZZZY IPA
Young Henrys B-Sides: From Where You'd Guava Beer
Young Henrys Dark Sour Of The Moon
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Young Henrys Regulars

Young Henrys Hazy

Published August 11, 2022
Hazies are kind of like the Ned Kelly of Australian beers. There are those of us who hold them in high regard, as a beacon of rugged truth and rebellion. Others see them as less than drivel, unlawful abominations only capable of inspiring idiots. Either way, whether it is love or hate, people hold strong and emotional opinions on hazy beers. What I’m trying to say is Young Henrys have released a hazy pale ale, not as a limited release but directly into their core range. Pouring a suitably hazy… Read more
Style
Hazy Pale Ale
ABV
5.2%

Young Henrys IPA

Published September 27, 2019
Young Henrys’ slogan is “Serve The People”, and it appears the people have been calling to be served with an IPA that’s available all year round. The YH team has been been teasing for quite some time with bigger, hoppier beers as limited releases: Summer Hop Ales, Winter Hop Ales, Brut IPAs, rye IPAs, double pale ales… all supporting the core lineup, but never hanging around. Finally, as of September 2019, there’s an IPA that’s here to stay. It’s a variation on an IPA made by the… Read more
Style
IPA
ABV
6.0%

Young Henrys Stayer Mid

Published August 30, 2018
In the early months of 2018, Young Henrys dipped a toe into the mid-strength market with a limited edition beer called The Stayer. At the time it was a keg-only release whose major point of difference was the use of lupulin or hop powder, a slightly unusual move for an ingredient Aussie brewers had, in the main, used to enhance the already robust characters of highly hopped beers such as IPAs. But the effect in the lower weight grade was notable too, contributing to a more captivating fruity aroma… Read more
Style
Mid-Strength
ABV
3.5%

Young Henrys Summer Hop Ale (Cans)

Published November 3, 2017
For summer 2016, Young Henrys took one of their original beers, the Hop Ale, and reinvented it for the contemporary market. In that case, it meant lightening up the malt backbone and layering on the fruity hops in hefty amounts. And now they've brought the Summer Hop Ale back and given it the most popular contemporary refresh going: aluminium casing. If you tried the beer last time around, you'll know what to expect. For those that haven't and would like to, firstly, it should be easier to do so… Read more
Style
IPA
ABV
6.0%

Young Henrys Newtowner

In December 2012, the Sydney suburb of Newtown celebrated its sesquicentenary and, to celebrate the 150 years since becoming a municipality, the crew at Young Henrys was invited to brew a beer in honour of the suburb they call home. Named Newtowner, it was something of a nod towards Sydney's colonial past and modern inventiveness – an English style Summer Ale made with a trio of Australian hops that combined in a golden beer that’s simple and refreshing with a slightly dry finish. Originally… Read more
Style
Australian Pale Ale
ABV
4.8%

Young Henrys Hop Ale

Brewer's notes: This is no garden-variety hoppy ale. She's big, bold and beautiful. She's dark and mysterious. Not stout-black, more super dark red. If you triumphantly hold a pint of this beauty up to the light it'll show off amazing crimson hues, but in the depths of a darkened winter pub she'll be black as the night. The malty richness comes from a whopping seven malts - Australian and American. Each plays its part - Carafa gives it its dark colour, Crystal its red hue, Rye for spiciness and Munich… Read more
Style
English IPA
ABV
6.0%

Young Henrys Real Ale

The Real Ale is Young Henrys take on a classic English Best Bitter. As you'd want from the style, it's a fairly low alcohol beer at 4 per cent abv, has fairly low carbonation and a long, smooth bitterness. That bitterness comes from the all-Australian hops - Galaxy, Stella and Topaz - and they also add a bit of a citrus kick. With a 50-50 malt balance between Australian varieties and the classic English variety Maris Otter, Young Henrys Real Ale has a real solid malt backbone which helps produce… Read more
Style
English Best Bitter
ABV
4.0%

Young Henrys Natural Lager

In a country where corporate-produced lager is the undisputed king, it's somewhat surprising that more Australian craft breweries don't make them. That's not something to be said at Young Henrys however; their Natural Lager has been pouring from the Newtown brewery since the day its doors first opened. It's also fair to say their version wouldn't be confused with anything you'd see coming with a global brand name attached. Where perfect clarity in a lager has become expected, Young Henrys Natural… Read more
Style
Unfiltered Lager
ABV
4.2%

Young Henrys Specials

Young Henrys Wattle They Think Of Next?

