Beerland Brewing

In 2014, the Northbridge Brewing Co opened its doors to a thirsty Perth public. Building on this success, three years later a sister venue, the Whitfords Brewing Co, opened as part of a $70m redevelopment in one of Perth's largest shopping centres.

With beers flowing at two established venues and periodically throughout other WA venues, it’s time for Beerland Brewing to take centre stage.

Beerland Brewing is the name for the breweries behind the twin venues, on operation that turned heads when it collected the prestigious AIBA Champion Australian Beer trophy in 2018 for the Beerland Wheat.

Operating across both venues, where you'll find steam driven 12 hectolitre brew kits that, as of mid 2018, were producing a combined 300,000 litres of beer a year.

Helmed by master brewer Ken Arrowsmith, a man with nearly 40 years brewing experience, mostly at Swan where he lent (and still does) his image to Emu Bitter cans, at the Northbridge site he's supported by brewer and Certified Cicerone Andrew Dean while, at Whitfords, brewer Thomas Fleay brings experience from a career has taken him around Australia.

This tight team is complemented by a dude, but not just any dude. Sabhan Rizzi is the "Beer Dude" responsible for getting Beerland beer to the rest of WA. With scope for up to 24 limited release beers every year to play with (12 from each brewpub), plus coordinating the "beer challengers" at the venues' monthly Beer Club events, Sabs is quite a busy man, sorry, dude.

The core range of five beers includes the Champion Wheat beer as well as a Lager, Kolsch, Pale Ale and IPA that have all garnered a medal or trophy along the way. These are supported by a monthly limited release schedule that allows the brewers to run free.

And run free they have, with limited releases including everything from an Umeshu Gose and a bourbon barrel aged American brown ale to a number of New England IPAs and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it annual Mango Wheat. These beers allow the brewers to collaborate with the kitchen for monthly Beer Club events, the annual Chilli Week and occasional beer degustations.

Having the two sites 25 kilometres apart also allows the team to design recipes to suit their individual clientele as well as swapping kegs between the venues. Notably, Whitfords' opening ESB beer has proven very popular with the north corridor's expats.

Beerland Brewing beers can be enjoyed at both venues as well as at select locations around Perth. Takeaway CANimals are also available for purchase at each venue along with a range of merchandise.

With awards piling up – including a second Champion Australian Beer in 2022 for their Blueberry Clouds imperial sour, demand increasing and on-trend seasonals appearing with greater frequency, it seems highly likely you'll be seeing more Beerland beers flowing from taps outside the brewpubs where they're created.

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Beerland Brewing Regulars

Beerland Wheat

In our experience, the WA beer audience has a greater fondness for wheat beers than any other in Australia. You'll find some form of hefeweizen or witbier style ale pouring at most of the state's brewpubs and NBC is no exception, even offering up a mango version as one of its returning seasonals. This permanent pour is one of several beers in the Beerland core range designed with easy drinking in mind. Pale golden in colour, it delivers a touch of banana and some spicy clove like aromas with light,… Read more
Style
Wheat Beer
ABV
5.0%
Awards

Champion Australian Beer – AIBA 2018

Beerland Kolsch

Like stablemate Wheat, Beerland's Kolsch takes its lead from Germany, in particular the lager like pale ales from Cologne. It pours a clear pale gold, offers up a touch of apple/pear fruitiness from the ale yeast, some light, biscuity malts and a touch of balancing bitterness. The brewers have used some European noble hops to add a touch of spiciness to a beer designed to slip down easily on Perth's many hot days.… Read more
Style
Kolsch
ABV
5.0%

Beerland Lager

Given its aim to act as a gateway brewpub more than a beer geek hangout – one where they'd like to take you on a journey through the beer spectrum but have some commercial lagers on tap too if that's where you want to go – much of the core range sits within safe parameters. Thus, alongside the Kolsch you'll also find this Lager. It's designed with classic European lagers in mind, built upon German malts and European hops to create a simple mix of cracker like malt flavours, gentle floral aromas… Read more
Style
Lager
ABV
5.0%

Beerland Pale Ale

The Beerland Pale Ale is what you might call a drinking pale ale. Sure, there's some floral, citrus and tropical fruit aromas and flavours derived from the Aussie Galaxy and Cascade hops, but they're kept in check rather than running riot, balanced by some light caramel sweetness and a slowly building bitterness. It sits in a similar part of the pale ale spectrum to a beer from a waterfront brewery not too far down the road that's done rather well for itself; an approachable and sessionable take… Read more
Style
Pale Ale
ABV
5.2%

