Brewer Richard Adamson takes a look at a world of beer styles and wonders which we have, or can, make our very own…
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Brewing or suing: the litigious Lanfears
In this extract from his forthcoming book Beer, Mines and Rails: a history of the brewing industry in Queensland to the 1920s, Australia’s leading beer historian, Dr Brett Stubbs, looks at the contribution one family made to brewing in Queensland and beyond.
The Gold Digger’s Arms
The Gold Digger’s Arms: Pubs of the Upper Clarence River District, New South Wales By Brett J. Stubbs In this book Brett J. Stubbs, an environmental historian and Australia’s leading historian of beer and breweries, turns his hand to local history, albeit a local history that reflects his areas of expertise. Typical of most local… Read more →
Death by Beer
To many beer lovers, death by beer might sound like a great way to go. But as historian Dr Brett Stubbs has discovered, it’s not always so. It seems as though making beer is fraught with many dangers…
Porter explodes – no, really
Pete Brown recounts the events surrounding the Meux’s Horse Shoe Brewery tragedy of 1814…
Beer…a beverage of moderation for the nation
As we watch the growing hysteria around alcohol these days, it would be easy to think that we are in a unique point in history. That we aren’t was graphically illustrated when this picture (right) lobbed in my inbox recently. I was fascinated and started digging to find out a little more. It turns out… Read more →