Published September 15, 2022
The latest Brewers B-Sides limited release from Young Henrys has big shoes to fill, with their previous, a mandarin and watermelon sour, a certified banger. This new fruity number employs blood oranges and toasted wattleseed in a double IPA with the puntastic name of Wattle They Think Of Next? Pouring an amber colour that wouldn’t look out of place on a necklace, this DIPA has a bold, almost foreboding aroma, in which the 8 percent ABV and trio of NZ hops (Waimea, Rakau and Wakatu) seem to do the… Read more
Style
Wattleseed & Blood Orange Double IPA
ABV
8.0%

Young Henrys Dunies Lager

Published July 27, 2022
When Will asked me if I would be interested in writing this beer up, he noted that he did so because I "strike him as a Dune Rats fan’" There I was, reading an email in my limited-edition Dune Rats Volleys wondering how it was so obvious. Dunies were going to send me beer when they’ve already given me so much? First produced in 2017, Sydney’s Young Henrys and Brisbane’s Dune Rats have teamed up again to serve a Dunies Lager, available online and at all Dune Rats tour venues, touted… Read more
Style
Lager
ABV
4.20%

Young Henrys 10 Years Strong Barrel-Aged Red Ale

Published April 12, 2022
When I received the email telling me Crafty Pint fan favourite Mick Wüst wouldn't be available to review Young Henrys' tenth anniversary beer, meaning I would have to do it in his stead, I knew I was having a good day (sorry, Mick!). Just reading about this beer – a barrel-aged red ale – I already wanted to inject it. Ten years of Young Henrys: yep, amazing, so many achievements, great job, etc... OK, I’ve been polite enough, I can’t wait another second, I want to drink this damn beer now! What… Read more
Style
Barrel-Aged Red Ale
ABV
8.0%

Young Henrys Brewers B-Sides: Sun Is Shining

Published February 24, 2022
Sun is Shining is the first Brewers B-Sides release of 2022 for Young Henrys, and perhaps the most optimistic entry into the series that spices up the brewery's core range with seasonal specials. With this sour, the YH brewers hope to leave the stresses of 2020/2021 behind with bucket loads of mandarin and watermelon, some Sabro hops, and the new Philly Sour yeast strain they rate as "groundbreaking", and which has been popping up in such beers all summer long. A frothy pour reveals a golden… Read more
Style
Fruit Sour

Young Henrys & Volcom Welcome To Beer'a'dise

Published October 1, 2021
In 2019, Young Henrys co-founder Oscar McMahon told The Crafty Pint: “One of the things that skateboarding and music lends to someone is that you are completely aware the whole time that you are part of a counter culture. You become really comfortable standing out, or being different, or doing your own thing. And that’s a lot of what the craft beer industry’s about.” You can read the full article here. Fast forward to 2021 and Young Henrys have joined with skate brand Volcom to celebrate… Read more
Style
Tropical Pale Ale
ABV
4.7%

Young Henrys & Rolling Stone The Unifier

Published April 20, 2021
"It's no secret that the Young Henrys family is made up of dyed-in-the-wool music lovers who embrace all that music is, was and represents within society and culture. So, we made a beer with Rolling Stone that honours that sentiment." -Oscar McMahon, co-founder of Young Henrys. Is it any surprise that Rolling Stone’s first co-branded collaboration with an Aussie craft brewery is with Young Henrys? Not at all. Meet The Unifier - a hazy pale that brings together tropical fruits, clean stonefruit,… Read more
Style
Hazy Pale
ABV
5.4%
Bitterness
19 IBU

Young Henrys Brewers B-Sides: B.R.E.A.M.

Published February 14, 2021
Move over, C.R.E.A.M.… I grew up on the best side, the Inner West side, Drinkin’ B-Sides, well I tried To find second cans, but them Young Henrys fans, Would drink ‘em dry like drought-hit dams. This East Coast, the brewers like to boast, is dosed: juicy hops, lager yeast, and higher booze than most. Now let’s start with the sweet fruits, flashy like new suits, With big boots, stompin’ out breakfast juice. But then it ends with pine, finish fine, and goes to dry, I’ll be finished this… Read more
Style
East Coast Double IPL
ABV
7.0%

Young Henrys Bowlo Bitter

Published January 27, 2021
How good is a bloody bowls club? Pots of sub-zero Tooheys Old, crumbed snags, walls positively heaving with memorabilia and photos of the Queen, bizarre decades-long political beefs between Gavin, the newly-elected president, and Shirley, the long-term Treasurer. The bowlo has got it all! And it's in this theme that Young Henrys have continued their series of collaborations with Australian musicians with a bowls club-inspired beer brewed in harmony with alt-country/folk band, Caitlin Harnett &… Read more
Style
Aussie Pale Ale
ABV
4.4%
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Head to Wombarra Bowlo on Jan 29

