Brewcraft

AUSTRALIAN HOME BREWING - Melbourne Est. 1968

Australian Home Brewing was founded in 1968 as the world’s first dedicated home brewing company. In fact this was 4 years prior to home brewing becoming legal in Australia.   For fear of being held to account by one of the Giant Australian Brewers, all the original materials published by AHB were followed by the description of “Supplier of Home Wine Making Equipment, Ingredients& Books”. Not a mention of beer even though beer brewing was core business from day one.

 It was not until 1972, when the newly elected Whitlam Government legislated to break the power of the Big Brewing Cartels, that Australians were finally allowed to brew at home .  Attorney General, Lionel Murphy changed the law and Australian brewers have never looked back.

In 1982 the business changed hands for the first time when Mike Rodgers-Wilson purchased the business from the founder Mike Stevens.  Mike had a flair and passion for writing and publishing and recognised that he needed to reach brewers all over Australia and established “The Brewers Herald” newsletter and the famous “Brewers Bugle”. They were much loved and anticipated publications and off the back of the new readership, mail orders began to flow in. Mike also authored and self-published Australia’s biggest selling Home Brewing book titled, you guessed it, “Home Brewing” which sold over 100,000 copies. Also the famous home brewing brand of craft beer products and recipe packs known as “Brewcraft” was established by AHB during this period.