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  Melbourne Beer War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whereas XXXX (a L-N beer) used to be the drink of choice in Queensland, it is now just as likely to find VB on tap up North.
Its success is debatable, as in the last 5 years L-N beers have only increased to account for 15 percent of beer sold at the start of 2003.
A draught beer similar to the most popular Victorian brand, Victoria Bitter, was deemed to be the best choice and in 1998 Tooheys renamed Tooheys Draught to Tooheys New.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_Beer_War   (1116 words)

  
 Melbourne - Wikitravel
Melbourne [1] is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
Melbourne considers itself the cultural capital of Australia (many Sydneysiders would dispute this claim strongly....), a boast supported by its large number of art galleries and a strong coffee culture[3].
Melbourne is more-or-less centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and manmade attractions close enough to easily visit in a day's return drive.
wikitravel.org /en/Melbourne   (8149 words)

  
 Walkabout - Melbourne
Sorrento south of Melbourne) in October 1803 and a short-lived colony was established.
Melbourne is known for its changeable weather what ever the season so be prepared for cool weather even in the middle of summer.
Melbourne's international and domestic airport (Tullamarine) is 22 km north east of the city centre.
www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICMelbourne.shtml   (4473 words)

  
 Tooheys New - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was first brewed in 1930 as Tooheys Draught, and the name was changed in 1998 as part of the Melbourne Beer War.
Currently Tooheys New is official sponsor of the Australian section of the Super 14 Rugby Competition as well as the New South Wales Rugby Union's club competition (the Tooheys New Cup), is the official beer of the Wallabies and sponsors the Melbourne Cup.
In the mid 1970s the beer was successfully promoted with a jingle 'I feel like a Tooheys or two', one of the more successful campaigns in Australian advertising.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tooheys_New   (210 words)

  
 Cascade Overview
Following the great economic turmoil of the 1890s there was intense competition in the beer market which, together with increasing beer taxes and increasing use of tied houses, caused the number of breweries to dwindle.
Beer had to be almost rationed during the war and in the early post-war years.
It was appropriate that the biggest beer bottles in the world were used in the city with the biggest beer consumption per capita in the world.
www.australianbeers.com /history/cub.htm   (2180 words)

  
 Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Beer is taken very seriously in Belgium, where more than 100 brewers serve a population of about 10 million and glasses are specially designed to best suit the aroma and taste of various kinds of beers.
It was the first beer the three brothers-in-law tried in their youth and the beer their parents preferred.
They researched how the beer might have been made, given what was available; tried to match ingredients; talked to former brewery workers; asked fans of the original Buckeye Beer to be taste testers, and revised their formula seven times.
www.beerchurch.com /news.htm   (12145 words)

  
 Tooheys - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, Beer, Brand, Lager, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tooheys is a brand of beer, brewed in New South Wales, Australia and now part of the multinational Lion Nathan brewing conglomerate.
Tooheys beers have a poor reputation outside New South Wales, particularly in Victoria.
This became known locally as the Melbourne Beer War, which began in 1999 and continues to this day (although recently Lion Nathan have shown signs of giving up with the sale of purchased properties or re-lease of owned properties, allowing them to serve non LN drinks.
www.thebestlinks.com /Tooheys.html   (296 words)

  
 War Now!
If she landed at Melbourne airport, she did not tell the Wurundjeri council -- which represents the traditional owners of Melbourne airport land -- as she has said she would.
A resolution was passed condemning the unwarranted genocide perpetrated by the Ents at Isengard and demanding that Treebeard be forthwith handed over to Mordor as a war criminal for a fair and free trial and subsequent execution.
Murray, over at War Now is throwing a bit of a tantrum, while demonstrating that his views of what war should be are more influenced by romantic fantasies than by any sense of reality.
warnow.blogspot.com /2002_08_25_warnow_archive.html   (14720 words)

  
 Latest Beer News - April 2006
MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) -- Your average Australian is known for his love of a beer, but fans at the Commonwealth Games boxing venue face the prospect of a few drops of the low-strength amber nectar after athletes complained of rowdy crowds.
The beer permit for Loafer's Lounge is under scrutiny by the Dyer County Alcoholic Beverage Committee that could result in revocation of the bar's license.
Beer lovers want the Chancellor to freeze or cut the duty on beer and cider in the 2006 budget as prices have risen by 4.28% in a year.
www.drinked.com   (9229 words)

  
 Print Article: Lion Nathan first off in beer war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lion Nathan has fired the first salvo in the pre-Christmas beer war with its new XXXX Gold lager campaign.
The previous success of the beer ads has led the beverage group to launch the latest versions in a series of staggered times across the eastern seaboard, with the focus in the Queensland and Northern Territory XXXX heartland.
Marketing director for the new beer, Matt Tapper, said the campaign kicked off four years ago and the beer was now firmly entrenched in drinker's minds and taste buds.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/10/22/1066631498010.html   (388 words)

