Beer and Brewer Magazine

Beer & Brewer is approaching its 2nd b'day on May 16 and has received 2 awards at the prestigious BELL Awards by Publishers Australia - in November 2007 we won a BELL Award as Highly Commended Best Consumer Magazine Launch 2007 and in November 2008 we won a BELL Award as Highly Commended Best Consumer Magazine Cover 2008.

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.

LATEST NEWS 

Beer & Brewer Expo, Melbourne, March 19-21.

TASTE THE MAGAZINE! In an ideal world, Beer & Brewer magazine would have scratch and smell and scratch and taste elements to the pages, however we haven't come across this possibility to-date!

Beer & Brewer Expo brings the magazine alive with the core elements presented by our celebrity cast. Join Paul Mercurio in our Beer & Food Matching and Home Brewing presentation areas, Fast Ed Halmagyi also in the Beer & Food Matching area, along with Roger Protz in the Beer Tasting Master Classes presentation area. In your showbag at entry you will find a tasting glass to sample from over 100 full-flavoured local and imported beers from Broome to Colac and from Germany across to Thailand. The Expo is open to the public Friday 20th March, from 4pm-9pm and Saturday 21st Match 10am-2pm and 4pm-9pm. With only 2000 tickets available per session, order tickets now, so you don't miss out!

Tickets on sale now, $25 entry per session and $45 VIP entry.
Order online www.beerandbrewerexpo.com
Eventix Ticket Hotline 1300 737 363

Beer & Brewer Expo is a trade-only event on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March both days from 10am - 4pm. These sessions are run to co-incide with the Australian International Beer Awards, the 2nd largest beer awards in the World. With so many brewers and suppliers in Melbourne for the Presentation Dinner, the Beer & Brewer Expo provides a platform for Exhibitors to network with current and prospective customers, and also to demonstrate new products and services. Forums will be conducted during each day on topics such as How to Build a Beer List, How to Approach the Beer Buyers both on- and off-premise and Ingredients: current trends and challenges around the World. This part of the Expo is open to trade only, with free admission and registration details on http://www.beerandbrewerexpo.com/tickets.html  

BEER & BREWER PACK - Beer mailed to your door!

Feedback told us you wanted to buy the beers you read about in the magazine, so we have teamed up with Micro Beer Club to bring you the Beer & Brewer pack. This includes 15 bottles (5.98 litres) of local and imported beers, of which were included in the latest issue 8 autumn 2009 of the magazine. At $84.95 plus freight delivered to your door, is a saving of $55 and includes a free Coopers glass. Beers included are great for autumn such as Coopers Vintage Ale 2008, Redoak Blackberry Hefeweizen, The Little Brewing Company Mad Abbot Strong Abbey Ale, Bridge Road Brewers Bling IPA, Coldstream Cider, Sunner Kolsch, Greene King Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale, Unibroue 17 for the first 120 packs and Unibroue Terrible for the remaining 130 packs. To buy now click here or go to www.microbeerclub.com.au

The magazine is available in most newsagents, books stores and breweries around Australia (from May 17, 2007) and online over viewing Beer Talk, Travel, Food, Home Brewing and a Buyers Guide each issue to keep you updated on the beer lifestyle and Industry in Australia. You can subscribe now for yourself and as a gift for a friend or family member and save up to 30% on a 2 year subscription. You can even receive a FREE 1 year subscription just for referring 5 people to subscribe!

This web site is brought to you to create an online community of beer lovers and entry level beer enthusiasts from all over the world. We encourage you to take part in our blogs, forums and polls on a daily/weekly/monthly basis to express your opinions and share your experiences involving beer in Australia and around the World. Have you recently found a beer none of your mates have tried yet, or found a special offer too good to be true? Perhaps you're just back from a holiday and would like to share the experience with likeminded people? You can start a forum straight away by firstly registering ( then going to the Forums page...

Are you currently looking for a:

• Brewery in your area to visit for a tasting/lunch or tour? Click through to the Directory and/or purchase the magazine which details all microbreweries state-by-state.
• Gift that involves beer for a friend or family member? How about a 1 year subscription to Australia's only beer magazine? We also suggest taking a look at the beer gear section for merchandise and beer paraphernalia in the latest issue of the magazine - found at your local newsagent, book store, brewery or you can subscribe online and have the magazine delivered directly to your friends or family members home every 3 months.
• Bottle Shop, Pub / Bar, Restaurant that stocks a good selection of specialty beer? Take a look at the Directory.
• Weekend Away or Travel idea for your partner, family or mates? Check out the Travel section of the magazine and the Directory for bed & breakfasts, breweries, pub crawls and so on.
• Home Brewing tip, shop or recipe? Check out the home brewing section or the Directory.
• Place for Feedback/Complaints?.

Your feedback to the content we provide both in the magazine and online is highly encouraged so as to let us know whether we are capturing and keeping your interest or not. Thank you for your interest and support of Beer & Brewer Australia, we hope to see you visiting our site again soon.