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Brewers grapple with sustainable packaging

April 11, 2022 by Clare Burnett

Many brewers have heralded their use of can handles made from sugar cane pulp from suppliers such as Biopak, but they have also grappled with the realities and challenges of working with such a new and evolving product.

Category: News Tagged: BioPak, packaging, sugar cane can handles, Sustainability

Cascade announces new cardboard packaging

November 29, 2021 by Media Release

Cascade Brewery will no longer use plastic shrink wrap packaging on its bottles, with all bottles leaving the brewery in new cardboard packs.

Category: Media Releases Tagged: bottles, Cascade Brewery, packaging

Paper or plastic? The labelling compromise

October 26, 2021 by Clare Burnett

Plastic and paper labels have been a point of contention with brewers forced to choose between utility and sustainability, so we spoke to Lion, Rallings and East Coast Canning about the issues.

Category: News Tagged: East Coast Canning, Lion, packaging, Rallings Labels Stickers and Packaging

Your Mates Brewing case study

August 30, 2021 by Sponsored Post

This case study explores how Fibre King helped Your Mates Brewing remove its packaging bottleneck and gear up to meet demand.

Category: Sponsored Posts Tagged: Fibre King, packaging, Your Mates Brewing Co

Bundaberg to toll pack cans for craft brewers

November 3, 2020 by Media Release

Following several years of toll packing, Bundaberg Brewed Drinks deliberately opted for a canning line of their own.

Category: Media Releases Tagged: Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, Craftmate, Krones, packaging

Opportunities arise amid COVID crisis

June 23, 2020 by Clare Burnett

Packaging technician Mitch Gibson has launched his own business after COVID-19 opened up an opportunity to support brewers with European equipment.

Category: News Tagged: Mitch Gibson, packaging

ABAC packaging cans

Spike in packaging complaints dominates ABAC report

October 14, 2019 by Clare Burnett

ABAC have received more packaging complaints in the last quarter than are usually received in a year according to its latest report, which also highlighted an increase in demand for its pre-vetting service.

Category: News Tagged: ABAC, Jedi Juice, packaging

Carlton Dry 330mLpsd

CUB announces new packaging for Carlton Dry

October 22, 2018 by Media Release

CUB announces Australia’s “most refreshing and uncomplicated beer” Carlton Dry, is becoming even more straight-forward.

Category: Media Releases Tagged: Carlton Dry, CUB, packaging

New packaging leads to 25% increase in Wahoo sales

March 5, 2012 by Media Release

While those that are all about what’s inside the bottle might want to sneer at things like packaging awards being included in beer awards, packaging is only going to become more and more important to sales as our bottleshop shelves become more and more crowded. This will be especially true for brewers seeking to break… Read more →

Category: News Tagged: bottles, Gage Roads, O-I, packaging, Vortex Bottle

Beer bottles: The answer is not clear

August 7, 2010 by Chris Bible

Beer, traditionally packaged in brown bottles, is increasingly being sold in green and even clear glass because beer marketers discovered that beer in this colour glass is more attractive to consumers. What’s best for beer? Chris Bible finds that the answer definitely isn’t clear…

Category: Features Tagged: alpha acids, bitterness, bottles, chemistry, hops, light, light strike, packaging, skunking, tetra

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