Akasha Taproom & Brewery

Brewer

Name
Akasha Taproom & Brewery
Address

10-12 Spencer Street
Five Dock
NSW 2046

Phone
(02) 9715 7156
Open Hours

Wed & Thurs: 4pm to 8pm
Fridays: 2pm to 8pm
Saturdays: midday to 8pm
Sundays: midday to 7pm

Regular events

Food trucks Fri to Sun
Super Chill Saturdays: Rudderless Records set lists + takeaway case specials + discounted jugs

Tours

By appointment

The rise of the Akasha Brewing Company was swift. It was only in April 2015 that Dave Padden hitched his wagon to Sydney’s growing caravan of gypsy brewers and launched the first Akasha beer into the market. But being at the mercy of someone else’s brewing schedule was never a long term plan – or even a medium term one for that matter – and by October he was standing atop a sparking new brewhouse, about to release the first beers from Akasha’s home in Five Dock. In an industry where it’s not uncommon for a brewery to take several years to set up, going from homeless to fully functioning in less than one is quite a feat.

The warehouse in which they chose to build their new home was an empty shell, devoid of electricity, water and gas. What sounds like an inconvenience turned out to be the blank canvas they needed, letting them lay out the brewery exactly as desired. In went a brewhouse that’s relatively small but efficient, allowing them to do multiple brews to meet demand while offering the flexibility to do smaller specialty batches.

It also had a space that screamed out to be a tasting room, with floor to ceiling windows that give a view directly out onto the action in the brewhouse; the stainless steel tanks are so close you can sit there and watch yourself having a good time. And once you start trying a few Akasha beers you'll certainly be having a good time.

Dave is a hop lover at heart and almost all Akasha beers centre around them – usually American varieties, in high doses. But that doesn't necessarily make their beers aggressive. In fact, accessibility is a feature. That in no way means their beers have been dialled down to the equivalent of easy-listening, rather they’ve kept the volume up nice and loud but fiddled with the tone and balance to seek a slightly broader appeal.

Midway through 2020 – a little over five years from that first brew – Akasha rebranded to show how the mighty hop watches over everything the brewery does. The new look, featuring an Illuminati-inspired eye, aims to reflect the almost spiritual component of drinking fantastic beer, while also capturing the brewery’s desire to open up the doorway of better beer and let others inside.

The rebrand saw the team also launch Akasha Projects, a dedicated space for limited releases but, beyond that, the occasion was as much a pause for reflection over a revolution. That reflection is on where the brewery’s always focused on brewing hop forward beers with a focus on quality and consistency and being genuine sticklers for that old marketing phrase about not compromising on quality.

It's years of working with that attitude which has made Dave and his team so respected and their beers so loved in Sydney. That's what's enabled the brewery to grow its capacity several times over and allow them to send their beer farther and wider across the country.

For all the complexity in the beer world there's a lot to be said for simply having great beer made by great people.

Nick Oscilowski

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Core Range

Akasha Super Chill Lager
Lager
4.2%
Akasha Super Chill Pacific Ale
Hazy Pale Ale
4.2%
Akasha Canada Bay XPA
XPA
4.2%
Akasha Mosaic IPA
Single Hop IPA
7.2%
Akasha Hopsmith IPA
West Coast IPA
7.2%
Akasha Freshwater Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
5.2%

Limited Releases

Akasha Projects Tropicália Catharina Sour
Catharina Sour
4.9%
Akasha Project: Mudgee Grape Strong Ale
Beer-Wine Hybrid Strong Ale
8.0%
Akasha Projects: Dark Side Schwarzbier
NZ Hopped Schwarzbier
5.0%
Reckless X Akasha Helen Red XPA
Red XPA
4.2%
Akasha Project Hopic Thunder
West Coast Pale
5.0%
Akasha Barrel Aged Belgian Quadruple & Triple Amber Ale
Barrel Aged Belgian Quad & Imperial Amber Ale
Both 10.5%
Akasha Project The Chronic West Coast IIPA
West Coast IIPA
8.0%
Akasha & Reckless NAS XPA
XPA
4.2%
Akasha Project Electric Boots & Mohair Suits
Oat Cream IPA
7.0%
Akasha Project Mandatory Czech In
Czech Pilsner
5.0%
Akasha Project Lime Zest Gose
Lime Gose
4.5%
Akasha Project Juice Factory IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Akasha Projects Summer Slice IPA
Watermelon IPA
6.0%
Akasha Projects Dream Juice
NZ Hazy IPA
6.2%
Akasha Project Third Eye IIIPA
Triple IPA
9.8%
Akasha Projects DDH IPA
DDH IPA
6.5%
Akasha Project Grand Tour
West Coast IPA
7.2%
Akasha Project Little Korben
West Coast IPA
6.0%
Akasha Project Romeo & Juliet DIPA
Double IPA
8.0%
Akasha Project Triple Hazy & Wooden Leg IIIPA
Hazy IIIPA & IIIPA
10.0% & 10.5%
Akasha Projects Azacca IPA
Single Hop IPA
6.8%
Akasha & Reckless Frida XPA
XPA
4.2%
Akasha Project Talus IPA
Single Hop IPA
6.2%
Akasha Project Blood Orange Gose
Gose
4.5%
Akasha Project The Shape Of Hops To Come Hazy IPA
IPA
6.5%
Akasha Project Endless Haze
Hazy Pale Ale
4.2%
Akasha Project Cloud 9 Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
6.2%
Akasha Projects Eclipse IPA
West Coast IPA
6.8%
Akasha Projects Double Queen Red IPA
Double Red IPA
8.0%
Akasha Projects The Eagle IIIIPA
Quadruple IPA
12.0%
Akasha Projects Double Hazy Mosaic IPA
Hazy Double IPA
8.0%
Akasha Little Smith IPA - RETIRED
Session IPA
3.5%
Newstead & Akasha Vampyre Lovers Red IPA
Red IPA
8.0%
Akasha All Australian IPA
Australian IPA
6.8%
Hop Nation & Akasha East/West IPAs
IPAs
6.2% & 6.8%
Akasha Blacksmith Black IPA
Black IPA
6.8%
Akasha Canada Bay Ale
Australian Pale Ale
4.2%
Akasha Toucan Tropical IPA
Tropical IPA
6.8%
Akasha Lupulin Fog
NEIPA
8.5%
Akasha The Mountain & Sequoia
Strong Pale Ale & American Stout
6.2% & 6.0%
Akasha Red Kelly Red IPA
Red IPA
7.0%
Akasha Black IPA
Black IPA
7.0%
Akasha American Stout
American Stout
6.0%
Akasha Wooden Leg IIIPA
Triple IPA
10.3%
Akasha Brewing Single Hop Series: Centennial
Single Hop IPA
7.2%
Akasha The Angry @$#% XPA
XPA
6.6%
Akasha Fire Within (Retired)
Amber Ale
5.8%
Akasha Tradewind Lager (Retired)
New World Lager
4.4%
Akasha Korben D IIPA
Double IPA
8.5%