Or The PBC on Jan 30 for a launch party gig featuring the collaborating band

And look out for the beer on tap elsewhere on the East Coast

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Young Henrys & 4ZZZ H4ZZZY IPA

Published December 6, 2020
Proudly independent. Focused on their local community. Support upcoming artists and live music. Loud and proud of it. This describes Young Henrys, but it also describes Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ, and the simpatico relationship has led to a collaboration celebrating the station’s 45th birthday. The Sydney brewery and Brisbane radio station have a number of connections – Young Henrys have supported multiple 4ZZZ live gigs and festivals, and YH co-founder Oscar McMahon still remembers… Read more
Style
Hazy West Coast IPA
ABV
7.3%
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And select QLD venues listed here

Young Henrys B-Sides: From Where You'd Guava Beer

Published November 20, 2020
We all got there during lockdown, didn’t we? Distracting ourselves from the insanity of being stuck at home by pretending we were somewhere else. I created a hipster café in my back courtyard, and a winter pub scene in my living room (complete with YouTube fireplace). Some people went further and set up entire vacation scenarios in their house. If this video’s anything to go by, the Young Henrys crew fit into the latter category. Their new Brewers B-Side release, From Where You’d Guava Be… Read more
Style
Fruit Sour
ABV
4.0%

Young Henrys Dark Sour Of The Moon

Published October 8, 2020
If, like me, you look at this can and think it looks sexy and new but also somewhat familiar, there’s a reason for that. Young Henrys brewers have been exploring alternative styles in their Brewers B-Sides series for a while but, until now, the B-Sides have been packaged in longneck bottles. Now the series has moved into tinnies, Dark Sour Of The Moon is the first to show off the new packaging. The experience of drinking this beer isn’t all that different from listening to the song that inspired… Read more
Style
Dark Blueberry Sour
ABV
5.3%

Young Henrys Free the NEIPA

Published March 6, 2020
Forget celebrating International Women’s Day with a cup of Earl Grey tea - celebrate it with a glass of Earl Grey beer. Free the NEIPA, a New England IPA infused with bergamot, is the latest Young Henrys’ “Brewers B-Sides” release. It was made was made by the women of Young Henrys - in fact, it was led only by women all the way through the process, from recipe development to brewing to naming to marketing and sales. Brewer Michelle Hanrahan and head distiller Carla Daunton were at the helm… Read more
Style
Citrus NEIPA
ABV
5.8%

Young Henrys & Collective Arts Rye IPA

Published July 16, 2019
For this year’s Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, Canadian brewery Collective Arts brewed collaboration beers with six breweries, and this Rye IPA brewed with Young Henry is Sydney’s contribution. In a sea of juicy IPAs, this beer is a drop of resin; the syrupy body brings West Coast flavours, along with layers of cocoa and spice coming in at the finish, and a surprising bite for only 37 IBUs. Collective Arts are known for using cans as canvases, so you could say the design commissioned for each… Read more
Style
Rye IPA
ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
37 IBU

Young Henrys & Brix Distillers Rumming With The Devil

Published July 11, 2019
Do you live life like there’s no tomorrow? All you’ve got, did you have to steal? Or did you need to beg or borrow? Whether or not Van Halen is governing your life choices, you have to appreciate the name of this rum and raisin brown ale. Rumming With The Devil is the newest “Brewers B-Sides” beer from Young Henrys and came to life with the input of Brix, Sydney’s only dedicated rum distillery and bar. According to Brix head distiller Shane Casey: “Brix White-soaked Aussie raisins and… Read more
Style
Rum Brown Ale
ABV
6.4%
Bitterness
30

Young Henrys Doubletowner

Published April 12, 2019
Of all Young Henrys’ beers, Newtowner is not only the most popular, but it’s the one that’s developed an identity all of its own. It’s entered the bloodstream of Newtown: you'll find it in the dark corners of live music venues, on tap in the old pubs, and in the six-packs people carry home to their terraced apartments. But, of course, it hasn’t just stayed in Newtown. Though it was originally brewed in the suburb that accepts everyone, it’s now spread across the country. So, when the… Read more
Style
Double Pale Ale
ABV
7.5%
Bitterness
40 IBU

Young Henrys Brut IPA

Published February 7, 2019
Since Brut IPAs entered the Australian scene (and subsequently visited almost every brewery in this fair country), there’s been a broad spectrum of what they look, taste, and feel like. Some are so champagne-esque that you could christen a boat with them, while others are I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-a-regular-IPA. The most recent entry in Young Henrys’ “Brewers B-Sides” series, where the brewers get to play around with new or weird flavours, is their take on a Brut IPA. On the spectrum,… Read more
Style
Brut IPA
ABV
7.0%
Bitterness
25 IBU

