Year In Beer 2024: Western Australia
Time to head west for the second instalment of our Year In Beer 2024 series. Our Western Australia show features Crafty writers Guy Southern and Jono Outred plus Phat Brew Club and indie retailers Copper & Oak.
Sailors Grave's Dunetown Home Opens This Week
Sailors Grave are set to open Dunetown this week, more than three years after they unveiled plans for a farmhouse-style brewery at their East Gippsland home. We chatted to co-founder Gab Moore about what lies in store for visitors.
Depot Brewery Opens In Artarmon In Sydney's North Shore
Sydney has a new brewery to call its own, with Depot opening in the suburb of Artarmon. The new operation joins a distillery too so it's safe to say there will be plenty to enjoy about the North Shore spot.
Capital Brewing & Arc'teryx Unite Behind The Snowies Alpine Walk
Capital Brewing, Arc'teryx and Tourism Snowy Mountains have united to launch a project to showcase the Snowies Alpine Walk. Together, four athletes were the first to complete the walk together and among them was Jonny Day, Capital's own marketing manager.
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Year In Beer 2024: South Australia
We kick off our state by state by territory reviews of 2024 in South Australia, where we sat down with longstanding Crafty contributor Matt King, brewer-turned-malt man Steve Brockman, and sensory guru Briony Liebich.
Year In Beer 2024: The National Picture
Roll up, roll up! Christmas is coming so it's time for us to launch our end-of-year review series. We start with a look at the major trends of 2024 nationally before switching to state by state by territories podcasts.
Former Staff Return Tumut River Brewing To Its Roots
Tumut River Brewing is set to reopen in the coming weeks. Former staff have bought the brewery months after the doors shut with plans to return to its roots as a community-focused brewpub and tourist destination.
Join Chuck Hahn On A Tasting Panel At His New Brewery
Chuck Hahn won't need much introduction to Australian beer drinkers and now is eager to get drinkers better involved in designing his latest beers. He's seeking five individuals to form a Tasting Panel at Chuck and Son's Brewing.
Episode 019: Fighting For Indie Beer
As an immensely challenging year for indie brewers draws to a close, we invited key figures from the Independent Brewers Association to look back at the highs and lows of the past 12 months and ahead at their plans for 2025.
That’s A Keeper: Sexton Family Turn Temple Into A Shrine To Pils
The former home of Temple will continue brewing but with a focus on one beer: Keeper Pilsner. Behind the new venture is drinks world legend Phil Sexton, his son Harry, and others from Matilda Bay, which was closed by Asahi in May.
Episode 018: Life's A Beach: Building A Brewery In Bali
We set sail for Bali in this episode to catch up with Sam Füss, one of the beer world's true characters, who moved there from Sydney to help launch Beaches Brewing Co after more than two decades in brewing and hospo in Australia.
The Benefits Of A Pink Boots Booster
Pink Boots was formed to support and empower women in the beer industry and their Leadership Scholarship lives up to that mission. Ahead of it closing, we spoke with some of last year's winners about their experience.
Westside Ale Works Sells But The Future Still Looks Hoppy
Westside Ale Works has sold to a new owner but the South Melbourne brewery will continue to look and feel the same. We chatted to founder Casey Wagner about the last eight years running the brewery.
Entries Open For The 2025 Royal Queensland Beer Awards
Entries are now open for the 2025 Royal Queensland Beer Awards, with a new category added recognising the rising popularity of craft ginger beers. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2025.
Stone & Wood Announce Sponsorship Of GROUNDED Festival
GROUNDED is dedicated to celebrating sustainable farming and local flavours by combining a conference with a food festival. Stone & Wood are among those supporting the event that's been designed by farmers and for farmers.
Your Mates BowlsPub Becomes Crackerjack
Late in 2022, Your Mates Brewing took over Cooroy’s bowlo and turned it into a crafty new home on the Sunshine Coast. Now they've rebranded it into Crackerjack; a venue inspired by the 2002 movie with a modern menu inspired by Asia that's designed for sharing.
Seasonal Win WA Beer of the Year With Black Oat Cream IPA Mudi
You rarely see breweries release black oat cream IPAs, but maybe that will change after Mudi from The Seasonal Brewing Co claimed the WA Beer of the Year title as the awards celebrated WA's beer scene for a fifth year.
GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer Nominations Now Open
Craft beer's biggest poll is back for another year and ahead of GABS Hottest 100 voting opening, it's time for breweries to nominate their beers. It's a straightforward process that gives you the chance to put your beers in front of tens of thousands of beer drinkers.
