The latest instalment in Dr Brett J. Stubbs’ historical canon focuses on the early days of brewing in Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange and surrounds.
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A Brewing Life: George Melville Milne
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…
A Brewing Life: William John Disher
Dr Brett Stubbs continues his occasional series unearthing the histories of some long-forgotten but fascinating colonial brewers…
Small brewing’s first wave now a ripple
Beer historian Brett Stubbs counts how many of the 1980s’ ‘first wave’ of small breweries are still operating…
Marketing insights from the birth of boutique brewing in Australia
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…
The Brewing Brehenys
Our resident historian Dr Brett Stubbs takes a look at a forgotten brewing dynasty that brewed in every Australian state…
Would the real first Matilda Bay beer please stand up?
James Davidson takes a look at the history of Matilda Bay and tries to find out what really was the brewery’s first beer…
A Brewing Life: Henry Edmeades (1837-1938)
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…
The history of beer according to Dan Murphy
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 →