HOP CITY 2026 // DDH IPA // 6.5%

Welcome to Hop City! With a small army of contributing collaborators and sponsors, the neighbourhood’s on fine form. Back for another year is our annual ode to the mighty hop and all that it can do, in honour of the best weekend of the year.

For this year’s Hop City release we’ve put all our energy into just one product. Giving it the attention and care it deserves. The result is an uber juicy, unbelievably drinkable DDH IPA, with orange, sweet peach, mango, sharp passionfruit and bright lime filling all your senses. On a rich, hazy base made with oats and wheat, it’s got a long lingering texture to keep the flavours flowing.

The beer showcases Indie Hops' Luminosa and Strata, El Dorado from Crosby Hops, and Galaxy and Citra in enhanced liquid format from Barth HaasX; all of these varieties made available by our festival sponsor, Brewers Select.

As always, we’ve called on some of the best breweries around to join the fun; in the shape of Glasshouse (UK), Garage (Spain) and Messorem (Canada). It really does take a whole city.

All three collaborating breweries will be pouring at Hop City themselves, but if you don’t want to wait, this one will give you a sense of just how good their beers are sure to be.

Tickets for Hop City 2026 are available here.

And keep your eye out on socials for plans of the upcoming Beer Release Weekender across our venues.

6.5% ABV // 440ML