THE Cascade Brewery Co. Ltd. has imported three trial steel drums, now being used on the Mainland for bulk beer. The brewery is investigating how they stand up to cartage, and whether they affect the flavour of beer. The steel… Read More ›
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Last drinks: Strange tales of beer barrel grave memorials
THE South Australian mining town of Coober Pedy is known for its colourful characters. One of these legends was a bloke by the name of Karl Bratz. Karl, a miner who died in 1992 of cancer at the age of… Read More ›
Rolling out the barrels
The “Beer Barrel Polka” was enacted in earnest at Haymarket today when, following a mishap to a brewers’ waggon, barrels cascaded over the street. Some of the people’s interest waned, however, when it was learned that they were empty. – The… Read More ›
Darwin beer supply ‘white-anted’
Darwin beer drinkers may have to curb their thirst. It has been discovered that secret drinkers have disposed of £300 worth of beer from the reserve stock of a local publican. When the store was opened this week the scene… Read More ›
No refills while on strike…
THESE beer barrels, which were being returned to the Sydney breweries, formed a section of the cargo stacked on King’s Wharf [Sydney Harbour] yesterday after wharf labourers, engaged in loading the Mulubinba, were withdrawn by their union. The development followed… Read More ›
Majestic gum tree was destined for the brewery
This magnificent eucalypt tree in the Mount Barker District of South Australia was doomed to destruction. The Adelaide Observe newspaper reported on January 11 1919 that the tree had been sold to be cut up into staves for beer barrels…. Read More ›
Increase in drunkeness
A group of slightly drunk looking men, three sitting on Tooth & Co., beer barrels at Morpeth (near Newcastle). Photo: University of Newcastle collection. “The police report for 1903 shows there was an increase of 800 in the number of… Read More ›
Man Struck by Lorry; Hurled into Hotel Bar
A MAN was struck by a runaway semi-trailer lorry on Friday and knocked through the doorway into the public bar of the Wollongong Hotel. The man, George Scott, 58, of 91 Corrimal street, Wollongong, had just had a drink in the bar and walked out… Read More ›