It’s all eyes on Newcastle this week as the city’s second Craft Beer Week takes over the town. Like Good Beer Week’s first adventure in 2011, Newcastle’s first festival last week arrived all guns blazing, led by the men behind the and Warners at the Bay.
This year, they kicked off with the launch of a collaborative beer, 1942, brewed especially for the occasion by local brewers Hunter and Murray’s and have events running throughout the city until it draws to a close with the Warner’s At The Bay Bottleshop on Sunday.
Elsewhere across the country, there are chances to meet brewers, sample beers from overseas and get inside beer. It all ends with another big party as the Tasmanian International Beerfest rolls into Hobart.
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All Week
* Newcastle Craft Beer Week takes over the city. We’re there from Thursday to Saturday if anyone wants to come and say “Hi!” to Crafty
* Festa della Birra Italiana brings a wealth of Italian craft beers to The Wheaty
Tuesday
* The Ale Stars at The Local Taphouse St Kilda get up close and personal with beers from US brewery Dark Horse
Wednesday
* It’s the Lord Nelson’s Spring Dinner, featuring special ales from the cellar
* Roxy welcomes Southern Bay to the house for the Junction Beer Hall’s weekly beer appreciation night
* Get inside the full range of the Temple brewery’s range in the hands of one of their in house experts
* It’s the turn of the Sydney Ale Stars to get their lips on some Dark Horse beers at The Local Taphouse Darlo
Thursday
* It’s not just the people of Adelaide getting their hands on fine Italian craft beer, as Sydney’s Oak Barrel hosts its own Italian beer festival
Saturday
* Tasmanians get ready to turn out in force for one of the country’s biggest festivals on the Hobart waterfront
Sunday
* Day two of the Tasmanian International Beer Fest
