Dr Brett Stubbs looks at what’s been opening and closing on the Australian small brewery scene…
Book Review: The Brewery and The Australian Pub
Those with an interest in the history of the making and drinking of beer in Australia will be delighted to know of the recent publication of these two significant books. Although both are welcome additions to the growing literature on beer in this country, they are quite different in their subject matter and scope. One… Read more →
CUB in Queensland
With the resurrection of the Great Northern Brewing Co brand, CUB is making a play for parochial Queensland drinkers. But Australia’s largest brewer has a long history in Queensland as historian Brett Stubbs explains…
Bitter & Twisted 2010
Dr Brett Stubbs visited Maitland Gaol last weekend and came away all Bitter & Twisted…and a little damp…but happy.
Australian Small Brewery Update – November 2010
Australian beer historian Dr Brett Stubbs keeps track of the comings and going of the Australian small brewery scene…
Hickinbotham Brewery, Victoria
Breweries within wineries are becoming more and more common, with Victoria’s Hickinbotham Brewery one of the latest…
Brewing or suing: the litigious Lanfears
In this extract from his forthcoming book Beer, Mines and Rails: a history of the brewing industry in Queensland to the 1920s, Australia’s leading beer historian, Dr Brett Stubbs, looks at the contribution one family made to brewing in Queensland and beyond.
Brewhouse Brisbane
The old Stanley Street pub changed hands at the end of March, and is undergoing a gradual transformation from bland Aussie boozer into craft beer pub.
Beacon Brewing Company, Victoria
After having been idle for most of 2009, the little brewery at Geelong’s Scottish Chief’s Tavern has recently been reactivated. Barwon Heads home brewer Dan Cunningham took the lease of the brewery at the end of last year and now runs his Beacon Brewing Company from the facility. He is currently producing two beers—Beacon Bitter… Read more →
Moody Cow, Western Australia
The long-awaited Moody Cow Brewery in Western Australia’s Ferguson Valley opened for business for the first time this week.