The beer
Wungong red IPA or red ale, with its slight tweaks to suit the UK market, is an autumn seasonal beer, brewed to celebrate its creator Eddie Still’s love of trail running, the beginning of winter (when trail-running is at its best) and the amazing places there are in Western Australia to run and race along.
Wungong, the first in the series of these beers, is a local national park near Eddie’s house. The brewery has since also made a similar beer called Walyunga, named after the start point of his favourite trail race in Perth, Transcend Ultra.
Nowhereman Wungong
Nowhereman Brewing, West Leederville, Western Australia. Est. 2017
5.5% ABV
Eddie Still has travelled to Banks’s Brewery (West Midlands) to brew this russet-coloured beer. Its blend of hop varieties used delivers a feast of assorted fruity flavours, balanced by a rich malt base.
Hops: Ernest, Jester, Keyworth’s Early, Olicana, UK Chinook
The brewery
Behind Nowhereman is a bunch of people who believe in doing good things and making great beer. Set in West Leederville (near Perth, Western Australia), Nowhereman Brewing Co opened in 2017. It brews and packages all beers on site at its brewpub.
Led by head brewer Eddie Still, the brewery produces four year-round beers and almost countless limited releases, experimenting with ingredients like citrus peel, oak, spices, fruit and, of course, new and wonderful hop varieties. Nowhereman’s beers have also enjoyed numerous awards, like:
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2022 Royal Adelaide Beer Awards
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Champion small brewery
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Champion porter or stout – AlphaRon Stout
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Gold – Mr Otter’s Barley Wine
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2022 Australian International Beer Awards
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Gold – Mr Otter’s Barley Wine
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Gold – AlphaRon Stout
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Gold – Rhapsody XPA
Nowhereman is also proud of its charitable arm, HospoFam, working, through fundraising and community engagement, with the broader hospitality industry. HospoFam was
awarded (in 2020 and 2021) champion trophy for community initiative from the Independent Brewers’ Association and has worked with charitable organisations such as Pride WA, Homeless Healthcare and MixHaus, a support network for women in hospitality.
They acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation – the traditional custodians of the boodja (‘land’) where they live, entertain and create moorditj (‘great/strong/excellent’) memories and pay their respects to the elders, past and present.
Meet the brewer
Eddie started brewing when he moved back from London in 2010. He had been working in hospitality – doing all sorts of jobs. His interest in beer then started in Covent Garden, in pubs like The Harp and The Porterhouse. He subsequently travelled to Belgium and was blown away by what beer could be. His time at Little Creatures Brewing (Fremantle) on the 100HL Krones brew kit solidified his passion.
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