News & Feature Stories
Craft Beer Heroes: Marty Keetels
He announced his intentions in the most comically unlikely of manners and has gone on to create one of the country's leading beer festivals while helping build Brisbane's beer community. So we invited Marty Keetels to tell us more.
Mine's A Sunshine State
Thanks to the launch of small hop farms, a local operation producing yeast for brewers and the production of malt with Queensland provenance, Archer in Brisbane have created QPA, which they believe is the first modern, all-Queensland beer.
Who Brews One Drop Beers?
Botany's postcode is 2019 and it looks like 2019 could be the year of Botany beer after One Drop Brewing Co opened its doors. We caught up with the reggae-loving foursome behind Sydney's newest brewery for our Who Brews...? series.
Brew With A View
From brewing shit beer to champion brewery in three years and from taking two months to shift a keg of IPA to seeing an entire batch of double IPA disappear in a week, the Moffat Beach Brewing Co story is quite the ride.
Canned Laughter
It was a punchline that was waiting to happen as the beer world moves inexorably from bottles to cans and brewers strike up partnerships outside craft beer's original stomping grounds. It's Canned Laughter, a beer from Newstead and Brisbane Comedy Festival.
Drink Smarter
Two years on from their launch, the University of Melbourne's courses focusing on beer and brewing have been completed by hundreds, with some students already securing work. University alumnus Will Ziebell returned to the scene.
Brew & A: Jack Beavis of Woolshed Brewery
There's few breweries in Australia with as picturesque a location as Woolshed in SA's Riverland region. At the helm for most of its existence has been Jack Beavis, a local lad who returned to Renmark to follow his brewing dream.
Who Brews On Kangaroo Island?
Matt King takes a ferry ride to Kangaroo Island where he caught up with Mike Holden, the man behind the brewery of the same name, for our Who Brews...? series.
Beer Nuts: Ode To The Road
Oh, to hit the road with the end game being just that: the road. The couple behind Ode To The Road, Erin and Carmel, have been touring Australia more than a year, sampling as many breweries as possible – growlers and dog in tow.
Crafty Cabal Update - February 2019
Time for a first update of 2019 from The Crafty Cabal, our beer lovers bonus scheme. We've got exclusive events, a bar shout, new giveaways and new deals. Check it!
Featured Events
Mikkeller Rises At Odd Culture (NSW)
Sydney's Odd Culture have lined up some eggs-ellent brews from Danish gypsy brewers Mikkeller f…
Coming Events
April 18th, 2019,
Mikkeller Rises At Odd Culture (NSW)
Today,
Easter Scavenger Hunt With Tallboy & Moose (VIC)
Today,
Blizzard Brewing's Third Birthday And Easter Celebrations (VIC)
Tomorrow,
Colonial Easter Tinnie Hunt At The Portsea Hotel (VIC)
Tomorrow,
Fresh Hoppy Easter At The Wheaty (SA)
April 25th, 2019,
ANZAC Day at Freddie Wimpoles (VIC)
