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Will Ziebell @will.craftypint.com · 15/05/2025

A speechless Champion Australian Beer winner and multiple repeat winners... The 2025 AIBAs were another warm celebration of the beer community. Check out the trophy winners and reaction from the event via this link and look out for a special AIBAs edition of our podcast going live today too.

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Tiny WA Brewery Wedgetail Win Champion Australian Beer At 2025 AIBAs

The 2025 Australian International Beer Awards delivered an impressive blend of the familiar and fresh-faced, the large and small, the old (very old in one case) and new as hundreds of people gathered ...

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The Crafty Pint @craftypint.com · 22/01/2025

BREAKING: Two of Australia's best-known indie brewers have joined forces. Hawkers and White Bay have merged to form the Social Drinks Group, raising $1.5m in new capital and appointing a new CEO. More to come as we speak to those involved.

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Hawkers And White Bay Merge To Form Social Drinks Group

Two of Australia's best-known indie brewers have joined forces. Hawkers and White Bay have merged to form the Social Drinks Group, raising $1.5m in new capital and appointing a new CEO. In a statement...

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Will Ziebell @will.craftypint.com · 27/11/2024

Everybody wants to be the guys who make the beer that saves the industry once and for all because it would look good as hell on a resume

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Will Ziebell @will.craftypint.com · 25/11/2024

An addendum: it's delicious.

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Will Ziebell @will.craftypint.com · 22/11/2024

I guess I gotta keep these receipts here now. 🙂

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Will Ziebell @will.craftypint.com · 01/11/2024

I'm proving worse at sharing stories on Bluesky as I was at Twitter. Incredibly proud of this story and the people who spoke to me for it. Great to see it hit home with industry workers outside Aus too

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Phil Cook @beerdiary.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

This piece contains so many interesting peeks behind the curtain and pushes back against some of the things the beer industry tells its fans — and itself. Huge respect to @willziebell.bsky.social, his sources, and Crafty for running it.

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Working Inside Beer's Sinking Ships

Over the past couple of years, we've examined the challenges facing the local beer and hospitality industries, as well as the ramifications of the spate of closures, sales, administrations and liquida...

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