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Australian Brews News

Jun 25, 2010

Brisbane’s microbrewery scene has suffered a sad series of setbacks in recent years. Brewing was terminated at Oxford 152 in Bulimba at the end of 2006; an attempt to revive the Regatta Hotel Brewery in Toowong failed miserably in 2008; then later the same year The Brewhouse in Albert Street closed suddenly. Happily, however, the managers of The Brewhouse, Grant and Michelle Clark, have now staged a comeback taking the old Clarence Corner Hotel in Woolloongabba, which they now run as Brewhouse Brisbane.

Beer drinking in Australia at 60-year low

May 28, 2010

BEER consumption has slumped to a 60-year-low as Aussies opt for quality over quantity when it comes to the nation's favourite drop. The Herald Sun said today national consumption of the amber brew sank to 4.49 litres (9.5 pints) per person in the year to June 30, 2009, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

That's the lowest since the 1950s. Per-capita beer consumption has been steadily dropping off since its peak of 6.4 litres (13.5 pints) per year in 1979 - partly thanks to the introduction of tighter drink-driving laws.

CommSec chief economist Craig James said Aussies were cutting back on mainstream beers in favour of fancy imported and craft brews.

"Australians have switched from quantity to quality," he said.