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Little Creatures (brewery)
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Little Creatures is a brewing company based in Fremantle
, Western Australia
, originally established in 2000 by the original brewers of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company
. The name "Little Creatures" is inspired by a song lyric from the Talking Heads
Little Creatures album
and refers to the live yeast
cells
that turn the sugar
s in malt wort into alcohol
.
An independent craft brewery movement in Australia, Little Creatures Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Little World Beverages
, a publicly listed company,
farm, is open to the public and contains a café/restaurant.
flowers, self-propagated yeast with a secondary bottle fermentation
, and Australian malt
s. They also market an amber ale (Rogers), a Pilsener
, a golden ale (Bright Ale) and an apple cider
(Pipsqueak).
For the flagship Pale Ale, cool bottle fermentation is carried out with a lager yeast whereas the primary fermentation is most likely accomplished using a US west coast ale yeast such as the "Chico" strain (available as Wyeast 1056 or Safale US-05).
The brewery has won a number of Australian International Beer Awards. It has been named Champion International Brewery 2002, Champion Australasian Brewery 2002 and the Pale Ale has been named Champion Ale (2002, 2007) and Champion Bottled Ale (2001).
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, originally established in 2000 by the original brewers of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company
Matilda Bay Brewing Company
The Matilda Bay Brewing Company is an Australian brewery, owned by the Foster's Group. Originating from small batches brewed for the Sail and Anchor hotel in 1984, their main brewery opened in 1989 in a prominent building on the Stirling Highway occupied by Ford Motor Company...
. The name "Little Creatures" is inspired by a song lyric from the Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
Little Creatures album
Little Creatures (album)
Little Creatures is the sixth album by Talking Heads, released in 1985. The album examined themes of Americana and incorporated elements of country music, with many songs featuring the steel guitar...
and refers to the live yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
cells
Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....
that turn the sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
s in malt wort into alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
.
An independent craft brewery movement in Australia, Little Creatures Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Little World Beverages
Little World Beverages
Little World Beverages is an Australian beverage and hospitality company, best known for its ownership of the Little Creatures brewery. Although often associated with the independent craft brewery movement in Australia, Little World Beverages is in fact a publicly listed company, about 40% owned...
, a publicly listed company,
Brewery
The brewery building, which was formerly used as a boat shed and crocodileCrocodile
A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...
farm, is open to the public and contains a café/restaurant.
Brands
The original Little Creatures Pale Ale is an American Pale Ale brewed with Cascade (aroma) and Chinook (bittering) whole hopHops
Hops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...
flowers, self-propagated yeast with a secondary bottle fermentation
Fermentation (food)
Fermentation in food processing typically is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohols and carbon dioxide or organic acids using yeasts, bacteria, or a combination thereof, under anaerobic conditions. Fermentation in simple terms is the chemical conversion of sugars into ethanol...
, and Australian malt
Malt
Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting". The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air...
s. They also market an amber ale (Rogers), a Pilsener
Pilsener
Pilsner is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the city of Pilsen , Bohemia, in today's Czech Republic, where it has been developed since 1842, when a bottom-fermented beer was first produced. The original Pilsner Urquell beer is produced there today.-Origin:Until the mid-1840s, most ...
, a golden ale (Bright Ale) and an apple cider
Apple cider
Apple cider is the name used in the United States and parts of Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples...
(Pipsqueak).
For the flagship Pale Ale, cool bottle fermentation is carried out with a lager yeast whereas the primary fermentation is most likely accomplished using a US west coast ale yeast such as the "Chico" strain (available as Wyeast 1056 or Safale US-05).
The brewery has won a number of Australian International Beer Awards. It has been named Champion International Brewery 2002, Champion Australasian Brewery 2002 and the Pale Ale has been named Champion Ale (2002, 2007) and Champion Bottled Ale (2001).