Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers

Brewer

Name
Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers
Address

34 & 51 Macbeth Street
Braeside
VIC 3195

Phone
0438 394 972
Open Hours

Thursday: 4pm to 10pm
Friday: 2pm to 11pm
Saturday: midday to 11pm
Sunday: midday to 6pm

Tours

By appointment

Regular readers of The Crafty Pint will know all about Boatrocker already. Launched as a brewing company back in 2009, with its beers brewed at Southern Bay, its co-founder Matt Houghton has written a series of features about the trials, tribulations and excitement of starting a brewery (read them here). Today, he and wife Andrea are owners of their own brewery in Melbourne's south east.

The story started with the launch of Alpha Queen, a hoppy American inspired ale with an old world malt backbone, that set out Boatrocker's stall as a brewer of beers with character. When the brewery's second beer, Hoppbier - a New World pilsner inspired by Matt's time living in Northern Germany, promptly won a gold medal at the Australian International Beer Awards, it was clear it was a story worth following.

And so it has proved, with the opening of the Braeside brewery allowing Boatrocker to pursue Matt's passion for Belgian style ales and barrel ageing.

Prior to launching Boatrocker, Matt had made multiple visits to Belgium to visit breweries large and small in an attempt to learn the tricks of the trade. So, once he had his own brewery and space in which to play, he set about creating Australian versions of lambics, Berliner Weisse, Flanders red style ales and beyond. Before he'd even put the first test brew through his brewery, he was already the proud owner of 60 wine barrels and, towards the end of 2015 and with help from an injection of funds from Made By HAND, a group made up of the team that launched Little Creatures/Little World Beverages, opened the doors of a dedicated Barrel Room with its own bar in which he has working towards a goal of 70,000 litres of beer ageing in oak at any one time.

Even before the Barrel Room opened, all manner of barrel-aged beers had appeared, from the low ABV chardonnay barrel aged, trophy winning Berliner Weisse Mitte to the all-conquering whisky barrel aged Ramjet imperial stout, Banshee barley wine, a brett saison and more as the Houghtons – aided by their new business partners – establish Boatrocker as one of the most exciting breweries to watch in Australia.

In 2017, the brewery became "Brewers and Distillers" as Hippocampus, an award-winning distillery from Perth founded by Made By HAND, moved to the Barrel Room. As well as continuing with its spirit production, the plan is to blur the boundaries between the two sides of the operation to create even more new and unique Australian beers.

As for the beers, the success continues, with Boatrocker taking out Champion Medium Brewery at The Indies 2018, where its Daddy Koel and Ramjet were also major trophy winners.

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Core Range

Boatrocker Big Love Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Boatrocker Miss Pinky
Raspberry Berliner Weisse
3.5%
Boatrocker Stout
Stout
5.5%
Boatrocker Alpha Queen
American Pale Ale
5.0%
Boatrocker Conehead IPA
West Coast IPA
6.2%
Boatrocker Mönk
Munich Helles
5.2%