Young Henrys & Afends Hemp IPA

Published November 1, 2018
When hemp became legal to use in Australian foods in 2017, a number of brewers jumped at the chance to try it in beer. Young Henrys was one of them… but they weren’t going to rush it. They teamed up with Afends, an alternative clothing brand from Byron Bay leading the way in organic hemp fashion. They began their research, started developing a recipe, and ran pilot batches. Crushing hemps seeds? Didn’t work well. Soaking hemp seeds? Strike two. It wasn’t until they came upon water soluble… Read more
Style
Hemp IPA
ABV
5.5%
Bitterness
35 IBU

Young Henrys Motorcycle Oil

Published May 10, 2018
Last May, as is their wont, Young Henrys released a couple of new beers. The first was a limited edition dark ale named Motorcycle Oil while the second was the nationwide release of their Winter Hop Ale. Fast forward a year and the black bikie beer is the only one to have completed a full lap and come back, in the process taking the mantle as the brewery’s major winter release for 2018. Yet, in a way, this beer feels as though it strides both previous releases anyway. Motorcycle Oil has been labelled… Read more
Style
Hoppy Porter
ABV
5.5%

Young Henrys & Foo Fighters Foo Town Lager

Published February 1, 2018
A little over 20 years ago, the drummer from a reasonably successful grunge outfit called Nirvana found himself without a gig owing to the untimely demise of the band’s lead guitarist, vocalist and chief songwriter who, in a compromised state of mind, made a serious error in judgement while peering into the exit-only end of a shotgun. On the decidedly brighter side, the drummer – who went by the name Dave Grohl – ended up embracing the newfound creative freedom, going DIY and recording an… Read more
Style
Lager
ABV
4.0%
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Cans should start hitting the stores here from Feb 5 onwards

NB: It's a single run of 60,000 cans so if you're after some memorabilia...

Young Henrys Winter Hop Ale

Published June 1, 2017
Last summer, Young Henrys gave one of its mainstays an overhaul. Hop Ale, which had already been through few iterations, was reworked into companion piece Summer Hop Ale via the cunning means of adding a mountain of fruity hops, lightening the malt base and creating something of a tropical fruit salad of a beer. Now they're trying something similar for winter. Winter Hop Ale is a red IPA that makes a feature of West Coast US hops and adds a touch of rye malt to the mix too. Its redness is of the… Read more
Style
Red IPA
ABV
6.1%
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Young Henrys Dunies Lager

Published February 28, 2017
It all began with a bet. Through an ever expanding network of top Aussie bands they can count as friends, an offer was put forward by Young Henrys to Brisbane band Dune Rats saying that if their new album made it to number one on the ARIA charts they’d brew a beer with and for them. Sure enough, The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit, the band's collection of stoner rock tunes made it to the top of the pile so it was time to get busy brewing. What might you need to know about the resulting beer? Well,… Read more
Style
Lager
ABV
4.20%

Young Henrys Craic & Barrel

Published November 24, 2016
Around the middle of 2016, Young Henrys teamed up with the Irish whiskey producers at Jameson on a project called Boilermates. The concept essentially pulled together more than 60 bars across the country to extol the virtues of boilermakers – a nip of whiskey paired with a beer. And because the Jameson Caskmates whiskey is aged in stout barrels, there was inherently an extra layer of relevance. Now there’s another. As part of the affair, a handful of Jameson whiskey barrels were shipped from… Read more
Style
Barrel Aged Irish Red
ABV
7.6%

Young Henrys Summer Hop Ale

Published November 21, 2016
The Hop Ale was one of the earliest beers to come from Young Henrys and when it began it took the spot within the range as their not-exactly-IPA IPA: a little bit English influenced, a little bit American, loads of hops. After a couple of years, when the brewers had trouble sourcing their regular hops and determined that those they could get weren’t up to standard, they took the opportunity to give the Hop Ale a proper makeover, turning it into (a) a dark beer and (b) a more limited winter seasonal.… Read more
Style
American IPA
ABV
6.1%

Young Henrys Pocket City Pumpkin Ale

Published August 2, 2016
For their latest locally focused release, the folks from Young Henrys have been a bunch of busy bunnies, teaming up with Pocket City Farms and digging in their pumpkin patch. Pocket City is a not-for-profit initiative that turns unused inner city spaces into urban gardens. One of these such spaces is the former site of the Camperdown Bowling Club whose flat greens have turned over a new leaf to produce, well, leafy greens. Or rather, in this case, bulbous orange pumpkins of the Queensland Blue variety… Read more
Style
Pumpkin Ale
ABV
5.9%

