Apply to Feature on Mystery Beers (At Your Own Risk)

Mystery Beers is a recurring Wolf & Nugget ritual that occasionally happens while camping, travelling, or sitting around a table after a long day. It is not a review format, not a sponsorship opportunity, and not something we recommend attempting to influence.

Mystery Beers Logo

That said, breweries may participate.

This page exists so we don’t have to explain it twice.

Mystery Beers (Read This Before You Even Consider It)

Mystery Beers is not about beer.
It is not fair, consistent, or outcome driven.

If your beer appears:

  • it may be loved
  • it may be disliked
  • it may be ridiculed
  • it may never be mentioned again

There are no guarantees of screen time, ratings, feedback, or even acknowledgement.

Submitting beer is a gamble, not a collaboration.

Mystery Beers With Tom at Sofala Mountain Culture Juice Trip

Camping Beers Are Judged Differently

Mystery Beers usually takes place in a camping or travel context. This matters.

Camping beers are judged on:

  • taste in the moment
  • suitability to the setting
  • group consensus
  • vibes
  • and factors we won’t attempt to define

A beer that is objectively “good” may still fail here.
A beer that shouldn’t work sometimes does.
If you’re trying to optimise for outcome, this isn’t for you.

Mystery Beers are often accompanied with goods from The Salami Man

The Absurd Brewery Pathway (The Only Way In)

If a brewery insists on attempting Mystery Beers, the following requirements apply without exception.

The Offering

You must send one mixed case of 24 units, consisting of:

  • 2 x twin-packs
  • 2 × four-packs
  • 2 × six-packs

Each pack must be:

  • It's own beer variant
    • For example a case can be (but not limited to):
      • 2 larger type A
      • 2 pale ale type B
      • 4 IPA type A
      • 4 Larger type B
      • 6 Hazy Pale Ale type A
      • 6 Hazy pale type B
  • shrink wrapped
  • non transparent
  • Not a dark or sour beer
  • with no visible branding, beer style, or identifiers on the outside of the wrapping (cans are obviously labeled normally)

No exceptions.
No explanation why.

Ruckers Hill Pale ale with Dex Fulton & Jeremy in Vic High Country Mystery Beers

Optional Bribes (Strongly Discouraged)

Each individual pack may include a non see through envelope (ideally fridge/weatherproofed with tape & double enveloped) containing a monetary bribe

You may include:

  • bribes in all packs
  • bribes in some packs
  • no bribes at all

There is:

  • no minimum
  • no maximum
  • no fairness
  • no obligation to disclose totals

Bribes do not guarantee:

  • appearance
  • positive treatment
  • forgiveness
Mystery beers can be UniSex

Best Beers for Camping (As Decided Poorly)

If, and only if, your beer appears on Mystery Beers, it will be treated as follows:

Phase 1: Normal Mystery Beers Rating

  1. Beer is introduced once removed from fridge
  2. Cracked together
  3. Sampled
  4. Rated out of 10
  5. No protection from group opinion
  6. This rating is final.
Mystery Beers on the Turon at Sofala

Phase 2: Post-Bribe Rating (Absurd and Unregulated)

After all normal ratings are complete & the beer has been consumed:

  • any discovered bribes may be revealed
  • a secondary rating may be issued

This secondary rating:

  • is not always out of 10
  • has no fixed scale
  • may contradict the original score
  • may be emotional, petty, or inconsistent

A generous bribe does not guarantee a good post bribe rating.
A bad beer may still receive a bad rating, regardless of bribe.
A good beer may receive a worse score out of spite.

The deciding factor is how passionately the players felt, not how much money was involved.

Mystery Beers should be cracked simultaneously

Important Disclaimers (Please Actually Read These)

By submitting beer, you acknowledge that:

  • Your beer may never appear
  • Your beer may appear briefly or off handedly
  • Your beer may be disliked publicly
  • Your brewery may be labelled “shit at mystery beers”

This label is:

  • public
  • final
  • and intentionally unfair

No sponsorship agreement is formed.
No advertising services are being provided.
No tax invoice will be issued.
No reporting, metrics, or feedback will be supplied.

Silence is the default outcome.

Final Warning

If this sounds like a bad idea, it probably is.

Mystery Beers only works because:

  • no one is protected
  • no one is briefed
  • and no one can win on purpose

If your brewery is still keen after reading this page in full, that alone tells us something.

Where to send your beer:

All mystery beers may be sent to:

Wolf & Nugget Mystery Beers
C/O Warrimoo LPO
280 Great Western Highway
Warrimoo, NSW 2774

Good luck - you'll need it