Brewquets Australia Beer Gifting Blog

Brewery: Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers

Location: VIC

Style: English Stout

ABV: 6.1%

Beer Description:

Our stout uses only the finest English malt and hops to give you a deliciously balanced and hearty ale. A fine ale good for any time of year but ever so satisfying when dark and cold outside. Best consumed at about 8°C.

Brewery: Mountain Culture Beer Co

Location: NSW

Style: Double Red IPA

ABV: 8%

Beer Description:

One of our signature beers and extremely popular in the taproom. This indulgent ale is so well-rounded you'd think it was drawn with a compass. Clean citrus and tropical fruits dance around thick candied malt you could almost chew.

Brewery: Range Brewing

Location: QLD

Style: Hazy Pale Ale

ABV: 5.2%

Beer Description: Disco is a fresh and hazy pale ale that's been double dry-hopped for an extra level of hop luxury. We've sourced hops from our favourite suppliers in the US and New Zealand to give us the utmost control over the flavour of our beloved DISCO. You can expect a medium-full mouthfeel with a light and fluffy carbonation. Juicy notes of fresh melon and passionfruit burst through, with a late hit of orange zestiness to finish. The bitterness is low but lightly present and brings with it an element of ultimate crushability. It’s been made to fit in perfectly at any backyard party, afternoon picnic or as the ultimate crusher after a long day.

Woohoo - December 1st has finally arrived! Needless to say we've been chomping at the bit and are truly excited to share this with you.

Each day your QR code (under the tear-away panel) will take you to tasting notes for you to peruse at your leisure as you enjoy the beer for that day.

If you're not able to fit the whole calendar in your fridge then our suggestion is to keep your Advent Calendar in a nice cool place. Then put the beer for the day in the fridge in the morning and enjoy when you get home that night. Make sure you use a clean glass as that will allow you to enjoy the full flavour and aroma of the beer.

Brewery: Grifter Brewing Co

Location: NSW

Style: Tropical IPA

ABV: 6.5%

Beer Description:

This aromatic, contemporary, tropical style IPA is full of dreamy stone fruit and citrus-like bitterness, thanks to the abundance of dry hopping using US varieties Idaho 7, Cashmere, Amarillo and Sabro. It finishes dry on the palette and will be sure to tantalise the taste buds all summer long.

Can't wait to find out what beers are included in this year's Beer Advent Calendar.

Buying as a gift and want to check the styles included?

While we are not going to give away the exact beers included we thought we'd give the opportunity to those that really want to know what beer styles are featured in the advent calendar.

P.S. to save others who don't want to know what the beer is until reveal we ask that you don't screenshot the list to social media. Cheers!

Pale Ale
Hazy Pale
West Coast IPA
Sour
English Stout
Red Ale
Hazy Pale
Lager
Hazy Pale
Sour
West Coast IPA
West Coast IPA
Double IPA
Hazy IPA
Pale Ale
Hazy IPA
Red Ale
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
Stout
Lager
Hazy IPA
Hazy Pale
Hazy IPA
Milk Stout

Akasha
Range
Benstpoke
Big Shed
Boatrocker
Bridge Road
Capital
Deeds
Atomic
Garage Project
Green Beacon
Grifter
Hawkers
Hop Nation
Kaiju
Moon Dog
Mountain Culture
Mountain Goat
Nomad
Pirate Life
Prancing Pony
Sunday Road
White Bay
Fixation
Yulli's 

Click Here to buy a Beer Advent Calendar

If you love beer and haven’t had (or heard) of a Beer Advent Calendar then this article is for you.

Beer Advent Calendars started gaining popularity in 2016 when our sister business, Beer Cartel, launched the first 25 Beer Advent Calendar in Australia.

The first version was “hacked” together to see if there was appetite for the idea and Beer Cartel sold over 1,000 in the first year!

