Red Duck Brewery

Brewer

Name
Red Duck Brewery
Address

11a Michaels Drive
Alfredton
VIC 3350

Phone
(03) 5332 0723
Open Hours

All week: midday to 5pm

In 2005, Red Duck Brewery launched as one of the brave few fighting the craft beer cause in Victoria's west. Initially founded in a converted dairy in the grounds of Purrumbete Homestead and operating a Providore in nearby Camperdown, brewer Scott Wilson-Browne soon made a name as one of Australia's most adventurous brewers.

Opened by Scott and his wife Vanessa after they left Melbourne for a change of pace, and named after the Shelducks that inhabit Lake Purrumbete close to the original brewery, Red Duck was for a while the only brewery between Geelong and Adelaide. Using a self-designed system that has been steadily expanded, the focus outside the core range has always been on small batch brewing.

Based in Ballarat since 2011, Red Duck continues to push boundaries, whether working with barrels, producing hop free ales inspired by ancient styles or collaborating with international brewers and using unusual ingredients. A pioneer of many unusual or rare styles and techniques that are now being attempted by a growing number of Australian brewers, the brewery has also become increasingly synonymous with its hometown, selling much of its beer, particularly core range beers such as its Pale and Amber, within a few kilometres of the brewery.

Originally brewing into tanks named after characters in Kath and Kim but now bearing those of the world's leading footballers, Scott and his brewers frequently bring a no-holds-barred approach to brewing and their obscure releases include the likes of Egyptian-inspired sours and Medieval gruits and braggots.

You can call into the cellar door in Ballarat to check out their current brewing setup, enjoy a selection of their beers on tap or pick up some from home and have a chat to the brewing team and discover just what experiments they've got bubbling away.

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Core Range

Red Duck Shadow Of The Storm Robust Porter
London Porter
5.8%
Red Duck Easy Tiger Amber Ale
Amber Ale
4.9%
Red Duck Altitude 435 Pale Ale
Australian Pale Ale
4.5%
Red Duck 1851 Golden Ale
Golden Ale
4.7%
Red Duck Super Normal Lager
Lager
4.4%
Red Duck Ballarat Draught
Session Beer
5.2%
Red Duck Is This Just Fantasy?
Hazy Pale Ale
5.4%
Red Duck My Highland Oatee-Oatee-Oatee-Oatee
Oatmeal Stout
5.4%

