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This Year's Australian International Beer Awards Have Revealed the Country's Top Brewers
35 trophies were awarded with favourites like Hop Nation, Bentspoke and Dollar Bill Brewing honoured.
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Koko Black Has Released Its First-Ever Beer — and It's Chocolate-Hazelnut Flavoured
The chocolatier has teamed up with brewer Modus Operandi on the limited-edition tipple, a Belgian stout made with couverture chocolate.
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Sydney-Based Hospitality Crew Merivale Is Set to Take Over the Lorne Hotel
It'll mark the group's second venture outside of New South Wales.
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The Parlour Is the New Fortitude Valley Bar That's Pouring Cocktails by Sydney's Maybe Sammy
The Italian riviera-themed spot joins Cielo and La Costa on Brunswick Street.
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The Exhibitionist Is the New Rooftop Bar Perched Atop the Gold Coast's Six-Level Art Gallery
The new building also features a ground-floor restaurant that serves degustation menus inspired by the gallery's artworks.
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Ben & Jerry's Has Released a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Beer to Support Renewable Energy
The ice cream company has teamed up with 4 Pines on the limited-edition, nitro-infused, ice cream-inspired brew.
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The Localist Shopfront
The past year has really highlighted the importance of supporting our local shops and hospo joints. There's power at your fingertips — and in your shopping baskets.
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This Year's Budget Will Dish Out Millions in Tax Relief For Local Breweries and Distilleries
Australia's small breweries have scored a much-needed helping hand, as part of the government's post-COVID recovery push.
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Four Pillars Is About to Release Its 2021 Batch of Bloody Good Bloody Shiraz Gin
This year, you can also order bloody shiraz grape and quince paste — and bloody shiraz gin caviar — to go with the cult-favourite drop.
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Five Good Beer Week Events You Can Still Grab Tickets To
10 days of beer-filled shenanigans — what'll earn a spot on your calendar?
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Ramblers Ale Works Is the New Hawthorn Craft Brewery Opening This Month
Housed in a former mechanics garage, it'll have 12 beer taps, an al fresco beer garden and a food menu infused with lots of beery elements.
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Four Pillars Has Teamed Up with Qantas On a New Aussie Gin That Celebrates the Airline's Centenary
The carrier is slinging new gin cocktails in its airport lounges, too.
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Brisbane Distillery Is Serving Tastings and Cocktail Flights On This New Double-Decker Gin Bus
Stop by Riverside Markets this Sunday for free sips — or book the bar-on-wheels for your next party.
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Starward Is Releasing Its Latest Super-Popular Ginger Beer Barrel Whisky to Warm Up Your Winter
The sixth annual release from the distillery's ginger-focused program will be available to buy next week — if you're quick.
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Six Ways to Indulge When the Cocktail and Comfort Food Cravings Kick In
Satisfy your hankerings by heading to a cocktail festival, tucking into a pub roast or hibernating in front of the big screen.
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Free Cocktails, Express Manicures and $10,000 Shopping Tabs on Offer Under New FOMO Friday Initiative
Across four huge Fridays, a stacked lineup of Melbourne bars, restaurants and retailers are offering discounts, freebies and giveaways.
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Our Sydney: Here Are Our Readers' Favourite Spots to Visit in Darlinghurst
Discover hole-in-the-wall cafes, monster sandwiches and Sydney's best ramen.
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Australia's First Non-Alcoholic and Hangover-Free Bar Has Opened in Melbourne
The new project from booze-free gin producer Brunswick Aces also features the country's first physical non-alcoholic bottle shop.
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Four Pillars Has Released Its 2021 Barrel-Aged Gins So You Can Keep Adding to Your Gin Shrine
Its Sherry Cask Gin and Chardonnay Barrel Gin are back — and the distillery has added a new Single Barrel Gin, too.
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Archie Brothers Is Hosting Adults-Only Circus and Cocktail Pop-Ups in Its East Coast Arcade Bars
Once a month, you'll be able to head to Alexandria, Docklands or Toombul for stilt walkers, magicians, burlesque and beverages.
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Sixty Smith Is the New Collingwood Bar and Restaurant From the Fitzroy Beer Garden Crew
Head in for crafty cocktails, local art and a globe-trotting menu from an ex-MoVida chef.
