Moon Dog

Brewer

Name
Moon Dog
Address

17 Duke Street
Abbotsford
VIC 3067

Open Hours

Brewery bar open
Tues to Fri: 4pm to 11pm
Saturday: Midday to 11pm
Sunday: Midday to 8pm

Tours

Upon request

Back when Moon Dog first appeared on the Australian beer scene, we were moved to open this description with the iconic words of Monty Python: "And now for something completely different."

It's testament to the evolution of the beer world – and the impact Moon Dog have had upon it locally – that their approach isn't quite as "completely different" these days. In the years since they took up residence in the Abbotsford warehouse in the shadow of CUB's main site, more brewing companies have launched with a similar approach to creating beers, or put out limited releases that share common ground with the more outré ideas with which Moon Dog's founders first gained notoriety.

Travel back to their earliest days and you'll find the likes of a Cognac barrel-aged double IPA, an imperial gingerbread stout and a whopping pale ale that counted rose and chrysanthemum water among its ingredients. They came bearing names such as the The Artisan Poser, Perverse Sexual Amalgam and the George Freeth Memorial Brown Ale - and featuring suitably outlandish packaging - and were produced on a brewery put together from parts that include those used for seaweed-based cosmetics and an open fermentation tank from the former Wagga Wagga brewery that hadn't been operational in around 80 years.

They were unlike pretty much anything else seen in the local beer world to that point. But the trio made up of two violin-playing brothers and their mate could see where things were headed.

Just as the Australian beer landscape has evolved and grown since then, so has the business launched by Josh and Jake Uljans and Karl van Buuren. In the case of Moon Dog, the penchant for often daft experimentation has continued, usually in small batches using the original brewhouse and its much-expanded collection of fermenters, but the operation has grown well beyond that. There's a core range of sensible beers – Old Mate pale ale, Mack Daddy dark ale, Beer Can, Lager – driving volume sales and a large team working across Australia and exploring overseas markets.

In May 2014, they opened their brewery bar, shortly after taking over an adjacent warehouse where they could install a bottling line, storage and table tennis table (accessed through a bookshelf). That has since become an extension of the venue and is regular hired out for functions, with a much bigger production facility built down the street (and a separate space filling with barrels across the road).

That expansion has merely proved to be an appetiser. Late in 2019, they opened the doors to what promised to be the most outrageous brewery venue in Australia: Moon Dog World. They took over the former Nylex production plant in Preston, a truly vast space, where the venue features a waterfall, lagoon, tiki bar, fountain, retractable roof, 100 hectolitre brewery and rather more.

Even after all this time, it looks like Monty Python's words will be just as appropriate as they were in the early days. And there are plans for more Moon Dog Worlds to come too.

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Core Range

Moon Dog Ginger Beer
Ginger Beer
4.0%
Moon Dog Rosé Sour Power
Sour Ale
4.0%
Moon Dog Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Moon Dog Goin' Steady & Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Mid-Strength XPA & Ginger Beer
3.5% & 4.0%
Moon Dog Fizzer: Piney Limey, Tropical Punch, Coco Mango & Strawbs & Cream
Hard Seltzers
All 4.0%
Moon Dog Lagoona Matata
Hoppy Sour
4.2%
Moon Dog Lager
Lager
Moon Dog Beer Can
Fruity Lager
4.2%
Moon Dog Mack Daddy
Dark Ale
5.0%
Moon Dog Old Mate
American Pale Ale
4.5.%

