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Beer & Brewer is now 1 year old and in November 2007 was awarded a BELL Award as Highly Commended Best Consumer Magazine Launch 2007, Publishers Australia. A consumer quarterly magazine RRP $7.95 celebrating the beer lifestyle and industry in Australia & New Zealand, each edition serves up industry and beer news, travel ideas, beer & food matching, home brewing tips and recipes and tasting notes on beers available in Australia & New Zealand.

If you're asking yourself where to find ideas in planning a weekend away involving beer, what events/festivals are coming up, working out a recipe to cook with beer, how to get started in home brewing, where are the breweries in my local area, what are some new beers to try and where to try/buy them, or what's happening in the beer Industry, then look no further than Beer & Brewer, for yourself or as a gift; especially Father's Day and Christmas! 1 Year Australian Subscription 4 issues $29.99.

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Issue 6 - Spring 2008

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Beer and Sport

You'd be hard pressed to find a better match than beer and sport

Six O'clock Rot

Willie Simpson looks at how attempts to end binge drinking can backfire.

Gluten-free Beer

One in a hundred people can't drink regular beer? We look at coeliacs disease and  your gluten free beer options. 

Ashes and Beer

Roger Protz looks at beer and cricket and where to find a great pub on an Ashes tour.

Beer talk

Perth Royal Beer Show

Join us to find out about the best in the West as we pore over the results of the Cryer Malt Perth Royal Beer Show.

Taxing Times

With the ready-to-drink makers up in arms about excise increases, Ian Kingham looks at the history of excise in Australia...

Style Notes

It is hard to imagine a time without the Belgian witbier but go back five decades and the style was all but extinct. 

Aged beer

Clear out that wine cellar and make room for the beer with our guide to aging beers.

Traveller

Tahiti

Sand, palm trees, dusky maidens...and beer.

Brewery Tour

Andrea Petrie visits Grand Ridge Brewery and comes away a convert.

Top 100 - Le Roy d'Espagne

Beer and Brussels go together. Jamie Cook takes us to a place where the experience is sublime...  

Sierra Nevada

Jamie Cook goes in search of Big Foot and discovers that balance is the key.

Pub and Restaurant Reviews

Gourmet

Spring has sprung

As the weather warms, a beer lover's mind turns to their favourite drink...here are some dishes to enjoy with it.

Chef's Match

The knives are out as Australia's chef's go head-to-head to create the best beer and food matches.

Whisky

We take a wee peek at New Zealand whiskies.

Women and Beer

The Beer Diva discovers that when the sport is on, the girls will play.

Homebrew

Millennium Ale Project

A century of beer for the new millennium.

Gluten Free Recipe

We look into gluten-free brewing at home.

Home wit

Brew your own wit from a kit

Clubs

We drop in on the West Coast Homebrewers

Dreams to Reality

Have dreams of being a beer baron but don't want to spend $500k building the brewery? Maybe contract brewing is the way to go...

Buyer's Guide

A massive showcase of the latest and greatest beers reviewed and rated by our expert panel PLUS what to buy and where to get it. 

 

 

 

 

 
Issue 5 - Winter 2008

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The Collectors - Passion In A Can

It's hard to believe but some Australians are more interested in what's on the outside of the can than the inside...

Beer Defenders

We look at CAMRA the beer activists who saved real ale.

Weekend Away

The beer scene in the Sunshine State is starting to heat up.

Dreams Come True

Live the dream, start a brewery. Our regular series tells you how.

Beer Talk

AIBA 2008 Results

We celebrate Australian brewing's night of nights.

Dazed and Confused

Ian Kingham finds you can't compare apples and oranges when you're talking lemons and limes.

Strange Brew

Brad Rogers says that where there's smoke, there's fire.

Style Notes 

Discover a style of beer brought back from extinction just in time for winter

Traveller

Have a Brewski

Find out where the beer's cold and the skiing's hot in three countries.

Top 100

Derek Walsh finds there's more to Amsterdam than red lights and canals.

