After 10 years in the game Queensland’s Beard and Brau Farmhouse Brewery has closed its doors. Founder Chris ‘Fish’ Herring discusses the proliferation of ‘bad beers’ and the industry’s preoccupation with marketing.
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North West Brewing Co wants to put WA beer tourism on the map
North West is set to launch before the end of the year, so we spoke to founder Daniel Scott about Pilbara region beer tastes and being one of the most remote breweries in Australia.
Shopping centres provide a new home for craft beer
Shopping centres, airports and stadiums are opening up to breweries. We look at the implications and requirements of going mainstream when it comes to your venue…
Bottle shops and venues in the ABAC firing line
Bottomless brunches, 8% abv cruisers and national bottle shops face the ire of anonymous complainants to the ABAC board in a raft of judgements released this week.
CUB snaps up canned wine company Riot
Carlton and United Breweries acquire South Australian can and keg wine company, Riot, as they look to strengthen their wine credentials following their own acquisition by Asahi.
Will hard iced teas take off in Australia?
The rise of hard seltzers and spiked iced teas has taken the US by storm, and revamped RTDs are a trend which looks set to head this way. We spoke to 4 Pines-owned Brookvale Union following the launch of its Vodka & Peach Iced Tea.
The VB recipe isn’t changing, it’s being brewed with ‘offset solar energy’
CUB dangled a potential recipe change for declining Victoria Bitter yesterday, but announced today that actually, it’s using ‘offset solar energy’ in its brewing operations.
One year on…Urban Alley Brewery
Melbourne’s Urban Alley has had a rollercoaster of a year with changes to management, their approach to selling beer and sustainability plans. We spoke to head brewer Shaya Rubinstein and COO Rob Stevenson about the past 12 months.
Tribe brews ‘best thing since sliced bread’
Tribe Breweries has teamed up with supermarket giant Woolworths to launch a limited edition pale ale, made with 350kgs of unsold bread. Josh Gaudry, head of marketing and innovation at Tribe, explains how and why.
Young Henrys signs up to contract brewing with Tribe
Sydney brewery Young Henrys has signed up to a contract brewing partnership with Tribe Breweries to facilitate future growth.