The UK government has established an action plan to boost export of beer and cider to Australia and New Zealand by 2020.

Beer company Broo Ltd has posted a $1.8million shortfall in cash flow for the three months to June.

Lion has announced its overall net sales revenue was down 9.5% to $2.176million in the six months to March 31, but James Squire was up 14%.

Brisbane and Newcastle have been touted as possible locations for BrewDog’s new Australian brewery.

Czech Republic-based ‘beer for her’ brand Aurosa has received harsh backlash in the Twitter community.

Carlton & United Breweries and Lion have not misused their market power to squeeze craft brewers out of Australian pubs, clubs and hotels through exclusive licences. That’s the verdict of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after a three-year investigation into contracts and practices at 36 venues across NSW and Victoria that found the big brewers were unlikely to have substan…

Lion has issued a forceful denial to union claims that its Brisbane brewery is shutting down.   United Voice coordinator Damien Davie  told AAP  this week that staff were notified by management in June the Castlemaine Perkins brewery in Milton would close if negotiations to scrap full time jobs in favour of labour-hire, part-time and casual positions were unsuccessful. …

Recent Nielsen findings show terminology used to describe craft beer has a strong impact on sales.

Lion Beer Australia’s shake-up of its supply chain continues with the launch of a dedicated craft beer distribution arm – Malt Shovel.   The new division is named after its beloved Malt Shovel Brewers and will distribute brands including James Squire, Malt Shovel Brewers, Little Creatures, White Rabbit and Kosciuszko, Lion NZ brands Panhead and Emerson’s, plus regional brands such as Byro…

A report released by the Independent Brewers Association shows there are more breweries operating today than any other time in Australia’s history. Independent brewers are generating $740 million in annual economic output, with a total of 379 independent brewing businesses across Australia in 2015/16. “On a national basis, the independent brewing sector supported an estimated 2390 full-t…