Tooheys was founded in Sydney in 1869, when the Irish-born brothers John and James Toohey took over a cordial factory at Darling Harbour and brewed their first dark ale there. The business moved to the Standard Brewery in Surry Hills in 1875, listed publicly in 1902 and added its first lager, Tooheys New Special, in 1931. Since the early 1970s brewing has been done at Lidcombe in western Sydney. Tooheys belongs to Lion and has been part of the Japanese Kirin group since 2009.
← scroll to see all 5 beers →
Drawn from all 5 beers in the catalogue.
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one. 2 of them come through every single beer.
A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.
Across 5 beers in 3 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.
Their beers place in the Top 28% of the catalogue on average, across 5 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
Based on style overlap and flavor profile
Tooheys was founded in Sydney in 1869, when the Irish-born brothers John and James Toohey took over a cordial factory at Darling Harbour and brewed their first dark ale there. The business moved to the Standard Brewery in Surry Hills in 1875, listed publicly in 1902 and added its first lager, Tooheys New Special, in 1931. Since the early 1970s brewing has been done at Lidcombe in western Sydney. Tooheys belongs to Lion and has been part of the Japanese Kirin group since 2009.
Other breweries from Australia