How Marrickville became the craft beer capital of Australia
The inner west suburb has become Australia's craft beer capital as the industrial sprawl of low rent warehouses provides innovative brewers with boundless opportunities.
Beer & cider
She’ll be apples as Australian cider’s future bubbles along
It's apple harvest season in NSW and Victoria and cider makers across the nation are banking on a bumper crop to make up for "two seasons of hell".
The world’s ‘worst tasting beer’ makes a comeback
With smoky bacon and wet campfire aromas, rauchbier is an acquired taste to say the least.
Presents that come with extra cheer
Drink-related gifts needn’t be predictable. Make your own case of rosé; taste whisky as it matures or run boozy trivia nights.
Australia's smallest brewery gears up for big trade
With travel between Melbourne and regional Victoria permitted again, brewer Damien Norman has been working away furiously over the past month to try and make up for lost business.
Beer slushies are now a thing – the Sydney breweries making them for summer
A hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer, and there are few ways to serve a beer colder than in slushie form.
From Cold Cock Bock to Kosciuszko: Australia's godfather of craft beer celebrates 50 years in brewing
Many brewers credit one man more responsible for Australia's modern craft beer movement than anyone else – Dr Charles "Chuck" Hahn, who celebrates 50 years of brewing in June.
Wildflower Brewing looks on the bright side of smoke-tainted grapes
What do you do when bushfires hand you smoke-tainted grapes? For winemaker Bryan Martin and brewer Topher Boehm, you make smoky, wild, fruit-forward beer.
Six non-alcoholic beers put to the taste test
Callan Boys and James Atkinson taste test a six-pack's worth of low- and non-alcohol beers.
From pip to sip: Three Australian craft ciders
Once you've tried handcrafted cider, you'll believe that anything grapes can do, Australian apples can do better.
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