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As Professor Charlie Bamforth noted in a recent episode of Radio Brews News, beer commercials can do a lot of damage to the perception of the product it promotes by reinforcing the worst perceptions of beer and beer drinkers. They often make the very most out of the very least, but at the same...
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As craft beer continues to win over Australian hearts and palates, a new book sets out to debunk the myth that the best place for a beer is sitting on your couch watching the football.
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Coogee Café After Dark gets all types turning up; beer lovers, wine lovers, food lovers… and just lovers wanting a night out together. Apparently some of their beer-loving regulars were copping grief for attending their regular Aussie craft beer dinners from their wine loving better halves so owner Dan Hampton decided to try and...
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We will definitely be holding more competitions because our ever growing band of readers obviously wants to win cool stuff, at least judging by the number of entries we have received to our last two competitions. And with the number of entries for the Coopers Vintage Ale Tasting pack even exceeding the Brew Masters...
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A Hitler's Downfall parody of DB Breweries' ridiculous trade mark over the style name 'Radler' was inevitable. The only question was how good it would be. The answer: priceless.
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It has been called the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular, but with the release of the list of Australian and New Zealand breweries that will be brewing a new beer for next year’s festival now released, the great should perhaps now be written in bold type and underlined. Breweries confirmed so far include: AUSTRALIA Brewboys...
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If you’re heading across the ditch to visit Beervana – and we highly recommend that you do – you can score free tickets by volunteering to work on a session. Volunteers are still required for a number of sessions and in return for putting in a few hours at the event, Beervana volunteers get a free ticket, Beervana...
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If the announcement that Good Beer Week will be back again next year didn’t get you checking your frequent flyer points balance, the latest announcement from the Local Taphouse will get you racing to to Webjet. It has been announced that Good Beer Week will be launched on Saturday May 12 with the biggest SpecTAPular...
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In more Local Taphouse news, the Local Bottlestore & Provisions in St Kilda is now open and to launch their unique growler delivery service in their local neighbourhood, they are running a competition every bit as unique. They’re asking for people to make up their own imaginative, original and clean (!) story – in 100 words...
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Coincidentally on the day we run our first in a series of podcasts looking at the issue of tap contracts, Ben Kraus from Bridge Road Brewers contacted us about screenings he is arranging of Beer Wars, a US documentary looking at the battle small brewers face to get their beers into outlets in the...
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