Beerland IPA

The biggest beer in the core range found at Beerland's brewpubs is, again, designed to be as much an introduction to the style rather than a palate-bashing, olfactory-filling hop bomb. It's evolved over time, with the weapons of choice on the hop front at time of writing two of the beer world's favourites: Aussie Galaxy and American Mosaic. They deliver a familiar melange of lively fruity characters, citrusy, tropical and a little piney, all leading to a slightly resinous bitter end.… Read more
Style
IPA
ABV
6.0%

Beerland Brewing Specials

Beerland Brewing The Walking Red, 1872 & Thick As A Brick

Published October 13, 2022
Who fancies finding out what resurrection tastes like? The Beerland brewers wanted to create a Flanders-inspired red using a different strain of kettle souring bacteria that's heterofermentative – read more about its first use in an Aussie beer here. It produces small amounts of acetic acid along with the more common lactic acid for added complexity. Resurrect a barrel-blended beer from a few years ago that didn't see the light of day, throw in 100 grams per litre of cherry purée and you have… Read more
Style
Flanders Red, Hefeweizen & Nitro ESB
ABV
5.6% & 5.2% & 5.4%
Stockists

Available now for a limited time from Beerland venues, draught and takeaway CANimals

And at select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Pretty Majestical NZ IPA

Published August 28, 2022
As a tribute to The Land of the Long White Cloud, Beerland have created a NZ IPA that's sure to take your tastebuds on a holiday. Pretty Majestical – a nod to Hunt For The Wilderpeople – has been brewed with an all-Kiwi hop lineup including, Wakatu, Rakau, Kohatu and the classic Nelson Sauvin, and a simple malt bill with just a touch of Carapils for colour and sweetness. Juicy hop characters flow from the glass with tropical fruit, lime and gooseberry leading the charge. The pine comes through… Read more
Style
NZ IPA
ABV
6.0%
Stockists

And select WA stockists

Beerland Brewing Revolution & Heritage

Published August 17, 2022
They might have taken out the 2022 AIBA Champion Australian Beer with a beer very much of its time, but the Beerland brewers have rather more classic beers on their minds as winter draws to a cold, wet close out west. Revolution, originally brewed by Beerland as the Renaissance, is a dry-hopped continental lager taking inspiration from bières de garde, a rarely-seen farmhouse ale style of French origin. For an extra “bready” twist, the brewers threw 25kg of housemade baguettes into the mash… Read more
Style
French Pilsner & Oatmeal Stout
ABV
5.1% & 5.4%
Stockists

And select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Mosaic Smash & Birds of Paradise

Published June 10, 2022
Mosaic Smash (Single Malt and Single Hop) is Beerland's tribute to Mosaic hops, here supported by Maris Otter malts from the UK. Head brewer Andrew likes to get the most out of his hops and here went with massive additions in both the kettle and fermenter at a total rate of 13grams per litre. That's a load of Mosaic hops! This DDH-ing creates aromas of passionfruit and pineapple, with sweet orange peel one of the main flavours coming through. In typical American IPA fashion, Mosaic Smash has a dank… Read more
Style
DDH IPA & Juicy Sour
ABV
6.0% & 5.2%
Stockists

And select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Blueberry Clouds

Published June 3, 2022
Beerland have done it again... Just four years on from their first Champion Australian Beer at the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) in Melbourne, they've picked up a second. Their first was claimed in 2018 by Wheat; the second prestigious award has gone to something a little more unique: Blueberry Clouds, an imperial sour brewed for GABS 2022. The brewers used pilsner and wheat malts to create a solid Berliner weisse base upon which to build, before adding 63kg of Tropico Blueberry Purée… Read more
Style
Fruited Imperial Sour
ABV
7.5%
Stockists

And select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Bees Please

Published October 23, 2019
The start of spring has been a busy time for the brewers at Beerland Brewing. One might say they've been busy bees... Head brewer Andrew had the idea to recreate one of the most popular beers from Matilda Bay's past, Beez Neez, adding 22kg of Australian honey late in the fermenter to a wheat beer base. While most of this ends up transformed into alcohol, it becomes a balancing act to get the ABV and residual honey flavours just right. In the case of Bees Please, the finish is dry and there is a… Read more
Style
Honey Wheat Beer
ABV
5.2%

Beerland Brewing Summer Break IPL

Published October 23, 2019
There could be a bit of "Build it and they will come" here, with Beerland's brewers creating a beer laced with summer vibes in the hope of bringing warm weather to the west. Either way, Summer Break comes channelling a summertime Euro trip. German hops of new (Huell Melon) and older (Tettnanger) heritage help to create a beer that is both Festbier and European lager in style. Pilsner and Munich malts contribute to a clean malt base while a German lager yeast works with the hops to lay… Read more
Style
India Pale Lager
ABV
5.0%

