Feral Brewing Company

FERAL Brewery Company has tamed the opposition, or the judges at least, to win several prestigious awards at the recent Australian International Beer Awards.

Grassroots support has been vital in securing Western Australia’s reputation as the nation’s home of hand-crafted boutique beers.

The Swan Valley's Feral Brewing has been judged to have produced Australia's best beer in 2011, while Fremantle's Sail and Anchor Hotel also took out two top gongs at this year's Beer & Brewer Awards.

The Swan Valley’s Feral Brewing has been named Australia’s best brewery, beating out a competitive field of international and Australian beer makers.Feral scooped the pool at last night’s Australian International Beer Awards, winning the top prize of Champion Large Brewery for 2012.

Feral Brewery has opened a new brewhouse in Bassendean which will allow it to increase its yearly brewing capacity to 2.5 million litres, grow its range of handcrafted beers and increase its foothold in the eastern states.

The future looks bright for Western Australian beer – despite the impending closure of the Swan Brewery – with the state's craft brewers taking home a swag of awards at the Beer and Brewer Magazine's annual awards ceremony, including best Australian beer.

Feral Brewing Company’s Hop Hog India pale ale has been rated as Australia’s best beer in a soon-to-be released guide to the nation’s top brews, adding to a long list of accolades for head brewer Brendan Varis.

The Swan Valley's Feral Brewing has cemented its status as one of the nation's top breweries, with its Hop Hog India Pale Ale winning best beer for the third consecutive year at Beer & Brewer magazine's annual awards.

Craft brewers are maintaining WA’s reputation as the premier beer-making state in Australia, but the challenges they face are as diverse as the breweries themselves.

For the past nine years, City of Swan Mayor Charlie Zannino has made an annual trip to Canberra, usually with his deputy and a couple of staff in tow.

Western Australian brewers continue to impress on the national stage, with Feral Brewing Company and The Monk Brewery and Kitchen winning major prizes at the 2015 Craft Beer Awards.

Feral Brewing Company has been knocked off the top spot of a poll of Australia’s 100 best craft beers for the first time in five years, with the Swan Valley-based brewery’s Hop Hog named by punters as the second best brew in the nation.

A Western Australian brewery has produced the top beer in the country for the second time in three years, with Gage Roads Brewing Company taking home the top prize at the Australian International Beer Awards overnight.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA brewers are finding that it’s better for the industry if they work together.

SPECIAL REPORT: There’s a definite case of old school meets new school going on in the boutique brewing set, with aluminium cans increasingly the container of choice among the craft beer crowd.

SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australian breweries’ continued success is building on a rich brewing pedigree.

Swan Valley-based boutique beermaker Feral Brewing Company has created a new beer for sale exclusively in Western Australia.

Swan Valley-based Feral Brewing Company has been sold to the business that bottles and distributes Coca-Cola in the Asia-Pacific region for an undisclosed sum.

Scale and authenticity were two factors attracting Coca-Cola Amatil to Feral Brewing, which now plans for a more rapid execution of its vision with the newfound support.