Young Henrys Dr Röt Fifer

Published June 9, 2016
Beer nerds and comic fans have come together for Young Henrys’ latest collaborative effort, created for the Melbourne leg of the 2016 Oz Comic-Con. The OCC is a giant pop culture party you might have to be a little bit into to understand fully – essentially, if the term ‘Cosplay’ doesn’t men anything to you, you’re probably out the outer. But, in layman's terms, it’s basically a massive celebration of all things TV, movies, comic books, graphic novels, anime and gaming. For this colourful… Read more
Style
Vienna Lager
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Young Henrys Old Master

Published January 11, 2016
While the great number of new beers appearing these days means there are ample opportunities to get along to an interesting beer launch, it’s difficult to recall one at such a unique setting as that of the official release of Old Master: a private art tour containing works from some of history’s greatest artists. The background to the beer, and the launch, is the touring exhibition The Greats: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland which is on show at the Art Gallery of New South… Read more
Style
Scottish Ale
ABV
5.2%
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Art Gallery of New South Wales

Young Henrys Big Balls IPA

Published November 12, 2015
They may be a brewery, but you only need a passing interest in what they do to realise that music is very close to the heart of Young Henrys. They’ve been in bands, brewed with bands, brewed for bands, started a music festival, been keen advocates for local radio, helped launch albums and now they’re helping celebrate a bit of rock-related history. The book Highway to Hell, The Life and Death of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott was first published back in 1994 and has remained in print for each of the… Read more
Style
IPA
ABV
5.7%
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Cherry Bar

The Little Guy

Steve's Cool Booze

Honky Tonks

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Young Henrys Bier Noir

Published October 12, 2015
Many of the things people love about craft beer – think independence, challenging the norms and encouraging interest in local production – are the very same things you could attribute to local filmmaking. It’s therefore not difficult to imagine that synergy played a part in Young Henrys being invited to brew a beer for the 2015 SUFF (Sydney Underground Film Festival) which took place towards the end of September. Now, following the festival, the beer – and no doubt some of the films – will… Read more
Style
Dark Lager
ABV
4.6%

Young Henrys Beltin' Wee Swally

Published August 19, 2015
They’ve always been a community-oriented bunch have the crew at Young Henrys. During their short lifetime they’ve seemingly been open to teaming up with anyone that happens to walk through their door with an idea. Back in March, they got involved with a competition when one of their favourite Enmore haunts, the Vic on the Park, asked them to help find the best local home brew. The winner would have their recipe scaled up at Young Henrys and see their beer pouring at the pub. The competition was… Read more
Style
Wee Heavy
ABV
8.8%
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Vic on the Park

Young Henrys Panama Mosaic

Published August 17, 2015
In October 2013, the team at Young Henrys teamed collaborated with Sydney coffee roaster Toby’s Estate to create the OkTobyfest, a bock style beer which used not only straight coffee beans but also utilised cáscara, the bean’s husk which, when dried, gives off fruity characters and is often used as a tea. Two years later the two have put their respective brewing skills together again on the Panama Mosaic, a coffee-infused rye ale. The coffee character this time around is more of a classic addition… Read more
Style
Coffee Rye Ale
ABV
5.0%
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Young Henrys Young Mussels

Published June 19, 2015
Most times when you see mussels added to a beer, it’s in a stout where the dark roast characters are able to comfortably incorporate a briny kick. But adding mussels to a witbier is a different prospect. There’s very little in the way of ballsy malt to mask the musk of the sea, so the brewer must be diligent in their calculations of how much to use. Yet the team at Young Henrys was generous in its estimations, adding 12 kilograms of mussels and, even more unusually, 12 kilograms of mussel stock.… Read more
Style
Mussel Witbier
ABV
4.1%
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Young Henrys Pink Lightning

Published June 16, 2015
With Young Henrys' collaboration with the Bottled Lightning Co pouring a subdued pastel pink colour, the beer’s appearance reminds you of some of the funky fruit beers of Belgium. Certainly, you wouldn’t guess that it’s actually built on a golden ale base, making it, in effect a pink golden ale. That said, it does have a certain degree of tartness thanks to the addition of hibiscus (which is also the cause of the colour) though the main flavour you’re left with is that of elderflower. Its… Read more
Style
Spiced Golden Ale
ABV
4.5%
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Young Henrys Winged Victory

Published April 19, 2015
Ahead of ANZAC Day 2014 and the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, Young Henrys was invited by their local Marrickville Council to brew a beer as part of the area’s commemorative events. Mayor and councillor Mark Gardiner popped down to the brewery and they set about creating an Australian pale ale with a twist in homage to the ANZAC biscuit. To do this, they started with an easy-drinking, golden pale ale recipe then added honey from Marrickville, rolled oats from an organic producer in NSW and… Read more
Style
ANZAC Australian Pale Ale
ABV
4.7%
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3 Weeds Rozelle

