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James Davidson reports live from the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition...
Can you imagine Nike, Pacific Brands and the Redback Boot Company working together to...
They had their naysayers and doubters, but the three mates from Moon Dog Craft...
Big breweries routinely talk of their "portfolio of brands" rather than their product, or...
The 20th annual Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) has tonight named Western Australia’s Feral Brewing as Champion Large Australian Brewery and Australian Capital Territory’s Wig & Pen Brewery & Tavern as Champion Small Australian Brewery at the prestigious Awards Presentation Dinner an Melbourne, Australia. Conducted annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV)...
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The festival that was the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular is over – the kegs are stowed away, the Royal Exhibition Building’s doors are closed and I am back in an office in Sydney, wishing I were still out drinking in a giant echoing beer hall. Partly to give thanks to Steve, Guy and all those involved...
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Last night’s Federal Budget delivered some surprise excise benefits for small brewers. The Australian Government announced it will extend the current microbreweries excise refund scheme by increasing the maximum refund amount from $10,000 to $30,000 and removing the current production eligibility threshold of 30,000 litres of beer, with effect from 1 July 2012. The amendments will...
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Sad news reached us today about the passing of brewer Geoff Scharer. Hyperbole often abounds in newspapers with the passing of significant people and the word “pioneering” is overused. However, I can’t think of a more fitting word to describe Geoff Scharer. Geoff was granted Australia’s first brewpub licence in 1981, a step taken...
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You are going to see a lot of media over the next few days about John Cleese, Canadian Club and beer fairies. It’s the latest stage in a very large campaign by the drinks maker Beam to position Canadian Club as the alternative to beer. It says something fairly powerful about the plummeting perception of...
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On the same day that Lion was reporting 'strong brand growth', the nation's media was reporting the death of beer. How is that so?
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Tickets for Beervana 2012 will go on sale on 1 June with a range of exciting new ticket options...
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Twelve months after the working group first met to discuss forming an industry association for craft beer, the Australian...
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Tim Collier raises the standard of conversation on Brews News by discussing real philosophers and beer...
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Coopers Brewery has released a new beer to mark its 150th anniversary. Coopers Celebration Ale is a hops-driven traditional...
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Luke Roberston finds a wine bar in Melbourne getting into the spirit of Good Beer Week...
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Some evidence of the craft beer movement is obvious, such as the growing number of smaller breweries opening their...
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The festival that was the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular is over – the kegs are stowed away, the Royal Exhibition Building’s doors are closed and I am back in an office in Sydney, wishing I were still out drinking in a giant echoing beer hall. Partly to give thanks to Steve, Guy and all those involved...
Tickets for Beervana 2012 will go on sale on 1 June with a range of exciting new ticket options for beer and food lovers. Now in its 11th year, Beervana will take place at Westpac Stadium on 17 and 18 August (two sessions daily) as part of Visa Wellington on a Plate. The event...
Luke Roberston finds a wine bar in Melbourne getting into the spirit of Good Beer Week...
Some evidence of the craft beer movement is obvious, such as the growing number of smaller breweries opening their doors, the increasing crowds at beer festivals and so forth, while others can be less obvious. One of the less trumpeted flow-on effects of craft beer’s slowly expanding market is the infiltration of good beer...
Preaching to the massesInteresting fact: Back in the mid 19th century Hobart was notorious amongst sailors worldwide...
Review: The Victorian Women of BeerJames Davidson gets up close with the Beer Diva and the Victorian Women of...
InfiniumWeihenstephan/Boston Beer Company Infinium Biere de champagne 10.5% abv 750ml Take a world renowned brewery...
An old Dog is off the leashProf Pilsner discovers that when the dog sits on the tuckerbox these days, there's...
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