Take Yourself There…
Kooinda meaning ‘ Happy Place’ is a boutique brewery producing natural, unfiltered, unpasteurised quality Australian made ales. It began as the first ever residentially licensed brewery in Australia, where its award winning first release – American Pale Ale was originally brewed on a 400ltr handmade brewery in 2008, utilising the family in-ground swimming pool to cool the beer as it transferred to the fermenter.
In late 2010 the Kooinda team took the plunge when they moved the brewery into a factory in the nearby industrial suburb of Heidelberg West near Latrobe University and expanded its capacity to an 800 litre system and employed 2 of its Directors, Jamie Cox and Michael Opie.
Kooinda is bursting for its next expansion with 6 beers on the market and more to be released in the near future. Kooinda is available in many bars, restaurants and cellars across Australia (Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Canberra & Tasmania). Kooinda is even being appreciated in Malaysia with possibilities in other parts of Asia in the near future.
Kooinda has a range of diverse beers to suit all taste buds from its Valhalla Golden Ale as an introduction to the quality ingredients of a boutique beer to its Black India Pale Ale for the biggest of hop heads. Its Head brewer Michael (Mick) Opie has been brewing for over 30 years and has a natural ability to bring all the right ingredients together to produce the most enticing ales.
Kooinda in its short 4 years of life has been awarded medals every year in the ‘Australian International Beer Awards’, achieved a spot in the James Halliday Top 20 Beers of Australia 2012, awarded 3 places in the 2011 and 1 place in the 2010 ‘Critics Choice Australian Best Beers’, voted in the top 10, claiming the highest ranked Victorian microbrewery over the last 2 years of ‘The Local Taphouse Hottest 100 Australian Craft Beers’, and a number of people’s choice awards at events/festivals in Australia.