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In depth features about beer travel, beer and food, brewers, breweries, beer history, styles and just about everything you wanted to know about beer.

Beerend — It’s like a bookend for your beer

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April 18, 2013
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Finding you don't have enough space in your fridge for your beer? Melbourne beer lover Zac Martin may have the solution and needs your help...
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Australia’s post-war breweries

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April 12, 2013
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Historian Dr Brett Stubbs questions the accepted wisdom that 'Australia’s first brewery to open since World War II' was Fremantle's Sail &Anchor...
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Colonial’s German time travelling

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April 12, 2013
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Colonial Brewery recently launched the latest in its series of historical German beer styles with the long=forgotten dampfbier. Pia Poynton was there for a taste...
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Australian Beverage Industry Digest No. 133

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April 7, 2013
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Brewing industry veteran John Harvey's comprehensive summary of all the Australian beverage industry news for the past few weeks.
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Six String Brewing and the love of beer

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April 2, 2013
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Sam Fletcher heads back to Six String Brewing to find the development finally done and good beer flowing...
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History revisited

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March 28, 2013
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The chance discovery of a historic notebook by beer historian Andrew Bailey created the opportunity to recreate a piece of Melbourne's brewing past.
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Hop to the top

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March 28, 2013
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How many hop varieties is too many in a beer? Ten? Eighty? 2012? Luke Robertson speaks to some of the brewers making these mightily-hopped beers to see if he can answer this question...
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Hotel industry furious at Lion’s plans to roll out Tap King home draught beer system

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March 28, 2013
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In a move that has upset publicans, Australia's largest brewer, Lion, has confirmed plans to roll out a new home draught beer system called Tap King later this year.
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Good crowds for Fed Square Microbreweries Showcase

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March 26, 2013
Good crowds for Fed Square Microbreweries Showcase

Judging by the crowds, the Federation Square Microbreweries Showcase goes from strength to strength...
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Oysters Three Ways

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March 15, 2013
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Just as James Davidson suggested we broaden our beer horizons this St Patrick's Day, Paul Mercurio offers us up some interesting variations on oysters...three ways.
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