Drinks – Alcoholic

GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season

COOL SUMMER BEER RELEASES

Posted on November 17th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Warmer weather is producing the customary bloom of new brews, forecasting drinking trends for the approaching summer. Modus Brewing has launched Modus Cerveza, billed as a crisp, easy-drinking classic beer, inspired by coastal Mexico and “the perfect thirst quencher” for

LION LETS LOOSE XXXX DRY

Posted on September 22nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Following the success of its release in the northern states last year, Lion has announced the national launch of XXXX Dry. Despite being made available only in Queensland and the Northern Territory, XXXX Dry became the biggest beer launch in

HOT BEER RELEASES FOR WINTER

Posted on May 31st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
This month the biggest celebrations in Australian beer took place, and some of the strongest players were not shy putting their best new flavours forward. Current titleholder of the #1 beer on the GABS Top100 for 2021, Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing

COOPERS RELEASE VERY AUSTRALIAN IPA

Posted on April 16th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Coopers is releasing a distinctly Australian IPA, with a little help from live, loud and local legend, Aussie rocker James Reyne. Australia’s largest independent family-owned brewery launches Coopers Australian IPA as a limited-edition release, in kegs and cans. As IPAs

CRAFT BEER BIBLE TAPS BENT SPOKE

Posted on January 27th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular list of the Hottest 100 craft beers in Australia has been released, with a podium shuffle and new top dog brewer. The new list, recognising the best drops of 2020, is the thirteenth edition

JOHNNIE MARKS 200 YEARS WITH LIMITED RELEASE AND DOCUMENTARY

Posted on December 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Johnnie Walker – the world’s most recognised Scotch – is celebrating 200 years, spawning a limited-edition varietal and documentary by acclaimed independent film makers. The iconic Scotch whisky began in Kilmarnock, Scotland, in 1820, in a small grocery shop run

LION GOING DRY FOR EMERGING MARKETS

Posted on December 14th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Lion has begun a “strikingly different” campaign to harness the market appeal for a major launch of a new variant to XXXX – XXXX DRY. XXXX DRY is described as an “easy drinking full strength lager designed to appeal to

FOSTER’S MAKING A LOCAL COMEBACK

Posted on November 30th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
CUB has announced it will be dramatically ramping up production of Foster’s – the beer synonymous with the legend of Australia – following consumer research showing now is the time for iconic brands. Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) is relaunching

MORE COURAGE FOR AUSSIE CRAFT SPIRITS

Posted on November 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian craft spirits are set to find well-deserved greater prominence in the local market thanks to a Nip of Courage expansion into trade wholesale. Australian craft spirits specialist Nip of Courage (NoC) has been the national distributor for a wide