Bridge Road Brewers, have once again backed up their claim as having “some of the best ales in country”, in fact they could well claim some of the best in the world, with big success at this years Melbourne International Beer Awards.
The small Beechworth based brewery picked up 10 medals this year with awards spread throughout their broad range of beers. This small regional on operation has had strong and consistent success over their short brewing history. Established in 2005, Bridge road Brewers have expanded considerably with national distribution and a big range of more than 10 beers. The tally includes 3 silver medals and 7 bronze.
Brewer and owner Ben Kraus is happy with the beers recognition at this years competition. “Our consistent success at the Beer Awards across such a broad range of our beers shows us that we are doing our job well”. “This event is becoming more and more competitive with both domestic and international brewers upping their quality every year”. “The USA, considered the world leader of craft brewing, was well represented at this years competition, but the Aussie contingent managed to standup and keep a lot of the awards at home”,
The highly recognized competition is the second largest in the world and attracts a huge of array of local and international breweries.
Bridge Roads latest brew, the Chestnut Lager, entered for the first time at the awards also received a medal.
Bridge Road is already working on a beer which is sure to do well in next years competition. Their unique fresh hop harvest beer is currently brewing and will be released in the coming months.
For further details please contact:
Ben Kraus
ph. 03 57 282 703 or e. info@bridgeroadbrewers.com.au
Saturday 21 March 2009
Beechworth gets set to saddle up for 2009 Golden Horseshoes Festival
Preparations are in full swing in Beechworth as the town gets set for its biggest annual celebration, the Golden Horseshoes Festival, opening three weeks today on Good
Friday 10 April and continuing across the Easter weekend.
The 2009 program will see the return of old favourites including the fabulous Grand Parade which will see dozens of f loats vie for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy as well as new events including displays, a Monster Raff le, free live performances and spectacular roving entertainment.
The Treasure Hunt for the $2000 Golden Egg from Beechworth Gold also returns this year. Once again, fortune hunters will have the chance to claim the amazing egg encased in $2000 of gold when they search for clues on a special treasure map of the streets of Beechworth. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn at 12:30pm on Easter Sunday. One of the most popular events of the weekend, 2008 saw thousands of visitors join in the fun, w ith a delighted local family the lucky w inners
of the grand prize.
The Food Court in Camp Street also returns with live entertainment including the Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, a travelling concert-organ in the great European style, which produces an amazing sound the equivalent of a 20 piece band.
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program will be setting up a display of dinosaur bones and fossils, the Old Cranks Car Club w ill show some classic beauties and the Friends of the Burke Museum w ill lead a Mystery Tour of Beechworth’s secret and forgotten nooks and crannies. History buffs will also enjoy the fascinating new documentary about the Buckland Valley Goldfield, From the Ashes on the big
screen on Saturday night.
Rotary’s huge Easter Craft Market in the Queen Victoria Gardens and the Beechworth Neighborhood Centre’s Paddy’s Market will again offer bargain hunters the chance to pick up some treasure from the stalls crammed with furniture, collectibles and bric-a-brac.
Run for the second year by a local community committee, the Golden Horseshoes Festival annually attracts thousands of visitors to the town. Committee President Kathryn Osmond said while sponsorship support from local businesses had been fantastic this year, organisers were still keen to hear from anyone interested in volunteering their time during Easter to help with Parade marshalling, public
information assistance, setting up and manning displays.
She urged local groups and individuals to get into the spirit of this great annual event and dress up, join in the treasure hunt, enter a float, buy a raffle ticket or just pull up a chair in the food court and soak up the unique ambience of Easter in Beechworth.
Friday 10 April and continuing across the Easter weekend.
The 2009 program will see the return of old favourites including the fabulous Grand Parade which will see dozens of f loats vie for the Beechworth Bakery Perpetual Trophy as well as new events including displays, a Monster Raff le, free live performances and spectacular roving entertainment.
