CHAOS REALM III
The Dark Ascension
Friday 14 — Sunday 16 August 2026
Gungahlin, ACT
10 beers. 10 breweries.
One Dark Ascension.
What is the Dark Ascension?
Chaos Realm III is Cypher Brewing's ultimate dark beer festival experience. 10 hand-picked beers from some of Australia's most exciting breweries, all under one roof.
Every attendee gets a Digital Passport — your ticket to taste every beer, rate them, leave tasting notes, and vote for the title of Dark Sovereign.
Complete all 10 beers and you've achieved the Dark Ascension.
Taste
10 hand-picked beers from some of Australia's most exciting breweries
Rate
Score every pour and leave tasting notes on your Passport
Conquer
Complete the Ascension and vote for the Dark Sovereign
How It Works
Buy Your Passport
Grab a Digital Passport online. No login needed — just buy and go.
Book Your Table
Lock in a base camp for your crew. Walk-ins welcome but tables go fast.
Activate
Create or log into your Cypher account to activate your Passport.
Taste & Rate
Show your Passport to staff, get your pour, then unlock and rate each beer.
Complete the Ascension
All beers tasted? You've achieved the Dark Ascension.
The Lineup
10 beers await in the darkness
Cypher Brewing
Shadow Weaver
Pirate Life
Hazy IPA
Deeds Brewing
Juice Train
Balter Brewing
XPA
Cypher Brewing
Realm Walker
Moon Dog
Splice of Heaven
BentSpoke
Crankshaft
Cypher Brewing
Goblin Juice
Stone & Wood
Pacific Ale
Cypher Brewing
Dark Ascendant
Bringing Your Crew?
Buy multiple Passports in one go. You'll get unique activation links to send to each person — they claim their own Passport when they're ready.
The table booking is for the group. The Passports are individual.
Enter the Realm
Your Digital Passport is the key. Buy now — no account needed. Activate when you're ready.
Already got your Passport? Book a table or view your Passport