Craft Beer Coopery, 7 Lilli Pilli Point Road, Lilli Pilli (2025)

10/10/2024

😢💔🍻Whether you’ve been on this journey with me since day one, or only stumbled across the Craft Beer Coopery in more recent times, I’d love you to share in this last Conversation Crate with me and raise a glass to 8 years of generating positive conversation about mental health… and kick-start one (or another one!) of your own with a mate, brother, or father.

As you’d expect, the Coopery is going out with a bang, with this last Convo Crate including a stellar lineup from , , , , .ales , and of course

⚠️Last orders 16th October⚠️
Order at link in bio

✈️Due to some special requests, I’m shipping this last Crate to international addresses. I can arrange something for you if you DM me with some details.

Trevor

NSW LIC: LIQ770017048

23/08/2024

In the community spreading the good word for a final time. To spoil your dad this ♥️Father's Day♥️come by and visit me at the shops opposite Lilli Pilli oval today or tomorrow, or order online and I'll deliver you.

Check out the gift guide at www.craftbeercoop.com.au

14/08/2024

Spoil (and support!) your dad at the same time by gifting him this FATHERS DAY Convo Crate.

All Daddies Day gift crates are ideal for saying, ‘I care for your mental health Dad ’, ‘Hey, Father, I’ve got your back’, or ‘Old Man, let’s talk’.

All boxes include;
🍺Nine hand-selected Independent craft beers
🥩 beer snack such as chip, nuts or jerky
😂Tasting notes packed full of tall tales about each beer
⚓️ beer coasters

Check out the Gift Guide at www.craftbeercoop.com.au (or link in bio)

14/08/2024

Spoil (and support!) your dad at the same time by gifting him this Father’s Day Convo Crate from my Shire based little business tackling mens mental health.

All Daddies Day gift crates are ideal for saying, ‘I care for your mental health Dad ’, ‘Hey, Father, I’ve got your back’, or 'Old Man, let's talk'.

All boxes include;
🍺Nine hand-selected Independent craft beers
🥩 Jerky from
😂Tasting notes packed full of tall tales about each beer
⚓️ beer coasters

Check out the Gift Guide at https://www.craftbeercoop.com.au

02/08/2024

🍻⚠️Only 4 Convo Crates to go*- our latest just dropped.

Theme👉 💊Pills That Work💊

Back story👉 Lately, my hangovers have been hitting with the force of a thousand scorned wasps. Surely, with all our scientific and technological advances, we shouldn’t have to just have a greasy bacon and egg roll and suck it up? There has to be a better way. So, in the past four weekends, in what has turned out to be a very foolish idea, I set out to find a pill and end the madness once and for all.

The influencer-promoted ‘TGA approved, science-backed’ capsule Tend-2 seemed a great place to start on weekend 1. I crushed up a few, mixed them with some vodka, and let the partying begin. While it tasted great, it had zero effect.

Weeks 2 and 3 involved over-the-counter morning-after pills. Both were roughly the size of Berocca... but reeked like human sweat. After getting hammered in the name of science and waking up the following day wanting to die, I brought them to my lips and almost spewed. The smell was unbearable!

After browsing a few websites for week 4, I settled on ‘AfterDrink’ – the highest-rated hangover tablet. I followed the instructions and popped 3 before drinking and 3 before bed. I awoke the following day with the grandfather of all hangovers. Despite the scores of positive reviews, they did nothing but break my spirit.

And so, here we are, four hangovers later, and only one winner: beer!

Unlike hangover pills, there’s medication to treat mental illness that does work. Some folks won’t need them, while others will. I’ve been taking some for over two decades. They don’t define me or make me any less of a man, mate, husband, brother or boss than talking a Panadol - to at least offer some relief from a hangover.

Enjoy a beer from this Convo Crate with a mate... or all nine. If it’s later, don’t come to me looking for a cure the morning after!

