Since 2015 we’ve been identifying through a number of articles called Who’s Next, Who’s Next Now?, and Who’s Next in Line which are the most likely [...]
With the formal announcement today of Green Beacon Brewing being bought by Asahi, another craft beer brewery we identified on our list of Whos Next in Line article, we have [...]
For the past few years we’ve been suggesting through a couple of articles called Who’s Next and Who’s Next Now? which are the most likely craft beer [...]
A couple of years ago we wrote an article “Who’s Next?” listing who we thought would be the most likely craft beer breweries to be bought by large [...]
As it comes to the end of the year, it’s almost compulsory to do lists and choose your top 10 of everything – including beer. So, we thought we’d join in with the [...]
The recent announcement of the “100%” sale of Mountain Goat to Asahi following a number of similar craft beer brewery buy-outs in the USA poses the big question – [...]
Have Mountain Goat really sold out? Or will they be leading the way in a new business model between small craft beer breweries and major global beer brands? It was announced [...]
Australia has a habit of following trends from the USA. That’s been clear from the growth in craft beer sales and the number of new breweries opening in the last two years. [...]
The biggest and best beer festival in the country is the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (or GABS). This year it stretched its wings beyond Melbourne’s three day event, [...]
Should you decide if you like a beer on one tasting? This past weekend’s lazy Sunday afternoon outing to have a few beers by the sea, ended with the reinforcement of a [...]
As craft beer gets more popular, hits the mainstream and gains a wider audience, so appear the beer festivals. I love beer festivals. What’s not to love? Lots of different [...]
When breweries get bigger, do they get nastier? Do they lose their “craftyness”- whatever that is? There have been a few instances of trademark lawsuits in the [...]
From the increase in new breweries pumping out new beers, to the emergence of more craft beer bars, 2014 has not been short of news for the increasing number of fans of [...]
Gazing into our crystal ball, here are some of our tips for what might be coming in 2015. More breweries The most frequent question we get is how many breweries can the craft [...]
The uphill battle for the Australian Craft Beer sector has always been to overcome the ability of the large brewing companies to use their size, money, power and influence to [...]
What does the Brisbane craft beer community do when world leaders roll into town for Brisbane G20? Make the most of it. This weekend the worlds media attention has been [...]
Are brewery closures good? We say yes, when they are actually expansions through relocations, rather than outright closures. The past two days has seen two major [...]
Since the rise of Craft Beer in Australia started about 10 years ago, Victoria is always quoted as being the home of that revolution. Is Victoria still the home of Australian [...]