Following his success at the Queensland Royal Beer Awards, Slipstream Brewing’s Daniel Thomsen spoke to Beer & Brewer about his passion for craft beer and his dedication to learning that earned him the accolade. Thomsen, who was recognised with the Emerging Queensland Brewer award, is originally from Darwin and says he was initially drawn to home brewing because of his love for craft beer. “Good craft beer was pretty hard to find in Darwin, but for whatever reason, I was always drawn to drinking something different than everyone else. On the rare chance that a craft beer would come up, I’d ..read more

To celebrate the annual Australian hop harvest, breweries from across Australia are creating fresh brews, bringing the farm-to-glass experience into their breweries and into the glasses for consumers to enjoy responsibly. In Sydney’s Inner West 10 breweries have joined forces for the Inner West Hop Festival which takes place from 24 to 28 April. Over 100 kg of fresh hops were rushed from the Victorian high country straight to the brew kettles of each brewery to create unique beers showcasing the just-picked flavours and aromas. Hop lovers are invited to pick up a passport from any of the parti ..read more

Following 10 amazing years, which saw them as one of the pioneers of turning Brookvale’s gritty industrial hub into a thriving brewery precinct in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Kerrie Abba and Johnny Latta have put Nomad Brewing Co up for sale. Kerrie Abba and Johnny Latta One of the main reasons Kerrie and Johnny set up Nomad Brewing Co was to help change the landscape of beer in Australia after being turned onto a world of diverse styles on their European travels. In turn, Nomad has consistently been as innovative as beer gets here, by dishing up styles, and utilising ingredients that are anyth ..read more

Nine craft breweries from four states have jumped on board a unique collaboration with Australian trivia company Quiz Meisters, launching a series of innovative beers with unusual flavour combinations. The collaboration was initiated by Quiz Meisters as a celebration of its 20th anniversary, marking the occasion by inviting its brewery partners to showcase limited-edition releases at participating venues. Since Quiz Meister was founded in 2004, the organisation has had a special interest in breweries after CEO Steffan van Lint observed an overlap between quiz fans and craft beer consumers. In ..read more

CBCo Brewing is celebrating its 20th year of operation, and Beer & Brewer spoke to CEO Lawrence Dowd about the quality beer and conscious business planning that has been keen to the brewery’s success. CBCo Brewing started in 2004 as a microbrewery in Margaret River, of which Dowd was a small investor from the beginning. In 2008, the original owners came up against some economic difficulties, at which time Dowd took financial control of the brewery. “Starting as a microbrewery, we’ve seen it all. In the beginning, if we sold 10 kegs in a week, we thought it was great. Eventually, you set yo ..read more

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Ahead of Modus Brewing’s 10th anniversary celebration this weekend, we took the opportunity to chat with Co-Founder Grant Wearin about the origins of the brewery and his highlights from the past decade. B&B: What initially inspired you to open a brewery? Grant: It was purely a homebrewing habit gone wrong. Ha. Certainly, it was initially a passion project that morphed through years of growth into what it is today where we are absolutely proud of our community focus and our history of purposeful innovation. Take our recent Ukrainian collab with Ten Men brewery, where we brewed a cracking Ha ..read more

While great beer is a crucial way to draw people into your brewpub or taproom, activations such as quizzes, movie nights, or competitions are useful ways to build up a crew of regulars and draw new patrons in. One of the great benefits of hosting engagement events, especially regular ones, is the community that they foster around a community or venue. This is something that Lisa Ethé, Marketing & Events Manager at Tallboy & Moose, has noticed at her venue. “Events and collaborations don’t just create opportunities for the brewery staff to engage with punters, but also for customers to ..read more

In a unique partnership with QLD Music Trails, Australian beer brand Travla will be the official partner for a 2,200km self-driving journey through the heartland of Queensland. Taking place from April 13 to 21, The Outback Trail provides essential assistance to drought-stricken Aussie communities and farming families through a nine-day musical journey, complemented by refreshing offerings from Travla beer as travellers make the roundtrip to/from Brisbane. Travla Co-founder Travis Fimmel has shared his excitement about the new partnership. “Travla is about real people and celebrating the real A ..read more

Amid challenging times for the craft beer industry, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) has launched a cashback campaign incentivising consumers to attend the festival series in June. Offering $100,000 worth of cashback, the campaign was designed to deliver value to the consumer and encourage record numbers of visitors to the festival. In doing so, Mike Bray, Managing Director of GABS, hopes that participating breweries will also benefit from gifted consumer spend. “GABS has always been the country’s leading conduit between breweries and world-class consumer beer experiences,” says ..read more