Taste delicious, golden craft beer at this one-day celebration of all things local and independent.
Hail to the ale: Geelong beer lovers have just been blessed with a brand-new craft beer festival in a salute to the town’s strong brewing traditions.
Brought to you by the minds behind local breweries, Bells Beach Brewing and Valhalla Brewing, Hop-A-Long Geelong is a beer festival run by brewers. Forming a part of Tastes of Central Geelong 2023, Hop-A-Long Geelong is taking place April 1, showcasing local and independent craft beer within Geelong CBD.
Hop-A-Long Geelong
- A beer festival run by brewers of Geelong
- Six venues, 12 breweries, 24 smashing beers to try
- It all goes down April, 1 2023 as part of Tastes of Geelong Festival
- Tickets are on sale now
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Spread across six Central Geelong venues and including 12 breweries, participants will have six hours to hop their way through the venues at their own pace, sampling 24 delicious beers served up by top Aussie brewers. We’re talking esteemed legends in the brewing industry, like Bells Beach Brewing, Valhalla Brewing, Mount Pleasant Rd, Blackman’s Brewery, Kaiju Beer, Temple Brewing Co, Hop Nation Brewing Co, Yulli’s Brew, Farm Dog Brew, Salt Brewing Co, Great Ocean Road Brewing and BrewiColo Brewing Co. Plus, there will be 12 limited edition festival beers to try.
As for the venues, you’ll be strolling from the likes of The Brewery Geelong, Union Street Wine Bar, and Valhalla Taproom, to Medusa, Pistol Pete’s and Cartel Coffee to collect stamps on the Hop-A-Long Geelong passport.
The $60 ticket will get participants 24x 100ml beer tastings, a $10 food voucher to use at one of the venues, an official Hop-A-Long beer passport and souvenir Hop-A-Long Geelong pot glass; with most importantly a glass holder, to keep things hands free all day.
Tickets are on sale now here.
