First published in Beer Matters, this 1986 article recounts the launch of Melbourne's first pub brewery of the modern era....
The inside story of how the VB Big Cold Beer campaign was born in Queensland in 1965 and ran for more than 40 years....
The history of Australia's only true beer style - sparkling ale - from colonial brewing's difficult beginnings to Coopers' enduring legacy....
How nearly 300 breweries opened from the 1980s, reviving small-scale brewing and creating Australia's craft beer scene....
How Alan Bond's takeover of XXXX and Castlemaine Tooheys reshaped Australian brewing - and created the opening Bernie Power needed....
How Swiss chemist Leopold Nathan's revolutionary brewing system shaped the history of lager production across Australia in the 1920s....
The Sail and Anchor is often called Australia's first post-war brewery - but 13 others opened before it. Here's the history....
Australia had pub-breweries long before the Sail & Anchor -- they were commonplace in the colonial era....
Though Matilda Bay is often cited as the first craft brewery, the small brewery movement was pioneered even earlier, historian Brett Stubbs writes...
A first-hand account of the marketing strategy behind the birth of boutique brewing in Australia through the lens of Matilda Bay....
A 1985 profile of Phil Sexton and the origins of the Sail & Anchor and Matilda Bay Brewing Company, republished from Transair magazine....
Was Redback really Matilda Bay's first beer? A deep dive into the brewing records suggests the real story started well before 1988....