Coogee Diggers Club

Art House Hotel

Gilroy Hotel

Black Penny

Newtown Wine Shop

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Young Henrys Esther's Ale

Published March 17, 2015
Young Henrys Esther’s Ale is named after head brewer Richard Adamson’s grandmother Esther who, come St Patrick’s Day 2015, would have been turning a grand old 99 years of age. In true St Paddy’s style, Esther’s Ale is a stout, but in true Young Henrys style it’s no normal stout. Developed by young brewer Agnes as part of the Young Henrys’ program which sees all their up and coming brewers create a recipe for commercial release, this is a Red Velvet Stout. Now, aiming to get the flavours… Read more
Style
Fruit Stout
ABV
6.0%
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Young Henrys Komodo Swaggin'

Published January 30, 2015
Young Henrys’ Newtown brewery has changed a lot over the past couple of years, going from a couple of small fermenters in a big warehouse to a brewery big enough to make that same warehouse look small. And, as the brewery has expanded, so has the brewing team; nowadays there’s a whole swathe of young ‘uns scrambling around between the tanks and learning the ropes. And as these young brewers learn their trade, they’re all getting the chance to come up with their own recipes and put them out… Read more
Style
American Brown Ale
ABV
5.5%
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Young Henrys Stupid Sexy Flanders

Published January 12, 2015
At the end of 2013, Young Henrys threw about half a tonne of local cherries into a Belgian ale recipe and popped out a cherry saison that was tart and delicious. A year later, in what’s presumably now an annual tradition, they got another massive load of cherries delivered to the brewery. But this time they pressed them into around 300 litres of juice, added that to a red malt base and fermented it with a Flanders yeast. The Stupid Sexy Flanders isn’t as sour as the previous saison – which… Read more
Style
Flanders Red
ABV
5.9%
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Young Henrys Auld Lang Maibock

Published December 31, 2014
Young Henrys’ Auld Lang is a beer that was brewed specifically to help ring in 2015. With a name based on the poem Auld Lang Syne by Scottish poet Robert Burns – one traditionally recited at midnight to bid farewell to the old year – you might’ve expected it to be something like a Scotch ale. However, it’s not. Instead, it’s a German-style Maibock and quite a lovely interpretation of one, too. The tradition here comes from the use of a German lager yeast and plenty of German malts, though… Read more
Style
Maibock
ABV
5.8%
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Young Henrys Who's Your Daddy?

Published November 29, 2014
Not content with taking over Sydney's inner west, Young Henrys have got their sights (or sites, even) set on the rest of the country, quite possibly the world, maybe beyond. In fact, there was a rumour circulating that, had Ptolemy not ended up shaded from the sun's power after it landed on the comet Philae recently, one of its core goals was to establish not only whether there were conditions for life on the comet but whether it was suitable for a Young Henrys brewery. While we await Ptolemy's reemergence… Read more
Style
Australian IPA
ABV
5.2%

Young Henrys / Cigar City Young City Brown Ale

Published November 12, 2014
Their beers don't make it to Australia yet but hardcore beer aficionados Down Under are well aware that Tampa's Cigar City Brewing has a reputation as brewer of some of the finest beers in the States. So when brewer Wayne Wambles made a visit to Sydney in October, the arch-collaborators at Young Henrys were only too eager to invite him into their ever-expanding Newtown home for a spot of brewing. It turned out Wayne was a big fan of native Australian ingredients so a pair of tried and tested local… Read more
Style
Spiced American Brown Ale
ABV
5.1%
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Young Henrys Red Hop Poker

Published August 19, 2014
The folks at Young Henrys couldn't be accused of not enjoying a lil' bit o' Yee Haw! Harking all the way back to one of their very first limited releases, the Yippee IA (Imperial Amber Ale), the chaps with the chaps have never shirked away from the opportunity for a Southern-inspired celebration, be it barn dance, hoedown or boot scoot. And now they've gone and developed themselves a Texas-style Red Hop Poker. Originally brewed for the Carnivore's Ball in Marrickville, this is an India Red Ale that… Read more
Style
India Red Ale
ABV
6.2%

Young Henrys & Holgate I Should Coco

Published August 6, 2014
It's no secret that the team at Newtown's Young Henrys love to collaborate. Roast coffee? Come and make beer with us! Got vanilla? Come make beer with us! In a rockin' band? Come and make beer with us! Run a radio station... Well, you get the message. It's not that often, however, that they make beer with other brewers but, following a few real ales shared at this year's Good Beer Week Cask Off, owner Richard Adamson got chatting to Holgate Brewhouse founder Paul Holgate and a plan was hatched. Young… Read more
Style
Chocolate Truffle Stout
ABV
6.2%
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Rose of Australia