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Our Sydney: Here Are Our Readers' Favourite Spots to Visit in Redfern and Waterloo
Check out the dog-friendly bars, BYO restaurants and late-night haunts locals love.
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How to Say Thanks to Aussie Hospitality Legends If You're a Bit of a Bar Fly
Show your support by hitting up a cocktail festival, having a parma with your pint and wearing your heart on your sleeve with some fun merch.
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Valhalla Is Collins Street's New Nordic-Inspired Underground Cocktail Lounge
A moody after-work haunt with a drinks list that heroes Aussie spirits and locally foraged ingredients.
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Hope St Radio Is Opening a Wine Bar and Music Space at the Revamped Collingwood Yards
It'll be slinging natural wine, fresh pasta dishes and curated tunes from your favourite presenters.
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Beloved Sydney Venue Hollywood Hotel Has Been Put Up for Sale for the First Time in Four Decades
The watering hole has been put on the market following the 2019 passing of owner and trailblazing publican Doris Goddard.
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The 170-Year-Old Royal Richmond Hotel Now Boasts a Sunlit Bistro and Timber-Clad Cocktail Bar
Following a huge makeover, the historic pub in the Hawkesbury region is serving up a menu full of top-notch gastropub fare.
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Six Late-Night Parramatta Bars That Are Perfect for Celebratory Kick-Ons After a Game
Keep the party going into the wee hours at a rooftop bar or beer garden — just a short stroll from the Bankwest Stadium.
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The Best Breweries in Brisbane
With freshly brewed IPAs by the river and cold ones in the 'burbs, Brisbane is a beer-lover's playground
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Five Ways to Up Your Wine Knowledge If You Still Can't Tell Your Terroir from Your Tannins
Use these tips and tricks to learn — and sip — your way to wine success.
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Iris Is the Soon-to-Open New Rooftop Bar and Restaurant That'll Peer Over Brunswick Street
From the end of April, you'll be able to head to the top of Fortitude Valley's new Hotel X for red claw crayfish tails, sangria and killer views.
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This Indulgent New Booze Membership Includes an Entire Beer Vending Machine and a Year of Refills
It's one of the options under Craft Cartel Liquor's new subscriptions — but it'll cost you a tidy $10,000 per year.
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Re Is the New Sustainability-Focused South Eveleigh Bar From Matt Whiley and Maurice Terzini
The bar is housed in a heritage site that spent 100 years as a locomotive workshop, and has been built from recycled materials.
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Sydney's Award-Winning Maybe Sammy Has Released a Trio of Bottled Cocktails to Sip at Home
The new premium batched creations come in both solo serves and share-friendly 500-millilitre bottles.
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Two Aussie-Brewed 'Game of Thrones' Beers Are Coming to Mark the HBO Show's Tenth Anniversary
Melbourne's Moon Dog Brewing is whipping up a Breaker of Chains chilli and vanilla stout and a Watchers on the Wall white chocolate ale.
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Good Beer Week Is Back for 2021 with a Stacked Tenth Anniversary Program
The annual beer-filled celebration returns, complete with a Daft Punk tribute party, a booze-free bash and lots of beery feasts.
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La Madonna Is the Luxe Hotel Bar and Restaurant Taking Over an Entire Floor Inside Next Melbourne
Roll in for clever snacks and a creative drinks list filled with barrel-aged concoctions.
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Kepler's Yard Is Northcote's New Astronomy-Inspired Cocktail Bar From the 24 Moons Crew
DJ nights, mismatched furniture and planet-themed cocktails, in a space that's named after a famous astronomer.
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New Fortitude Valley Bar Kazba Is Serving One of Its Cocktails Out of a Flask Hidden in a Novel
Also on the Tel Aviv-inspired spot's menu: Turkish coffee martinis and chilli haloumi savoury doughnuts.
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Our Sydney: Here Are Our Readers' Favourite Spots to Visit in Glebe, Ultimo and Pyrmont
Sip brekkie cocktails in a sunny courtyard, then catch a gig in one of Sydney's best small bars.
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Our Sydney: Here Are Our Readers' Favourite Spots to Visit in Chippendale
This eclectic neighbourhood is brimming with top-notch coffee spots, salons, shops and watering holes.
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Globe-Hopping Gin Festival Junipalooza Is Finally Making Its Sydney Debut This August
Thirty local and international craft distillers will be pouring around 200 different types of gin across two days.