Limited Releases

The 2022 Indies Champs Best In Show Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
7.0%
Moon Dog Almighty Cannolo & Keep It Strange, Santo
Cannoli Pastry Sour & Juicy Pale Ale
7.5%
Moon Dog Orange zZap! & 6 Months On A Leaky Oak
Orange Sherbet Ale & Barrel-Aged Strong Belgian
5.8% & 8.4%
Moon Dog The Artist FKA Black Lung XII
Barrel-Aged Smokey Stout
13.0%
Moon Dog Dip-Hop-Opotamus Cold IPA
Single Hop Cold IPA
6.5%
Moon Dog Rescue All-Stars, Kiwi-Hopped XPA & Crème de la crème de la crème brûlée
Juicy Pale & XPA & Dessert Imperial Stout
5.0% & 5.0% & 13.6%
Moon Dog & Lervig Mooseroo
Kveik Hazy IPA
7.5%
Moon Dog Stacks On, Mosaicy Breaky Heart & Timothy Tamothy Slamothy
Imperial Fruit Cream Sour, Single Hop IPA & Sweet Stout
7.5% & 7.0% & 6.5%
Moon Dog Bjorn To Boogie & Stop, Hammock Time!
Watermelon Wheat & Hazy XPA
5.3% & 4.5%
Moon Dog Sharon Stone Fruit Sour Ale
Fruit Sour Ale
4.5%
Moon Dog Fresh Quince Of Bel-Air & Lemon Haze
Philly Sour ft Quince & Lemon XPA
6.0% & 5.0%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2013 / 2021
Cognac Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Truffles
15.6%
Moon Dog Magic EyePA II & Yuzu Greatest Hits
West Coast IPA & Rice Lager with Yuzu
7.0% & 5.0%
Moon Dog Black Lung XI
Barrel-Aged Smokey Stout
12.0%
Moon Dog Piney Minogue & Splice of Heaven Mango
Pineapple Sour Ale & Ice Cream IPA
4.5% & 6.2%
Moon Dog The Baron of Barrels
Barrel-Aged Golden Stronmng Ale
11.3%
Moon Dog Conga Lines
Imperial Sour Ale
7.5%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2021
Cherry, Chocolate & Coconut Rum Barrel Aged & Amphora Conditioned Imperial Stout
12.6%
Moon Dog In The Crumble: Blackberry Edition
Dessert Sour
5.8%
Moon Dog Magic EyePA
West Coast IPA
7.0%
Moon Dog Bless The Haze
Oat Cream IPA
7.2%
Moon Dog Bánh Mì, Bánh Mì, Tell Me You Love Me
Cucumber, Chilli & Coriander Gose
4.2%
Moon Dog Breaker Of Chains & Watcher On The Wall
Chilli & Vanilla Imperial Stout & White Chocolate Imperial White Ale
7.7% & 9.0%
Moon Dog The Duke Of Chifley
Barrel-Aged Barleywine
12.2%
Moon Dog Black Lung X
Whisky Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
12.0%
Moon Dog Drew Berrymore
Sour Berry Ale
4.5%
Moon Dog & Run The Jewels No Save Point IPA
Hazy IPA
6.5%
Moon Dog Groundhog Haze
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Moon Dog & To Øl Dream Cake
Imperial Cake Beers
8.8%
Moon Dog Pat Pash
Passionfruit Sour Ale
4.5%
Moon Dog Jimmy & Lawson's IPA
DDH NEIPA
7.2%
Moon Dog Ogden Nash's Pash Rash (2020)
Raspberry Imperial Stout
8.2%
Moon Dog In The Crumble, The Mighty Crumble: Apple Edition
Dessert Sour
5.8%
Moon Dog Sir Plum McCartney
Plum Sour
4.5%
Moon Dog Ember's IPA
Red IPA
7.0%
Moon Dog The Pav Is Ours

