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Your Guide to Australian Craft Beer / Friday 24 May 2013

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Back at the end of 2012, when compiling our 50 Beers of 2012 for James Halliday’s Wine Companion Magazine, we wrote: “The powers-that-be push stablemate Fat Yak but those in the know drink Matilda Bay’s genuine US pale ale.” In other words, their Alpha Pale Ale: the multiple award-winning beer that is inexcusably shunted to the back of their lineup by the marketing gurus at CUB. That may be about to change, however, following the announcement of the trophy winners in the 2013 Australian International Beer...

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22.05.13: South West At The Fest

Somewhere in south west WA there is a brewery tank full of hefeweizen made with cacao husks. A few kilometers away is another b...

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21.05.13: The NSW Invasion

The New South Wales craft beer scene has been bubbling away furiously in recent times and it’s finally spilling over into...

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20.05.13: Crafty Tales Launches

There are a lot of very talented people in the craft beer world. And not just the brewers either. In our relatively short...

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Good Beer Week 2013: Boilermaker at The Beaufort

Event: Boilermaker at the Beaufort
Venue: The Beaufort
Date: May 21, 2013
Good Beer Week Stream: Beer Geek

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Good Beer Week 2013: Cavalier Creation Degustation

Event: Cavalier Creation Degustation
Venue: Slowbeer
Date: May 21, 2013
Good Beer Week Stream: Foodie

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Good Beer Week 2013: The Big Apple & The Goat

Event: The Big Apple & The Goat
Venue: Mountain Goat Brewery
Date: May 18, 2013
Good Beer Week Stream: Beer Geek

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Stone & Wood Stone Beer

For a bunch of brewers on the cutting edge of the modern Australian brewing scene, the guys at Stone & Wood don’t mind taking inspiration from Marsellus Wallace once in a while.Well, once in a ye…

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Pint of Origin 2013:

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24 May

Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular 2013:

In 2012, a quote we gave about that year’s Great Australa…

24 May

Good Beer Week 2013:

Australia’s biggest week dedicated to the celebration of …

24 May

Hitachino Tasting at McCoppins Fitzroy:

A chance to sample some of Japan’s finest craft beers in …

24 May

Pint of Origin: Feral Degustation Dinner:

There’s no holding back at Werribee’s [Park Hotel](/beer/…

25 May

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