Beerland Brewing Golden Hour

Published October 23, 2019
In teaming up with good friends BredCo Bakery in Albany for this collaboration, Beerland conceived a recipe featuring one hundred wholemeal sourdough loaves in the mash tun to create a sour pale with a twist. Hints of spice lead into a refreshing tartness in this clean and dry kettle sour, where Slovenian Dragon hops add stone fruit and peach flavours. It's an easy-going entry point for those taking first steps into sour beers, while the name is a reference to dawn in WA's Great Southern. Mike Cridge… Read more
Style
Golden Semi-Sour Pale
ABV
5.7%

Beerland Brewing Destination XPA

Published October 23, 2019
There seems to have been something of a theme with the rash of new beers out of Beerland's twin Perth brewpubs this spring. While all four have their own personality, the terms "pale" and "refreshing" apply across the quartet. In the case of Destination XPA, you've got a beer bursting with bright citrus and stonefruit as the Citra and Mosaic hops sing their little green hearts out. The XPA has become an increasingly popular beer, often a gateway for people into the world of hoppier… Read more
Style
XPA
ABV
4.6%

Beerland Brewing Reality Czech & Schrödinger's Stout

Published September 9, 2019
August 2019 saw the brewers at Beerland Brewing launch a couple of paradigm shift beers. By nature, that means a fundamental change in a basic concept, which in the case of the Reality Czech Dark Lager sees them creating a beer with the colour and many of the characteristics of a porter or stout but the drinkability of a pilsner. Lagering the beer creates a clean, sessionable drop with minimal roasted characters and a light bitterness. Check your reality at the door. The second beer is along the… Read more
Style
Dark Lager & White Stout
ABV
4.4% & 5.2%
Stockists

And select WA retailers

Beerland Brewing Ugly Sweater

Published August 1, 2019
Winter is here, which means it's time to bring out those ugly sweaters. For Beerland’s latest winter 2019 release, they've done exactly that – only in the form of an India brown ale. Never the most common of styles, here the brewers have given it a bit of a revamp here with the intention of keeping the punters warm in these cooler months. The grain bill of ale, Munich and brown malts and rolled wheat creates the typical malt flavours you would expect from a brown ale: toasted bread, milk chocolate… Read more
Style
India Brown Ale
ABV
5.9%
Stockists

And select WA venues and retailers

Beerland Brewing Calvin & Hoppes

Published May 17, 2019
Described as the last great newspaper comic, Calvin and Hobbes traces the relationship and adventures of six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes who, for the young boy but no one else, is animated. Commenting on Beerland’s latest release, brewer Andrew Dean says that Calvin and Hoppes plays on this "imaginary" element in the form a classic Belgian Blonde – the Calvin of the concept - which is dry-hopped with US hops – the anthropomorphic Hoppes in this case. The implication… Read more
Style
Belgian IPA
ABV
6.4%
Stockists

And select WA venues

Beerland Brewing Bloody Baron

Published May 9, 2019
Beerland have taken flight with this autumnal limited release. Bloody Baron pays tribute to the German WWI pilot commonly known as the Red Baron and takes you on a flying circus of flavours and aromas. The malt arsenal comprises of Trade Ale, Carared, Melanoidin and Choc, which come together to deliver the dark blood red colour. The trio of Galaxy, Citra and Vic Secret hops create a fiery bitterness with citrus and grapefruit in the cross hairs. As we transition to cooler weather, this beer prickles… Read more
Style
Red IPA
ABV
5.9%
Stockists

And select bars around Perth

Beerland Brewing Steam Machine

Published April 24, 2019
This beer style may have launched the craft beer movement via Fritz Maytag’s beloved Anchor Steam Ale, however, with the zeitgeist chasing haze, double digit DIPAs and pastry stouts, Steam Machine seems, well, rather common. That is until the drinker pauses for a moment and checks the serenity – beautifully made beers of this cannon may not receive their previous levels of attention but there is certainly a place for this kind of craft. Nicknamed "Karridale Common" thanks to the addition… Read more
Style
California Common
ABV
4.8%
Stockists

Plus select WA venues

Beerland Brewing Juice Willis 2: Juice Harder

Published April 2, 2019
Juice Willis is back in town and this time he's bigger, badder and more bitter, at least according to director (or should that be chief brewer) Ken Arrowsmith. Guy Southern covered the original release for us back in February last year and made mention of the potential for a sequel called Juice Harder; turns out he was on the money. This time around, Bruce isn't throwing Europeans off buildings, instead he's teamed up with them in the form of German Saphir and Slovenian Cardinal hops, a rarely seen… Read more
Style
NEIPA
ABV
6.7%
Stockists

