# Rare Bird Brewing - Australia — Hurstbridge, Victoria

> Rare Bird Brewing - Australia in Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia scores 2.52 out of 5 — Limited, #193 in Victoria. 11 beers tracked, mostly Wheat Beer.

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Rare Bird Brewing - Australia is a brewery in Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia. We grade it Limited, with a score of 2.52 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #193 in Victoria. Of the 11 beers we track, 46% are Wheat Beer and 20% Cider.

## Rating

- Score: 2.52 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #193 in Victoria · #697 in Australia · #29,086 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 11

## About

IT ALL STARTED WHEN…
Three men with a passion for beer and limited budgets started  brewing it themselves more than 20 years ago. It was a heady time back in the nineties. Craft beer meant Coopers or maybe a redback wheat if you were really adventurous, and homebrew was what you drank because you couldn’t afford the real stuff. We started off with cans of malt extract, adding as many kilos of sugar as we could manage to fit in the fermenter. As we grew up a bit and gradually got real jobs, we could afford to use actual brewing ingredients - like hops and malted grains - and we started experimenting. 

A few years ago we all ended up living in the same neck of the woods in the north-east suburbs, and one night over a few frothies thought, let’s start a brewery!  We started to come into some scavenged stainless steel, first from an old chocolate factory, then from a closed down cheese factory. A lot of weekends, a lot of electronics and a big mess later, Rare Bird Brewing was born!

## What they brew

- Wheat Beer — 46% of the beers we track
- Cider — 20% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 15% of the beers we track
- Strong Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 6% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia
- Coordinates: -37.6374085, 145.1944322
- Website: http://www.rarebirdbrewing.com.au/

## Breweries nearby

- [Golden Hills Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/golden-hills-brewery-22660.md) — 3.68, Fine — Diamond Creek, Victoria — 3.2 mi away
- [Tradie](https://finding.beer/brewery/tradie-34141.md) — 2.17, Limited — Eltham, Victoria — 6.3 mi away
- [SURE BREWING](https://finding.beer/brewery/sure-brewing-27761.md) — 3.42, Poor — Warrandyte, Victoria — 7.6 mi away
- [Warrandyte Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/warrandyte-brewing-co-28631.md) — 2.94, Limited — Warrandyte, Victoria — 7.6 mi away
- [Riders Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/riders-brewing-co-8563.md) — 2.85, Limited — Wonga Park, Victoria — 8 mi away
- [Sideshow Brewers](https://finding.beer/brewery/sideshow-brewers-6202.md) — 2.80, Limited — Epping, Victoria — 9.2 mi away
- [Zonzo Estate](https://finding.beer/brewery/zonzo-estate-18829.md) — 2.94, Limited — Yarra Glen, Victoria — 11 mi away
- [Hop Hen Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/hop-hen-brewing-22421.md) — 3.71, Fine — Lilydale, Victoria — 11 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Victoria](https://finding.beer/breweries/australia/victoria.md)
- [Best breweries in Australia](https://finding.beer/breweries/australia.md)

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