The name ‘megabrand’ has an uneasy positioning in the alcoholic beverage market, and while many look on with envy at brands holding market leading positions, a mixture of Australia’s infamous tall poppy syndrome and nationals choosing the best known and most loved brands to lead on price with can cause even the world’s largest brands … Continued
A record eight beers are set to be released during Murray’s annual Dark Beer Month this June, including two of the popular ‘Wild Thing’ Imperial Stouts, which were first launched in 2015. Each year Murray’s, located in Port Stephens, NSW brings out a collection of its darkest beers to help ramp up some warmth as winter sets … Continued
Little Creatures is set to open its first overseas venue in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, Lion Global Markets told the market on Tuesday. On-site will be a restaurant and bar with capacity of 140 people, as well as a small micro-brewery, showcasing the full range of Little Creatures and White Rabbit Beers. The venue, to take … Continued
Victoria Bitter (VB) has released a replica of the first can design released by the brewery in Australia. The limited edition heritage can will be available nationwide. First made in 1958, the original VB can was made from steel to help keep the beer cool. The metal made the can bigger, but harder to open, so … Continued
Gage Roads Brewing Company from Western Australia won Champion Australian Beer at the 24th Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) on Thursday night. The accolade is the top award that can be received by brewers at AIBA and was given to Gage Roads for its Little Dove draught beer. Champion International Beer was won by Boston Beer … Continued
Thousands of craft beer fans are expected to descend to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne this Friday as GABS Beer, Cider and Food Fest 2016 gets underway. The festival will unleash three days of swigging and cheering (and down right fun) as punters make their way through a banquet of Australian beer, cider and deluxe morsels in the … Continued
The NSW Government’s announcement of the introduction of a 10 cent refund container deposit scheme in the state has raised concerns for the drinks industry this week. On Monday, Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) responded with the release of an ASX announcement to reassure its investors that the scheme would not have any initial impact on the … Continued
4 Pines’ newest Keller Door small batch release will be available to bottle shops nationwide from the end of this month. The new release, Black Box, is a collection of four dark beers that walk consumers through a short history of the style. The Black Box collection features a Schwarzbier from 16th century Germany, a Coffee … Continued
ProWine ASIA 2016, the newest addition to ProWein World, has concluded with valuable new business contacts made with like-minded industry partners from Southeast Asia and beyond. Held alongside the 20th edition of Food&HotelAsia2016 (FHA2016), ProWine ASIA 2016 played host to 257 established wine producers and distributors from 30 countries. More significant was the impressive 8,285 … Continued
The speed at which Anheuser-Busch InBev facilitated Asahi’s acquisition of the Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beer brands showed its determination to complete its takeover of SABMiller, according to a UK analyst. “They believe they will soon get the necessary regulatory approvals particularly in US, Europe and China,” commented John Colley, a Professor of Practice at … Continued