Black Hops Brewery, Lay Day, 375ml

What are we getting? Smells like a lager, looks like a lager..... Gosh darn it even tastes like a lager (a really bloody good one). Pours clear, golden and holds a decent head.

When to drink and what to pair it with? Lunch time beers is the first thing that comes to mind, with a parmie or schnitty (don’t forget the mushroom sauce). Or a Saturday schooie down the local when you’re hitting up the form guide and pretending that it makes sense.

Who is this beer for? A lover of the classics, simple drinking made tasty. All those mainstream lager drinkers would be surprised at what a lager can do when it’s made with a little bit of love and attention. Give it a go and find what quality beer can be!

Is this beer readily available? Sure is, part of Black Hops core range you will always find it in the fridges at MBD. Grab one, grab four, go wild get a case.

Why do we like this beer? Nostalgic, takes me back to all those backyard parties, listening to Triple J’s hottest 100 and sinking beers in the kiddie pool, with about 17 other sweaty humans…Kiddie pool or sess pool? Super easy to drink, nice and light and at 4.4% the perfect beer for the start, middle and end of your extended lunch.

Penny AKA @thebrisbanebeerkween, Dealer of Beer.

Black Hops was started in 2014 by three mates on the Gold Coast as a gypsy outfit. Fast forward 5 years they now have 3 breweries and a wall full of trophies, including Australia's 2018 AIBA Champion Small Brewery and 2019 and 2021 RQFWS Champion Brewery. We love their hop forward approach to brewing and their openness to sharing their journey and knowledge to adoring fans.

IN-STORE: Three cracking Brisbane stores, My Beer Dealer Morningside, My Beer Dealer Eagle Junction and our new flagship store, My Beer Dealer Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley (opening mid-October 2024).

ONLINE: Choose from our free Click & Collect service or we’ll package your order up and deliver it pretty much anywhere in Australia from just $10 (for up to 20kg). If you’re in a major city your parcel will travel with Aus Post Wine Service.

Rest assured that when you order with us we'll turn any frown upside down in no time with full replacement, credit or refund.

We’re Antoinette, Natasha, Matt and Simon. We’re good booze lovers just like you. We started our beery journey in 2013 when we opened the famous Brewski on Brisbane’s infamous Caxton Street. In 2018 we opened our first My Beer Dealer under Brewski, it’s one of the few drink-in bottle shops in Queensland and we’re super chuffed with it. 2020 was a big year for us, we launched our online store (you’re looking at it) and opened our second bricks ‘n mortar shop next to Eagle Junction station in Brisbane’s Clayfield (we’re super chuffed with it as well). Both of these have allowed us to complement our awesome beer range with our other passions of good wine and good spirits.

As we’re a small family run business we prefer to support other family businesses and small producers, ensuring that when you visit us it’s not the same old, same old. And by shopping with us we hope you get to feel good about supporting a whole heap of small businesses, just like we do. So if you do choose to buy through us, thank you from us and thank you from our family of suppliers (and thanks for reading this far, our copywriter is stoked).