Will Ziebell

Multiple Australian suburbs are brewery-dense these days. And having such a bulge [Is this the collective term for brewers now? – Editor] doesn't just bring the benefits of being able to borrow a bag of malt from your mates down the road either; a collective crawl can help turn your suburb into a beer destination too.

Two Hobart brewers are coming together under one roof in another sign of collaboration in the indie beer world as T-Bone and Last Rites launch The Beer Shed this weekend.

Mountain Culture will have a new venue in inner Sydney by the end of the year, after the Blue Mountains-based brewery secured the former home of Atomic in Redfern, which was closed by Good Drinks less than a month ago.

Brisbane’s Felons Brewing are set to open a new venue in Sydney’s Manly in the coming weeks and have plans for a connected brewery and live music venue to follow.

Given they have three different homes in three cities, we shouldn't be too surprised when Fox Friday releases five beers in quick succession. But here we are, enjoying the warming of the weather for the rest of the year, and once again, the Tassie-founded brewers deliver.

In a small strip of shops in Melbourne’s east, a quiet revolution has been building over a couple of years. Blackburn’s Natural Science Wine & Liquor first opened as bottleshop dedicated to Australian-owned and independent beer, wine and spirits in early 2022 but, since June, it's doubled as a neighbourhood bar.

It could be the mouth-watering explosion of flavour that comes with a well-made hazy IPA or enjoying a finely-tuned lager at the end of a long day. It might come from buying a beer over the bar and being regaled with the story of how and why it was brewed by the very person who made it.

In beer, there can be a tendency to try and separate the traditional from the modern.

It's safe to say 2024 has been a busy year for Emma Elmslie. The last time Emma appeared in The Crafty Pint was in February. Back then, she was working at Mountain Culture when we chatted about her experience studying and working in beer as a woman. With a few months, she'd made quite the move: in June, she traded her life living in Sydney’s inner west for New Plymouth in New Zealand to take up the role of head brewer at Shining Peak. New Plymouth is the main population centre of the Taranaki region

It's safe to say 2024 has been a busy year for Emma Elmslie.