The local beer label behind Northbridge Brewing Company and Whitfords Brewing Company has won the top prize at Australia's most renowned beer competition, hosted in Melbourne last night.
SPECIAL REPORT: There's a definite case of old school meets new school going on in the boutique brewing set, with aluminium cans increasingly the container of choice among the craft beer crowd.
A Western Australian brewery has produced the top beer in the country for the second time in three years, with Gage Roads Brewing Company taking home the top prize at the Australian International Beer Awards overnight.
Feral Brewing Company has been knocked off the top spot of a poll of Australia's 100 best craft beers for the first time in five years, with the Swan Valley-based brewery's Hop Hog named by punters
Western Australian craft brewers continue to make a splash, with Matso's Broome Brewery ramping up east coast expansion plans and Colonial Brewing Co unveiling an Australian first – an innovative 3
Medical marijuana company Phytotech Medical is set to be the year's first listing in Western Australia, after taking special steps to deal with last-minute legal concerns by the ASX and keen demand from investors.
Craft brewers are maintaining WA's reputation as the premier beer-making state in Australia, but the challenges they face are as diverse as the breweries themselves.
Shareholders in Empire Beer could soon find themselves the owners of car park technology company Meter Eye after Empire announced plans to acquire the New Zealand-based company for an undisclosed amount.
The recent decision by two of Western Australia's microbrewers to sell up could present growth opportunities for the industry's remaining players, according to Gage Roads CEO Nick Hayler.
Subiaco-based Empire Beer Group Ltd has agreed to sell two of its pubs to a shareholder company controlled by Computershare Ltd executive chairman Christopher Morris for $4.5 million.
Colonial Brewing Co founder Ross Smith's Golden Hind Holdings Ltd will dispose of its interests in Subiaco-based brewer Empire Beer Group Ltd, after what is understood to be a sale to a thrid party.
