Holgate Brewhouse

Brewer

Name
Holgate Brewhouse
Address

79 High Street
Woodend
VIC 3442

Phone
Hotel, Bar and Restaurant: (03) 5427 2510 Brewery Sales: (03) 54 273 522
Open Hours

11am to late

Tours

Sat & Sun: 3pm
Book via website

A genuine one stop shop for the discerning beer tourist, Holgate's Woodend Brewhouse combines a brewery, public bar, restaurant and hotel under a single roof. Just an hour from Melbourne, in the shadow of the Macedon Ranges, you'll to find a bar lined with site-brewed beers on tap, including some hand-pulled from the cask in traditional British fashion.

The unintended consequence of holidays in England ('93) and the USA ('97) for owners Paul and Natasha Holgate, the business started life in 1999 as an extension of his home brewery while both still worked in the city, but soon demanded a bigger venue. They took over Woodend's former Commercial Hotel/Keatings Hotel and have never looked back, producing an ever-expanding range of beers inspired by classic styles from Europe and the North American micro scene, as well as barrel-aged and other experimental beers.

Visitors can watch beer being made in the brewery, head to the bar for a tasting paddle, including a beer poured through their homemade "Randall" (a machine that adds a hit of fresh hop flowers to the beer before it reaches your glass), then move to the restaurant for a meal, many of which are cooked with Holgate's beers as a key ingredient. And, if you've had one too many, Natasha will find you a clean, comfortable room upstairs for the night.

As the brewery closes in on two decades, it's been a case of onwards and upwards in more than one way. They've been expanding the brewery for a number of years, with the ultimate goal of creating a visitor centre highlighting not just Holgate's story but that of beer itself.

And, either side of their 20th anniversary in October 2019, those plans have been turning into reality. First, the old brewery that's been worked so hard over the years was upgraded to one of the most hi-tech breweries in the country, a 50 hectolitre Rolec kit from Germany. Then the Taproom & Visitor Centre, which also acts as a showcase for other cider makers, distilleries and wineries in the region, opened, offering a contemporary alternative to the traditional English pub stylings of the original hotel.

Throughout all the expansion, they've been maintaining the standards on the beer front, continuing to collect trophies and major medals both on home turf and abroad for beers as diverse as their Temptress chocolate porter and the Sour Brett Ale, one of a number of beers taking Holgate in new directions.

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Core Range

Holgate Brewhouse Premium Pilsner
German Pilsner
5.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Draught Lager (cans)
Helles Lager
4.3%
Holgate Brewhouse Mt Macedon Pale Ale (2022 On)
Pale Ale
4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Gluten Free Low Carb Tropical Pale
GF, Low Carb Tropical Pale
4.9%
Holgate Brewhouse Explorer
Lager
4.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Love All Alcohol Free Beer
Alcohol Free Beer
Less than 0.5%
Holgate Brewhouse American IPA (formerly Road Trip)
IPA
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Session Pale
Mid-Strength Pale Ale
3.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Wild Berry Sour (formerly Blush)
Wild Berry Sour Ale
4.6%
Holgate Brewhouse Temptress
Chocolate Porter
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Australian XPA
Australian XPA
5.2%

