Hottest 100 Australian beers — the results!

January 26, 2012
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Thanks to all who voted in the Local Taphouse Hottest 100 for 2012. The results will be released below in blocks of 10, up to the top 10. From there they’ll be released one at a time online, as well as announced live in both Melbourne and Sydney venues, to coincide with the Triple J...
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Radio Brews New kickstarts 2012

January 20, 2012
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After a long break, Matt and Pete get their act together and get a new show out. The first show of 2012 just features the lads talking previewing the year and having a general chat about beer. Relevant links for the show: Ballarat Beer Festival Good Beer Week Queensland Beer Week Hottest 100 (still time to vote) Stay tuned...
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2011: Brews News year in review

December 23, 2011
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Australian Brews News takes a look at the year in beer we have had, including the most viewed stories of the year.
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Christmas with Australia’s brewers

December 19, 2011
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Christmas in Australia is a time of family gatherings, barbeques that often include the sharing of refreshing beers as we reflect on the year past and plan for the year ahead. Our sunny hot climate sends many Christmas drinkers to the bottle shop for slabs of thirst quenching and easy drinking lagers. However, what...
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Beer writing bursary winner announced

December 1, 2011
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The winner of Australia’s first ever beer writing bursary has been announced. The bursary has been awarded to Sam Fletcher from Sydney. Bursary sponsor, Tim Lord from Hop Products Australia, said he was impressed with all of the entries and found it very hard to separate the top few. “In the end Sam was a standout...
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Radio Brews News gets its Yeastie on

November 20, 2011
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This week's show is a long one, in which we really get our Yeastie on...but first we catch up with Al Carragher from Carlton's Great Northern Hotel.
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Help make Ballarat better

January 28, 2012
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The reviews from last week’s Ballarat Beer Festival have been pretty good. Still, the organisers want to make it...
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Craft beer is so hot right now

January 27, 2012
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Well, as we look back on yesterday’s Australia Day festivities we can say, “what a day beer fans!” The Local...
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Beer’s back in Ballarat

January 26, 2012
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Ballarat has staked its claim as a hot ticket on the summer festival circuit following the resounding success of...
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Brisbane’s grand tour of beer

January 25, 2012
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In the not so recent past there has been articles about the decline of and dearth of craft beer...
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Call to drink Australian on Australia Day

January 24, 2012
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The Australian Real Craft Brewers Association Ltd has issued a call for beer drinkers to drink Australian real craft...
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XXXX has a summer fling with ginger

January 24, 2012
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Lion is today releasing a ginger beer under the the XXXX Summer brand. This is a very interesting development...
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Events

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Australia Day beer fest for Brisbane

Good beer in Brisbane is just so hot right now, or so it seems with no fewer than half a dozen quality watering holes opening in the past few months, and with at least one city-based brew pub slated to open in the first half of the year. Now, Brisbane beer lovers can spend...

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Beervana 2012 dates announced

Beervana is one of the best major beer festivals that I have been to, nicely balancing all of the competing elements of a good beer festival in one enjoyable, beer-centric package. After running it as his own baby for the first time last year, David Cryer has even more planned for this year and it...

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Win tickets to Ballarat Beer Festival

COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED The countdown is on to the first beer festival of 2012…there’s only 14 more sleeps to go. The brewers have been working through the holidays to make sure there is plenty of cold, craft beer to taste (over 80 different options!) and the gourmet food menu is sure to satisfy your...

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Announcing Queensland Beer Week 2012

Regular readers of beer websites such as this would have noticed over the last few months that Brisbane is actually starting to register in the national beer consciousness. The state now has some excellent independent breweries and brewing companies, and a growing band of venues keen to showcase the best beer from both near...

Brews Reviews

PreachersPreaching to the masses

Interesting fact: Back in the mid 19th century Hobart was notorious amongst sailors worldwide...

Review: The Victorian Women of Beer Review: The Victorian Women of Beer

James Davidson gets up close with the Beer Diva and the Victorian Women of...

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Weihenstephan/Boston Beer Company Infinium Biere de champagne 10.5% abv 750ml Take a world renowned brewery...

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Prof Pilsner discovers that when the dog sits on the tuckerbox these days, there's...

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