Walking the aisles of Dan Murphy’s these days you would be forgiven for thinking that we had bypassed the craft beer insurrection and jumped straight into the cider revolution. What’s driving the trend? No one can really explain it adequately, but when there’s a bandwagon rolling by it seems that you don’t ask where its… Read more →
Pacific Beverages
Don’t boil your beer
Pacific Beverages has released a new offering for Aussie consumers on-tap, unveiling their new draught beer, Bruers Bright.
Charity accuses SABMiller of dodging tax
International anti-poverty agency ActionAid has launched a campaign accusing the world’s second largest brewer of avoiding paying corporate tax in Africa and thereby denying income to struggling economies. Brewer SABMiller, joint owner of the Australian-based Pacific Beverages, denies the charge. ActionAid says that SABMiller, owner of global beer brands Peroni and Grolsch, inappropriately siphons millions… Read more →
Bruers Bright to hit the market
It’s not been long since Pacific Beverage’s Bluetongue Brewery officially opened and a new beer has already hit the streets from the brewery. Called Bruers Bright, the beer is described as an “Australian style draught lager with a clean fresh aroma, a fruity individualistic palate and a soft bitter aftertaste”. It is a trial beer… Read more →
Top four brewers make half world’s beer
With news that the four biggest international brewers make more than half the world’s beer, Australian Brews News takes a closer look at who owns what and how that translates to the Australian marketplace.