Fast forward a bit and Beer Cartel’s advent calendar has benefitted from innovative upgrades over the years, including a purpose designed box (which can fit in most fridges), inclusion of QR codes for daily tasting notes and with Beer Cartel’s advent calendar a box of exclusive brews made just for the advent box.

Now while we love Beer Cartel’s advent calendar we wanted in on the fun as well!

So in 2021 we asked them to help us out with our own version, they’ve both now become the most sold beer advent calendars in Australia with close to 30,000 sold to date. 

Here’s a breakdown of the two beer advent calendars.

Beer Cartel Advent Calendar

- Australia's most popular beer advent calendar

- Launched in 2016

- Unique one off beers brewed for the advent calendar

- Designed for those that are really into their beers and want to experience a variety of unique one off beers.

Click here to buy a Beer Cartel Advent Calendar

Brewquets Beer Advent Calendar

- Thousands sold to date

- First launched in 2021

- Features some of our favourite Australian beers

- Perfect for gifting to those that are just starting on their craft beer journey or enjoy sampling different beers

- Great mix of beers

Click here to buy a Brewquets Beer Advent Calendar

Remember to get in quick with either one of these as they always sell out each year.

Couldn't wait to find out the beers being featured in the 2022 Great Australian Easter Beer Hunt Pack? While we're not going to give away the exact beer by each brewery, we thought we'd give you the opportunity to see what styles and breweries are included. Check them out below.

If you don't want to spoil the surprise click away now.

P.S. to save others who don't want to know what the beer is until reveal we ask that you don't screenshot the list to social media. Cheers!

Styles

- West Coast Double IPA

- Hazy Pale Ale

- Fruited Sour

- West Coast Pale Ale

- Hazy Double IPA

- Vienna Lager

- Hazy IPA

- Cryo Pale Ale

Breweries

- Mountain Culture

- Hop Nation

- Deeds Brewing

- Garage Project

- Hawkers

- Akasha 

- Sunday Road

- White Bay

There's always a lot of love in the air each Valentine's Day and some of our customers don't hold back with their gift messaging.

Here are some of the raunchiest messages sent with our Valentine's beer gift packs over the last couple of years.

While we'll start things off slow we're warning you some of these are #NSFW (not safe for work)! 

Want to send your Valentine something special with a little note? Click here to view our popular Valentine's Day gift range.

This Valentine's beer gift is sure to get you in the good books, and it all starts even before they’ve opened the box.

Presented in a stylish black box they’ll be untying the beautiful satin bow with anticipation of what awaits them inside.

Once untied, and they begin to lift the lid, they’ll reveal the “Beer My Valentine” graphic which overlooks 12 delicious handpicked craft beers - the play one words alone is guaranteed to get a laugh and a smile!

And if you’re wondering what their answer will be, with a gift like this is sure to be an astounding YES! to beer-ing your valentine.

The 12 different craft beers featured are from some of Australia’s best craft breweries, including the likes of award winning breweries such as Mountain Culture from the Blue Mountains, Hawkers out of Victoria, Akasha from Sydney’s inner west and Ballistic from the sunshine state to name a few.

Each beer has been selected by our Certified Beer Cicerone (the beer equivalent of a wine sommelier). Your partner will be enjoying a range of tasty brews from Pale Ales to Lagers and India Pale Ales. It’s a great mix for any beer lover (and lover of you!)

It also comes with a free gift message, so you can tell them just what they mean to you – naughty or nice, you decide.

Customise Your Gift With Add-Ons

Love the idea of the Valentine's Dozen Brews but want to customise your gift with something extra. 

We have curated a great range of add-on gifts perfect for Valentine's Day including the following:

"You Had Me At Beer" Glass

At 444ml this glass is perfect for pouring a nice cold beer or cider into. These high quality printed glasses are a great addition a beer drinkers glassware set.

12 Sided Love Dice

Spice things up in the bedroom and have a bit of fun with your partner with this 12 sided love dice which features 12 different positions.  