Includes 👉

👍Order now👍

*If you haven’t heard, I’m closing the doors after the October box🖤

01/07/2024

🍻⚠️Only 5 Convo Crates to go- our latest just dropped.

Theme👉 A Drinking Problem Or A Problem Drink

Back story👉 I have quietly speculated about my often over-indulgent beer-drinking habits, wondering if I could have a drinking problem.

The first time I got drunk I was 16 and a lad looking to make a name for himself. After more than a few Tooheys New’s, I was well on my way. And the following day, when I awoke in my mum’s rose garden, it was job done – they called me Petals until I graduated!

In Uni, the girl of my dreams (or so I thought) – a witty redhead named Kylie with an incredible smile and impeccable style – introduced me to good food, better beer and unrelenting heartbreak. We would go out to dinner, drink ‘premium’ beer, and eat gorgeous food. She broke my heart; I held onto the Heineken.

After my brother died, I joined his soccer team and got involved in a significant amount of VB drinking …often before, during and after the game.

But then, in my early 30s, I married (that same redhead!), and we had our first little girl. I celebrated her birth with a few close mates at the local craft brewer. I knew I could only have one or two as I had to return to the hospital, so they had better be good. I had two IPAs and was blown away by the taste.

In the years since, good craft beer has been my mainstay and has become an integral part of my weekends – a craft and a convo with mates, sharing one at the footy with my dad, a quiet one and a bag of crisps as I reflect on life.

With deliberation, I didn’t have a drinking problem; I just needed to give up those problem drinks – the VB’s, New’s, Heineken’s and the like.

Being somewhere between sober and a drinking problem, I can’t wait to crack this box of conversation starters with a mate or two.

Includes Hanks First Punch Pale Ale, The Valley IPA and Subtitles Cold IPA, Big Squezzy Blood Orange IPA, Benetts Black IPA, Convo Starters

12/06/2024

I share this news through a stream of tears, a decision made with a significantly heavy heart.

Over the past 8 years, I’ve poured my heart, soul and personal finances into this little business to do good, first in partnership with and then side by side with the incredible Steve Gamble of . While not losing thousands of dollars doing it could have been better, the 300,000-odd life-saving conversations generated from the 15,000 Convo Crates delivered fills me with an enormous sense of pride and achievement.

I set out to normalise positive talk about mental health between mates over a beer, and along with many of you - some who have been on the journey as long as I have – we have done just that, albeit at a much smaller scale than I had hoped. In the end, we didn’t change the world, but we changed it for some; for those who shared those stories with me, thank you- it was the motivation to go on each year.

The last Convo Crate will be packed and delivered in October to ensure I honour all the pre-paid annual subscriptions. If you’ve been considering joining the movement for some time but have yet to get around to it, now is your chance- you have a few more months to grab a box and make an impact. You can order a single Convo Crate or jump into the Beer Club for the last wee bit. It is never too late (even after the Coopery winds up) to share a beer and a life-changing conversation with a mate.

I’ll leave it at that for now, as there’ll be plenty of time to say our (heartbreaking) goodbyes.

Trevor💔🖤🍻

Ps- I’m not going under; I don’t owe the Australian Tax Office hundreds of thousands of dollars, and no suppliers or customers will be out of pocket.

24/05/2024

⚠️Our latest Convo Crate out now⚠️

The theme👇
🛹KICK, PUSH & COAST🍻

The back story👇
My best friend, a boy named Jonny Chipsham, got a skateboard. I tried his and loved it so much that I went straight down to the skate shop to get my own.

Then, I climbed to the top of Box Road. It was the steepest hill in my neighbourhood. I set down my board, stepped on, pushed off. My plan was to roll the whole slope and use the flat at the bottom to slow down. I had no backup plan.

The acceleration was instant. In a matter of seconds, I was moving faster than my legs had ever taken me. I bailed out halfway down the slope and tried to run it out.

