Black Hops Down

The Rise and Fall of Australia’s Most Loved Craft Beer Brewery

Opening a brewery with your mates is the dream; its collapse is a nightmare.

Black Hops Down is the raw, unfiltered account of what really happened behind the scenes at one of Australia’s most talked-about craft breweries. As a founder of Black Hops, Dan Norris pulls back the curtain on the company’s rapid rise and dramatic fall from within. From a CEO relationship investigation to shocking claims of trading while insolvent, this tell-all memoir dives deep into the conflicts, missteps, and power struggles that almost no one saw coming. Black Hops Down isn’t just a business book—it’s a cautionary tale for founders, a must-read for fans, and an honest reckoning from someone who lived every moment of it.