Queensland The Charming Squire at South Brisbane is the newest addition to Lion’s growing chain of Squire-themed beer palaces. It joins the Generous Squire in Perth, the Curious Squire in North Adelai...
New South Wales Hope Estate at Pokolbin, formerly known as Rothbury Estate, is the site of the latest brewery to open in the Hunter Valley wine district (see picture). Michael Hope, the estate’...
Gavin Ralston (c.1806–1874) and the Breweries of Sale, Victoria This brief history of the breweries in Sale was not written intentionally. I mean, it arose from some research that was begun for a ver...
New South Wales The Lovedale Brewery, at the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley hotel, a quarter-of-an-hour drive north of Cessnock, was officially launched on 3 April. The brewery was installed late last yea...
It is pleasing to see another small brewery open in Western Australia, which otherwise has been notable for a lack of activity in that sphere during the past year or so. I am referring to the Bickley ...
Olaf Hilmer Hedberg (c.1856–1912): Tasmanian brewer and brewing administrator. In 1880, Tasmania became the first of the British colonies in Australasia to introduce an excise on colonial beer. The Ta...
Australian Small Brewery Update March 2014 At the end of 2013, somewhat more than 180 small commercial breweries were in operation throughout Australia, if one defines ‘small’ so as to exclude Cooper’...
A dearth of new brewery openings in September and October caused me to forego my report at the end of that period, but there have been several starters (and near starters) in November and December, so...
Throughout this year the City of Canberra has celebrated the centenary of its foundation and naming. One hundred years ago, on 12 March 1913, Lord Denman (the Governor-General of the Commonwealth), An...
At present there are somewhat more than one thousand breweries in operation in the United Kingdom, probably more than anyone but a dedicated and well-funded enthusiast could visit in a lifetime. The n...
New South Wales The Beekeepers Inn at Vittoria, on the Mitchell Highway between Orange and Bathurst, is home to one of the best-kept secrets among Australian small breweries. It is operated by Central...
A Short But Remarkable Brewing Life: Eric William Tulloch (1883–1926) The Tulloch family is well known in connection with the brewing trade in Victoria. One of its members, Eric William Tulloch, who f...