Moon Dog In The Crumble, The Might Crumble: Berry Edition
Fruit Pastry Sour
5.8%
Moon Dog The Future Is Bright IPA
IPA
6.6%
Moon Dog Jean-Strawb Van Damme Sour Ale
Fruit Cream Sour
4.5%
Moon Dog Leon's IPA
NEIPA
6.4%
Moon Dog It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Beer
Sticky Date Quad
9.3%
Moon Dog Magnificent Mullets: David Boysenbowie (330ml)
Fruit Sour
4.5%
Moon Dog Tiger's IPA
NZ IPA
6.0%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2019
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
12.2%
Moon Dog Barrel-Normal Activity
Porter
6.3%
Moon Dog How Now Brown Cacao?
Nitro Cream Ale with Cacao
6.0%
Moon Dog Black Lung IX
Barrel-Aged Smoky Stout
9.1%
Moon Dog In The Crumble The Mighty Crumble & Olida Bit Of Haze, Eh?
Various
5.8% & 6.5%
Moon Dog Jacket's & Vinnie's IPAs
Kveik IPAs
6.5%
Moon Dog Cake Hole (Cans)
Black Forest Stout
6.5%
Moon Dog Captain Raisin Beard
Rum Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
12.9%
Moon Dog Magnificent Mullets: David Boysenbowie & Cherry Seinfeld
Fruit Sours
4.5%
Moon Dog Brewing Timothy Tamothy Slam-othy
Chocolate Milk Stout
5.6%
Moon Dog Edie's IPA
IPA
5.8%
Moon Dog Thunder Lips Yuzu Red IPA 2019
Red IPA
6.0%
Moon Dog The Magnificent Mullets 2019
Fruit Sours
4.5%
Moon Dog Raspberry Splice Of Heaven
Raspberry Ice Cream Beer
5.5%
Moon Dog & Patient Wolf Two Wolf Moon
Sloe Gin Cocktail Ale
8.5%
Moon Dog Cherry Pie À La Mode
Barrel Aged Wild Cherry Red Ale
7.0%
Moon Dog Skunkworks Cognac Barrel Aged IPA & Splice Of Heaven 2018
IPA variants
9.1% & 6.5%
Moon Dog Black Lung VIII & Big Truffle In Little Porter
Smoky Stout & Truffle Porter
8.1% & 9.6%
Moon Dog Thunder Lips Yuzu Red IPA
Yuzu Red IPA
6.3%
Moon Dog Sun Cat IPA
IPA
6.5%
Moon Dog Son Of A Plum
Fruit Sour
4.5%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2017
Freeze Concentrated "Ayyy!"PA
14.4%
Moon Dog Curtly Ambrosia
Imperial Chilli Pale Ale?
9.4%
Moon Dog Cake Hole
Black Forest Stout
6.5%
Moon Dog Black Lung VII
Barrel Aged Smokey Stout
8.2%
Moon Dog Dunbar's Dream
Passionfruit & Coffee Porter
9.2%
Moon Dog Del Polka Vista & Phine Mess
Berry Wild Ale & IIPA
6.8% & 10.2%
Moon Dog Black Lung VI
Barrel-Aged Stout
9.0%
Moon Dog Bosco's Grapefruit & Cucumber IPA
Fruit IPA
6.7%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2015
Barrel Aged Rye Imperial Stout
18.4%
Moon Dog Love Tap – RETIRED
Lager
5.0%
Moon Dog Holdin' Hay Time & Splice of Heaven
Ice Cream Beer
6.5%
Moon Dog Black Lung V
Smoky Imperial Stout
8.8%
Moon Dog & Beer DeLuxe Splice of Heaven
Milk Fruit IPA
6.9%
Moon Dog Ogden Nash's Pash Rash
Fruit Imperial Stout
8.8%
Abbey Collaby V: Wet Hopped DIPA
Double IPA
10.3%
Moon Dog Coughlin's Diet: Old Fashioned
Cocktail Beer
7.6%
Moon Dog Breakfast of Champions
Bloody Mary Red Ale
7.6%
Moon Dog Bad Boy Bubbly
Barley Champagne
13.1%
Moon Dog & Rogue The Beard Down Under
Barrel-Aged Barleywine
9.0%
Moon Dog Marmajuke
Marmalade Double IPA
8.4%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2014
Barrel Aged Spiced Imperial Red Ale
14.1%
Moon Dog Black Lung IV
Smoked Stout
9.1%
Moon Dog Cold Drip War
Coffee & Chicory Porter
6.4%
Moon Dog Bjorn To Boogie
Watermelon Weizen
5.3%
Moon Dog Jumping The Shark 2013
Barrel-Aged Truffled Imperial Stout
15.4%
Moon Dog Mummy Have A Bite
Barrel-Aged Amber Ale
8.2%
Moon Dog Bock Naked
Chipotle'd Bock
7.7%
Moon Dog Black Lung III
Barrel-Aged Stout
8.7%
Moon Dog / Kissmeyer Nordic Saddle Buffer
Barleywine
14.6%
Moon Dog Lando Kardashian
Belgian Tripel
11.5%
Moon Dog Mr Mistoffelees
Wild Ale with Fruit
6.2%
Moon Dog Great American Challenge
Barrel-Aged Trappist Ale
8.9%
Moon Dog Dasher's Envy
Christmas Ale
8.1%
Moon Dog Artisan Pouseuré
Spiced Pumpkin Ale
7.5%
Moon Dog Love Tap – Retired
Strong hoppy lager
7.1%
Moon Dog Mustafa's Dancing Helmet
Fruit IIPA
9.2%
Moon Dog Wet Nurse Tonic
Milk Stout
7.3%
Moon Dog / Yeastie Boys 7Ps
Peated Fruit IPA
9.0%
Moon Dog Black Lung II
Smokey Stout
8.9%
Moon Dog / Beer Here Freaks and Geeks
Dark Farmhouse Ale
7.6%
Moon Dog Billy Ray Citrus
Fruit Witbier
5.6%
Moon Dog McGuava
Fruit Witbier
5.6%
Moon Dog Melon Gibson
Fruit Beer
5.6%
Moon Dog Symbiotic Solipsism
Coffee & Raspberry Amber
7.9%
Moon Dog Gingerbread Brown
Spiced Brown Ale
7.5%
Moon Dog Black Lung
Barrel-Aged Smoked Stout
7.7%
Moon Dog Perverse Sexual Amalgam (bottles)
Wild Ale
6.9%
Moon Dog Henry Ford's Girthsome Fjord
Belgian India Brown Ale
8.9%
Moon Dog Pumpkin Porter
Pumpkin Porter
7.0%
Moon Dog Perverse Sexual Amalgam
Barrel-aged Wild Ale
Moon Dog Skunkworks Double IPA
BarrelAged Double IPA
9.1%
Moon Dog Love Tap II – Retired
Double Lager
5.9%
Moon Dog Jukebox Hero IPA – Retired
IPA
7.0%