South East Brewing Co. (KAIJU! Beer)

Microbrewery in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Associated Venue: KAIJU! Beer & Pizza

Established in 2013

Contact
10 Superior Rd, Dandenong, 3175, Australia
Description
South East Brewing Company are the proud makers of Golden Axe Cider, KAIJU! Beer, and Coaster Beer.

Nat and Callum Reeves are the duo behind KAIJU! Beer and Golden Axe Cider. After releasing a Double IPA back in 2013 that not only got a lot of attention, but single handedly caused a statewide shortage of Simcoe hops, the brothers quickly established themselves as the original hopmasters. Since then, they have been very busy growing the KAIJU! Beer range of hop-driven beers, all made at the brewery in Dandenong South, Victoria.

Note: 2013-2015 brewed at Cavalier.

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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Lots of Red IPAs around this winter. Clear red with a modest pale beige head that's around a while. Aroma of citrus, toffee, some stone and tropical fruit. Very clean so the sweetness of the malt doesn't get in the way of the piney bitter finish. Nice taut mix of fruity flavours, snappy finish. Good.
Tried on 02 Sep 2026 at 13:28

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can. Gold, a cm of white head. Shyish boiled citrus and pine aroma. Then sharper citrus and lots of pine on top of a plainish light bready malt. Dry and bitter at the end. Less complex than 1 and 2 but still good.
Tried on 17 Aug 2026 at 12:09

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Gold with a weak white head. 6- Tropical lolly aroma with pine, some gooseberry. Rather anonymous sweetish malt with fruit then pine before a brief bitter finish. Bit on the fence with this one - finish won me over a bit.
Tried on 13 Aug 2026 at 12:31

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Fairly hazy orange, modest white head. Aroma of wintery oranges, mango pulp, some lime, vanilla, crackers. Quite light bodied, feels cleaner than it looks. Lots of nice light fruit with a citrusy top note. Hints of Berocca. Moderate but sufficient bitterness. Very refreshing. Good.
Tried on 11 Aug 2026 at 13:04

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can. Clear deep amber with a good cm of beige head. Toasty aroma with citrus blossom and spice notes. Not a complete change of pace from Kaiju - it's pretty hoppy with toasted and light caramel flavours giving way to a neat smack of bitterness. Pretty good.
Tried on 06 Jun 2026 at 11:39

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Can. Very pale gold with a cm of loose white head. Aroma of weeds, berries, crackers. Quite sweet with moderate balancing bitterness. Lolly like berries, weedy and spicy bitterness. Didn't do much for me.
Tried on 05 May 2026 at 13:58

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can. Clear gold, white head. 6+ Candied lemon and floral aroma with some crackers, under-ripe tropical fruit, pine needles. Crackery malt and fruity notes are swept away by pine and strong bitterness. Almost too much but not.
Tried on 10 Mar 2026 at 11:34

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8.5
Pours hazy gold, small head.
Nose shows pineapple and coconut but not over the top.
Flavours include coconut, more pineapple, spicy and herbal hops, clean malt.
Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2026 at 02:45

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours black, small tan head.
Nose shows caramel, roasted malt, vanilla, whisky, nougat, creme brulee.
Flavours include more heavy roast, and bit of booze, soft liquorice, woody oak, faint whisky.
Tried on 02 Nov 2025 at 05:28

Pours gold, large white head.
Nose shows dank and resinous hops,a bit of apple and pear notes, followed by clean malt.
Flavours include earthy, dank, resinous and herbal hops. A bit of a juniper character. Very clean malt afterwards but the hops are still the focus.
Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2025 at 05:00