Hahn Brewery
Hahn Brewery is a brewery that was established by Dr Charles "Chuck" Hahn in 1988[1] at an old factory site in the suburb of Camperdown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Charles Hahn |
Headquarters | Auburn, New South Wales Australia |
Products | Beer |
Owner | Lion |
Website | http://www.hahn.com.au/ |
It was originally a brewer of premium beers, including Hahn Premium and Hahn Premium Light. The 1991 recession resulted in reduced demand, and forced a rethink of this policy.[1] A more mainstream beer called Sydney Bitter was produced, with reasonable success. It has launched two new beers since then: Hahn Super Dry in 2006 and Hahn Super Dry 3.5 in 2009.
In 1993 the brewery was purchased by Australia's second largest brewer Lion[2] Chuck was appointed as the Chief Brewer of Lion Co which, at the time, operated eight breweries in Australia and New Zealand and two in China.[1] Production of Hahn beers was moved to the Tooheys brewery in Auburn. The Camperdown brewery itself was renamed to the Malt Shovel Brewery[3] in honour of the 1st fleet convict turned Australia's first brewer, James Squire. To this day, Chuck Hahn still plays a key role in brewing the craft beers at the Malt Shovel Brewery.
Products
Beer | ABV |
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Hahn Ice Beer | 4.6% |
Hahn Premium Light | 2.6% |
Hahn Super Dry | 4.6% |
Hahn Super Dry 3.5 | 3.5% |
Hahn Ultra | 0.9% |
Hahn Radler | 3.2% |
Hahn Ultra Crisp | 4.2% |
Beer | ABV |
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Hahn Harvest Premium Ale | 4.9% |
Hahn Pale Ale | 4.6% |
Hahn Premium | 4.6% |
Hahn Premium Australian Pilsener | 4.0% |
Hahn Special Vintage 2000 Millennium Ale | 4.4% |
Hahn Vienna Red | 4.6% |
Hahn White | 5.7% |
Hahn Witbier | 5.2% |
References
Bibliography
- Deutsher, Keith M. (2012). The Breweries of Australia (2nd ed.). Glebe, NSW: Beer & Brewer Media. ISBN 9780987395214.
External links
- Official website
- Hahn Interview - Interview with Dr Hahn
- Downie, David. "A Quiet Beer with Dr Chuck Hahn". Australian Beers. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- Terry Gourvish; Richard G. Wilson (2003). The Dynamics of the Modern Brewing Industry. Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 9781134756117.
- Stubbs, Brett J. (12 October 2012). "Small brewing's first wave now a ripple". Australian Brew News. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "Hahn Brewing Company (Lion Nathan Co.)". RateBeer.com.
- "Hahn Brewing Company (Lion Co.)". RateBeer.com.