AT YOUNG HENRYS

WE JUST CALL IT ‘GOOD BEER’

THE STORY

Like most good stories, ours started over a beer. Meeting on opposite sides of the bar, Richard Adamson and Oscar McMahon got talking over their love of beer and music, and discovered they also shared the view that the Australian beer scene felt a little stagnant – that it should be more adventurous, innovative and fun. With Richard’s experience in brewing, and Oscar’s hospitality know-how, they decided they should do more than just talk.

 Overcoming a tangle of red tape, Young Henrys eventually found a home in a modest warehouse in the backstreets of Newtown. With a few friends, a small brew kit and the maxim to ‘serve the people’, the first Young Henrys beers were brewed in March 2012. 

Joining the YH team early on, Dan Hampton came onboard as Head of Sales in a team of one. Sharing a love for good beer and Australia’s ever-growing craft beer industry, Dan became the third leg of the Young Henrys tripod. From being the youngest cop in the NSW police force, to managing hospitality venues across NSW and QLD, Dan has adopted the lifelong lesson on how to meet new people and talk honestly.

Bringing this gift into the YH world, Dan now plays coach to a sales team of 35-strong, spreading the good word of Young Henrys across the country. 

OUR PHILOSOPHY…

The idea has always been pretty simple: brew beer our local community would enjoy and be proud to call their own. As much as we’ve grown, that’s remained fundamentally the same, with our community stretching far beyond the geographical.
constantly evolving to include like-minded folk throughout Australia, we’re united by the values we hold dear: culture, people, and the planet.

YOUNG HENRYS TODAY

Still young but growing fast, in a blurry landscape of big beer buy-outs and crafty labels, we sit proudly and reliably independent.

With our Newtown brewery upgraded to a high-efficiency brewing system and powered by 100% renewable energy, we send kegs, cans and bottles to quench thirsts in watering holes around the country, including our own bustling tasting bar.

Newtowner - our Aussie Pale Ale and homage to the suburb we call home - has proven a firm-favourite country wide; still polling in the top 10 in GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of the Year, 10 years after it was first brewed.

OUR BEER

We brew beer to suit the modern Australian palate and climate. Our core range is made up of well-balanced, easy-drinking beers. Free from bells and whistles, these stalwarts best showcase Australian hops and malts wherever possible. 

Our limited release beers give our brewers the chance to colour outside the lines. Our ‘Brewers B-sides’ series has fruited the likes of a Wattlseed and Blood Orange Double IPA, Coral Sour, Tiramisu White Stout, Brut IPA, and Rum & Raisin Brown Ale.  

Our frequent collaborations offer a playground for us and our mates, whether it be with a game day beer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, a hazy lager for The Foo Fighters, or a super-sessionable hemp IPA using a world-first water-soluble hemp oil method with Byron-based clothing label Afends.

OUR GIN

In 2014, with the team expanding so were our ideas. Young Henrys began to dabble in spirits, with the addition of a still crafted for us by an eighth-generation moonshiner from Tennessee. Blending techniques and flavours from both distillation and brewing (hello hops!), the Young Henrys Noble Cut Gin was born.

In 2016 when game-changing Danish restaurant Noma set up shop in Sydney for a 10 week residency, Young Henrys were honoured to be invited to distill a one-off 100% wheat vodka for the back bar. Other spirited adventures have included super limited releases of white rye spirit, a native green ant gin, vermouth with winemaker Alex Retief and a moonshine with musician Nathaniel Rateliff.

In 2021 we took our Noble Cut Gin to cans with a splash of signature tonic water, creating our ready-to-drink Young Henrys G&T. After just a couple of years on shelves, it’s fast become a crowd favourite at gigs and festivals across the land, and even picked up ‘RTD of the Year’ at the prestigious 2023 London Spirits Competition.

OUR MATES

We’ve found that some of the coolest collaborations come from talking shop with our mates outside the beer world. We love meeting folks who share the same pride, care and passion for the things they produce - whether that’s music, art, fashion, food or hospitality.

We don’t mean to name-drop, but over the years we’ve had the honour of working with some incredible talent in some pretty diverse fields, including:

South Sydney Rabbitohs, Volcom, Rusty, Deus Ex Machina, Afends, Foo Fighters, ST. ALi, Toby’s Estate, Campos Coffee, FBi Radio, Art Gallery of NSW, You Am I, Frenzal Rhomb, Jameson, Download Festival, Fairgrounds Festival, Newtown Festival, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vanguard, Sydney Fringe and Melbourne Fringe as well as countless independent bands, artists, venues and galleries.

 Contact us.

  • 76 Wilford Street
    Newtown, NSW 2042
    Australia

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