Limited Releases

Boatrocker Ramjet, Nordjet, Banshee & The Devil Is In The Detail 2024
Various Styles As Indicated
11.0% & 11.0% & 11.2% & 11.1%
Boatrocker English IPA
English IPA
5.5%
Boatrocker Yorkshire Pale, Northern Red & Old Brown
English Pale Ale, English Red Ale & Brown Ale
4.3% & 4.5% & 5.5%
Boatrocker Fat Santa 2023
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ Coffee, Vanilla & Tonka Beans
10.8%
Boatrocker Hoppen Poppe, Mojo & Double Happiness
Hoppy Belgian Blonde, Cherry Cola Sour & Raspberry Sour Ale
6.2% & 4.8% & 6.8%
Boatrocker Barrel-Aged ESB, Ramjet 2023 & Blazing Saddles
Barrel-Aged Beers As Described
8.5% & 10.8% & 9.8%
Boatrocker Old Brown Ale & Chocolate Stout
English Brown Ale & Chocolate Stout
5.5% & 6.1%
Boatrocker Flux Capacitor, Wildeberry 2022 & Mojo
Various Styles As Indicated
9.2% & 6.2% & 4.8%
Boatrocker Ramjet 2022
Whisky Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
11.1%
Boatrocker Double Barrel & Demi-Jaune (with Crittenden Estate)
Wild Whisky Ale & Wild Italian Grape Ale
5.5% & 8.6%
Boatrocker Straight To VHS, Hello Stranger, Oakey Dokey & Roger Ramjet '22
ESB, Red IPA, Oaked Stout & Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
5.5% & 6.0% & 7.5% & 10.6%
Boatrocker Tennessee & Kentucky Reds
Double Barrel-Aged Flanders Red
Both 6.4%
Boatrocker Mojo Cherry Cola Sour
Cherry Cola Sour
4.8%
Boatrocker Conehead IPA & Faith
West Coast IPA & Belgian Tripel
6.2% & 9.2%
Boatrocker House Rosé & Friends
Barrel-Aged Wild Ales
All 6.2%
Boatrocker Gaston & Funky Monkey '21
Barrel-Aged Brett Saison & Barrel-Fermented Wild Ale
10.6% & 6.2%
Boatrocker Nordjet 2021
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Liquorice
11.0%
Boatrocker & Blackhearts & Sparrows Wildheart #2
Barrel-Aged Blended Ale
Boatrocker La Fleur, Harmonious Funk & Sterk & Donker 2020
Wild Ales & Barrel-Aged Belgian Dark
6.2% & 6.2% & 11.2%
Boatrocker & Crittenden Estate Jaune
Wild Ale with Grapes
9.4%
Boatrocker Ramjet 2020
Whisky Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
11.8%
Boatrocker & Carwyn Cellars JackJet 2020
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
11.3%
Boatrocker KP's & Banshee 2020 & Wildecherry 2020
Barrel-Aged Beers
5.0% & 11.9% & 6.5%
Boatrocker Variations On A Theme IV & Oakey Dokey Stout
Hazy IIPA & Oaked Stout
Both 8.0%
Boatrocker Funky Acid Red & Feijoa & Rhubarb Wild Ale
Flanders Red & Fruited Wild Ale
Both 6.5%
Boatrocker Roger Ramjet 2020
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
10.9%
Boatrocker Life Is Peachy & Leaky Boat IIPA
Peach Sour & IIPA
4.0% & 8.0%
Boatrocker Sternweisse 2020 & House Red 2020
Barrel-Aged Sour Beers
6.0% & 6.2%
Boatrocker Saison & Double Happiness
Saison & Raspberry Sour
6.1% & 6.8%
Boatrocker Fat Santa 2019
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
10.9%
Boatrocker Krieky & Super Krieky
Krieks
6.5%
Boatrocker House White
Barrel-Aged Sour Wild Ale
6.0%
Boatrocker Dank & Juicy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Boatrocker Vintage Kriek & House Red 2019 & Apricot Wild Ale 2019
Blended Barrel-Aged Ales
Boatrocker Ramjet 2019
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
11.5%
Boatrocker Coffee Brown
Coffee Brown Ale
5.5%
Boatrocker Nexus IPA
Hazy IPA
7.7%
Boatrocker G, K & W Australian Wild Ales
Australian Wild Ales
6.5%
Boatrocker DDH IIPA
IIPA
8.5%
Boatrocker Jeepers Creepers TDH SNEIPA
Sour NEIPA
6.1%
Boatrocker Kiwi Hop IPA
NZ IPA
7.8%
Boatrocker Pilsner (cans)
Pilsner
4.5%
Boatrocker & Pambula Oyster Co Smoked Porter
Smoked Oyster Porter
5.2%
Boatrocker Dramjet & Sparkling Dramjet 2018
Beer-Whisky Hybrids
17.6%
Boatrocker Ramjet 2018
Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
13.4%
Boatrocker Banshee Barleywine 2018
Whisky Barrel Aged Barleywine
12.8%
Boatrocker Sternweisse
Double Barrel Aged Berliner Weisse
6.1%
Boatrocker Daddy Koel & House Red
Spontaneously Fermented Ale & Sour Blended Red
6.4% & 6.2%
Boatrocker Apricot Wild Ale 2017
Blended Apricot Wild Ale
6.5%
Boatrocker Sunshine & Rainbows
Table Beer
3.4%
Boatrocker & Starward Fat Santa BA Imperial Stout
Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
10.7%
Boatrocker & Pambula Oyster Co Auster La Vista
Oyster Gose
5.5%
Boatrocker & Goose Island October Beer
Barrel Aged Strong Ale
9.4%
Boatrocker Barrel Aged Quintet
Barrel Aged Beers
Various strengths
Boatrocker Brewery Jungle Jive
Sour IPA
5.8%
Boatrocker Brewery Roger Ramjet 2016
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
11.2%
Boatrocker Brewery Orange Sherbet
Barrel Aged Berliner Weisse
5.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Blonde
Sour Blonde
6.1%
Boatrocker Brewery Coffee Ramjet 2016
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
10.6%
Boatrocker Brewery Dark Saison
Spiced Dark Saison
7.3%
Boatrocker Brewery L.A.B.
Flanders Red
7.2%
Boatrocker Brewery Pacific Stout
Stout
7.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Yvonne
Barrel Ages Saison
6.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Elderweisse
Elderflower Berliner Weisse
4.0%
AIBA 2015 Champions Saison à Trois
Amber Saison
6.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Ramjet 2016
Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
11.4%
Boatrocker Brewery Epice
Spiced Belgian Blonde
5.8%
Boatrocker & Beer DeLuxe Summer in Bruges
Witbier
4.4%
Boatrocker Brewery Gaston
Farmhouse Ale
9.0%
Boatrocker Saison du Bateau
Saison
6.4%
Boatrocker Brewery Brambic
Lambic Style Ale
5.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Braeside Crown Cola
Bourbon Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
8.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Roger Ramjet 2015
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
10.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Adventus
Barrel Aged Strong Belgian Ale
10.2%
Boatrocker Big Love Suburban Red
Amber Ale
4.5%
Boatrocker Brewery Ramjet 2014
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
10.4%
Boatrocker Brewery Miss Pinky
Raspberry Berliner Weisse
3.4%
Boatrocker Brewery Tripel
Tripel
9.6%
Boatrocker Mitte
Berliner Weisse
3.5%
Boatrocker Misfit
Hoppy Belgian Golden Ale
6.0%
Boatrocker Ramjet
Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
10.2%
Boatrocker Sterk & Donker
Belgian Quad/Abt
10.5%
Boatrocker Pale (previously SMASH & Big Love)
Summer Ale
4.4%
Boatrocker Hop Bomb
IPA
6.5%
Boatrocker Beer Garden Pilsner
New World Pilsner
4.5%