The 20th annual Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) has tonight named Western Australia’s Feral Brewing as Champion Large Australian Brewery and Australian Capital Territory’s Wig & Pen Brewery & Tavern as Champion Small Australian Brewery at the prestigious Awards Presentation Dinner an Melbourne, Australia. Conducted annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) in… Read more →
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Bavarian Bier Café Wins 2011 Queensland Best Bar Presentation
We recently mentioned the product knowledge of the staff at the Bavarian Bier Cafe in Brisbane. It’s pretty unlikely that the QHA awards dug this deeply into that aspect of bar service in judging these awards (though hopefully one day state hospitality associations will actually consider knowing something about beer as being a valuable part… Read more →
Yeastie Boys rewarded with BrewNZ Trophy for Innovation
Well, back from Wellington and Beervana. Here’s a release from the Yeastie Boys about their win for innovation at the awards. We’re not sure exactly what a ‘postmodern craft brewing company” is exactly, but we do know exactly what they mean by describing Rex Attitude as ‘polarising’. Read more in their release below. Watch out… Read more →
8 Wired wins as New Zealand Beer Awards announced
The Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards were announced last night. Watch out for a full write up about an excellent awards presentation dinner, but full results are below. Media Release The Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards were announced last night with 8 Wired Brewing taking out the top honours to become The Champion… Read more →
Australia’s best beer?
Swan Valley microbrewery Feral Brewing Company has again performed well at the Perth Royal Beer Show held in Perth on the Friday night picking up a swag of awards, topped off by the claiming the coveted award for Best Western Australian beer for Feral Hop Hog for the second year. This ads to a string… Read more →
US reigns despite Australia's strong result
Moylan’s Brewing Company of Novato, California USA, is Champion Exhibitor of the 19th Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA). Moylan’s cemented the AIBA’s prestigious accolade for the highest scoring exhibitor after it was also announced as the Champion Small Brewery. It was a similar scenario to last year’s AIBA’s at which Nøgne Ø – Det Kompromissløse… Read more →
AIBA entries closing soon
Entries for the annual Australian International Beer Awards close this Friday, 21 January 2011 and organisers are encouraging breweries from across the globe to enter this year’s competition. As the largest showcase of beer and brewing excellence in the Asia Pacific region, the truly international AIBA received more than 1,170 entries from around the world… Read more →
Black Giraffe wins gold medal
Burleigh Brewing Company’s Black Giraffe lager has been awarded a gold medal at the World Beer Championships in the United States.
International brewers on top at AIBA
International breweries took out 11 of the 15 trophies awarded at the 2010 Australian International Beer Awards, announced tonight at a presentation dinner at The Palladium, at Crown in Melbourne. In addition to scooping the majority of trophies, the prestigious Champion Exhibitor Trophy is headed offshore as well, awarded to Norwegian boutique brewery, Nøgne Ø… Read more →
Brews News meets Redoak’s David Hollyoak
He’s ‘Australia’s most awarded brewer’ and has just added another couple of gongs to his bulging trophy cabinet courtesy of the Sydney Royal Show Beer Competition. Brews News meets the man behind the mash tun at Redoak, David Hollyoak.