Limited Releases

Holgate Brewhouse Hazed As Bro NZ Hazy IPA
NZ Hazy IPA
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Mango Passionfruit Sour
Fruited Sour
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2023
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Hefe Weissbier
Hefeweizen
5.1%
Holgate Brewhouse Breakfast Club Non-Alc Lager
Non-Alc New World Lager
<0.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Cherry Sour
Cherry Gose
4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Mountain Mist
Hazy Pale Ale
5.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Citrus IPA
Citrus White IPA
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Empress 2022
Imperial Mocha Porter
10.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Imperial Stout 2022
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
10.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Big Pash
Passionfruit Sour
7.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Wild Red Ale & Sour Brett Ale 2021
Wild Red Ale & Brett Pale Ale
Both 7.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Campfire Red IPA & Double Stout
Red IPA & Double Stout
7.0% & 8.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2021
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Hazy IPA (2021)
Hazy IPA
6.8%
Holgate & Umberto Tivo Orange Sour
Orange Sour Ale
4.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Twin Suns XPA
XPA
5.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Bavarian Beer Pack
Hefe & Dunkel & Pilsner
5.3% & 5.1% & 5.1%
Holgate Brewhouse Hopinator 2020
Double IPA
7.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Empress 2020
Imperial Mocha Porter
10.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2020
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Apple Berry Beer
Fruit Beer
4.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Hazy IPA (cans)
Hazy IPA
6.8%
Holgate Brewhouse Double Decade Double-Hopped Mt Macedon Pale Ale
Double Hopped Pale Ale
5.8%
Holgate Brewhouse Double Decade White IPA
White IPA
7.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Double Stout
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
8.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Double ESB
Double ESB
7.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2019
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Holgate Brewhouse 600 Above Citrus Saison
Citrus Saison
6.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Empress 2018
Imperial Mocha Porter
10.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2018
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Holgate Brewhouse X-Wing XPA
XPA
5.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Sour Brett Ale 2018
Sour Ale
6.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Australian Botanicals White Ale
Spiced Witbier
5.3%
Holgate Brewhouse Wild Red Ale 2017
Flanders Style Red Ale
5.6%
Holgate Brewhouse Sour Brett Ale
Sour Blonde
6.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Tangelo Gose
Gose
4.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Barrel-Aged Stout 2015
Barrel-Aged Stout
8.8%
Holgate Brewhouse Beelzebub's Jewels 2016
Barrel-Aged Belgian Quad
12.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Wild Red Ale
Flanders Red Style Ale
6.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9: Saison & Alpha Crucis IPA
Saison & Aussie IPA
6.5% & 5.1%
Holgate Brewhouse Hop Tart - RETIRED
Semi Sour Pale Ale
4.6%
Holgate & Mt Macedon Hotel Candy Mountain IPA
Fruit IPA
5.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9 Brew Loose 2 & 3: Unflemished Belgian IPA & How Now American Brown
Belgian IPA & American Brown
6.8% & 4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9 Brew Loose #1: Tyger Tyger
English IPA
6.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9: Crosby Idaho Experimental #4
Single Hop Pale Ale
5.2%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2015
"Emperial" IPA
10.5%
Holgate Brewhouse & Frankie's Bull in the Big Smoke
Wet Hop IPA
6.2%
Holgate Brewhouse / Mountain Goat White Tail
Belgian English Amber Ale
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9 Series: Helles
Munich Helles
3.9%
Holgate Brewhouse Tank 9 Series: Saison Du Barry
Saison
5.2%
Holgate Brewhouse GateKeeper
Midstrength
3.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Hop Tart
Berliner Weisse
4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Gate Series: Californian IPA & TOPAZ Single Hop IPA
West Coast IPA
7.0%
Holgate Brewhouse 15th Anniversary White Ale & Big Stein
Belgian Witbier / Marzen
6.0% / 4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Double Trouble (500ml)
Belgian Style Dubbel
8.0%
Holgate Brewhouse Millennium Falcon 2014
Imperial IPA
10%
Holgate Black Forest Summer Porter
Fruit Porter
6.0%
Holgate The Little Heifer
Hefeweizen
5.3%
Holgate Nut Brown Ale (500ml)
Brown Ale
5.3%
Holgate Brick Kiln Dark Wheat
Dunkelweizen
5.0%
Holgate Beelzebub's Jewels 2013
Barrel Aged Belgian Strong Ale
12.5%
Holgate / Ní¸gne í? Half A World Away
Imperial Red Ale
9.0%
Holgate Millennium Falcon
Imperial IPA
10%
Holgate Bruges Bombshell
Belgian Golden Ale
6.0%
Holgate White Ale
Witbier
5.0%
Holgate UXB (2011)
Extra Special Bitter
6%
Holgate Nut Brown Ale (2011)
Nut Brown Ale
6.3%
Holgate Empress (bottled)
Imperial Mocha Porter
10%
Holgate Beelzebub's Jewels 2011
Belgian Quadrupel
12.0%
Holgate White Ale
Witbier
5.0%
Holgate Double Trouble
Belgian Dubbel
8.0%
Holgate Road Trip IPA
American IPA (India Pale Ale)
5.5%
Holgate Ladyboy
Black & Tan
approx 6.2%
Holgate Nut Brown Ale
Northern English Brown Ale
6.3%
Holgate Brick Kiln Wheat Beer
Dunkel weizen
5%
Holgate Brewhouse Mt Macedon Ale – SUPERSEDED
Pale Ale
4.5%
Holgate Brewhouse ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
Extra Special Bitter
5%
Pilsner – RETIRED
German Pilsner
4.5%
Holgate Pilsner
German Pilsner
5.1%
Holgate Road Trip IPA (2011 on)
US Style IPA
5.5%
Holgate Brewhouse Hopinator (RETIRED)
Double IPA
7.5%