The Treasure Hunt for the $2000 Golden Egg from Beechworth Gold also returns this year. Once again, fortune hunters will have the chance to claim the amazing egg encased in $2000 of gold when they search for clues on a special treasure map of the streets of Beechworth. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn at 12:30pm on Easter Sunday. One of the most popular events of the weekend, 2008 saw thousands of visitors join in the fun, w ith a delighted local family the lucky w inners
of the grand prize.
The Food Court in Camp Street also returns with live entertainment including the Australia Fair Grand Concert Street Organ, a travelling concert-organ in the great European style, which produces an amazing sound the equivalent of a 20 piece band.
Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program will be setting up a display of dinosaur bones and fossils, the Old Cranks Car Club w ill show some classic beauties and the Friends of the Burke Museum w ill lead a Mystery Tour of Beechworth’s secret and forgotten nooks and crannies. History buffs will also enjoy the fascinating new documentary about the Buckland Valley Goldfield, From the Ashes on the big
screen on Saturday night.
Rotary’s huge Easter Craft Market in the Queen Victoria Gardens and the Beechworth Neighborhood Centre’s Paddy’s Market will again offer bargain hunters the chance to pick up some treasure from the stalls crammed with furniture, collectibles and bric-a-brac.
Run for the second year by a local community committee, the Golden Horseshoes Festival annually attracts thousands of visitors to the town. Committee President Kathryn Osmond said while sponsorship support from local businesses had been fantastic this year, organisers were still keen to hear from anyone interested in volunteering their time during Easter to help with Parade marshalling, public
information assistance, setting up and manning displays.
She urged local groups and individuals to get into the spirit of this great annual event and dress up, join in the treasure hunt, enter a float, buy a raffle ticket or just pull up a chair in the food court and soak up the unique ambience of Easter in Beechworth.
Wednesday 18 March 2009
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY GOLDFIELD “From the Ashes ”
Written & Presented by Andrew Swift, Filmed by Sean King
The Buckland Valley was one of the most eventful mountain goldfields in Australia. Within a few short years it witnessed a rush of over 6,000 diggers, a high death toll with the outbreak of typhoid, and the infamous anti- Chinese race riots of 1857.
Filmed after the 2006 bushfires, this documentary recalls these major events as well as examining many of the varied historic mining sites of this valley. Visiting large-scale hydraulic sluicing pits, Chinese hut sites and floating into old quartz reef tunnels, were the footprints of the last miners are found. An ancient Chinese mining apparatus is also rediscovered in a working reconstruction.
This film is a rough, ready and adventurous tour of rediscovery set in a remarkable corner of North Eastern Victoria.
MEMORIAL HALL, Ford Street Beechworth
7.30pm SATURDAY 11th April 2009
$5 entry, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Be early so as not miss a seat!
Duration approximately 90 minutes for general viewing
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY
GOLDFIELD
“From the Ashes ”
w w w . h e r i t a g e r a t . c o m . a u f o r p r e v i e w
The Buckland Valley was one of the most eventful mountain goldfields in Australia. Within a few short years it witnessed a rush of over 6,000 diggers, a high death toll with the outbreak of typhoid, and the infamous anti- Chinese race riots of 1857.
Filmed after the 2006 bushfires, this documentary recalls these major events as well as examining many of the varied historic mining sites of this valley. Visiting large-scale hydraulic sluicing pits, Chinese hut sites and floating into old quartz reef tunnels, were the footprints of the last miners are found. An ancient Chinese mining apparatus is also rediscovered in a working reconstruction.
This film is a rough, ready and adventurous tour of rediscovery set in a remarkable corner of North Eastern Victoria.
MEMORIAL HALL, Ford Street Beechworth
7.30pm SATURDAY 11th April 2009
$5 entry, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Be early so as not miss a seat!
