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25.01.2022 Have your say in the annual Beer & Brewer Awards and vote in three separate People's Choice categories: Best Beer Name of the Year; Best New Release Beer of the Year; and Best Beer Packaging of the Year. Votes can be cast on our website and entries close October 7.
24.01.2022 Stomping Ground and and designer Terry Ricardo have won the second GABS Can Design Awards trophy with their Nectaron of the Gods NZ IPA label. Queensland breweries took out silver and bronze, with Blackflag second and Aether third, while these breweries rounded out the top 10: Little Bang, Black Hops, Brick Lane, Pirate Life, Temple, Bucketty's and Cavalier.
24.01.2022 The winners of our People’s Choice Awards - as voted on by the public at large - are: Best Packaging No Coast by Green Beacon Brewing; Best Name Zero Mississippi by Mountain Culture Beer Co; and Best Beer Amongst the Bines by Wildflower Brewing & Blending
23.01.2022 "We knew hardship and we knew the importance of resilience. We spoke with Ava Nakagawa - someone better placed than most to be the barometer of a nation in terms of where New Zealands beer industry is at as the country enters a world-leading level of post-COVID normalcy. Pomeroy's Old Brewery Inn Beer Baroness
22.01.2022 In this toughest of years for the industry we're delighted to announce and celebrate the winners of our 2020 Awards. Today, via our social media channels and website, we'll be separately acknowledging each individual winner for their standout achievements in a year when arguably we've never seen such consistent and diverse output across the board. to the winners: Bintani Australia, Mountain Culture Beer Co, Deeds Brewing, Small Acres Cyder, Carwyn Cellars, Beer Cartel, Grain and Grape, Moon Dog World, Green Beacon Brewing & Wildflower Brewing & Blending & a big thank you to our esteemed judging panel who are detailed in this awards story
22.01.2022 Awards can be fickle things, with opinions often mixed depending on state lines and the like. But this one was never in doubt as the nominations came in. Mountain Culture Beer Co are the standout winners of our Best New Brewery Award for 2020.
20.01.2022 Akasha Brewing Company have fittingly gone hop-forward in their rebrand - where their new hop flower-cum-all-seeing eye brandmark is literally staring you in the face, giving the drinker no illusions as to what the Sydney brewery is all about.
20.01.2022 Atomic Beer Project's schmick brewpub opens today in Redfern. We spoke with head brewer Nick Ivey about what it means to finally open, what's on tap, and why one of Sydney's most storied neighbourhoods resonates with them.
20.01.2022 The Bridge Road Brewers and Carwyn Cellars advent calendars might have already sold out in super quick time but there are still stacks of great craft beer Christmas gift ideas out there to make festive shopping super easy this year. We take a look at some of them from Craft Cartel Liquor, Dan Murphy's, BWS, GABS Festival & BoozeBud, Beer Cartel, & Stone & Wood Brewing
20.01.2022 Badlands Brewery get BADASS with their 'world first' claims surrounding their 10th birthday beer release
20.01.2022 Balter Brewing Company's head brewer Scott Hargrave opens up on their recent (sadly sold out) release the Bunker Buster - about its origin story, how it could point to the future of the session beer category, and why everyone at Balter will be chasing him around the block if he doesn't brew it again. "So I was asking myself can I actually tweak this enough so you can get that sort of character and flavour and satisfaction and mouthfeel and all those components? If you keep going down in alcohol, does it stop somewhere? Do you bottom out flavour-wise? Does it end up that you can only go so low that you eventually screw it up?."
19.01.2022 A Burleigh Brewing Co. tap favourite finally gets its rightful place in cans. The traditional German smoked dark lager won two gold medals of late too. Check it out.
19.01.2022 Resin Brewing not only saved the Bulli Railway Guesthouse from ruin but breathed new life into it and the resultant brewpub has been recognised with a National Trust Australia (NSW) award.
19.01.2022 As the industry readies to celebrate The Indies National Awards tonight we spoke with the Independent Brewers Association's chair Pete Philip about the "lost year" and how he's upbeat that trends that emerged during COVID can continue in the long-term. Indie or craft beer is not a short-term fad. It’s a long-term trend. We’re on track to secure our objective of claiming 15 per cent of market share by 2025. In many ways we’re wondering whether that is too conservative now.
18.01.2022 Swap the stouts for shorts peoples as Adelaide's much-loved Beer and BBQ Fest is to live on in 2020 as a Summer event called HomeBrewed Dec 4 -6
17.01.2022 Mokusiga could be the term weve all been looking for as we bide our time for better days ahead amid the hazy funk brought on by COVID-19. In Fijian, its an amalgamation of the words for kill (moku) and day (siga) and its the local slang to describe the act of killing time. Its pronounced with an n sound before the g as in moku-sing-ah. Its also the name of Fijis first craft beer range Mokusiga Craft Beer - Fiji made by a couple of mates who met at The University of Sydney We had a chat with the founders Gavin Statham and Simon Gelling.