Limited Releases

Red Duck Walking On Sunshine & Miss Scarlet
Fruit Sours
5.0% & 5.8%
Red Duck Smokey & The Bear
Smoked Chocolate Stout
7.6%
Red Duck Barrel-Aged Golden Dragon
Barrel-Aged Strong Red Ale
7.8%
Red Duck & B.O.B. Better The Devil
Spiced Red Ale
4.6%
Red Duck Guavas Of The Galaxy
Guava Sour
5.3%
Red Duck Miss Margaux
Raspberry and Blood Plum Kettle Sour
4.8%
Red Duck Ra (2021)
Wild-Fermented Barrel-Aged Sour
7.3%
Red Duck Lazy Sunday, Flight Of The Wolf & Cinnamon Rye Pumpkin Ale
Saison & Double IPL & Spiced Belgian Quad
6.3% & 7.8% & 9.8%
Red Duck Super Normal Lager & Passionfruit Kettle Sour Saison & Ulysses
Various styles
Red Duck Vincent Van Gose & Sunday Saison & Cherry Tart
Gose & Saison & Cherry Sour
4.3% & 4.4% & 4.2%
Red Duck XPA & Orange Mosaic
XPAs
4.2% & 4.4%
Red Duck Make Like A Gooseberry & Low Tide
Berliner Weisse & White Ale
3.7% & 4.6%
Red Duck Golden Dragon & Tiger Shark & Brasil
Various styles
Red Duck Mr Tom / Lemon, Lime & Bitters / Great White
Various
Red Duck Duckshund's Munich Lager & Duck Punt Saison
Lager & Saison
Red Duck City of Umber & Ulysses
Brown Ale & Dry Irish Stout
Various
Red Duck Bandicoot & Hammerhead
Light Pale Ale & IPA
2.7% & 6.8%
Red Duck Lord Burton's Breakfast
ESB with Tea
6.4%
Red Duck Double Dragon & Binabadladdie
Double IPA & Scotch Export Ale
8.2% & 4.5%
Red Duck La Foret & Dr F
Biere de Garde & Imperial Stout
6.0% & 10.1%
Red Duck Wolf / Cactus / Bizarre Love Triangle
Various
Various
Red Duck Wild Hunt & Supanova 2
Belgian Red Ale / IPA
8.1% & 7.5%
Red Duck Aztec Lambic Saison & Buck Saison
Saison variations
7.3% & 5.7%
Red Duck Forsaken & Igor
Rice Ale & Imperial Porter
Various
Red Duck Baby Bear / Forest Gnaume / Transmission
Various
Various
Red Duck Groak / Ginger Frog / Sour Chips
Barrel-Aged Beers
6.3% / 7.2% / 7.2%
Red Duck Supa Nova / Saison / Saison Bee
IPA & Saisons
7.5% / 6.2% / 5.2%
Red Duck Wood Gnaume & Bobcat
Oak-Aged Lambic & IPA
6.2% / 7.5%
Red Duck Half Wit & Geist
Belgian Wit and Gose / Berliner Weisse
3.4% & 3.2%
Red Duck Sabre Tooth & Orange Mosaic
Imperial IPA & Belgian Wit
9.0% & 4.5%
Red Duck Gruitest
Golden Gruit
6.3%
Red Duck Licky
Spiced Dark Lager
5.8%
Red Duck Wooly Nelson
Pale Ale
4.6%
Red Duck Jupiter
Barrel-aged Porter
6.8%
Red Duck The Grizzly
Belgian Braggot
12.2%
Red Duck Shy Blond
Spiced Belgian Blonde
7.1%
Red Duck Dude, Where's My Cherry?
Fruit Wheat Beer
4.1%
Red Duck Topaz
Strong Pale Ale
5.2%
Red Duck The Tiger
Strong Pale Ale
6.7%
Red Duck Sexy Thing
Hot Chocolate Ale
6.7%
Red Duck Bell Hop
American Porter
5.8%
Red Duck / Kissmeyer Rebellion
Strong Pale Ale
7.0%
Red Duck Gnaume
Belgian Lambic Golden Ale
6.2%
Red Duck Bumble Bee
Honey Amber Ale
5.7%
Red Duck Smells Like A Pony
Braggot
13.7%
Red Duck Gruiter
Gruit Stout
6.8%
Red Duck Long Shot
Chocolate Coffee Porter
6.0%
Red Duck Ra #2
Imperial Egyptian Bread Beer
11.3%
Red Duck The Ox 2012
Imperial Stout
9.4%
Red Duck Ragnarok
Belgian Quad
10.6%
Red Duck Hop Bach
Imperial IPA
9.8%
Red Duck Golden Dragon
Strong Celtic Ale
7.8%
Red Duck Belgian Vanilla Porter
Specialty Porter
6.5%
Red Duck Canute the Gruit
Gruit Stout
4.4%
Red Duck Queen Bee
Honey Porter
6.6%
Red Duck The Ox (2011)
Imperial Stout
9.4%
Red Duck White Garden
Fruit-infused hybrid
4.1%
Red Duck Red Admiral
Celtic Red Ale
6.2%
Red Duck Burton
English Pale Ale
5.4%
Red Duck Black Heart
Belgian Blond
Red Duck Loch Ness
Barrel-aged Scotch Ale
6.7%
Red Duck Ugly Duckling
Braggot
14.3%
Red Duck The Ox 2010
Imperial Stout
9.4%
Red Duck Overland (RETIRED)
Bright Ale
4.5%
Red Duck Bengal IPA
English IPA
7.0%
Red Duck Pale Rider (RETIRED)
US Pale Ale
5.6%
Red Duck Hoppy Amber (RETIRED)
Amber Ale
5.6%