Beer
Tax is bursting the craft beer industry bubble
Australia now has the world’s third-highest beer tax after Norway and Finland and it’s wrecking the brewers, says the Independent Brewers Association.
- by Abe Maddison
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No booze? No problems. These six drinks will see Perth through Dry July
Whether you’re staying in or hitting the town, saying no to alcohol no longer means no to flavour or excitement, and this list will definitely get you motivated.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Cheers for beer: Independent brewers pour their hearts into craft beer industry
More than 150 exhibitors spruiked 500 brews in a show of strength for the industry.
- by Carolyn Webb
Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol
Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.
- by Rob Harris
Church takes XXXX brewery to court over fears of liquid explosion
Global beverages giant Lion wants to diversify production at the Milton brewery. But it will need to convince a court that neighbours will not be put at risk.
- by Cloe Read and Sean Parnell
The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market
The assistant competition minister says Australians are “paying too much for a schooner” and independent brewers say the consumer watchdog should investigate.
- by Rachel Clun