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Josh Uljans (left) and Karl van Buuren on the rooftop of their new Footscray venue, Moon Dog Wild West.

How a cobbled-together ‘Franken-brewery’ became a craft-beer juggernaut

This local brewer does venues with childlike imagination, and beers and seltzers that are now quintessentially Melbourne. We find out where it all began and what’s to come.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Bridge Road Brewers’ menu champions pizza topped with local ingredients.

These are the best places to eat, drink (and scoff pizza) in buzzing Rutherglen and surrounds

Talented producers are adding lustre to this charming high country gold rush town and its surrounds.

  • Jane Fraser

Why does my champagne taste oxidised? How to sniff out wine faults

Many factors can make your bottle of bubbly taste a little off. Here is how to avoid them.

  • Huon Hooke
Drinks writer Katie Spain conducting a wine masterclass on board the Cunard Great Australian Culinary Voyage in early 2024.

The first timer’s guide to the five things you need to know before a food and wine cruise

Arrive thirsty, hungry and prepared to try anything, Katie Spain advises.

  • Katie Spain
One of the drinks available via The Macallan Diamond Bar Cart on Oceania Cruises’s Vista liner.

There’s no more fitting location for a navy-strength gin (and other magical drinks)

A whisky’s being aged using the sea’s motion to help impart barrel flavours; a navy strength gin by Four Pillars and a Lord Nelson beer called Smooth Sailing.

  • Sarah Norris
The chefs’ culinary backgrounds merge in the lamb forequarter chops with chimichurri.

High-profile brewer opens first Melbourne venue and there’s chops by the kilo and spanakopita lasagne

Two chefs with a love of fire are having fun with their first beer hall menu at South Melbourne’s new Pirate Life brewpub.

  • Emma Breheny
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Wine myth busting: Does adding cling wrap to a bottle get rid of cork taint?

Dunking plastic into wine can help eliminate that musty cork taste, but there’s a catch.

  • Huon Hooke
Overnight iced coffee.

Ice, ice, coffee: Five cool espresso drinks and desserts to make this weekend

What’s cooler than being cool? Ice-cold! Here are five ways to get your daily caffeine fix on a sweltering day.

It’s hard to find a smile at my local coffee shop. But we all queue up regardless.

Why is it so hard to get a coffee in Sydney after 3pm?

If Sydney wants to become a truly global city, we could learn and borrow from places like Buenos Aires.

  • Gary Nunn
Wayward Brewing Co owner and founder Peter Philip pictured at the Camperdown brewery.

Trouble brews in Australia’s craft beer industry, with ‘alarming rate’ of closures

More than a dozen independent breweries have been pushed to the brink of insolvency in the past 12 months.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Overnight iced coffee.
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Adam Liaw’s overnight iced coffee

A strange thing about Australia is that iced coffee is one of our favourite drinks but we have about 20,000 different versions.

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  • Adam Liaw

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