04/11/2026
🚗 𝐖𝐀𝐖𝐃𝐖: 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐎𝐍𝐄, 𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐆𝐎
Wade’s back in the WAWDW chair this week and he’s brought something with serious miles on it: 𝗟𝘂𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲, a 7.2% West Coast IPA from Blackman's Brewery, brewed in collaboration with Stone Brewing
It comes from Blackman’s California road trip, where a crew from the brewery drove the West Coast visiting breweries and came home with four collabs. Lupulin Lane was Stop One. They woke up in San Diego with one job for the day: go to Stone. It’s named after the street next to the brewery, and it’s a classic big, bitter West Coast IPA with an Aussie twist. Galaxy, Vic Secret and heaps of Citra sit on a lean malt bill, with firm bitterness and a dry finish.
The rest of the trip produced a double West Coast IPA with Firestone Walker, a West Coast pilsner with Alvarado Street, and another WCIPA with Humble Sea. Last Friday we showed the whole road trip lineup off at Altona. If you missed it, this is the one that started it all.
👨💬 Wade’s take:
“𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒...
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝐼𝑃𝐴 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑. 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑦 (𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠) 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑, 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛. 1𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒.”
📍 Available in-store at all Hopheads locations.
🤘 Nights of Brewtality: Yarraville, tonight, 6:30pm
📚 Tough Guy Book Club: Altona + Point Cook, tonight, 6:30pm
🏃 Run Club: Altona today, Point Cook tomorrow
🃏 Commander Night: Yarraville, tomorrow, 6:30pm
🏎️ Hopheads GP Week 4: Altona, Friday, 5:30pm
🎲 Un-Board Game Club: Altona, Saturday, 2pm
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