Freda's

Angry Pirate

Lord Dudley

Petersham Bowling Club

Art Bar

More Sydney venues to come with some heading to Melbourne

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Young Henrys / Yeastie Boys My Coffee Is Cactus

Published July 8, 2014
Like Theseus with his ball of thread in the Minotaur's Lair, Banksy, a prolific junk mail deliverer or a rabbit with an insatiable appetite and particularly overactive digestive system, Stu from the Yeastie Boys rarely goes anywhere without leaving evidence of his visit. A collaborator (or "spooner" as he prefers) par excellence, his latest Aussie deposit took place in the loving arms of the Young Henrys brew team. There, he hooked up with long time friend and new head brewer Sam Fí¼ss… Read more
Style
Coffee Cactus Stout
ABV
8.5%
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Women of Beer Unite

Published April 14, 2014
For International Women's Collaboration Brew Day 2014, female brewers and beer industry types around the world were called upon to join together in their respective countries to brew a beer and help raise awareness of women in the beer industry. The said beer was to be brewed on the same day, to the same recipe - a four per cent pale ale using Cascade hops - and released under the same name: Unite. Australia's participants in this celebration were the Women of Beer collective who assembled for their… Read more

Young Henrys Hop van Damme

Published April 3, 2014
Since rolling up the doors for the first time in early 2012, the team at Newtown's Young Henrys brewery have managed to effortlessly ingratiate themselves into their local community to the point where it's actually a little difficult to remember what life was like without them. Now, as the brewery approaches two years of beer-fuelled rock & roll fun, they can take a brief moment to take stock of a journey that's seen them grow in every regard; doubling their brewing capacity three times already… Read more
Style
English / Australian Double IPA
ABV
7.2%
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Dove & Olive

Transit Bar, Canberra

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Young Henrys Young Cherry Saison

Published December 20, 2013
The last one-off batch for Young Henrys in 2013 is a suitably festive affair. But warming winter ales and Christmas spices be damned; it's Australia, it's 40 degrees and it's the time of year when fresh produce seems at its most abundant - perfect fodder for a collaborative brew. As tends to be the case with Young Henrys one-off beers, there's a story. This one involves the Young Henrys Sales Manager's wife's friend's family's cherry orchard. The husband of one of the said family members also happens… Read more
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Young Henrys Heilala Vanilla Wit

Published December 10, 2013
More often than not when you come across vanilla in beer, you'll observe that it's in something dark - think along the lines of stouts and porters which tend to have a bit of chocolate malt character. It kinda makes sense since chocolate and vanilla is one of those heaven-sent pairings for which humanity can be so grateful. But what the folks from Young Henrys and Heilala Vanilla have done for this collaboration is almost the exact opposite; adding vanilla - and lots of it, several times - to a comparatively… Read more
Style
Vanilla Belgian Witbier
ABV
4.0%

Young Henrys Few Of My Favourite Things

Published October 23, 2013
While they're always a joyful bunch down at the Young Henrys brewery, it's still a little hard to imagine them getting too excited about - much less inspired by - the classic Sound of Music singalong about raindrops, roses and whiskers on kittens. It just doesn't seem, well... rock and roll enough. But when you swap the raindrops for ale, the roses for truffles and the whiskers for bacon, that's definitely something to work with. In fact, that's exactly what they have worked with for the release… Read more
Style
Truffled & Baconed Belgian IPA
ABV
6.1%
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Union Hotel Newtown

The Local Taphouse Darlo

Dove & Olive

The Old Growler

Station Bar

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Young Henrys Big Village Brew

Published October 18, 2013
If you fancy your hops with a bit more hip than usual, this is definitely the beer for you. Not content merely with rock star musical brews, for this collaboration Young Henrys teamed up with Sydney hip hop label Big Village Records. With Big Village dedicated to promoting local hip hop artists and Young Henrys having much the same mindset for the beer, it's easy to understand why they'd decide to join forces. The beer that's been created is based on the idea from the Big Village crew for something… Read more
Style
American Wheat
ABV
6.0%

Young Henrys / Toby's Estate OkTobyFest

Published October 13, 2013
The team at Young Henrys have collaborated with brewers, bands, a radio station, a magazine, TedxSydney, a historical society and even the very suburb they reside in. So it was something of an inevitability that they would eventually find inspiration from the very beverage that's kept them fuelled along the whole journey: coffee. And for this assignment, their co-conspirators are the coffee kings from Toby's Estate who added their extensive expertise, alongside a relatively little-known substance… Read more
Style
Coffee Beer
ABV
6.6%
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Young Henrys Brew Tang Clam

