The home of Two Birds Brewing, affectionately called ‘The Nest’ is located in Melbourne at 136 Hall Street, Spotswood and is an easy 5 min (450m) walk from Spotswood Train Station.
The Nest is open to the public 4 days a week, and here you will find fresh beer on tap, amazing food, takeaway growlers & squealers (these are containers not grumpy kids), the full bottle range and Two Birds Brewing merchandise!
As independent brewers, having a home that is part of the local community is important to us and something we are proud to share with our flock. The Two Birds do love to chatter as well, so when you visit, make sure you also join in on a brewery tour where you can learn more about their beers and Brewing Philosophies.
There is so much to love about The Nest, so why not drop in some time!
Want to bring the kids with you? No problem! Please just ensure you’re across our Two Birds Children on Premises Policy so everyone can have a safe and enjoyable time!
The Brewery
Our state of the art brewhouse has been designed in Canada and is definitely worth a visit. We also have our very own bottling line, tasting room and serve fantastic food. So if you want an ‘authentic’ but relaxed brewery experience why not take flight to ‘The Nest’ and see what is on offer. Tours and times book out quickly so hit the button below to book your place.
Our brewhouse is a 2 vessel 1800L DME system, designed in Canada. It has a combined Mash/Lauter Tun and combined direct fired gas Kettle/Whirlpool. We have 4 double-sized (4000L) fermenters, 6 quad sized fermenters (8000L), 4 bright beer tanks, and a pilot plant. If that’s all gibberish to you, all you really need to know is that the equipment makes good beer, is super easy to use and most importantly, it’s shiny. Also, one of our quad fermenters holds about 24,242 bottles of brewery fresh beer!
Interested in learning more about Craft Beer? We’re now running tours at “The Nest” to help with your beer education! It’s $20/head for the tour, which lasts about 45 mins to 1hr, and includes a tasting session of our 4 regular beers (~150ml pour each). Tours are limited to groups 10 people, and we run tours every Saturday at 12:30pm.
Bookings essential and must be made a week in advance. Get down to The Nest this weekend!
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently not running brewery tours. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are reducing the number of persons permitted to enter production areas to ensure the highest level of health and safety.
Tasting Room
“The Nest”- Brewery and Tasting Room is the home of Two Birds Brewing. The Nest is housed in a 900 square metre warehouse, that once made beer cans back in the mid 1900’s. The facade is heritage listed and features the sign from the original owners of the site, W.G. GOETZ & SONS.
The Tasting Room area that is open to the public, spans across the cosy inside front room and out into sun drenched brewery. It comfortably seats 90 and is open 4 days a week, offering all kinds of beverages (not just beer!), tasty food and a warm, casual atmosphere. Stay for 1 drink or settle in for a session.
The Nest is also available for functions and happy to cater for groups, so please get in touch.
Opening Hours
- Thursday – 4pm – 9pm
- Friday – 4pm – 11pm
- Saturday – 12 noon – 11pm
- Sunday – 12 noon – 8pm
For enquiries phone: 03 9762 0000.
We are happy to accommodate group bookings, so please drop us a line! To discuss arrangements for a function, please contact us.
Our Tasting Room features 12 taps, so you’ll be sure to find a beer or two, just for you. We pour beer in two sizes, (pots and schooners) and also offer tasting paddles, where you can choose four different beers to compare and contrast. Our current beers on tap can be found below. We also have a number of guest beers on tap – check out NowTapped for the latest listings.
Current Beers are:
- Golden
- Sunset
- Taco
- Pale
- Warrior Woman
- Thaiway to Heaven
- Hopped Across the Ditch
- Blame It On My Juice
- Chirpy
- Passion Victim
Warrior Woman
Feisty, spirited and never willing to pretend like everything’s peachy, we’re celebrating the voices of warrior women this International Women’s Day with a beer that is. Our Warrior Woman XPeachA is filled with freshly picked, home-grown peaches and a selection of tropical hops making for a refreshing, deliciously fruity beer, designed to champion (and cheers) each and every one of the heroines in your world. #eachforequal
ABV: 4.8%
Thaiway to Heaven
It’s fellow Melbourne Westsiders Bar Josephine’s 3rd Birthday, and to celebrate they joined us at the Nest to brew up an IPA inspired by the flavours of Thailand. Think ginger, kaffir lime, galangal, lemongrass and coconut. They’re all in there. The end result is a hazy, tropical and dare we say it, exotic beer to get you on the Thaiway to Heaven…. ABV: 6%
Hopped Across the Ditch
Our summer pilsner, Hopped Across the Ditch, proudly looks to our Kiwi mates for inspiration, combining NZ hop varieties Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin, plus NZ pilsner malt, for a crisp and refreshing brew.
ABV: 5.2%
Blame It On My Juice
Brewer Jayne is no stranger to brewing for her musical icons. Following up 2018’s Stardust IPA, is the second instalment of Jayne’s Jukebox series, a beer for Lizzo – Blame It On My Juice, Big A$$ NEIPA. Sitting at 8% ABV, this imperial NEIPA is a juicy bomb of El Dorado, Galaxy, Calypso and Equanot hops. Ya ya eee.
Chirpy
This is not a beer. CHIRPY is our very own Brewed Alcoholic Grapefruit Soda. Light, easy drinking and the perfect refresher this summer, this hard seltzer inspired, malt based brew sits at 5.4% ABV and is best served over ice with a slice of grapefruit.
Passion Victim
Because we love long days and short shorts, we dreamed up a beer to capture the essence of the warmer months – a Passionfruit Summer Ale. Pale and hazy like balmy arvos, this Summer Ale uses the tropical fruit hop trio of Amarillo, Mosaic and Galaxy with passionfruit puree added to the fermenter.
It tastes like sunshine and is best enjoyed in a hammock. Or a tent. Or at a festival. Or at a BBQ, Or in a beer garden. As if you needed an excuse.
ABV: 5.0%
IBUs: 24
We have a high pressure filler that allows us to fill Growlers (1.89L) and Squealers (1L), which are glass vessels, so you can enjoy brewery fresh beer at home. We have special sized kegs just for this system, so the beers available for takeaway can be different to what’s on tap. Our current beers to take home can be found below.
- Pale
- Taco
- Sunset
- Chew Tang Can
- Sundaze Sippah
- Fruit Tang Can
Chew Tang Can
Sundaze Sippah
Fruit Tang Can
We’re busily working away to enrich your experience at The Nest, so join our Frequent Flyer Program and work towards free refills of Two Birds goodness.
Meals and Functions
Our space is a unique brewery setting and can be booked for small or large functions. We’ve had weddings, networking nights, art exhibitions and of course a few birthday parties. See our function menu here.
Feel free to get in touch with our bar manager to discuss your function.
- 136 Hall Street
Spotswood, VIC 3015 - 03 9762 0000
- [email protected]
