1)Urban Crusader is another instance of a big company looking to horn in on the growing craft beer market. While the label may look a bit edgy and alternative (or maybe like a […]
Five Things About … Urban Crusader Double Hopped Lager
The Thursday Quote
“The Coles family had been strict Presbyterians, and even though they had come into possession of liquor licence with the Matthews Thompson purchase (in 1960), they didn’t use them until 1971 when […]
Five things about …Gage Roads Single Fin
1) Yes, Single Fin is a summer ale and, as it’s winter right now, we’re technically as far as we can get from summer. I’d meant to write about this beer for […]
The War on Terroir
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but hadn’t gotten around to it. And because I took so long Mountain Goat have gone and changed what they write on their […]
Sail & Anchor’s slow rebrand
I really don’t know what Woolworths is doing with its Sail & Anchor range. It’s like they decided to have a beer label but then didn’t really know what to do. There […]
Beer of the Week – Tight Red Togs
The beer: Tight Red Togs Summer Ale. Where did it come from?: Steamrail, the brewing arm of Coles. Which means I bought it at Liquourland – a Coles-owned bottle shop. Bought a […]
The Thursday quote
“Woolworths, which owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS, and Coles, which owns Liquorland, First Choice and Vintage Cellars, leverage their duopoly regularly to undercut competitors, using heavily discounted alcohol as a loss leader. […]
Supermarket Stoush – Round Three
Round Three: The Amber Ales Boa’s Bind Amber Ale (Woolworths) vs Lucky Amber Amber Ale (Coles) No, that’s not a typo, Coles really did call their amber ale Lucky Amber. Which makes […]
Supermarket Stoush – Round One
Okay, so by now most people know the big supermarket rivals Coles and Woolworths have entered the beer market. Woolies was first up last year with the Sail and Anchor range of […]
A surprising imported beer
Yeah, that’s right, imported. No, this is not a very belated April Fool’s day joke. Yes, Hammer ‘n’ Tongs, the cheap Liquorland beer brand is imported. Says so right there on the […]
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