I kept my feet for a split second before I slammed onto the street, hands first, torso second, thighs third and began to slide. When I finally came to a stop in the middle of two lanes of traffic, I felt a strange mixture of sensations: pain, embarrassment, and achievement.

I had skated Box Road - well, the first half of it - and survived, albeit my shirt looked like someone had thrown acid at me, my chin and nose were bleeding and raw, and so much skin was grated off my palms that I looked like I had hamburgers for hands!

There were good days and bad days as a skater, days you fell down and days you landed. But nothing felt better than spending all-nighters talking with mates and ollieing the gap downtown.

While my board is mounted on the wall these days, life still has its ups and downs. Rather than a kind of trophy to freedom, perhaps that old board should act as a reminder of how good it was talking about such times with mates. With that in mind, I’m off to share a beer from this Convo Crate and do just that. Why not do the same?

This Convo Crate features👇
🍺 2 x Super Lemon Haze
🍺 2 x Atlantico Mex Lager
🍺 2 x Random Access Coffee Cream Ale
🍺 2 x Nitro Stout
🍺 1 x Trinity Strong Porter
🍟 Chipies
🤣 Hilarious Tasting Notes
⚓️ Beer Coasters

🖤Order a box today. Save a life tomorrow🖤

04/05/2024

Our latest Convo Crate out now.

The theme: 🐾MUM, DAD, BINGO, BLUEY, BEERS🍻

The story: It started with a whimper from my 10-year-old daughter, but by the time it was done, we were both in tears. It wasn’t the final breath of a loved on. Instead, it was the season finale of the beloved Aussie show Bluey.

The poignant episode saw Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, Chilli, and the extended Heeler family navigate the planning of a huge life change. Throughout the episode, titled ‘The Sign’ – which confirmed what we all suspected, the housing crisis is worse than we thought! – we were left wondering if Chilli and Bandit would sell their house. Bandit, too, it seemed, had felt the cost-of-living crunch and accepted a better-paid job interstate.

While Bluey and Bingo struggle to accept the idea of moving, Chilli explains that in times of uncertainty (and aggressive inflation rates!), you must rely on the unknown power of ‘we’ll see’. Will things be better in a new place? ‘We’ll see,’ says Chilli.

Bandit voice actor Dave McCormack shares that the emotional finale dealt with life’s unpredictability. ‘Everyone is trying to make the best decision, and you will make mistakes. The underlying feeling is you’ve just got to try and do your best with the info you’ve got.

Maybe for you, it’s not about the uncertainty of leaving the home where you formed a family and the kids took their first steps. Perhaps it’s leaving a job or ending a long-term relationship. What is the best advice when dealing with the unknown or the unsure? Don’t do it alone. Be a Bandit or a Chilli and grab a few crafts from this Convo Crate. Then share your thoughts and feelings with a friend …or at least a man’s best friend!

👉This Convo Crate features;

🍺 2 x X Grouse Southern IPA
🍺 2 Alpine Lager
🍺 2 x Lassard Red IPA
🍺 2 x Check In The Dark Dark Lager
🍺 1 x .lizard.brewing It Still Can’t Believe It’s Not Chocolate Stout
🍟 Chipies
🤣 Hilarious Tasting Notes
⚓️ Beer Coasters

😭If there’s not already one on the way, sorry they are all sold out.

Trevor🍻✌️🖤

29/03/2024

🐥Be A C**k, Not A Chicken This Easter🐓

In the rugged beach and bayside suburbs in the flight path of Sydney’s first runway, the sun rose to the sound of c***s crowing and set to the spectacle of c***s dying in mortal combat.

In the cool of late afternoon, growers and fishermen, shopkeepers and public servants—and my grandfather—gathered in vacant blocks to roar as they pitted their birds against each other and bet a few bucks on the outcome.

Once released, the birds leapt at each other with blinding speed, striking out with spurs, wings, and beaks.

