Posts Tagged ‘ NSW ’

Some evidence of the craft beer movement is obvious, such as the growing number of smaller breweries opening their doors, the increasing crowds at beer festivals and so forth, while others can be less obvious. One of the less trumpeted flow-on effects of craft beer’s slowly expanding market is the infiltration of good beer...
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Six String Brewing began like any other brewery. Inspired by years of homebrewing and a ‘real ale’ trip through the UK, Chris Benson approached his friend Adam Klasterka in 2009 with the idea of opening up a craft-minded brewery on the NSW central coast. They hoped to bring to the vibrant community an intimate...
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By now everybody should know the saga of Young Henry’s. There’s been enough coverage in the mainstream media for everyone with a passing interest in beer to have gotten wind of it. The original site for the brewpub/restaurant on Devonshire Street in Surry Hills, near Sydney’s CBD, was part of an existing dispute between...
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Sydney’s soon-to-open Young Henry’s brew pub is offering home brewers the chance to have one of their beers made professionally in their brewery. The winning entry will be made on the brewery’s 12-hectolitre system and will feature as the new venue’s winter release specialty beer. Details on the poster below. Entries close April 29th. More information,...
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Western Sydney is at present not quite awash with quality beer. Craft offerings in the harbour city tend to be concentrated around the CBD, while the huge suburban sprawl out west is largely untouched. But after the Australian Brewery opened their doors in Rouse Hill in 2010, western Sydney got its first local taste...
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Sydney turned on a weekend of splendidly warm and dry weather at the end of October for the 7th annual two-day Australian Hotel Beer Festival. Held as usual at the Australian Hotel in the Rocks area of the city, this year the section of Gloucester Street adjoining the lower side of the pub was...
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The annual Warners At The Bay Boutique Beer Festival returns in November for its 5th year. The popular Sunday afternoon event, which also closes the first Newcastle Craft Beer Week this year, will bring together over 80 beers and ciders from 25 suppliers. Craft and boutique beers from local brewers such as Murray’s and the...
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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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The state-of-the-art, brand new Bluetongue Brewery, will produce up to 1 million bottles per day, which if laid end to end would stretch from the Brewery to the Sydney CBD.… . . and all of those empty bottles (500 pallets per day)need to be filled, labelled and packaged. The primary role of a Process...
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Bluetongue Brewery prides itself on the passionate team of people who oversee the creation of our products – from procurement, through brewing, to packaging and distribution. The team at Bluetongue approach their craft with total care and commitment, ensuring the highest of standards are met throughout the entire process. Our vision is to set the benchmark in...
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