The Independent Brewers Association (IBA) has described today’s decision by the ACCC to take no further action in relation to tap contracts as a body blow for the Australian independent brewing industry.
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The owners of the Great Northern Hotel, in Rathdowne St, Carlton, have accused Woodend’s Holgate Brewhouse of trying to force tap contracts on to the bar, jeopardising its proudly independent status.
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It’s the start of a fightback against a perceived effort by big business to appropriate the craft beer revolution. Adopting the maxim that if you can’t beat them you can buy them, a wave of craft beer takeovers engulfed the US first and has now reached Britain.
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Today I think there’s a growing awareness that the craft beer industry is a big contributor to the economy, and I feel there’s a shift in political will to help craft brewers in a sense
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The move comes after a recent survey commissioned by Brewbound and conducted by Nielsen found that ‘independent’ and ‘independently owned’ strongly resonated with more than 80 per cent of craft beer drinkers.
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The new division will distribute brands including James Squire, Malt Shovel Brewers, Little Creatures, White Rabbit and Kosciuszko, as well as Lion NZ brands Panhead and Emerson’s.
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Independent Brewers Australia (IBA) – the association that supersedes the CBIA – has welcomed the support for its members shown by both major parties in a parliamentary debate this week.
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Singapore Airlines recently announced that Garage Project Hapi Daze Pacific Pale Ale was now available on flights to and from the brewer’s homeland of New Zealand
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SUPPORT FOR THE SMALL independent operators comes from Mr Albanese, who has a craft beer named after him — Albo Corn Ale by Willie the Boatman at St Peters — is lobbying for the current two-tier beer tax regimen to be axed.
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Do Australia and China share a hard earned thirst for the fairer competition protections of the US?
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The Attorney General alleged that the brewer, fined $USD2m for trade practice violations, had sold beer tap systems at below market and tried to hide the transactions by misleading descriptions on invoices.
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I'm explaining one way that this Misuse of market power / beer tap contracts Class Action case could be financed without brewers having to write cheques.
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Though often difficult to distinguish, the easiest way to differentiate between contract and gypsy brewing is to look at who’s doing what.
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From time to time I will post bits of information about class action process, so that Independent brewers considering the potential case understand how class actions work.
"Large brewers have created Potemkin Villages of brands to make it easier for publicans to hide that they are offering little real choice."
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“The Facebook page is a way of gauging whether there is a critical mass out there. It’s starting to very much look like it, but if brewers want this [to proceed] they’ll have to jump on the Facebook page or contact me, for two reasons: One, we won’t do it if there isn’t a critical mass. Two, if they don’t step up they won’t get the benefit of it.” Adley Burstyner
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“We do not and will not participate in the market-distorting practice of beverage rebates.”
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The Americans call it "pay to play”: favors for product placement which "falls somewhere below the line of what’s legal or ethical".
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Under new rules for what was the CBIA, membership will be prohibited for brewers that are more than 20 per cent owned by large brewers or other businesses that hold significant brewery holdings in Australia or overseas
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