Valentine's Can Puzzle

If you want to add a bit of a gag gift or your partner is into puzzles this is a great add-on. It features a can of beer (or cider / mixed drink - you choose) that is locked inside the wooden puzzle. Your partner has to unlock the puzzle to get to the can.

Delivery Options

Purchase from our website for delivery Australia wide with free standard delivery for orders over $100 or pay a little extra and choose express delivery. For express delivery check your postcode is eligible by using the post code validator on the product page.

Payment Options

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Amex, PayPal or ZipPay.

To order the Valentines Dozen Brews click here.

Want to try your hand at making a beer can cake tower for someone's birthday?

We've put together this handy little how to guide, along with a premade selection of beers you can have delivered straight to your door, to make an awesome beer can cake with no fuss!

This version is for a beer can cake with 12 beers. Read out article here on how to make a beer can cake with 24 beers.

First Off What Is A Beer Can Cake?

A Beer Can Cake, also called a Beer Can Tower or Beer Can Cake Tower is a selection of beers stacked in such a way to look like a cake. It is then given as a gift to the lucky recipient for a special occasion like a birthday to help them celebrate. It can be the only gift given or can be accompanied by other non beer related gifts.

Ultimately it's a fun way to showcase a selection of beers and celebrate someone's birthday, anniversary or anything you can think of. Guaranteed to WOW! the recipient and sure to put you in the good books.

Here's What You'll Need To Make The Beer Can Cake

The list of things you'll need are as follows:

- 12 beers in cans (you can purchase one of our popular Dozen Brews beer gift packs delivered straight to your door)

- Some birthday signage (our gift Birthday Dozen Brews beer gift pack comes in a themed boxes perfect for this!)

- Ribbon (all our boxes are wrapped with a ribbon so you can reuse this)

- Gift card where you can include a little message to the recipient (also included in our dozen brews gift boxes 😊)

Optional Extras You Can Add:

- cupcake

- birthday candles

- if you want to carry the cake or present it on something then a chopping board or tray is a good option

Now Here Are The 3 Simple Steps To Making A Beer Can Cake

Step 1: Buy 12 Beers 

There's a couple way you could do this. You could go to a bottleshop and work out what beers to get or remove the hassle by ordering one of our handselected Birthday Dozen brews which is perfect for making a beer can cake with. You can order online here for delivery and if you've left it to the last minute we have express delivery available to most of Australia.

Step 2: Create The Beer Can Cake Tower

Once you have the beers start by slipping off the ribbon off and opening up the box. Take all the beers out of the box. 

Now place the open box where you want (e.g. on the counter, table or board).

Start by creating the bottom layer of the beer can cake with 7 beers within the open box. Place 1 beer in the centre and create a circle around it with the 6 other beers, having all the beer cans touching each other.

Create the next layer of the cake with 3 cans. And then, on top of these 3 beers place 1 single beer can. 

This leaves you with 1 beer which you can leave to the side or place in the fidge ready for the recipient to enjoy. 

Step 3: Decorate The Beer Can Cake

Unknot the satin bow and wrap it around the 2nd layer of beer cans, making a knot that faces towards the front. Tie a nice bow and presto!

Feeling crafty?

Why not add to the beer can cake with extra ribbon or confetti if you have it available. You could also use Christmas tinsel if you have some on hand.

If you are feeling like going the whole 9 yards why not bake some cupcakes and place one on top with a candle... or cheat and buy one from the local bakery / cafe.

There you go, your beer cake is complete and ready to give!

Some Other Quick Tips

- If you are home before they are why not pop the beers in the fridge before making the beer can cake so and then making it 15 minutes or so before they get home. This way they are able to enjoy a cold beer straight from the cake!

- Have a beer glass ready, beer always tastes better from a glass

- If you have a beer can that is a bit shorter than the othes (most are 375ml bit some breweries use 355ml or 330ml cans) you can increase the lower height can by cutting a couple of cardboard circles and placing it underneath the shorter can. If you need to do this do it to one of the beers on bottom layer of the cake tower.

