The Black Box 2024

|Hannah Baars
The Black Box 2024

Our super premium Canvent™ style dark beer 12 pack is back!

Alright Old Sport: The Ultimate luxury dark & barrel aged beer box returns for 2024 with the help of the Coolroom Podcast. This super premium Canvent style custom mixed 12 Pack boasts an esteemed history, averaging +4 on Untappd ratings over the past two years.

The 2024 version is HUGE, loaded with barrel aged brutes, pastry monsters, boozy barleywines and a few other delicious dark surprises created specifically for this box! This is the booziest Black Box yet, with an average ABV north of 11%! Having sold out in just days last year, this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Daily Reveals

Each beer will be announced daily at 5pm sharp AEST. If you don't want spoilers, stay away from our socials until you crack the can.⁠

On Tap

We'll be tapping all Black Box beers the day of their release. If you're box-less and spy a beer that looks right up your alley, come on it and try it. If you have a box, but just one fleeting moment wasn't enough, come re-live the deliciousness here.

The Coolroom Black Box Tasting Events

Back by popular demand, our friends at The Coolroom Podcast will be hosting live and interactive tasting sessions, featuring chats with each of the 12 brewers.
The Coolroom Podcast - The Black Box 2024 Episode 1

Featuring Brendan from 3 Ravens, Ross from Bacchus & Luke from Working Title.

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The Coolroom Podcast - The Black Box 2024 Episode 2

Featuring Adam from Rocky Ridge, Ned from Fox Friday & Curtis from Deeds.

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The Coolroom Podcast - The Black Box 2024 Episode 3

Featuring Seeker Brewing, Duncan from Hop Nation & Natham from King River.

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The Coolroom Podcast - The Black Box 2024 Episode 4

Featuring Lewis from Bright, Alex from Hawkers, and Jimmy & Jesse from Good Land.

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The Black Box 2024

#1 • 3 RAVENS (VIC) - LIQUIDATED ASSETS

🍺 American Oak BA Blended Barleywine⁠ • 🥴 14.3% ABV⁠

This cask showcases everything we love about barleywines: richness, maillard-derived flavours, dark fruit, and a big body. Notes of cake and toasted cornbread, with sarsaparrilla, raisins & prunes. The finish carries on and on, going from caramel, to toffee, to butterscotch and treacle. The history of this barrel really shows, and it’s probably at its peak.

#2 • BACCHUS (QLD) - GINGERDEAD MAN

🍺 Imperial Pastry Stout⁠ • 🥴 13.8% ABV⁠

The ginger is prominent from the moment you crack open the can. Massive ginger, backed up by notes of chocolate syrup and light roast. Feels like a foodie trip around Europe tasting Pfeffernüsse and Pepernoot. Somehow it also keeps on reminding us of different sodas such as vanilla coke postmix & ginger ale. Delicious and strangely nostalgic.

#3 • WORKING TITLE (QLD) - IN BRUGES

🍺 BBA Belgian Dark Strong⁠ • 🥴 10.0% ABV⁠

What a delicate but flavour packed beer. The Belgian esters and deep toast character gives us notes of Banana Bread, backed up by a light (but very welcome) bourbon character. Slightly spicy with notes of cinnamon and toasted coconut. Finishes dry, with an enjoyable oaky aftertaste. “It’s a fairytale beer isn’t it?”

#4 • ROCKY RIDGE (WA) - IMPERIAL KEN OATS

🍺 Pastry Stout⁠ • 🥴 9.0% ABV⁠

Big notes of Italian espresso, with herbal undertones. The breakfast vibes are real with a nice toast malt flavour, light roast and some hints of maple. Medium bodied and quite easy drinking for such a big beer.

#5 • FOX FRIDAY x ONE DROP (TAS x NSW) - ONE FRIDAY

🍺 BBA Imperial Stout w/ Cacao & Vanilla⁠ • 🥴 13.5% ABV⁠

The Bourbon comes through exquisitely, and the adjuncts are very well integrated. The pastry notes resemble Pancakes, Dulce de Leche & Salted Caramel Brownie. The beer is rich and unctuous, with a nice warming feel to it.

#6 • DEEDS (VIC) - THE FINAL DEED

🍺 BBA Imperial Stout⁠ • 🥴 12.3% ABV⁠

An absolute barrel display. The blend of the different selected barrels brings massive notes of bourbon, burnt caramel, rich toffee, brownie & coffee cake. It has a roasty bitter finish with a lingering vanilla aftertaste. Pretty big beer, with layers and layers of flavour.

#7 • SEEKER (NSW) - DARK WIZARD

🍺 Black IIIPA⁠ • 🥴 11.1% ABV⁠

Wow! Massive hop aroma on this one. Dried tangerines, roasted papaya, light aniseed & cacao. Full-bodied, with notes of toffee & Malteasers, it has a solid resinous but also fruity aftertaste. It’s like a fruit salad with chocolate sauce (love a chocolate fondue fountain!). Perfect malt level to balance that bitterness.

#8 • HOP NATION (VIC) - JAMMY DODGER

🍺 Pastry Stout • 🥴 7.8% ABV⁠

Dark chocolate with freeze-dried raspberries and light roast. As it warms up the spice kicks in and we feel transported to having a raspberry filled cinnamon donut in a cozy morning alongside a mocha, YUM! A creamy mouthfeel and well-balanced bitterness makes this beer the perfect delicacy to get this week started.

#9 • KING RIVER (VIC) - ADAMBIER

🍺 Dortmunter Historical Ale⁠ • 🥴 9.0% ABV⁠

This traditional Ale, brewed with oak-smoked wheat is something completely different! Flavours like banana lollies & Cotties chocolate topping. Fruity with cooked apple and plum-like character, but with jerky undertones. The light smoke character works very well and does not clash at all. Finally, a light acidity balances the palate. Really good drinkability for such complex and bold flavours.

#10 • BRIGHT (VIC) - DECADENCE

🍺 Barleywine⁠ • 🥴 16.0% ABV⁠

Massive beer, certainly leaning towards the English Barleywine style. Notes of banana & golden syrup with deep undertones of dried fruit such as sultanas & dried apricots. The beer kind of reminds us of a dessert wine, with its characteristic unctuous texture and a light oxidative note.

#11 • HAWKERS (VIC) - BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PASTRIES

🍺 Raspberry Lamington Imperial Stout⁠⁠ • 🥴 9.6% ABV⁠

Feels like we’ve just walked straight into a confectionery shop! Massive aromas of candy like musk sticks, red raspberry lollies and Turkish delight. Behind the fruity flavours there’s notes of chocolate and freshly grated coconut. An absolute raspberry bomb!

#12 • GOOD LAND (VIC) - TRILLION$

🍺 Pastry BBA Quad & Rum BA Imperial Stout Blend • 🥴 14.0% ABV⁠

A single whiff and we can’t help but smile. We’re in for a treat. Roasted macadamias, s’mores, flambé bananas & maple syrup on the nose. The aromas translate perfectly into the mouth with rich nuttiness, burnt Basque cheesecake and chocolate cookie character. Full bodied and absolutely delicious. A unique beer that certainly hits all the notes.