ACCC Deputy Chair Michael Schaper spoke with Brews News to explain the ACCC’s decision that a court was unlikely to find that tap contracts amounted to a substantial lessening of competition…
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Contracts "unlikely to substantially lessen competition": ACCC
After a three-year investigation, Australia’s competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has found that tap contracts in the brewing industry are not anti-competitive.
Short Film Competition with "craft beer" as focus launches
Hop Flicks is a new short film competition and will be part of the inaugural Sip & Savour – craft beer event set to take place from 25-26 October 2014.
Who will win the best beer trip ever?
Who will win the World’s Best Beer Trip? Meet the three beer loving finalists from Australia and New Zealand, then cast your vote to see them represent the southern hemisphere’s best beers on the world stage…
An open letter to Ari Mervis
An open letter to Carlton & United Breweries’ CEO, Ari Mervis, about his company’s marketing practices and their impact on genuine small brewers…
The Australian Beer Festival Home Brew Championship Returns
The 8th Annual Australian Beer Festival is back with the Home Brew Championships.
Australian Hotel festival homebrew competition
Thank you for your interest in the 2011 Home Brew Championships, which will be held at the Australian Hotel on Thursday 22nd September. We will have a select panel of judges, which will represent all aspects of the Brewing Industry to sample and determine the Home Brew Winners. The beers will be judged in the… Read more →
Survey to win
The publishers of the newly-released Beer Lover’s Guide to Australia want to find out about your experiences at Australian breweries. To celebrate the launch of The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia they are giving away seven packs – one everyday from Monday 22nd August to Sunday 28th August. Each pack includes a copy of The… Read more →
A beer lover's journey goes sour
The upcoming edition of the Beer Lovers Guide to Australia – due out in August – ran a competition to unearth Australia’s best new beer writing talent. Here the last of our runners-up, Sam Fletcher, says that everyone can use a Beer Sherpa to guide them through a world of uncharted beers…
A small price to pay
The upcoming edition of the Beer Lovers Guide to Australia – due out in August – ran a competition to unearth Australia’s best new beer writing talent, open to aspiring and unpublished beer writers. Here Jenn Davidson asks why would we stay home and just drink when we can travel and savour the experience…