Feral Brewing

Brewer

Name
Feral Brewing
Address

PO Box 3265 Bassendean
WA 6942

Open Hours

Brewpub now closed

It was on separate trips along the West Coast of the US that schoolmates Al Carragher and Brendan Varis hatched their plan for a brewery on the West Coast of Australia. It took a number of years for the plan to come together, during which Brendan project managed brewery installations and start-ups across Australia while Al worked in beer sales and identified the future site, but since opening its doors in Swan Valley in October 2002, Feral has gained a reputation for its beers that places it at the very pinnacle of the Australian brewing industry.

With Al long since in Melbourne running the Great Northern Hotel – the pub to first feature Feral on tap in the East – Brendan, his head brewer Will Irving and their growing team set about taking Aussie-brewed beer to new places, letting their imaginations run wild.

They enjoyed years of continued awards success, including Champion Exhibitor at the Australian International Beer Awards in 2009, when the brewery also picked up top gongs for its Hop Hog, Razorback barleywine and Feral White, a Belgian witbier that was the brewery's first release. Or 2012, when Feral was named AIBA Champion Large Australian Brewery, or 2015 when its sour Berliner Weisse style beer Watermelon Warhead was named Champion Australian Craft Beer. And so on...

In June 2012, Feral moved to a 5,000 litre setup established with another WA brewery, Nail, leaving the original brewery to be used for small batch brews. Then, in late 2016, they moved a few hundred metres down the road to a larger facility that allowed them to increase production to six million litres a year – and saw them add a canning line too.

Arguably, the biggest change occurred when the brewery was bought by Coca-Cola Amatil in October 2017. With Brendan departing in the years that followed, and Will moving onto fresh adventures too, the brewery continued putting out eye-catching and popular beers, not least the Biggie Juice series of hazy East Coast IPAs.

That said, there will be many who argue October 3, 2021, counts as an even more significant moment than the takeover by CCA. It marked the closure of Feral's Swan Valley brewpub and spiritual home. However, in a fitting next chapter, it was taken over by Al and now operates as the Baskerville Tavern, with the old Feral brewkit now producing Slumdog Brewing's beers.

And talking of new chapters, Feral is now back in independent hands. In the first half of 2024, Beerfarm and Nail Brewing acquired the brewery's equipment, brand and beers between them, welcome news for local beer lovers at a tough time for the industry.

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Core Range

Feral Brewing Cryo XPA
XPA
4.8%
Feral Brewing Runt (2021)
Mid-Strength Pale Ale
3.5%
Feral Brewing Draught
Session Ale
4.2%
Feral Brewing Biggie Juice (Cans)
Hazy IPA
6.0%
Feral Brewing War Hog
West Coast IPA
8.0%
Feral Brewing Karma Citra
India Black Ale
5.8%
Feral's Runt
American Pale Ale
4.7%
Feral White
Belgian witbier
4.6%
Feral Hop Hog
American Pale Ale
5.8%
Feral Funky Junkie
Australian Sour
4.7%
Feral Dark Funk 2.0
Dark Sour
5.3%
Feral Smoked Porter
Smoked Porter
4.7%
Feral Sly Fox
Summer Ale
4.7%

Limited Releases

Feral Brewing Chilling In The Name Of
Cold IPA
6.5%
Feral Brewing Boris 2024
Russian Imperial Stout
9.1%
Feral Brewing Wingardium Luminosa
IPA
6.5%
Feral Brewing Golden State Imperial IPA
Imperial IPA
9.0%
Feral Brewing Tusk IIPA 2023
Imperial IPA
10.0%
Feral Brewing Nectar Of The Old Gods
Oat Cream IPA
7.0%
Feral Brewing Imperial Hop Hog
Imperial Pale Ale
7.5%
Feral x Nail Nailraiser VJA
Juicy IPA
7.5%
Feral Brewing Tropical Disco Sour
Tropical Sour
4.2%
Feral Brewing Tusk 2021
Imperial IPA
10.8%
Feral Brewing Dark Matter 2021
Dessert Porter
6.0%
Feral Brewing Shooter's Juicy IPA
Juicy IPA
7.0%
Feral Brewing West Coast IIPA
West Coast IIPA
9.0%
Feral Brewing Dirty Biggie
Oaked East Coast IPA
6.0%
Feral Brewing Boris 2020
Russian Imperial Stout
9.1%
Feral Brewing BFH (Barrel Fermented Hog) 2020
Oak Fermented Pale Ale
5.8%
Feral Brewing Tusk IIPA 2019 Edition
Imperial IPA
10.9%
Feral Brewing Imperial Biggie Juice
Imperial East Coast IPA
8.0%
Feral Brewing King Brown 2019
Cognac Barrel-Aged Brown Ale
6.8%
Feral Brewing Tusk IIPA (Spring 2018 Release)
Imperial IPA
13.5%
Feral Brewing Dank Blanc Brut IPA
Brut IPA
6.5%
Feral Brewing Shooter McGavin's Breakfast IPA
Breakfast NEIPA
7.1%
Feral Brewing & The Queens Malt Fiction
Vanilla Milkshake Pale Ale
5.0%
Feral Brewing & RTR FM The Pines
Australian Pale Ale with Quandong
4.8%
Feral Brewing Brewpub Series: I Am Froot
Fruit IPA
6.9%
Feral Tusk – Autumn 2018
IIPA
10.6%
Feral Brewing, The Bird & Peche Prickle Rick Pale Ale
Prickly Pear Pale Ale
5.4%
Feral Brewing & Abbe May Bitch Craft
Citrus Summer Ale
6.0%
Feral Brewing Biggie Juice East Coast IPA
East Coast IPA
6.0%
Feral & Old Faithful Walrus Tears
Lemon & Rosemary Gose
5.3%
Feral & Caboose Mango Ganguly
Mango Lassi IPA
6.5%
Feral Brewing F-15 Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Brown Ale
Bourbon Barrel Aged Anniversary Ale
9.0%
Feral Brewing Finn Diesel
American IPA
6.6%
Feral Brewing Ace of Base
Imperial India Saison
8.3%
Feral Knuckles & Milky Johnson & Houblon Voyage & Jackal
Various
5.2% / 5.2% / 6.0% / 3.0%
Feral Brewpub Series Hopfen Fahrt (bottles & kegs)
German IPA
6.5%
Feral Karma Chameleon
Imperial India Black Ale
10.0%
Feral / CUB / 2 Brothers Land of Plenty
Unfiltered Lager
6.0%
Feral Brewpub Series: Kelis
Saison
6.5%
Feral Brewpub Series: Barrique O'Karma
Oaked India Black Ale
6.5%
Feral Beral
Extra Sweet Cider
5.0%
Feral Brewing Nan's Driving
Amber Ale
3.2%
Feral Brewing Hopfen Fahrt
German IPA
6.4%
Feral Brewing Watermelon Warhead
Berliner-Weisse
2.9%
Feral Brewpub Series: Boris
Russian Imperial Stout
9.1%
Feral Tusk
Imperial IPA
9.8%
Feral Brewpub Series: Raging Flem
Belgian IPA
7.4%
Feral White Hog
Belgian White IPA?
5.8%
Feral Watermelon Warhead
Berliner Weisse
2.9%
Feral King Brown
Barrel-Aged Imperial Brown
Feral Boris (2011)
Russian Imperial Stout
11.5%
Feral Golden Ace
Belgian Golden Ale
5.6%
BFH (Barrel Fermented Hop Hog)
Barrel Fermented IPA
5.8%