Craft brewers in Sydney’s inner west will be allowed to trade like bars in a trial that could be expanded across the State, NSW Minister for Racing Paul Toole said today.
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Port Macquarie festival lineup announced
The Port Macquarie Beer and Cider Festival has announced its brewery, band and entertainment lineup…
Small bar laws stifling small brewers in NSW
A proposal to increase the legal capacity of a small bar in New South Wales has been welcomed by venue owners and small brewers.
A New M.O. for the Sydney beer scene
Modus Operandi Brewing Company presents beer geeks with an extremely enticing concept.
Rocks Brewing Co opens new brewery
Rocks Brewing Co has cranked up their new brewing equipment and opened their Brewery Bar to the public.
Brewers & Chewers returns to Sydney
Beer is a conversation, and there’s no better way to experience this in a intimate setting than the Local Taphouse’s special dinner event, Brewers & Chewers, which returns to Darlinghurst as part of Sydney Craft Beer Week…
NSW to become largest market for Coopers
An interesting release from Coopers announcing that in January, that for the first time, sales in NSW beat those for South Australia. It’s worth bearing in mind that when you look at Coopers production figure of 68.8 million litres, that is the equivalent of around (if my unreliable maths are correct) 588,034 US barrels. To… Read more →
Six String Brewing and the love of beer
Sam Fletcher heads back to Six String Brewing to find the development finally done and good beer flowing…
A beer to celebrate 150 years of Newtown
On 12 December 1862 Newtown Municipality was proclaimed by Government Gazette, covering 480 acres in three wards: Enmore, Kingston and O’Connell. By the 1870s, Newtown was one of the most densely populated municipalities in NSW and a decade later was one of the main retail centres outside the city. King Street is Newtown’s spine. The… Read more →
The Oak Barrel gets its beer geek on
Some evidence of the craft beer movement is obvious, such as the growing number of smaller breweries opening their doors, the increasing crowds at beer festivals and so forth, while others can be less obvious. One of the less trumpeted flow-on effects of craft beer’s slowly expanding market is the infiltration of good beer into… Read more →