The Bulimba Brewery was established in 1882 by Robert Tooth, founder of the famous Kent Brewery in Sydney. The Queensland brewery was built on the east bank of the Brisbane River, near the ferry. However, the famous brewer, recognised for… Read More ›
PETER Pitman, aged 88, lifted a glass of foaming beer to his lips today and said, “One’s my limit.” Through a life-time of thinking, talking and dreaming beer, Mr. Pitman has still set himself that limit. Even today, after 75-years… Read More ›
ARGUABLY Australia’s most enduring brew, Resch’s Draught is one of the last of Sydney’s 19th century beers that continues to be available from the bars of pubs in the Harbour City. Along with Toohey’s Draught, Resch’s remains a popular beer… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Newnhams were linked to arguably Australia’s most famous brewery, so a drunken church warden making a scene at one of the three brewers’ funeral in 1862, was a likely epitaph to their largely untold story…. Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © WHEN 52-year-old Henry Heathorne arrived alone in Sydney from Portsmouth on the ship Candahar in the winter of 1842, he had a tough job ahead of him. A Kent brewer, Heathorne had been called upon by… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © RUBBING my hands over the damp, cold sandstone walls of what could be Sydney’s oldest pub cellar, I knew there was a story to be told. A brief tour around what remains of Edward Turner’s 1834… Read More ›