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The results for the Sydney Royal Show beer competition have been released and demonstrate the ever growing standard of beer brewed in Australia. The big winners in this year’s competition were Sydney’s Redoak which won Champion Bottled Beer for its IPA and Victoria’s Matilda Bay, winning the Champion Draught Beer for Alpha Pale Ale. The...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Murray’s Shawn’s Fault – India Dark Ale. If you like big flavours and something a bit different, you’ll love Shawn’s Fault. And if you don’t – then it’s Shawn’s fault! This is not a beer for low-carb, no flavour fans.
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Foster’s is the world’s 284th most valuable brand, with a brand value of US$3.1bn (AU$3.5bn), according to the latest BrandFinance Global 500 survey. The survey annually analyses 500 key brands worldwide and 2010 marks Foster’s first entry into the Top 500. Its listing sees the Australian brewer join the world’s most valuable beer brand,...
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Hollywood loves a remake and it seems Lion Nathan does too. After the disappointing – and short-lived– ‘Build a Boat’ campaign for the brewer’s XXXX Gold brand, Lion Nathan will this weekend launch its new advertising campaign which sees a return to the XXXX Blokes and a dog concept…only with four new blokes, and presumably, a...
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For all of the development that is going on in the world of beers, Belgium is still a Mecca for beer lovers. Here is your chance to visit Belgium in the company of exciting Australian brewer Ben Kraus from Beechworth’s Bridge Road Brewers. This September Ben is guiding a small, private tour to Belgium...
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United States—The Brewers Association, the trade association representing the majority of United States. brewing companies, has just launched a new website to celebrate the ever-growing interest in craft brewers in America. The new site is a consumer portal providing information and community interaction for craft beer enthusiasts everywhere. The site, craftbeer.com, offers a comprehensive...
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Foster’s Group yesterday posted its half year results which showed that Australia’s largest brewing company had continued to lose its share of the lucrative Australian beer market. Wine was again the major drag on the company’s results, with the beer business showing a 5.7 per cent increase in revenue despite a 1.1 per cent...
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Scottish brewery BrewDog has reclaimed the record for the world’s strongest beer with a 41% abv IPA called Sink the Bismarck. BrewDog initially claimed the record last year when it unveiled a 32% beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin late last year. The record was shortlived however with German brewer, Schorschbrau, recently reclaiming the mantle...
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In more news from the De Bortoli-owned William Bull brewery, Australian Brews News understands it is going to launch a new beer this Autumn called William’s Pale Ale. The beer is named after William Bull, the man who sank the area’s first bore and after whom the townsfolk named their town of Bilbul where the...
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William Bull Brewery are looking for a highly motivated and competent brewer to join the small team and shoulder day to day brewing tasks as well as administrative and customer responsibilities.
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