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Hops to Home & Burnley Brewing collab article October 2021

October 01, 2021

Burnley Brewing x Hops to Home collab - Dankest IPA 8.0%

Fifteen-year-old Australian’s aren’t legally allowed to drink alcoholic beverages – beer, in this case, however in what has become a life changing serenity, a young Michael Stanzel was able to buy home brew equipment. After “trying out a few jobs”, and studying graphic design, the lure of our favourite liquid led him to a Brewer and Maltser apprenticeship - Ausbildung als Brauer und Mälzer – in his family home.

“In Germany there is thing called the dual education system where you work four months in a brewery for practical knowledge, and then two months in boarding school for technical knowledge, over three years”

After working in larger German breweries, Michael and partner Chloe Hoiberg needed an artistic outlet, opening Wild Animal Brewing Co. in Koblenz, just south of Cologne. The beer loving nation’s beer ingredient purity law, the Reinhetsgebot, improved overall quality for over 500 years, but stifled creativity – even a Galaxy hopped Pilsener was a curiosity. Never mind the coffee oatmeal stout, which broke all the rules.

“It’s quite a funny thought that because of the oats and coffee we had to print ‘It’s a beer-like drink’ on the label”

Fast forward to 2017, and the couple returned to Australia, opening and then owning / operating Burnley Brewing with dog Harry, metres from the Yarra River, in Melbourne’s Richmond. Here, the reserve was true, with classically crafted beer styles almost seen as an outlier, so when Hops to Home approached us the answer was a gleeful, role-against-type response.

“When it comes to ales, I just love the old school American IPAs, using the four Cs, especially Chinook and Columbus, with some good, full-bodied malts. Tropical Hazys are fun, but when I drink an IPA, I come back to the old school, that’s what I love”
- Chloe Hoiberg

“When it comes to ales, I just love the old school American IPAs, using the four Cs, especially Chinook and Columbus, with some good, full-bodied malts. Tropical Hazys are fun, but when I drink an IPA, I come back to the old school, that’s what I love”

“My brother lives in Canada and lived in Victoria on Vancouver Island for a few years. Driftwood Brewery was his local, and their Fat Tug IPA was such a banging beer. It’s been the inspiration for our Hops to Home Dank series.

So, this month’s exclusive Hops to Home collaboration draws inspiration from the US Pacific North-West style IPAs. The region’s proximity to the US hop growing Washington state, and Yakima valley, influenced the classic citrus and dank pine characters synonymous with many American IPAs, and characters that drinkers can expect from Danker.

Chloe describes this release as “our little Emo danker IPA”

“We are not normally known for our IPA’s, but I love IPAs. For me, they often get ‘over hopped’ as the Germans would say, but this beer is the perfect balance between dank and drinkability” 

Adding to the theme, Miriam McWilliam from Studio Mimi Moon created the can art which plays upon location and beer texture.

“Dankest IPA’ was designed to tie with the Burnley core range, featuring a zoomed in version of the iconic free flowing beer illustration, with an ode to the Yarra River.

“The curvaceous, multi-layered illustration creates a perfect canvas to reveal the palette of the beer’s characteristics via colour. The dark, moody colours were chosen to reflect the ‘dank’ or rather ‘dankest’ IPA theme.

Each month the Hops to Home pack features an exclusive collaboration beer with one of Australia’s best breweries. Read here to see some of the previous releases.

Each month the Hops To Home pack features an exclusive collaboration beer with one of Australia’s best breweries. Read here to see some of the previous releases.

Each month the Hops To Home pack features an exclusive collaboration beer with one of Australia’s best breweries. Read here to see some of the previous releases.

Written by Guy Southern

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