Posts Tagged ‘ reviews ’

Review: Beer Barons or Bankrupts? Early Brewers of South Australia

By Dr Brett J. Stubbs

January 21, 2013

Brett Stubbs takes a look at the book Beer Barons or Bankrupts? Early Brewers in South Australia...
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Book Review: Beer, Mines & Rails

By Matt Kirkegaard

September 29, 2011

Beer, Mines & Rails: A history of the brewing industry in Queensland to the 1920s Dr Brett J. Stubbs Tankard Books $39.00 Beer and brewery history is fascinating. It’s the story of people and society, science and technology. As the James Squire brand shows it can be turned into a compelling back story for...
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How the critics chose

By Matt Kirkegaard

March 25, 2011

Creating a favourite beer list is an incredibly difficult thing. Is Australia’s ‘best’ beer an esoteric beer that only five true beer aficionados really appreciate, or some hop monster that is more in the way of trial by ordeal to test the drinker’s beer cojones. Or is the best beer the one that you...
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Book Reviews: The Brewery and The Pub

By Dr Brett J. Stubbs

December 6, 2010

The Australian Pub Diane Kirkby, Tanja Luckins and Chris McConville. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2010 ISBN 9780868408750 $49.95. The Brewery by Andrew T. T. Bailey. Wilkinson Publishing, Melbourne, 2010 ISBN 9781921667589, $95.00. Those with an interest in the history of the making and drinking of beer in Australia will be delighted...
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Scales and Ales

By Graham Reeks

November 2, 2010

Beer and seafood is always a good pairing, but Graham Reeks finds a restaurants that is all about scales and ales...
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Book review: Amber, Gold and Black

By Graham Reeks

October 21, 2010

Graham Reeks finds that you can't always judge a beer book by its cover...
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Blue Sky Brewery, Cairns

By James Davidson

October 4, 2010

Victorian James Davidson heads into the far north and finds that while they do things differently up there, there's still plenty to like about the beer...
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