Serial hospitality entrepreneur Michael Vale is one step closer to opening his ground-breaking Urban House of Brews, after securing agreements with the five craft brewers to reside in the Newtown venue. Following news in March that the old Hub Theatre was to be the site of the innovative new concept, a selection of Australian craft brewers …
In a world where beer is no longer simple, people serving it must know something of what they’re doing. Acclaimed brewer Neal Cameron offers insight into insight. We’re big on education in Australia. We are in the top ten most educated countries in the world. And until successive governments savagely degraded our TAFE system, …
The debate in Australia around ‘What is Craft Beer’ has taken a sharp turn, with the Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) effectively ousting brands owned and linked to major brewers. The CBIA yesterday announced a “membership reform agenda” that would focus on the independence of brewers of the sector. It plans to “re-define membership eligibility” …
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The creators of the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular are parting with their Sydney instalment of the Local Taphouse, citing booming business in their other operations. Beer legends Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone are the brains behind the GABS phenomenon, emanating from their craft beer meccas, the Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst and St Kilda East. The …
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One of Sydney’s most popular craft beer haunts has been sold by the purveyors of Good Beer. The Good Beer Company has operated sister venues the Dove & Olive and the Keg & Brew, both in Surry Hills, for the past several years, developing them into the quintessential beer meccas. In September 2015, Good Beer …
Lion has made another move into boutique brewing, partnering with Eumundi’s Imperial Hotel to revive one of Australia’s original craft beer brands. Brewing engineer and developer John Lynch assembled investors for a new brewery in the Eumundi region, just north of the Sunshine Coast. The venture purchased the Imperial Hotel and installed a brewery, which …
Consumer research has reached inside Australia’s legion of craft beer drinkers, with important results for licensees. The Sydney-based Beer Cartel is a distributor of over 1,100 craft beers from around the world, providing tasting rooms and beer clubs, and distribution of curated six and twelve-packs to budding connoisseurs. Surveying over 6,500 beer drinkers, the company …
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As strong market conditions continue to drive sales and purchases of prized pubs, craft beer mecca the Royal Albert is up for grabs. Located in the heart of Sydney fringe Surry Hills, near Central Station, the hotel embodies the beer diversity and on-trend stylings of what has become known as a craft beer pub. It …
Following a positive ruling on Australia’s part in the beer global mega-merger, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is still unhappy about tap contracts and craft brewers. Last month the ACCC gave the green light to a $145 billion merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, despite significant effects on competition in Australia. The takeover …
Adelaide is mourning the loss of one of its true characters of hospitality, Emily Trott, one of the three owners of the beloved Wheatsheaf Hotel. Trott passed away recently from cancer and a funeral service was held this week at Wirra Wirra – the McLaren Vale winery where she grew up, founded by her wine-maker …
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