17.01.2022 Such was the impact COVID-19 had on the way they did business in 2020, Carwyn Cellars almost took out our Best Online Retailer award as well this year. With imminent plans to improve their online presence, they may just give that a run for its money in 2021.
17.01.2022 Due to the lockdown in Victoria the Independent Brewers Association has extended the closing date for entries to The Indies by a further two weeks. And for NSW breweries, the IBA is holding a Virtual Mash Up on September 1 in association with Destination NSW.
17.01.2022 Following an $8 million dollar capital raise last month, keg renters Konvoy have acquired Kiwi company Red Kegs as they push their trans-Tasman client base to nearly 200.
17.01.2022 And just when you thought 2020 was done with dishing up the weird and the wacky comes a late arrival out of South Australia. In mid-December Adelaide’s Little Bang Brewing Company will do a potential world first and package and release 12,000 cans of the same hazy IPA but give each their own unique name and label.
17.01.2022 It’s pretty hard to put into words what the feeling of this is like. I think there will be a certain little tear shed at some point tonight just thinking about what has gone on this year for everyone and what we have poured into this venue. We spoke with Wolf of the Willows Brewing's Scotty and Renae McKinnon as they finally get to open the doors of their taproom today.
16.01.2022 Remember that time you drank all dad's beers? Well, you'll be off the hook when you get him a gift he'll actually want this Father's Day.
16.01.2022 With this years Australian GABS festivals postponed until later in the year, the GABS team have collaborated with a number of breweries to brew and release their planned Festival Beers in a limited edition six pack. It will be available exclusively via Dan Murphys stores and online from Friday 31 July and while stocks last. GABS Festival Modus Operandi Brewing Co. Bright Brewery One Drop Brewing Co. Big Shed Brewing Concern Dan Murphy's
15.01.2022 Thanks to Hop Products Australia we've got three of their Eclipse mixed packs of 12 to giveaway that showcase what the new fruit-forward hop variety is all about.
15.01.2022 Kiwi brewer Behemoth Brewing Company (Chur Brewing Company in Oz) relieved to see end of Trump-themed series after one last release this week. "We felt like ‘screw it, let’s throw everything at this until the election and until we see him voted out’. Thankfully that appears to have happened now."
14.01.2022 Modus Operandi Brewing Co.set to make their dreams come true as they get the green light to build new production brewery and brewpub in Newcastle. "Our motto is beer first, no shortcuts and that doesnt change. But in terms of what brewing dreams weve had in the past, these are now going to come true," co-founder Grant Wearin.
14.01.2022 "A long time in the making", the sprawling Pirate Life Perth brewpub, created in collaboration with WA hospitality operators Sneakers & Jeans, will swing open its doors next week in part one of a phased unveiling.
14.01.2022 I think it was in 2011, we put out a smoked breakfast lager for our 500th release. It had f***ing everything in it! Muesli, fruit toast, tea, honey, coffee. It was a bit nuts. Now, that would probably fly off the shelves. Not so much in 2011 though! Bridge Road Brewers founder Ben Kraus looks back as they celebrate their 15th anniversary Independent Brewers Association
12.01.2022 Often referred to as the Olympics of beer competitions, the Brewers Association's World Beer Cup is set to take place next year for the first time since 2018 with eligible Australian breweries welcome to enter.
12.01.2022 In a year when Australia went online in search of their beer, competition for this award was fierce, but Beer Cartel won out (for the fourth year in a row!) as the best in a field of very strong performers.
12.01.2022 Do you think you've got what it takes to be a published craft beer reviewer? Well here's your chance to prove it and one lucky winner will receive an amazing Rastal craft glassware four pack from CraftyMerch and have their review published in the Summer issue of our magazine.
12.01.2022 Hong Kong's largest and most widely distributed craft brewery gweilo beer hope to establish a long-term footing in Australia as they embark on a brew-in-market operation with Rocky Ridge Brewing Co.
11.01.2022 Contribute your craft insights and be in to win $500 worth of beer! Beer Cartel's 2020 Australian Craft Beer Survey can be accessed here: www.beercartel.com.au/australian-craft-beer-survey
11.01.2022 As zero alcohol beer gains increased popularity in Australia, the nation's first ever alcohol-free beer fest - Flow Festival - is being held on July 19 and it's being showcased by the legends at UpFlow Brewing Co. & Sobah Beverages
10.01.2022 The Colonial Brewing Co Blackhearts & Sparrow imbroglio is turning in to one of Australian craft beers greatest controversies. And its extremely upsetting to see that happening.
09.01.2022 If ever there was a place destined to win a 'Best Brewery Experience' award it would be Moon Dog World - where a theme park for adults takes the brewery experience to an all-new level.
09.01.2022 Deeds Brewing's head brewer Justin Corbitt has capped a prolific year of output from the Glen Iris brewery by winning our Best Brewer of the Year Award for 2020. He joins (formerly of) Feral Brewing Company's Will Irving, Balter Brewing Company's Scott Hargrave and Van Dieman Brewing's Will Tatchell as previous winners.