And select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Rye Of The Beholder Rye IPA

Published March 25, 2019
Rye Of The Beholder originally debuted as a single keg offering three years ago and stayed in the mind of Beerland brewer Andrew Dean, patiently waiting for a larger release. A fan of the grass – yes, rye is a grass- he describes its influence on the beer as imbuing a light spicy pepper, ginger nut biscuit and background dried fruit characters. Generous application of Enigma hops lifts Eye Of The Beholder to a punchy 60 IBUs while also providing melon and pine needle to complement the 20 percent… Read more
Style
Rye IPA
ABV
5.6%
Bitterness
60 IBU
Stockists

Beerland Brewing Retro Blossom

Published February 28, 2019
What do you do when your family owns and runs an organically certified fruit and vegetable farm in central western NSW and you also happen to work for a brewery? Well, first you get your hands on one tonne of pureed Lapin cherries from said farm (Cantrill Organics), of course. Then you convince Tom, the brewer at Whitfords Brewing Company, to make a Berliner Weisse with them. It sounds like a great idea, and it's one that's turned out a refreshing fruited sour that drinks like a rosé. Typical to… Read more
Style
Cherry Berliner Weisse
ABV
3.8%
Stockists

And select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Fresh as Kittens Double NEIPA

Published February 22, 2019
Beerland have gone large with this limited release. Brewer Andrew aptly named it Fresh as Kittens because kittens are always bright-eyed and ready to pounce on you at any moment (he also likes cats, but that's less relevant to the beer). The beer itself is a double NEIPA is bursting with fresh orange, pineapple and nectarine thanks to a generous dry-hopping regime featuring Azacca, Galaxy, Vic Secret and Citra. So where does the kitty come in? Well, at 8 percent ABV, it's to sneak up on you and give… Read more
Style
Double NEIPA
ABV
8.0%
Stockists

Plus select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Saltwater Croc

Published February 5, 2019
Beerland’s opening limited release for 2019 focuses on delivering maximum seasonal refreshment in the form of a grapefruit gose. The peel from 150 hand-peeled grapefruit was added to the beer at the same time hops would be added if the brewers were dry-hopping with the intention to replace the traditional citrus character more commonly derived from coriander seeds. The peel's embellishment of the beer is subtler and more balanced than expected. In contrast, the salt is more pronounced than recent… Read more
Style
Grapefruit Gose
ABV
4.8%
Stockists

Plus select WA venues and growler stations

Beerland Brewing Acid Wolf

Published November 13, 2018
As the temperatures in WA edge towards the mid-20s, a pack of more crushable New World sours is starting to appear. We say "New World" as you can trace a lineage to classic puckering styles yet modern brewing techniques and punter tastes have rounded off the edges, so to speak, positioning these beers in more approachable territory than the battery acid like pH levels of some predecessors. For Beerland, Acid Wolf’s use of the modern lactic Sour Pitch yeast delivers a perfect example of… Read more
Style
New World Sour
ABV
4.7%

Beerland & Dainton Dom Passignon Brut IPA

Published October 4, 2018
Recent commentary about the vinification of beer may be one thing but this makes a strong case, brutish perhaps, that the implied riddling of beer has tickled the zeitgeist more than a Nik Kershaw hit at an 80s party. Certainly, Dom Passignon’s decal carries the élan and excess of high end, carbonated grape juice, then delivers effortlessly on a Passion Pop budget. To this end, the collaborators used passionfruit puree in a souped up Brut IPA with an SRM level approaching the French icon it's… Read more
Style
Imperial Brut IPA with Passionfruit
ABV
8.4%
Stockists

And select WA venues

Beerland Brewing Brutal IPA

Published August 20, 2018
The reveal of the new Beerland Brut IPA during August's Beer Club blind tasting highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of this most nascent of styles. While Brutal IPA was celebrated by all for its white wine like characters, refined poise and drinkability, unfortunately the same couldn't be said of some of its stylistic peers. Whereas hazy New England style IPAs offer visual cues of quality to discerning drinkers, typically losing their brightness and developing a tired, murky look, it seems that… Read more
Style
Brut IPA
ABV
6.6%
Stockists

And select WA venues

Beerland Brewing Run Of The Mill IPA

Published July 25, 2018
In one of their more interesting recent releases, Beerland Brewing has taken inspiration from the rye bread beverage kvass. This fermented bread drink is popular in Slavic and Baltic countries as well as throughout Russia, where its low ABV – typically under 1 percent – sees it positioned as something like a soft drink, especially when flavoured with fruit. Although drawing upon such historical influences, Run of the Mill takes a decidedly more contemporary path in the form of an IPA. Albany… Read more
Style
Rye Bread IPA
ABV
6.0%
Stockists

