John Harvey reviews Very Good Beer and Ale: Breweries and Brewers of Tasmania 1820s to 1930s; an important study into the early history of brewing in Tasmania by historian Dr Brett J Stubbs.
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Review: Beer Barons or Bankrupts? Early Brewers of South Australia
In beer history circles, a major highlight of the year just ended was the publication of Alison Painter’s history of the South Australian brewing industry.
Book Review: Beer, Mines and Rails
Historian and Australian Brews News contributor, Brett Stubbs, has looked at the relationship between the development of mining and railways and the making and consumption of beer in his latest book.
How the critics chose
Creating a favourite beer list is an incredibly difficult thing. Is Australia’s ‘best’ beer an esoteric beer that only five true beer aficionados really appreciate, or some hop monster that is more in the way of trial by ordeal to test the drinker’s beer cojones. Or is the best beer the one that you choose… Read more →
Book Review: The Brewery and The Australian Pub
Those with an interest in the history of the making and drinking of beer in Australia will be delighted to know of the recent publication of these two significant books. Although both are welcome additions to the growing literature on beer in this country, they are quite different in their subject matter and scope. One… Read more →
Scales and Ales
Beer and seafood is always a good pairing, but Graham Reeks finds a restaurants that is all about scales and ales…
Book review: Amber, Gold and Black
Graham Reeks finds that you can’t always judge a beer book by its cover…
Blue Sky Brewery, Cairns
Victorian James Davidson heads into the far north and finds that while they do things differently up there, there’s still plenty to like about the beer…
The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide
Aaron Caruana checks out an Adelaide icon and comes away smiling…
1001 beers you must try before you die
If you love beer and making lists about them, this is a book for you…