Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954,he drank a yard of ale.

  • byRob Harris

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Church takes XXXX brewery to court over fears of liquid explosion

Church takes XXXX brewery to court over fears of liquid explosion

Global beverages giant Lion wants to diversify production at the Milton brewery. But it will need to convince a court that neighbours will not be put at risk.

  • byCloe Read andSean Parnell
Saving cash with the Czechs
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Saving cash with the Czechs

While the grandkids nag,nag,nag.

Stakeout at Crater Crescent
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Stakeout at Crater Crescent

When the scribbler met the scribe.

The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market

The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market

The assistant competition minister says Australians are “paying too much for a schooner” and independent brewers say the consumer watchdog should investigate.

  • byRachel Clun
Submarines get a battering
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Submarines get a battering

While rah-rahs get a bargain.

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Statecraft takes the biscuit
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Statecraft takes the biscuit

And Nabiac gets ready to rock.

Why is beer so expensive?

Why is beer so expensive?

Inflation for most goods and services has been falling since late 2022,but the price of beer has risen at its fastest rate in decades.

  • byRachel Clun
$16 a pint,in this economy? Stuff that,I’m starting a moonshine side-hustle
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$16 a pint,in this economy? Stuff that,I’m starting a moonshine side-hustle

In recent years,I made the mistake of acquiring a taste for expensive booze. I would find beers with exceptional can designs and phrases such as “NEIPA” and “hazy pale” which made me feel special. Now I can’t afford the cheap stuff.

  • byDoug Hendrie
Ladies and gentlemen put on notice
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Ladies and gentlemen put on notice

While the Messiah cops a grilling.

Trouble brews in Australia’s craft beer industry,with ‘alarming rate’ of closures

Trouble brews in Australia’s craft beer industry,with ‘alarming rate’ of closures

More than a dozen independent breweries have been pushed to the brink of insolvency in the past 12 months.

  • byBianca Hrovat