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Beer holds value as consumers shift to premium offerings
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (522+ words) Global beer volumes may be softening, but value growth is holding firm as consumers trade up to premium offerings and innovations across non-alcoholic beer and flavour- and health-led formats. While global beer volumes declined in 2025 " falling by one per cent…...
Understanding the "Haze Craze
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (550+ words) Hazy/Juicy IPA has come to dominate the global craft beer landscape becoming ubiquitous throughout beer drinking nations of the world. At the recent World Beer Cup, the most prestigious beer competition in the world, held in Philadelphia, PA, hazy…...
2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Beer Award winners revealed
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1081+ words) Stomping Ground team at the 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Beer Awards. Image supplied. The 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Beer Awards (AIBAs) have unveiled this year's standout breweries, cideries and producers from Australia and around the world at its trophy presentation…...
Hunter Valley Wine & Beer Festival to return in July
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (438+ words) Image supplied: Hunter Valley Wine & Beer Festival. The Hunter Valley Wine & Beer Festival returns for 2026, providing access to more than 50 of the region's craft breweries, wineries and distilleries, and an opportunity to meet the makers. While the festival began as…...
Moon Dog preparing for winter "Sauna Sessions
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (424+ words) Image supplied by Moon Dog Moon Dog Beach Club is turning up the heat this winter by partnering with Bitter Sweat to bring fully functioning wood-fired sauna to its balcony beer garden. Guests will be able to enjoy an experience…...
Garage Project to distribute TW'BAYS in NZ
1+ week, 4+ day ago (541+ words) Image supplied by TW'BAYS Brewing Co. Award-winning Australian brewery TW'BAYS Brewing Co has announced a new distribution partnership with New Zealand's largest independent brewery, Garage Project. The brewery across the Tasman will act as the exclusive distributor of TW'BAYS' gluten-free…...
Baltic Cider is back in Australia
1+ week, 4+ day ago (651+ words) Baltic Cider team members during the visit to Australia in October, 2025. Image supplied by Cider Australia. In partnership with Cider Australia, eastern European cider collective Baltic Cider is returning to Australia this month, hosting a lineup of educational events and…...
The taste of home: championing locally'iconic beers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (157+ words) Beer has always been about more than just the liquid " it's about where you are and who you're with. Across Australia is a range of iconic beers'that'have become part of the fabric of their communities, earning a loyal following that…...
Powder Monkey opens Camden brewpub
1+ week, 4+ day ago (814+ words) Image supplied by Powder Monkey. UK brewing and hospitality collective Powder Monkey Group has officially opened the doors to its first Australian brewery and beer garden in Camden on the site of former the Macarthur Stockfeeds. The southwest Sydney venue…...
Victorian Government to fund Beer and Cider Strategy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (201+ words) The Victorian Government released its Budget for 2026-27 on Tuesday 5 May, with some positive news for the independent brewing sector. Within the budget, the Government has committed to funding the development of a Beer and Cider Strategy for the state through…...