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Zig Zag Brewery Taproom

Opening Soon at The Foundations, Portland

Our Core Range

Logo for Zig Zag Brewery in Lithgow, Australia, featuring a mountain landscape with a bridge and buildings, a banner reading "Steam Pale Ale," and a bronze award badge from Sydney Royal 2023 beer and cider show.

This beautifully crafted Pale Ale is in recognition of Lithgow’s Zig Zag Steam Railway, opened in the 1860s and still running today. With a malty flavour, and golden amber colour, we welcome you to get ‘all aboard!’ and enjoy our beer.

Logo for Zig Zag Brewery featuring an illustration of a brewery in a mountain valley, with hop vines around the edges, and awards for Melbourne Royal and Sydney Royal beer shows, stating Seven Valleys IPA, established 1888, in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.

We’re proud to be within the Seven Valleys, 4500 square kilometres of inspiring natural beauty and one of countless attractions to explore and discover. You’re tasting not just a bit of history, but an IPA made using the purest water from our natural spring.

zig zag brewery jackass lager

We’ve dedicated this refreshing lager, made from the same spring water to Jack A S Jones, affectionately known as Jackass Jones who successfully ran the Lithgow Zig Zag Brewery (then named Corbett’s Brewery) through the first Golden Age of the brewery from 1897 to 1928.

Label for Lost City NEIPA beer by Zig Zag Brewery featuring a black and white illustration of a mountain landscape with bridges and buildings, surrounded by hop cones and an award seal.

The Lost City, just north of Lithgow, is a rugged, untouched wilderness that resembles an old lost civilisation. This is our inspiration for a hazy beer, equally untouched by the brewing process, giving it the full flavour and aroma from its natural ingredients.

Logo for Zig Zag Brewery featuring a black and white illustration of a bridge and brewery buildings, with purple border and hops, and text indicating it's in Lithgow, Australia, with award badge from 2023.

In 1950, Lithgow Zig Zag Brewery’s ‘Ram’s Head Stout’, was awarded first prize in the “British Empire Bottled Stout” class at a brewer’s exhibition in London. We have used this as inspiration to reimagine what a modern Stout should taste like.

Logo for Zig Zag Brewery in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, featuring a mountain landscape with breweries, a bridge, and hop cones, with text indicating 1888 session pale

On 25th July 1888, the Lithgow Brewery, called ‘Corbett and Goodare’ was awarded its first brewing licence. To celebrate Harry Corbett’s and Alfred Goodare’s vision in 1888, we’ve created a mid-strength session pale ale to savour and enjoy today. 

Currently not open to the public but tasting room opening in the future