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beer history

Book review: Bygone Breweries of NSW – the Central Western District

October 11, 2017 by James Atkinson

The latest instalment in Dr Brett J. Stubbs’ historical canon focuses on the early days of brewing in Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange and surrounds.

Category: Featured, Features Tagged: beer history, book review

View of part of West Maitland showing the brewery (building with chimney in the centre between street and bridge) as it was when George Melville Milne first occupied it in the late 1870s

A Brewing Life: George Melville Milne

May 3, 2013 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

Dr Brett Stubbs uncovers the fascinating life of another of Australia’s long-forgotten brewing pioneers, this time George Melville Milne an early partner in the Carlton Brewery…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, George Melville Milne, Maitland

A Brewing Life: William John Disher

March 5, 2013 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

Dr Brett Stubbs continues his occasional series unearthing the histories of some long-forgotten but fascinating colonial brewers…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, William John Disher

Small brewing’s first wave now a ripple

October 12, 2012 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

Beer historian Brett Stubbs counts how many of the 1980s’ ‘first wave’ of small breweries are still operating…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history

Marketing insights from the birth of boutique brewing in Australia

October 5, 2012 by Stephen S Holden

We round off our unplanned week of looking at the history of Matilda Bay by publishing an article that has everything a beer wonk could want: craft beer, history, marketing insights and a personal narrative…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, Featured, marketing, Matilda Bay, Phil Sexton, The Queen's Hotel

The Brewing Brehenys

October 5, 2012 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

Our resident historian Dr Brett Stubbs takes a look at a forgotten brewing dynasty that brewed in every Australian state…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, Brehenys

Would the real first Matilda Bay beer please stand up?

October 2, 2012 by James Davidson

James Davidson takes a look at the history of Matilda Bay and tries to find out what really was the brewery’s first beer…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, Matilda Bay, Redback

A Brewing Life: Henry Edmeades (1837-1938)

August 7, 2012 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

Dr Brett Stubbs traces the life of brewer Henry Edmeades, which shows that running a brewery in Australia has always been a pretty speculative task…

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, brewers, Henry Edmeades

The history of beer according to Dan Murphy

June 4, 2012 by Dr Brett J. Stubbs

During a recent visit to my local Dan Murphy’s outlet to peruse the beer shelves for something tasty and interesting to share with an overseas visitor, I came away also with a copy of a new Murphy publication called Beer Styles: the beers, the brewers and the breweries. This 28-page glossy and colourful brochure is… Read more →

Category: Features Tagged: beer history, beer myths, Dan Murphy's

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