Is a seltzer a beer? The Tax Office is trying to figure it out

Is a seltzer a beer? The Tax Office is trying to figure it out

When is an alcoholic beverage a beer? Here’s how brewers say a tax tweak could send some zany craft brews down the drain.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Council says XXXX should be allowed more ethanol tanks next to church land

Council says XXXX should be allowed more ethanol tanks next to church land

Plans to expand the brewery in Milton should go ahead,the Brisbane City Council says,despite a legal challenge by the Anglican Church.

  • byCloe Read
Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest

Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest

In addition to 600 police officers and 2000 security staff,more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival to prevent stabbings.

  • byStefanie Dazio andPietro de Cristofaro
More than 20 craft brewers have fizzed out in the past year. What’s happening?

More than 20 craft brewers have fizzed out in the past year. What’s happening?

It’s been described as “far more brutal than anyone imagined”. What’s behind the great boutique brewery bust?

  • byKonrad Marshall
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Tax is bursting the craft beer industry bubble

Tax is bursting the craft beer industry bubble

Australia now has the world’s third-highest beer tax after Norway and Finland and it’s wrecking the brewers,says the Independent Brewers Association.

  • byAbe Maddison
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The beer-ocratic movement is brewing

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No booze? No problems. These six drinks will see Perth through Dry July

No booze? No problems. These six drinks will see Perth through Dry July

Whether you’re staying in or hitting the town,saying no to alcohol no longer means no to flavour or excitement,and this list will definitely get you motivated.

  • byMax Veenhuyzen
Cheers for beer:Independent brewers pour their hearts into craft beer industry

Cheers for beer:Independent brewers pour their hearts into craft beer industry

More than 150 exhibitors spruiked 500 brews in a show of strength for the industry.

  • byCarolyn Webb
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
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