Five Australian pubs, five pints of beer, a few friends and, lest we forget, one magnificent helicopter.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand said the watermelon sour beer, produced by Your Mates Brew Pub, poses a risk for illness/injury due to secondary fermentation.

Backyard barbecues, colonial pubs, beer gardens under shady trees, and a killer food scenes make for a great beer scene in Australia’s food capital, Melbourne.

A two-speed booze tax kicks in Monday, as beer taxes are frozen while spirits are slugged by the twice-a-year price hike.

A looming beer crisis has been avoided in a fire-stricken Australian town, thanks to some help from the country’s navy. Mallacoota, a small coastal town in the state of Victoria, was isolated… ...