Duration approximately 90 minutes for general viewing
THE BUCKLAND VALLEY
GOLDFIELD
“From the Ashes ”
w w w . h e r i t a g e r a t . c o m . a u f o r p r e v i e w
Saturday 7 March 2009
New group takes reins of Beechworth’s famous Ned Kelly Weekend Friday 7 – Sunday 9 August 2009
The new Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group (BHRG) will offer a fresh take on an Australian legend when it takes the reins of the 2009 Ned Kelly Weekend, this year being held from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 August.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group is an enthusiastic troupe which already has this year’s Ned Kelly Weekend program well in hand. It will unveil the full 2009 program at an official launch in Beechworth on Thursday 7 May.
BHRG founding president, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, says visitors to Beechworth can once again expect a lively program of re-enactments, art, music, displays, market stalls, competitions and talks by leading authorities on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town.
Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Now in its sixth year and widely regarded as this country’s most important annual celebration of the Kelly legend, the weekend event commemorates the anniversary of the outlaw’s committal hearing held in the historic Beechworth Courthouse from 6 to 11 August 1880.
The Beechworth Historical Re-enactment Group is an enthusiastic troupe which already has this year’s Ned Kelly Weekend program well in hand. It will unveil the full 2009 program at an official launch in Beechworth on Thursday 7 May.
BHRG founding president, Adam Wynne-Jenkins, says visitors to Beechworth can once again expect a lively program of re-enactments, art, music, displays, market stalls, competitions and talks by leading authorities on the subject of the life and times of Australia’s most notorious bushranger.
Established last year and with a membership of 30 and growing fast, the BRG is a committed living history group which recreates the Beechworth of the period 1852 to 1885, with a special focus on the events surrounding Ned Kelly’s links to the town.
Wearing the authentic dress of the day, the BHRG is often seen on the streets of Beechworth and other regional centres taking part in street parades, displays and other commemorative activities including the recent re-enactment of the Kelly Gang robbery of the bank in Euroa in December 1878.
Fresh Beechworth temptations for lovers of the good life
Beechworth’s reputation as a gourmet travel destination has been further enhanced with the recent arrival of Michael Ryan’s restaurant and luxury suites, Provenance as well as Natasha Davis’ fromagerie, Larder.
The new businesses join some impressive local company including the renowned Warden’s of Beechworth, Gigi’s, The Ox & Hound, Bouchon at Botanicals, The Green Shed and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owner Ben Kraus has announced several new on-tap venues for a number of his delicious beers in Melbourne - at Bar Etiquette in Brunswick, Mrs Parmas in Little Bourke St, the Cherry Tree in Richmond and the Local Taphouse in St Kilda. In Beechworth, visitors to Bridge Road can sample Ben’s excellent range of ales and tuck into the Brewers’ home-made pretzels and sensational gourmet pizzas.
A lifelong passion for great food has led newcomer Natasha Davis to Beechworth where she opened Larder late last year. Her mission is to offer the best international and regional speciality cheeses in impeccable condition and reflecting seasonal influences. Visitors can taste the cheese spectrum at Larder, from French Roquefort, Rouzaire Brie aux truffles, La Mancha Manchego, Piano Hill Ironstone and sweet hand stretched, buffalo Mozzarella from Shaw River. Natasha also offers provisioning for impromptu picnics or special occasions, offering complimentary hire of lovely wicker baskets packed with mouth-watering terrines, pates, locally smoked trout and small goods as well as Lescure French butter to slather on yummy Laurent Bakery baguettes..
Michael Ryan,the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, has opened Provenance in the 1856 Bank of Australasia, one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings adjacent to the Historic and Cultural Precinct in Ford Street. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
The new businesses join some impressive local company including the renowned Warden’s of Beechworth, Gigi’s, The Ox & Hound, Bouchon at Botanicals, The Green Shed and The Stanley in the picturesque hilltop village of Stanley a few kilometres out of town.
Add to that list the award-winning boutique brewery, Bridge Road Brewers whose owner Ben Kraus has announced several new on-tap venues for a number of his delicious beers in Melbourne - at Bar Etiquette in Brunswick, Mrs Parmas in Little Bourke St, the Cherry Tree in Richmond and the Local Taphouse in St Kilda. In Beechworth, visitors to Bridge Road can sample Ben’s excellent range of ales and tuck into the Brewers’ home-made pretzels and sensational gourmet pizzas.
