With cold weather quickly approaching, Willie Smith’s is bringing to market an innovative collaboration featuring two Tasmanian businesses deemed the ‘Tassie Bock’. Joining forces with the team at the relatively new Hobart Brewing Co., Willie Smith’s has created a rare Smoked Apple Bock. The uniqueness of the brew also required the aid of Lark Distillery and is being touted as a labour of love that will give patrons at Dark Mofo and the Huon Valley Mid-Winter ...

Australian brewer of VB, Cascade and Carlton Draught beer brands, Carlton & United Breweries (CUB), has expanded its spirits and RTD offering for the first time in several years with the release of four new products. The new products fall within the mid-strength RTD and premium categories and support CUB’s Cougar and Black Douglas RTD ranges specifically. The mid-strength options will extend to Cougar Mid Strength 3.5% Bourbon & Cola ...

Hardys Wines has released several new vintages from the acclaimed Thomas and Eileen Hardy ranges. These wines are currently available from Accolade Wines. The new releases include the Eileen Hardy 2014 Chardonnay ($95), 2014 Pinot Noir ($95) and 2013 Shiraz ($125), as well as the 2013 vintage of the Thomas Hardy Cabernet Sauvignon ($130). The ranges pay tribute to Hardys’ founder, Thomas, and the family’s matriarch, Eileen, who is credited for ...

Jack Daniels celebrated its 150 year anniversary by selecting 20 bartenders from 12 Australian venues to participate in their first-ever collaborative barrel selection. The barrel selection took place at Australia’s Brown-Forman headquarters, June 1st. Jack Daniels Assistant Master Distiller, Chris Fletcher, hosted the tasting live via video-conferencing, streaming all the way from the distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Also a trained chemist, Fletcher expertly talked the bartenders though the individual flavour profiles ...

Hawthorne Brewing Co. has just revealed Midnight in Bombay. The dark spiced wheat ale is the third release from their single batch Brewshed Collection. The unfiltered all-malt wheat ale is gypsy-brewed at Blackmans Brewery in Torquay. Inspired by a recent trip to India, Chief Brewing Officer Hamish Reed infuses traditional flavours of the region into the brew. Roasted malt, smooth aniseed, cocoa and smoky black cardamom give the beer it’s dark colouring and ...

Robe Town Brewery in South Australia has released a beer made from ambergris, otherwise known as whale vomit. The ingredient is formed in the intestines of whales and is often hard to come by, but the brewery landed on a piece on the beaches near Robe, so thought…why not see what it tastes like in one of its beers? The very limited edition Moby Dick Ambergris Ale 7.4%ABV has been described ...

Margan Family Wines is breaking ground with the world’s first vintage off-dry Semillon vermouth. The family team, comprising of husband and wife Andrew and Lisa Margan, as well as children Ollie, Alessa and James, is renowned for their winemaking. Having already celebrated 20 years of award-winning wine, the creation of the new Margan Vermouth promises to be an innovative twist on the traditional fortified wine. As the son of just passed ...

For those of you not at Vinexpo, Penfolds has just unveiled it’s Magill Cellar 3 Program to a global audience in Hong Kong. Priced at $198,000 AUD, the program promises unprecedented behind-the-scene access to Penfolds’ oldest and most intimate cellar and the opportunity to purchase the rare barrels housed there. The barrels released from Cellar 3, Magill, South Australia are expected to be extremely limited and variable - preserving the uniqueness ...

You may know by now that celebrity talk show host Graham Norton has tested his hand in wine-making. Not your ordinary celebrity endorsement, Graham Norton’s Own Sauvignon Blanc, created by the man himself, has enjoyed global success. What you may not know is that the previously rare and sought after blend is now available across the nation, exclusively through BWS. Having fallen in love with New Zealand winemakers Invivo’s Sauvignon ...

A record eight beers are set to be released during Murray’s annual Dark Beer Month this June, including two of the popular ‘Wild Thing’ Imperial Stouts, which were first launched in 2015. Each year Murray’s, located in Port Stephens, NSW brings out a collection of its darkest beers to help ramp up some warmth as winter sets in. Three of the eight beers in 2016 will be bottled, while the following five ...