Get Scruffy 

Andrea Petrie goes on a brewery tour with the boys from Scruffy Bunch Tours

Call Into Port

It wa closed down by a temperance campaigner and became a brothel. Chris Leese has a beer at Adelaide's Port Dock Hotel.

Gourmet

Winter Fuel

Food to feed the hungry skier - or just someone wanting a beer.

Sweet Things

Beer and Chocolate is a pairing that will surprise and delight

Mull It Over

Resident beer and food guy Ian Watson says warm up your beer to warm up your winter.

Homebrew

Married To It

What's it like to be married to a homebrewer? 

Pret a Porter

Learn how to trick up your porter kit to improve results

Go With The Grain

Make the move from all-grain mash with Scott Morgan's guide 

DIY Mash Tun

Nathan Bird shows us how to make a mash tun from an esky. 

The Fridge

Australia's best taste panel gives you the run down on what should be going into your fridge

 
Issue 4 - Autumn 2008

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Brewing in the 80s

It was a watershed time for Australian brewing, a time of big names, big breweries and big start ups.

Ales and Autos

We compare the sleek lines and great handling of our favourite beers...and cars.

Beer and Fishing

With a beer in hand and a rod in the other, we look at two great Aussie pastimes.

Dreams Come True

Live the dream, start a brewery. Our new regular series will tell you how!

Cervejas Brasileiras

B&B finds out that coffee isn't the only drink that gets Brazilian hearts racing.

Beer Talk

AIBA 2008 preview

We preview this year's Australian International Beer Awards.

Strange Brew

Taking the hop-driven pale ale and making it our own.

Wanna B.E.T.?

How excise relief will help our small brewers.

St Patrick's Day

Is there any other day so well matched to a beer?

Traveller

Top 100 Pubs

We take you to Tadcaster, England to visit an Angel.

Weekend Away

Already famous for its wine, the Barossa is becoming a beer lovers paradise too.

I Love New York Beers

Ian Watson takes us to the streets of New York in the hunt for a great beer.

Gourmet

Change of Season

There is still a lot of summer left to enjoy an outdoor dinner party.

Beer's Big Brother

Whisky starts out life like beer. We find out where their paths diverge.

Fondue Frenzy

Grab your cowbell and yodel your way to the table for beer and fondue.

Home Brew

Froth and Bubble

Find out when having a good head means having a great beer.

Crystal Clear

Little Creatures' Alex Troncoso shows us how to make our own crystal malts at home.

Winning Brewers

Our wrap up of Australia & New Zealand's home-brew competitions.

Brew Guru

We go a little wild with Feral Brewery's Brendan Varis.

The Fridge

Beer Buyer's Guide - Autumn 2008

A massive showcase of the latest and greatest beers reviewed and rated by our expert panel PLUS what to buy and where to get it.  

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Issue 3 - Summer 2007

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Beer Nirvana

When rock hits town you can shove your wimpy wines, backstage beer is what's demanded. Patrick Donovan takes a peak in the tour bus fridge.

Beer Hunter

Farewell Michael Jackson, without you magazines like this would not exist.

Perfect Pouring

We take a judges' eye view of the action at the Stella Draught Masters.

Beers and Breaks

We're off to summer's surfing hotspots with a beer in each hand!

Spreading the Christmas Beer

Just because it's the silly season doesn't mean you can't be serious about your barbeque, your beer and your food. Our panel of foodies show us how.

Beer Talk

The News

What's happening in your world of beer.

Coldest 100

What's hot and what's not in the fridge this year.

Strange Brew

Brad Rogers likes his yeasts wild and his beers smelling of horse blankets.

Beer Lovers Unite

Geoff Griggs has a SOBAing message about supporting good beer.

Traveller

Hophead Heaven

Visit the American home of the hop and discover how they're used in Hoptown USA.

Weekends Away

B&B checks out two towns with ample ales to sample: The Hunter Valley and New Zealand's capital, Wellington.

What's On?