  
 KBS Collection: Reschs Dinner Ale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Despite this, DA is a fine beer in the same vein as Reschs Real, with a slightly stronger taste.
It is not a popular beer these days, finding it's market mainly with those who remember it's heyday, or whose tastebuds have collapsed.
DA is a fine beer for lazy afternoons in the back yard, but look equally at home on laminated tables in Turkish pide restaurants.
tuoppi.oulu.fi /kbs-bin/readbeer?Nr=1669   (855 words)

  
 Herald Sun: Anti-war mum heads to White House (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CINDY Sheehan, whose son was killed fighting in Iraq and who camped for weeks outside US President George W. Bush's Texas ranch to protest against the war, took her message to Washington today with rallies and lobbying ahead of a larger demonstration this weekend.
Mrs Sheehan was joined by about 30 supporters in her march down Pennsylvania Avenue to deliver a letter to Bush urging him to pull the troops out of Iraq.
Mr Bush, who met her in 2004 after her son was killed, refused to meet her for a second time.
heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,16683415^23109,00.html   (387 words)

  
 Richard Stallman: GNU/Linux and a free society : Melbourne Indymedia
He emphasises it is free as in free speech rather than in free beer.
Friday October 08, 2004 at 05:15 PM Melbourne Indymedia is a website produced by grassroots media makers offering non-corporate coverage of struggles, actions and celebrations.
Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/10/80957.php   (1775 words)

  
 Peace Bibliography A-H   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Beer, Francis A., Peace Against War: The Ecology of International Violence, W.H. Freeman and Co., Salt Lake City, UT, 1981.
Cartland, Fernando Gale, and Ethan Foster, Southern Heroes; or, The Friends in War Time, and The Conscript Quakers, (reprints of the 1895 and 1883 eds., respectively, with a new introduction by J.W. Chambers and D, Osher for the Garland ed.), Garland Pubs., NYC, 1972.
Committee of South African War Resisters, Resister: Bulletin of the Committee of South African War Resisters, periodical, CSAWR, London, England, 1979-xx.
www.centeronconscience.org /biblio_A-H.htm   (14437 words)

  
 Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After an absolutely smashing breakfast with heaps of homemade lemon jam, we headed to the nearby airport to catch our morning flight to Melbourne.
It was quite a bumpy flight and by the time we landed in Melbourne late in the day it was cloudy, windy, and rainy.
On the way we became aquainted and told her of our adventures so far.
home.san.rr.com /fiberware/b2_day5_page1.html   (512 words)

  
 The repression after the Invasion. : Melbourne Indymedia
Despite the provocation the marchers refused to respond violently and it was the police who withdrew totally humiliated.
The march continued to it's destination at Beyond ESF and everyone enjoyed cheap beer and a free concert.
Wednesday October 20, 2004 at 09:14 PM Melbourne Indymedia is a website produced by grassroots media makers offering non-corporate coverage of struggles, actions and celebrations.
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/10/81743.php   (266 words)

  
 Timeline 1879-1882
The war was fought over the treatment of Chilean investors in the desert territories.
He was the youngest general in the U.S. Army in WW I. In World War II he was the commander of all U.S. Army forces in the South Pacific; in Korea he commanded all United Nations forces.
During the Civil War, Garfield was a commander at the bloody fight at Chickamauga.
www.timelines.ws /1879_1882.HTML   (14240 words)

  
 Lion Nathan first off in beer war - Business - smh.com.au
Lion Nathan first off in beer war - Business - smh.com.au
Mr Bush, here is why we opposed the Iraq war
US and China getting along so well, but they'll struggle to keep it up
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/10/22/1066631498010.html   (449 words)

  
 Australasian Business Intelligence: Tooheys throws pots of money into beer war.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Australasian Business Intelligence: Tooheys throws pots of money into beer war.@ HighBeam Research
Tooheys throws pots of money into beer war.
In a bid to cannibalise market share from rival, Carlton & United Breweries, Toohey's will create an instant millionaire at the Toohey's Melbourne Cup.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:77331848&refid=ink_tptd_mag   (216 words)

  
 Wants, Trades, Links & Australian music info
The Kelpies, Positive Hatred, Queen Anne's Revenge, World War XXIV, Vellocette, Box Of Fish, What?!!, Rocks, Suicide Squad, Exserts, Vigil-Anti, Happy Hate Me Nots, Wrong Kind Of Stone Age, Itchy Rat, Johnny Dole and The Scabs, X, Beggars Court, The Hard-Ons, Bedspreads, XL Capris, feedtime, Local Product.
Excellent site looking at the History of Melbourne Punk with a Directory from 1977-1991 and a great Punk fanzine/CD focusing on current Australian independent, punk, thrash, hardcore, underground and alternative.
Great site to drop by for a beer and a browse through great Oz music and related bands info.
www.innercitysound.com.au /wants.html   (1208 words)

  
 "Nicotine beer in the pipeline" has been archived
"Nicotine beer in the pipeline" has been archived
Article no longer available "Nicotine beer in the pipeline"
Due to copyright restrictions, this story is no longer available at NEWS.com.au.
www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,16801771-23109,00.html   (164 words)

  
 The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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theage.com.au /news/national/.../2005/08/12/1123353500510.html   (137 words)

  
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