Published September 18, 2013
Brew one mollusc stout in a year and you're OK. Brew two and it's fair to say you're committed to the cause. Release a third and, well, some might say you should be committed. But when has sanity ever held sway with the good burghers of Newtown's Young Henrys? Thus it is that they have completed a wintry trilogy of beers featuring creatures from the briney depths, with the Brew Tang Clam following Mother Shucka and â?¡ Mussel out the brewery's doors. Not only is it their third seafood stout -… Read more
Style
Clam Stout
ABV
5.4%
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Union Hotel Newtown

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Young Henrys â?¡ Mussel

Published August 6, 2013
It's official: seafood beer with memorable names are so hot right now. Following on from the Murray's/Crafty Pint Auld Bulgin' Boysterous Bicep and Young Henrys Mother Shucka Oyster Stout comes the second in the Newtown brewery's briney beer series: the â?¡ Mussel Stout. The idea for this one came after the guys were invited to a bread, butter, beer and seafood dinner at which they befriended the folks at Kinkawooka Shellfish and who subsequently stopped by the brewery with several kilos of live… Read more
Style
Mussel Stout
ABV
5.5%
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Hand Pump:

Union Hotel Newtown

Petersham Bowling Club

Royal Albert Hotel

On tap:

Old Growler

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Young Henrys Mother Shucka

Published July 3, 2013
They're like London buses, these oyster stouts. You wait an age for one to turn up then two come along at the same time. Yes, pipping The Crafty Pint's effort with Murray's to the public by a week or two comes the Mother Shucka from Young Henrys. Brewed with four dozen Sydney Rock Oysters that went in shells and all to the whirlpool, the inspiration for the beer came one night when brewers Oscar and Rich were enjoying a few oysters at a dinner party and it came out that Oscar's mum is known as the… Read more
Style
Oyster Stout
ABV
6.7%
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Union Hotel Newtown

Old Growler

Young Henrys

Petersham Bowling Club

Royal Albert Hotel

And Young Henrys' beers "usual haunts"

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You Am I's Brew Am I

Published July 3, 2013
When they embarked on his first "rockstar brews" with Crow and Front End Loader last year, did Young Henrys' Richard Adamson and Oscar McMahon have any idea where it would take them? Thus far it's led to a closing night gig at Melbourne's iconic Cherry Bar with three craft beers being launched and now this beer for You Am I's 20th anniversary tour. Conceived with the band to represent their origins (wheat from WA, malt from Victoria, hops from New Zealand), pouring at the tour venues (or… Read more
Style
Rock n Roll Beer
ABV
5.0%
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Young Henrys GBW 2013 Rockstar Brews

Published May 26, 2013
During Newcastle Craft Beer Week, The Crafty Pint was sharing a late night whisky with Young Henrys founder Richard Adamson when the idea was hatched for him to bring his rockstar brewing collaboration concept to Melbourne for Good Beer Week 2013. Thus it was that six months later My Dynamite, Front End Loader and Hell City Glamours (featuring Young Henrys brewer Oscar) took to the stage at the city's iconic Cherry Bar to launch three beers they'd created with the Newtown brewery. While the bands… Read more
Style
Rock n Roll!
ABV
Various
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Young Henrys The Real Thang

Published March 20, 2013
The Real Thang, the latest release from Young Henrys, is a Cola-inspired Spiced Black Koelsch. Better read that again... The Real Thang is a Cola-inspired Spiced Black Koelsch. The first question is where would one find inspiration for such a creation? Being 2013, the answer is of course: they found it on the Internet. But being 2013, we're equally within our rights to respond with: 'WTF?'. Apparently the Young Henrys crew stumbled across the open source recipe for Open Cola and figured it was worth… Read more
Style
Spiced Black Koelsch
ABV
4.6%
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Young Henrys / Mountain Goat The Kid

Published February 28, 2013
Having a kid isn't something to be rushed into. It's a serious commitment requiring planning, timing and a bit of luck. Richard Adamson from Young Henrys and Dave Bonighton from Mountain Goat are a model of responsible parenting. They talked about making a beer last year, thought very seriously through all the implications, then talked about it some more over the New Year - this wasn't going to be some awkward one night stand. So what happened when they did eventually get together? The Kid was born.… Read more
Style
Super Mild
ABV
5.5%
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Petersham Bowling Club

The Local Taphouse Darlo

Royal Albert

Young Henry's (Growlers and Tastings)

Mountain Goat

Steve's Coo

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