Asian Craft Beer Industry Movement gains Momentum

Homebrewing interest and Craft brewing beer are becoming more popular in Asia. China is already the largest consumer of beer in the world so what does that say for craft beer?

A New Era Opens Up in Asia

Craft Brewing gains popularity. Will this be the next beer revolution?

There are a number of changes happening in various Asian countries like Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, China and South Korea that indicate a new revolution is about to happen in the craft beer movement.
The population of Asia is estimated to be 4,426,683,000 in 2014.- http://www.worldpopulationstatistics.com

China has the world’s largest population, estimated at 1.35 billion people according to the same source.
China already produces the largest volume of beer of any country, although the per capita consumption of beer is quite low.
So even if there is a modest percentage growth in beer consumption it equates to very large volumes of craft beer.

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Is Brewing Science more Important than the Art?(Is there a movement towards Art?)

Brewing an artBrewing Science Or Brewing Art?
Which is more important?

I have always been of the belief that brewing science is paramount to producing an excellent beer.

After all, if you don’t understand what you are making and how to make it how can you succeed? And with my training in a large brewery this may well be the case.

But I now believe it is more complex than that.

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Is Microbrewing Simply a Scale up of Homebrewing?

Many Homebrewers who enter the microbrewing scene may believe that all they have to do to be successful is replicate their home brewing systems and recipes on a larger scale. But is this folly? What issues must one consider to avoid any traps, if any?

When I volunteered to be a judge at the VicBrew homebrewing competition some years ago I was expecting variable beers at best.

Being on the judging panel (with 2 other judges) for APA I quickly found that the level of beers presented were quite good.

However, I did pick out a common trait with many of the beers I tasted and that was the “aged” character in many of the beers. My fellow judges did not necessarily pick this trait in any beer.

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Great Beers and Great Food

Costanzo Brewing and Short Courses

The Good Beer Week is all about beer and the celebration of the amber nectar and more. Paul Hogan coined the term the Amber Nectar when referring to Fosters in commercials of some 2 decades ago.

But a lot has happened since then and there is now an explosion of choices in beer to out rival even wine in flavours available to the discerning drinker. And beer choices are still growing with no end in sight.

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Whats Your Worst Brewing Disaster?

Let us know your worst disaster and the best story will be published in the next edition of Better Brews Newsletter and the winner of the published story will win $100 off the price of a short homebrewing course.

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The microbrewing industry in the next Decade

Why am I so passionate of the Craft Brewing Industry?

Well, the reason I’m in the microbrewing game is that I saw a need to improve the standards of the industry (I may be accused of being arrogant but those that know me know that that is not the case). It is out of a sincere desire to see the industry I’m so passionate about improve the quality and consistency of beer so that we can all become prosperous and raise the name of beer.

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Why analyse beer, after all its just a hobby?

Many homebrewers enjoy making beer as a hobby.Some of those end up becoming more serious about their brewing and want to learn more, eventually becoming microbrewers. The question of why, when, what and how to analyse your beer becomes a vexing one.
Read on if you would like some of these questions answered.

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