Last week Dr Brett Stubbs debunked the myth about “the first brewery to open since the war”. This week he takes a look at the dreamer who came, built a brewery in Darwin, went broke and then disappeared…
beer and history
Australia’s post-war breweries
Historian Dr Brett Stubbs questions the accepted wisdom that ‘Australia’s first brewery to open since World War II’ was Fremantle’s Sail &Anchor…
Colonial’s German time travelling
Colonial Brewery recently launched the latest in its series of historical German beer styles with the long=forgotten dampfbier. Pia Poynton was there for a taste…
History revisited
The chance discovery of a historic notebook by beer historian Andrew Bailey created the opportunity to recreate a piece of Melbourne’s brewing past.
Beer and war in Australia
Following our look at the history of Crown Lager, we republish an article in which leading beer Historian Brett Stubbs takes a look at the effect war has had on the Australian beer industry…