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Beer events, tastings and dinners across Australia and New Zealand

Living in the Wild, Wild East

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September 28, 2011
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I love living where I do. I grew up, as did my wife, in a suburb not far away and together we have raised a family and put down roots in the area. We are close to most of what we need or might want and we are a short drive from both the...
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Brisbane Euro beer dinner

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September 28, 2011
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Brisbane’s Villager Hotel is continuing its run of beer dinners with a Euro beer dinner featuring beer’s from the portfolio of long-time Brisbane good beer distributor, Nigel Turner. For $75 you get four courses matched to European beers, including Budvar, Krusovice, Erdinger Weisbier and Erdinger Dunkel. More details below. To book.
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Barley’s Angels comes to Brisbane

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September 22, 2011
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Barley’s Angels, the beer appreciation group run by women for women, has established a Brisbane chapter. Organised by passionate beer devotee Deb Parker, the group will be based at Brisbane’s iconic Story Bridge Hotel with the first meeting to be held on Tuesday, 11 October. Deb has established herself as a bit of a...
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Sydney’s week of craft beer

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September 22, 2011
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Back in May, when Melbourne’s Good Beer Week was on and Melburnians were enjoying the best craft beer Australia has to offer, Sydneysiders like me were sitting in offices, watching social networks light up with exploits and beer tales. We were forced to feign indifference while seething with murderous jealousy on the inside. This...
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Paul Mercurio shows Melbourne how to cook with beer

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September 16, 2011
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The Bluetongue Bar – Taste of Melbourne 15th September: Bluetongue Premium Beer opened its Bluetongue Bar at the Royal Exhibition Building last night as part of Taste of Melbourne. To celebrate, Bluetongue held the first of two cooking demonstrations with Paul Mercurio. Well known for his passion for cooking with beer, Paul showed off...
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Taphouse TV Launch — Q & Ales with… Garrett Oliver

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September 15, 2011
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The Local Taphouse will launch their own Taphouse TV online channel with a “Q & Ales” session as part of their bi-monthly Ale Stars events. Q & Ales is inspired by the ABC’s Q&A programme and will feature at occasional Ale Star sessions. Craft beer luminaries from around the world will be beamed live...
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7th Annual Australian Beer Festival

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September 13, 2011
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Move over Germany, Sydney’s iconic landmark, The Australian Hotel will again host its renowned two-day beer bash to celebrate what some Aussies call water… BEER! The 7th Annual Australian Beer Festival over Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October from 12 noon to 5pm is back with a bang and is set to live up...
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Queensland Homebrewers Conference – beer dinner

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September 8, 2011
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The Queensland Homebrewing Conference can confirm today details of the beer and food matching dinner to be held on 05 November 2011. The dinner will be held at Deck’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant in Brisbane’s South Bank parklands. The menu for the evening has been prepared by Matt Kirkegaard, founder of Good Beer Lunches...
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Stone Beer Festival Dinner – Brisbane

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September 1, 2011
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If you missed the Festival of the Stone in Byron Bay — then be sure not to miss The Villager’s Stone Beer Dinner. Thursday 29th September will see the last keg of Stone Beer in Australia tapped, so if you tried it and want more, head along, and if you missed it first time...
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Beer dinner: McLaren Vale

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September 1, 2011
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McLaren Vale Beer Company’s next beer diner at the Salopian Inn is scheduled for 14 September at 6.30. The mystery four course menu with beers costs $75 per person, plus $20 if you want to catch the bus from Adelaide. Bookings: http://beerdinner4.eventbrite.com. Enquiries: events@mvbeer.com
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