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Warrandyte Brewing have been given the green light to open a taproom in their home suburb, nearly three years after they secured the site by the Yarra River. The brewing company is run by David and Bianca Ryan, who launched the operation back in 2021 and always planned to follow up with a home for their beers. However, a lengthy period of searching and securing approvals to open the doors has followed – the couple obtained the lease back in November 2023.

Black Match are moving ever closer to the moment they can switch on their production brewery. So we caught up with head brewer Calum Fowler to hear about their slow but steady progress, and what's been going on since early June.

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has once again rejected Kegstar's proposed acquisition of Konvoy. The ACCC said the organisation had assessed the likely impact Microstar's (which owns Kegstar) purchase of Konvoy would have on competition. It found that the acquisition would remove

They may only be five years young, but Good Land Brewing have set a cracking pace with their beers. One moment they're releasing a pilsner or no-frills stout, then you turn your head and they're out with a blue Smoovie beer made with banana, vanilla, coconut cream and Blue Heaven syrup. It's a lot of work for a small family business but talk to Jimmy Krekelberg about their approach and he's quick to wax lyrical about his love of refinement, whether it's in a 12 percent ABV stout or a core range beer. Take t

Hobart Brewing Co have opened the doors to their new home in North Hobart, which was previously the site of Overland Brewers & Distillers. Marketing manager Nick Devereux told The Crafty Pint that the plan was to quietly launch late last week, only for the opening to be a little louder than expected. “We wanted to get the gist of the space so we gave people two hours' notice,” he says. “We were heaving. There wasn’t really a moment where we were quiet.” The brewery’s former home, the Red Sh

Bright Brewery have taken over Dainton Beer’s Croydon brewpub, with the site set to open as Bright Taphouse Croydon in the coming weeks. It’s one of two new venues on the way for the High Country brewer, who are also restoring an old building in the heart of Wangaratta. Bright Brewery co-founder Scott Brandon told The Crafty Pint the brewery space and location in the eastern suburb were highly appealing to the brewery. “It’s an opportunity, but it’s not just any opportunity; we did need to f

It's no easy time to be selling independent beer – not that it’s ever been a smooth ride; in craft's earliest days, there was the need to knock down doors and convince a publican this new thing might sell.Plus, Australia's long been a land ruled by a brewing duopoly (along with most other kinds of duopolies) accused of locking down taps and keeping small breweries out of the market.However, the situation has only become worse in recent years with the largest retailers switching beer fridges to RTDs

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It takes a long time to get anything to Mildura.Located on the banks of the Murray River, the regional city is more than four hours on the road from Adelaide; head northwest from Melbourne and you're looking at six hours staring at white lines on the road.Yet, while it’s isolated, Mildura and the surrounding Sunraysia region have long played a key role in Australia's economy. From citrus to wine, the sun-soaked region that straddles Victoria and New South Wales is responsible for producing a significant…