Carlton Draught

Carlton Draught is a beer brand with a brewing history beginning in 1864, when the first brew of what is today called Carlton Draught, then called Carlton Ale, came from a small brewery on Bouverie Street in Carlton, Victoria. The brand's official history describes the brewery changing hands, names, and brewers over time while retaining the taste of Carlton Draught. The brand also offers Brewery Fresh Carlton Draught Tank Beer, unpasteurised draught beer held in copper tanks, and maintains a merchandise store celebrating its history and iconography.

According to the brand's official history, the first brew of what is today called Carlton Draught, then called Carlton Ale, came from a small brewery on Bouverie Street in Carlton, Victoria, beginning in 1864. The brewery would change hands, change names, and change brewers, but the brand states it would never change the great taste of Carlton Draught. What would today be known as Carlton & United Breweries began with the Carlton Brewery Company, at the time owned by a young Edward Latham, with brewing helmed by Head Brewer Alfred Terry. Terry's lighter colonial beers were described as more palatable for the Australian heat than heavy European import beers, and his signature Carlton Ale was transported by Clydesdale to hotels throughout Melbourne. Alfred Terry was head brewer for seventeen years before he brewed his last in 1881, after which Colonel John Ballenger continued the tradition of brewing first-class ales. During September 1892, Ballenger created a record when he brewed eight times in twenty-four hours, producing 700 hogsheads of beer. Later, Sam Knott was quoted saying "I allus wan at eleven," and Carlton Ale cemented itself as the beer to reward a hard day's work. By the turn of the century, Carlton Ale was among the most favoured in Australia, and in 1907 the Carlton brewery would join with five other breweries.

• Carlton Draught

  Beer brand whose first brew, then called Carlton Ale, dates to 1864.

• Brewery Fresh Carlton Draught Tank Beer

  Unpasteurised Carlton Draught draught beer held in copper tanks.

1. 1Carlton Draughtcarltondraught.com.au
2. 2History | The Carlton Draught Storecarltondraught.com.au