A lifelong passion for great food has led newcomer Natasha Davis to Beechworth where she opened Larder late last year. Her mission is to offer the best international and regional speciality cheeses in impeccable condition and reflecting seasonal influences. Visitors can taste the cheese spectrum at Larder, from French Roquefort, Rouzaire Brie aux truffles, La Mancha Manchego, Piano Hill Ironstone and sweet hand stretched, buffalo Mozzarella from Shaw River. Natasha also offers provisioning for impromptu picnics or special occasions, offering complimentary hire of lovely wicker baskets packed with mouth-watering terrines, pates, locally smoked trout and small goods as well as Lescure French butter to slather on yummy Laurent Bakery baguettes..
Michael Ryan,the mastermind behind The Age 2008 Country Restaurant of the Year, the two chef hat Range restaurant in Myrtleford, has opened Provenance in the 1856 Bank of Australasia, one of Beechworth’s finest historic gold era buildings adjacent to the Historic and Cultural Precinct in Ford Street. With six metre ceilings and towering arched windows, the bank’s original granite vault now houses the wine cellar. Accommodation at Provenance comprises four newly refurbished luxury suites in what was once the old stables and carriage house.
Friday 6 March 2009
The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth
FREE FAMILY EVENT
Saturday 14 March
La Trobe at Beechworth
The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth
Albury’s MEGAS Music Store has joined forces with La Trobe at Beechworth to present a free familyday next Saturday 14 March to benefit victims of the recent Victorian bushfires.
Australian Idol finalist, Ricky Muscat, Peter Denahy, a seven- time Country Music
Awards nominee, Kelly Hope, a local and international singer/songwriter and Australian Idol finalist, singer/song writer, Kane Harrison along with local support acts, have donated theirtime to the cause, appearing on stage at the May Day Hills Oval at La Trobe from 4:30pm to 9:15pm.
Albury boy and successful stage and screen actor, Malcolm Kennard (Packed to the
Rafters, E Street) is also donating his time, of fering free storytelling workshops
(Community narrative) at La Trobe’s Bijou theatre, from 11am to 3pm. The w orkshops
will aim to help people express their feelings and responses to the f ires through the medium of storytelling. (NB, places w ill be limited to 20 guests, booking essential on 03 5720 8050.)
And from 9:30pm, the classic Australian movie, The Castle, will be shown on the big
screen.
All proceeds from the day, including a sausage sizzle, jumping castle and other fun activities for children and families, will be dontated to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.Gates open at La Trobe at 3pm. The Big Bushfire Benefit at Beechworth is strictly an alcohol-free event.
Richard Perso Live at The Stanley Pub Friday, 6th March 2009
Richard Perso
Live at The Stanley Pub
Friday, 6th March 2009
from 7.00pm-11.00pm
Richards range includes blues and roots, folk, country and rock with instrumentals thrown in for good measure - 11-string and 6-string acoustic guitar, WoodSkin, Stompbox, Yirdaki (Didgeridoo), Harmonica, Vocals.
Skip Landy in his promotion for Devonshire Blues "Richard Perso is an exceptional guitarist from Yackandandah & will be showing why he is a name who is surely going to become well known. Jeff Lang and John Butler should be looking over their shoulders now because the next generation is here"
For further information, contact Annemarie
Ph: 03 5728 6502
Live at The Stanley Pub
Friday, 6th March 2009
from 7.00pm-11.00pm
Richards range includes blues and roots, folk, country and rock with instrumentals thrown in for good measure - 11-string and 6-string acoustic guitar, WoodSkin, Stompbox, Yirdaki (Didgeridoo), Harmonica, Vocals.
Skip Landy in his promotion for Devonshire Blues "Richard Perso is an exceptional guitarist from Yackandandah & will be showing why he is a name who is surely going to become well known. Jeff Lang and John Butler should be looking over their shoulders now because the next generation is here"
For further information, contact Annemarie
Ph: 03 5728 6502
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