What Lucky Bay Brewing is known for
Lucky Bay Brewing makes beer at Bandy Creek near Esperance, using raw barley bought directly from local farmers. Its venue combines the brewery with food and beer tastings, including paddles for comparing different styles. Takeaway beer and brewery tours provide other ways to explore the range, which includes the hop-led Cyclops India Pale Ale.
Lucky Bay Brewing makes beer in the Esperance region of Western Australia, using grain bought directly from local farmers. Its brewing method can use up to seventy-five percent raw barley, so the farm connection concerns an ingredient in the beer itself. That is more specific than simply borrowing a rural name or putting a local view on the label.
The brewery began at Pink Lake in December 2015 and moved to Bandy Creek in December 2019. Its current venue on Bandy Creek Road combines production with a place to try the beers and have food. Tasting paddles allow comparisons across the range, while takeaway beer provides an option for drinking elsewhere.
Cyclops is an India Pale Ale named after the local wave and described with hops and a dry bitter finish. Other beers give the range variety beyond that single style, and the brewery also offers tours by arrangement. Choose between a tasting visit and a production-focused booking according to what you want to learn about the beer.
In the press
- ABC News 2015
- Countryman 2021
Best for — Esperance-brewed beer using local barley, with tastings and tours
Beer brewed at Bandy Creek near Esperance, Western Australia.
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