From in-pub tastings of new batches to major shows, it's all here.

Yatala Brewery

Be overwhelmed at the brewery filling a quarter of the nation's beer mugs.

Gourmet

Festive Feasts

B&B covers the big three: Christmas Day, New Years Day and Australia Day.

Cheese and Beer

Wine just doesn't cut the mustard with cheese anymore, there's a new match in town.

Coffee and Beer

Our two favourite drinks - beer and coffee - together at last! Be surprised at how well they go together.

Home Brew

All Kitted Out

Mark from Mark's Home Brew gives us the skinny on premium lager kits.

The Beer's Fault

Your homebrew smelling like nail polish remover? Neil Cameron's here to work out what went wrong.

Perfect Home Bar

Technical Editor Luke Scott goes straight to the poolroom to set up the perfect home bar.

The Brew Guru

We cross the Tasman to meet New Zealand's most successful brewer, Richard Emerson.

The Fridge

Summer Esky

Searching for a new cold one? Knock the top of one of these beauties.

Beer Buyer's Guide - Summer 2007

The world is full of beers. Only Beer & Brewer sorts the amber gold from the rusty water and tells you why. Here's the inside skinny on what's hot in neck nectar.

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Issue 2 - Spring 2007

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Fem Ale

A man's drink? Think again. Beer is the most feminine of elixirs, a gift from a goddess, brewed by females and perfected via a woman's touch, says Angus Fontaine

Reader Survey

Tell us what you'd like to read and we'll do our level best to make it happen 

Oktober Fest

Is German beer worth writing home about? Dan writes home to tell us

Dirty Dozen

This issue, chef and Essex refugee Matt Kemp grabs us by the Balzac

The Beer Seer

From plumber to Australia's first professional beer sommelier. Ian Watson's living the dream as head brewer at Sunshine Coast Brewery, and beer 'n' food matching consultant du jour to restaurants across Australia. Matt Kirkegaard reports

Around the World in 80 Beers

Travel, they say, broadens the mind. Nick Race has decided to broaden his palate instead, with a look at who drinks what in the Rugby World Cup

Beer Talk

The News

What's happening in your world of beer

The Sauce

Connect Kylie and the Lord Nelson Brewery in a single move. Willie's here to help you out

Swig Issue

Global warming's a threat. Have a drink and ponder it - at home

The Froth

Hair of the dog that bit you? Sure, but first you've got to catch the damn dog

Drop Kick

The World Cup is coming and there's one thing to remember: don't run out of beer!

Traveller

What's On

From in-pub tastings of new batches to major shows, it's all here

'Ello Guv'nor

Meet the boss of WA's Colonial Brewing, Dean McLeod. He wants you to drink better beer than you can imagine. Nice!

Weekend Away

Since he's local, we had Dean McLeod put together a wicked weekend in WA

Bars and Bites

Your guide to places that serve decent tucker washed down with good brews

Gourmet

Spring of Life

Paul Mercurio wants to tempt you outside. I believe that's called al fresco

Taste Match

Which beer to down with what food? The perennial question has been answered at last, thanks to Lyndey Milan

Best in Glass

Glassware isn't just for the oenophiles. Your beer and your belly will thank you and Bill Taylor for taking the time to serve it up properly

Home Brew

Worts and All

No, we're not talking about the legendary contents of scrumpy cider but the best way to improve your home-brewed horizontal lubricant

Beauty & the Yeast

The not-so-simple life of yeast and how it is that this single-celled wonder can respire without air and pass beer as a by-product

The Beer Doctor

Tim Cooper nearly wasn't on this page. Because he nearly wasn't a brewer. And his wife thinks she's married to a doctor

The Fridge

Spring Esky

The sun's finally stopped kidding and come out to play for real. Fill the Esky with beer, then add ice. But which beers? 

Beer Buyer's Guide - Spring 2007

The world is full of beers. Only Beer & Brewer sorts the amber gold from the rusty water and tells you why. Here's the inside skinny on what's hot in neck nectar.

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