On tap and in takeaway CANimals

Beerland Brewing Smoke And A Pancake Brown Ales

Published June 25, 2018
"Would you like a smoke and a pancake?" Just as the courteous velour-clad Dutch villain, Goldmember, welcomed Austin Powers in the 2002 Mike Myers vehicle, so do the Beerland Brewing team for their June 2018 limited release, albeit with King Gee-styled brewers' shirts; I’m pretty confident Ken Arrowsmith isn’t signing off on any fluffy shell-suits just for this release. Or should that be "releases"? “Twins, Basil. Twins” Smoke And A Pancake is the brewery’s first foray… Read more
Style
Smoked American Brown Ale
ABV
4.7%
Stockists

Available on tap & for takeaway in CANimals at Northbridge too

Beerland Brewing Habanero IPA

Published June 1, 2018
This year sees Northbridge Brewing Co’s annual festival of burning pepper heat, Chilli Week, expand to include its sister venue, the Whitfords Brewing Co. And, to mark the return of this scovillicoius occasion, Beerland Brewing has marked the occasion with a fiery take on their core range West Coast IPA. Known for their citrusy flavour, the habanero chilli addition - 100 grams per 50 litre keg - makes its presence known from the first sniff. While this should be a warning, the chilli complements… Read more
Style
Chilli IPA
ABV
6.0%
Stockists

On tap and in takeaway CANimals

Beerland Brewing Mosaic's Beard XPA 2018

Published May 22, 2018
There's little doubt that the story – or at least the one that will have blindsided most people – at the 2018 Australian International Beer Awards was the huge swag of trophies taken out by Beerland Brewing, the brewing side of the Northbridge Brewing Co and Whitfords brewpub in Perth. With twin breweries it's an operation with plenty of new releases on the schedule and, as many other Australian breweries are releasing red IPAs and brown ales that line up neatly with autumn’s cool slide into… Read more
Style
XPA
ABV
5.5%
Stockists

On tap and in takeaway CANimals

Beerland Alte Schule Dunkel Kellerbier

Published April 26, 2018
Another month brings another Beerland limited release, this time one brewed at Whitfords Brewing Co. Alte Schule, or Old School, is a kellerbier, a title that refers to the cool cellars (keller) which, at one stage, would have been where unfiltered lagers were fermented ready to be served directly from a wooden cask in a tavern or beer garden. This hazy brown lager with ruby highlights delivers nutty and slightly toasted malts balanced by honeycomb sweetness. The Tettnanger hops provide a little… Read more
Style
Dark Lager
ABV
4.8%
Stockists

Northbridge Brewing Co

Beerland Brewing Co Apricot Blanche

Published March 26, 2018
It’s surprising that witbiers aren’t more pervasive. For many, the Redbacks and Hoegaardens of the 90s kickstarted a journey into a new world of beer and, for some breweries, it’s a style that’s helped drive empires – looking at you Blue Moon. As tastes change, or even come full circle, it’s worth remembering how this approachable style can serve as a base for a variety of adjuncts, not to mention the opportunity for naming puns that come with it. Beerland Brewing’s new limited edition… Read more
Style
Belgian Witbier with Apricot
ABV
5.2%
Stockists

Northbridge Brewing Co

Whitfords Brewing

Beerland Brewing Co Juice Willis NEIPA

Published February 22, 2018
Following the success of and acclaim for 2017 limited release James Street Juice, the Beerland Brewing family has stepped back into the highly aromatic but turbid whirlpool of the NEIPA. Never afraid of a good beer pun, Juice Willis borrows from the on screen tough guy, comedian and occasional musician Walter Bruce Willis and potentially opens the door for a third in the series, Juice Harder. Juice Willis, however, arrives more David Addison than John McClane with a fluffy white head on a suitably… Read more
Style
NEIPA
ABV
5.8%

Beerland Bento Box

Published February 1, 2018
The Northbridge Brewing Co starts its 2018 small batch program with the most interesting release of the four-year-old brewery’s life to date: an umeboshi gose. The melding of umeboshi, a pickled Japanese salty plum that resembles a tiny apricot with the recently revived German specialty beer style has been an 18 month skunkworks project for brewer Andrew Dean. The long gestation period was due to achieving the right balance of sweet, salty and sour characters in test batches, which ultimately… Read more
Style
Umeboshi Gose
ABV
4.2%
Bitterness
10 IBU
Stockists

On tap and in takeaway CANimals