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The beer news, media releases and new releases that have got our attention and that we think might be of interest to you.

It’s Yak Racing Season

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February 28, 2011
It’s Yak Racing Season

‘Gentlemen, start your yaks!’ is the proclamation of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company as they launch a unique campaign that will take one Fat Yak drinker all the way to Mongolia. The craft beer arm of brewing giant Fosters has launched their biggest product promotion to date, with a competition aimed squarely at (but...
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An old Dog is off the leash

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February 22, 2011
small_dogbolter

Prof Pilsner discovers that when the dog sits on the tuckerbox these days, there's chocolate cake inside...
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Malt Shovel Scribbly Gum Lager

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February 19, 2011
Scribbly Gum Decal

Malt Shovel Brewery brings the smell of wood smoke back to the Australian summer barbeque.
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Beer on the dining table

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February 18, 2011
Beer deserves a place on the table

Aaron Caruana ponders why more people don't serve beer with their meals. After all, done well and it is superb....
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A single source of hype

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February 18, 2011
© chris williams/blackbox

Public relations would seem to necessarily involve hype, particularly in the beer industry where publicists need to try and differentiate between near identical lagers in order to make them seem special. This is even more so when you are one of the last on to a band wagon and need to make a me-too...
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Homebrew kits for coeliacs

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February 16, 2011
brewers choice

There are a group of Australians who continue to violate a great Aussie tradition and refuse to share a beer with their mates. It’s not because they want to, but simply because they can’t. For Coeliacs, (people who are gluten intolerant), beer is a no-go zone. Imagine how they suffer watching their mates enjoy...
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Please, in my backyard

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February 16, 2011
Young Henry's proponent, Brewer Richard Adamson

‘Not in my back yard’ is the phrase commonly heard when planning approval is sought for something a little controversial in our cities. It’s a phrase that brewer Richard Adamson was confronted with on the front page of today’s Sydney Morning Herald in relation to his attempts to get Young Henry’s, his proposed restaurant...
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Brewing with the boys…

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February 15, 2011
Brewing with the boys…

Aaron Caruana takes a look to see what Adelaide's BrewBoys have got going on under the hood.
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Beer DNA

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February 14, 2011
Finnish beer bottle

Finding a 200 year old beer bottle has the boys back at the lab fired up, muses Pete Mitcham...
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Beers and tears

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February 11, 2011
woman tears

Here’s something to think about as you sip your next beer. That beer is up to 95% water. That’s quite a bit of water. But, as the brewers’ saying goes – if the water was that good on its own, you wouldn’t bother turning it into beer. So if beer is so much water,...
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