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Breeding barley for climate change
By: Doug Stewart, Jason Eglinton
01/03/2010
Climate variability is a constant challenge for agricultural enterprises. There is, however, a range of strategies on the barley breeding front that seek to address the pending issues.
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Brewing at the University of Ballarat
By: Roger Putman
01/03/2010
The town of Ballarat is founded on gold. Returning ‘fortyniners’ from California reckoned that the similar geology of the area might yield great riches. . .
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Bundaberg – an Australian legend since 1888
By: Jason Bonisoli
01/03/2010
Australians are proud of Bundaberg Rum. It is one of the continent’s oldest spirits, made only in Australia since 1888. Bundaberg Rum has become an Australian brand that has created a mass following and loyalty.
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A new brewhouse for Boag’s
01/03/2010
2010 sees the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in J. Boag & Son’s history. The northern Tasmanian brewery officially opened its new brewhouse on the 1st December 2009. Launceston has been the home of the brewing family of J. Boag & Son since 1880s, however brewing on this site along the north Esk River, and the Boag family connections, date back even further than that.
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Building a brewery in the middle of the ocean
By: Brian Watson
01/03/2010
Breaking into Fiji, the paradise monopoly. The challenges when faced with setting up a brewery in the middle of the Pacific are enormous. From unstable government (Fiji has experienced no less than four coups in the last 19 years), to untold red tape and a frustratingly archaic excise system, tsunamis and cyclones, this project, in a monopoly market, has proven to be an exercise in patience and persistence. But, above all it has been a hugely enjoyable experience.
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Hargreaves Hill rises from the ashes
01/03/2010
It is February 7th, 2010, exactly one year since the Black Saturday bushfires ravaged many parts of Victoria. We have spent this evening with close friends – a few people who were merely acquaintances on the same day last year.
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The march of progress - Australian brewing over the last forty years
By: Peter Healy
01/03/2010
On 18th November 1968 I walked into the QC Laboratory at Castlemaine Perkins XXXX Brewery in Brisbane joining a conservative and patriarchal industry with regional markets. Australia had 26 breweries operated by nine companies: Carlton & United, Castlemaine Perkins, Coopers, Courage, South Australian, Swan, Tasmanian, Tooheys and Tooths.
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Australian through and through - Craft rum making in Kununurra
By: Kalyn Fletcher
01/03/2010
Raymond (Spike) Dessert has been farming in Western Australia’s Ord River Valley since 1972. During this time he has gained a reputation for trying his hand at just about any crop. He decided to have a go at distilling and lodged his first application for a licence to the appropriate state government department in late 1993.
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Little Creatures in Fremantle and Healesville
By: Alex Troncoso
01/03/2010
Little Creatures Brewing commenced operations in an old boat shed on Fremantle’s Fishing Boat Harbour in November 2000 with the idea of providing Australia with a hoppy, bottle-conditioned pale ale. After some initial tough times, customers came to like this ‘strange’ hoppy beer (hey, not many people appreciated hops in Australia back then!), word got out around the brewing scene and a following began to build.
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Wood and stone ... at Stone and Wood
By: Brad Rogers
01/03/2010
Stone & Wood Brewing Co. is about three blokes who share a love of beer, taking a fresh approach to brewing hand crafted beer. One of Australia’s newest craft breweries, the Stone & Wood boys with all their experience, are well on their way to living the dream in Byron Bay, one of the greatest places on earth.
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From Toowoomba to Pinkenba - Barrett Burston in Queensland
By: Paul Rigoni
01/03/2010
Barrett Burston is Australia’s second largest malting concern and, following the GrainCorp’s acquisition of United Malt Holdings finalised last November, now forms part of GrainCorp Malt along with North American maltsters Canada Malting Company, Great Western Malting Company and the UK’s Bairds Malt.
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Kia Manuia - Brewing in Paradise
By: James Puati
01/03/2010
Just imagine a hot tropical day… a turquoise blue lagoon…sunning on a white sandy beach hardly another soul in sight…sipping on an ice cold beer – in paradise, it’s just as real as that!