Quick Links To Our Two Birthday Gift Packs

Beer-thday Dozen

24 Beer Gift Pack

Can't wait to find out what beers are included in this years Beer Advent Calendar.

Buying as a gift and want to check the styles included?

While we are not going to give away the exact beers included we thought we'd give the opportunity to those that really want to know what beer styles are featured in the advent calendar.

P.S. to save others who don't want to know what the beer is until reveal we ask that you don't screenshot the list to social media. Cheers!

Australian Pale Ale

Single Hop IPA

Hazy IPA

Helles

Red IPA

Unfiltered Lager

Hazy IPA

Australian Pale Ale

Porter

NEIPA

DDH Pale Ale

West Coast IPA

Hazy IA with Lemongrass

Stout

Pale Ale

English Brown Ale

XPA

Pale Ale

West Coast IPA

Pale Lager

Schwarzbier

Hazy Pale Ale

Red Ale

Tropical Pale Ale

Berliner Weisse

Akasha Brewing

Ballistic

Balter

Benstpoke

Bridge Road

Capital

Deeds

Fixation

Boatrocker

Garage Project

Hawkers

Hop Nation

Jetty Road

Kaiju

Mismatch

Modus Operandi

Mountain Culture

New England

Pirate Life

Sauce

Slipstream

Stone & Wood

Two Birds

Wayward

Yullis

Click Here to buy a Beer Advent Calendar

We are looking for a focused Order Fulfilment Co-ordinator to join our team to assist in sending awesome gifts around Australia!

We currently have a full-time opportunity for a ‘Order Fulfilment Co-ordinator’ to help us with the daily operations of the business. If you have a passion for giving great gifts and an interest in ecommerce fulfilment, can communicate well, and work well as part of a team, we’d like to meet you.

About Brewquets

A subsidiary of Beer Cartel Pty Ltd, Brewquets is an online gifting business based in Artarmon, Sydney. Started in 2016 it has experienced rapid growth over the last 2 years and is now seeking to grow its team of skilled gifting artists! Our goal is simple, help Australian’s celebrate special occasions with unique beer and alcohol gifts.

We currently have a full-time opportunity for an Order Fulfilment Co-ordinator to assist with the daily operations of the business.

Does this sound like you?

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaborative with a strong sense of teamwork
• Ability to undertake routine work with high attention to detail
• Ability to forward plan to achieve deadlines
• Comfortable using different web-based apps and spreadsheets
• Experience in online sales / ecommerce (e.g. managing your own eBay store or working for an ecommerce business)
• Passionate about providing customers with a great experience
• Love presenting a beautiful gift? Then you’ll fit right in!

What does that look like in practice?

• Working as part of a small team you will assist with the following day to day activities:
• Opening and closing the warehouse
• Order fulfilment from printing orders, checking and dispatching
• Gift pack / hamper making
• Stock management and ordering, including stock rotation on first in first out basis
• Receiving deliveries and putting away stock
• Entering invoices into the inventory management software
• Liaising with other areas of the business, like marketing, to ensure smooth operations
• Assist in managing a small team to co-ordinate the daily fulfilment operations of the business

Skills & Qualifications

• 1 - 2 years experience in a similar fulfilment / warehouse role will be highly regarded
• Experience with online platforms like Shopify beneficial but not essential
• Experience with online fulfilment apps (e.g. ShipStation) beneficial but not essential
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint)

Benefits and perks:

• On the job training will be provided
• Friendly, supportive environment
• Meaningful work
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Discount on gifts and beer!

Location: Brewquets, Artarmon (Sydney)

Remuneration: $50-60k full time, depending on your skills and experience.

Hours: Full-time

Here’s how to apply:

Please write a covering email to careers@brewquets.com.au outlining why you’re a great fit for the role and relevant experiences and outcomes

Please email applications to careers@brewquets.com.au with the subject line “I [NAME], am a  focused fulfilment co-ordinator” before 27/8/2021.

Attach your CV and portfolio to the email taking care to note previous employment history, industry experience and references