In 2026, something new is coming to the Victorian homebrew calendar: Brewstock — a large-scale, inter-club homebrew festival bringing all the Victorian clubs together for one big celebration of homebrew.
An inter-club committee was formed last year to represent all clubs and will be responsible for organising the event. Not everything has been locked in yet, but the vision is clear: something ambitious, achievable, and a whole lot of fun. Here’s what we know so far.
What?
Brewstock will be a big party involving all the Victorian clubs. Each club will design their own bar to a set theme (to be announced in the coming months) and showcase the best beers their club can make. There’ll be food, homebrew, and a few other things still to be announced.
Where?
Brewstock will take place at Holger’s farm in Diamond Creek. We did look at holding it somewhere more central, but there were some logistical challenges that made this tricky. If the event is a success and everyone’s keen to run it again, a central location is definitely something we’ll explore. For the inaugural event though, it’s great to be able to hold it somewhere we already know and love. The committee is also looking at ways to make transport to and from the event a little easier.
When?
Saturday the 7th of November 2026. The exact times are still to be confirmed, but it will run through the afternoon and into the evening.
Why?
Because the homebrewing community is too small for us to just stick to our own clubs. We need something that brings us all together — to celebrate great beer, share ideas, and find ways we can help each other out.
How?
From a Mashers perspective, the back end of the year is already pretty busy, and we’re going to need a lot of kegs brewed. Within about eight weeks we’ll have Oktoberfest at Tallboy & Moose, Brewstock, and our Christmas party — all of which need beer. The club will reach out nice and early to get people committed so we can make sure everything’s covered. Given our Christmas party alone had over 25 kegs this year, I’m confident we’ll rise to the challenge.
We’ll also need some help turning our club fonts into something that matches the Brewstock theme — more details on that soon. Ticket information will be communicated a little later as well. Pricing hasn’t been finalised yet, but some early back-of-the-envelope maths suggests we should be able to keep it very affordable (likely under $25 per person).
We’re all really looking forward to this event. It’ll be great to catch up with brewers from all the other Victorian clubs, including:
- Bayside Brewers
- BAD (Bendigo & District) Homebrew Club
- Macedon Rangers Brewers Club
- The Melbourne Brewers
- The Merri Mashers (us!)
- THursty Brewers
- Westgate Brewers
- Yarra Valley Brewers