09.01.2022 Go behind the beer with Capital Brewing Co.'s head brewer Wade Hurley and national sales manager John Bates and find out about the brand new, core range XPA can release. "We built up the body of the beer by using a fair bit of Golden Promise malt to leave some residual sweetness and round it out and balance up the hops. We used Azacca, Mosaic and Amarillo Hops. We have been really happy with the result, particularly the aroma from the dry hop," Wade
09.01.2022 Rolling out today is the latest core range beer release from Nomad Brewing Co. - the Rollin' Haze Hazy Pale Ale (4.6%). We sat down with head brewer Brooks Caretta to go behind the beer.
08.01.2022 In this oddest of years, where hobbies old and new were taken to with gusto as people sought to occupy their time in lockdown, home brewing went through a renaissance of sorts and no store looked after the hobbyists better than Grain and Grape
08.01.2022 First up, and following his win of the award of the same name at the Independent Brewers Association's Indies last week, this is further acknowledgement of the influence Bintani Australia founder Pete Meddings has had on the Australasian beer and brewing community throughout his career.
07.01.2022 For years James Kendell has been delivering some of Australia’s best traditional ciders and, despite it being the toughest period he's faced in the 13 years he's run Small Acres Cyder in Orange, NSW, he's our Best Cider Maker for 2020.
06.01.2022 Black Hops Brewing share their secrets in the new book 'Top 11 Lessons Building a Brewery and Navigating the Valley of Death'. It's available now for free via the blog on their website. We chatted with co-founder and CEO Dan Norris about why he's made a follow up to their 2016 book 'Operation Brewery'. You dont look back and wish anything was different really the journey has been invaluable. But it would have been great if there were more resources around like this book when we were starting out. Going from home brewing to actually running a brewery is pretty damned scary.
06.01.2022 Pivoting to an online model due to COVID-19 has seen Katoombas Mountain Culture Beer Co ascend new heights as they scale up production and look to open another brewery in the area. A lot of my mates that I talk to have kind of got the same story where theyre like man, I thought we were going to just be closing down and laying people off but its turned out we needed to invest in more equipment, hire more brewers and brew more than we ever have before, DJ McCready
06.01.2022 We chat with Frenchies Bistro and Brewery's head brewer and co-founder Vincent de Soyres about where they've been and where they're heading as they celebrate their third birthday
05.01.2022 One positive out of COVID is home brew sales at Grain and Grape are bubbling along as homebodies take up the hobby for the first time or the more serious advance their past-time to new levels. We spoke with the Yarraville home brew shop's founder John Preston.
05.01.2022 Those crafty Kiwis are at it again. Check out Citizen from New Zealand who are turning unsold bread into craft beer and then making artisan bread with the rehashed mash. It's the Citizen's arrest of food waste. Mike Sutherland from the multi-award winning The Sawmill Brewery is making the beer so you know it's going to be good.
04.01.2022 Lock in 8pm AEDT November 25 to tune in to the live broadcast of the Independent Brewers Association's 2021 Independent Beer Awards or listen out for invites and registrations to the official parties dotted around the country.
04.01.2022 BWS says their commitment to independent Australian breweries is of mutual benefit and they're in it for the long haul as they launch their #localluvva campaign
02.01.2022 If there was some light at the end of the tunnel, I think almost certainly, the decision would be different. Fall & Rise Brewing put the for sale sign up as COVID-19's economic impact creates uncertainty for some in Melbourne's beer industry.
02.01.2022 The seventh hospitality venue in 4 Pines' portfolio is coming to a farm-style resort in Pokolbin on November 1.
02.01.2022 Seen Balter Brewing Company's latest winner shot at The Great Northern Hotel? Pretty much the zeitgeist video for the times. "What can I get ya touchy?"
02.01.2022 In big news for the Australasian beer industry, packaging heavyweight Visy is to pay almost $1 billion to control the world's largest glass bottle maker's operations on both sides of the Tasman.
02.01.2022 Modus Operandi Brewing Co.co-founder Jaz Wearin says the boom in zero alcohol beer sales of late is "just the tip of the iceberg" as she gets set to launch Nort next week
01.01.2022 On the eve of votes closing in the GABS Festival's inaugural GABS Can Design Awards, Beer & Brewer spoke with designer Clint Weaver aka Pocketbeagles - the creator of some of Australia's most instantly identifiable can art.Clint weaves his beer can design story and remarks on the wider aspects of design and brand development in the beer and brewing industry.
01.01.2022 Australias first and only cooperatively owned brewery Hopsters Co-op Brewery is achieving the collective dream.
01.01.2022 "Weve been pivoting, and scrambling, and cancelling orders, and pouring over government legislation. You make a plan and then 24 hours later it is in the bin because the goal posts have moved. You owe it to your staff and your community to fight on, but it is exhausting.