‘Be like a game chicken’, said my grandfather Ted to this young 7-year-old. ‘They’re such a beautiful, very proud animal, and they give you what they’ve got to the last breath. He’d fight to the end, Trevor, and never give up.’

Even though he references ghoulish barbarism!!!, my late grandfather’s words are wise and encouraging.

As you share the beers selected by .beer.downunder from this Convo Crate – predominantly brewed on the same craggy landscape in Sydney’s southern suburbs where blood was spilled – encourage a mate to learn from the style of a rooster by physically and mentally fighting to the end …because with the proper reassurance, we can all be a c**k!

👉This collab Convo Crate between x .beer.downunder features;

🍺 2 x IXPA
🍺 2 Island Time Lager
🍺 2 x Oat Cream IPA
🍺 2 x Ugly Tom Hefe
🍺 1 x Gaterale Sour
🍟 Chipies
🤣 Hilarious Tasting Notes
⚓️ Beer Coasters

Happy Easter, Trevor and Bob

21/02/2024

February Convo Crate has arrived just in time for

The theme 🍻BEER & POTATOES🥔

And the story goes 👇

I’m planning to run the half marathon with my mate. And it’s the image of a 61-year-old who trained by chasing cows around his paddocks at home wearing the heaviest gumboots he could find that I have to thank for helping me believe I’m a chance.

I know I’m showing my age, but I watched him with the same awe that the rest of Australia did back in 1983 when he won the Sydney to Melbourne marathon. A nobody potato farmer from Victoria who loved a beer, Cliff Young won the epic 875km race in five days and 14 hours and smashed the previous record of seven days and a bit of change.

After the race, a gumboot was erected in his hometown to commemorate his hero’s journey.

I was never a good runner. But I dreamt about it like you might do when you’re young and fall in love with ponies. Or football. Or dancing. But my running got interrupted in my 20s by beer and kebabs. It wasn’t until my 40s, after two decades or more of thinking I’d eaten too many of Cliffy’s potatoes in chip format to run again, that I found my way back. And it was then, and every run since, that I conjured Cliff.

While pounding the pavement with a mate, I focus on the immediate reward of reaching the end of the week and sharing a few beers and a little of life’s journey together with my partner in pain. I’d say you’d have to trust me that both the running and beer sharing are good for my health, but you can prove it for yourself with this very Convo Crate ...and in the process, you may even get a gumboot erected your name!

This crate features;
🍺 2 x Don Limon Mex Lager
🍺 2 West Coast IPA
🍺 2 x APL
🍺 2 x Anniversary IPA
🍺 1 x Liquid Fusion DIPA
🍟 Chipies
🤣 Hilarious Tasting Notes
⚓️ Beer Coasters

⚠️5 of these ones left. Grab yours

09/02/2024

⚠️Grab a At Home box and celebrate with your mates.

The aim of Local Beer Day by is to bring beer lovers together for the biggest celebration of local beer the country has seen.

On the 24th of February, there will be events at local independent breweries right across Australia, but if you can’t make it to one of those or are keen just to host your own celebration with a mate or two, this version of our hugely popular Convo Crate is for you. Each Crate includes:

🍻Nine hand-selected Independent craft beers
2 x APL
2 x WCIPA
2 x Don Limon mex lager
2 x Anniversary IPA
1 x Liquid Fusion DIPA
🍟 Mango Habanero
🤣Tasting notes packed full of tall tales about each beer
⚓️Man Anchor beer coasters
🧢Craft Beer Coopery Trucker Cap

⚠️Order now to get it in time for the big day

03/01/2024

🌞Free Coopery Cap🌞

The sun's out, so grab a free branded cap and represent👊 just like the legendary and so many more.

No promo codes or catches, just head to the website, click on a cap in the gift section and it’s yours for nicks- all you’ve got to pick up is the postage.

Tag a mate that needs this on his head🧢

Genuine offer, but for a limited time.

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