Cascade Brewer's Nose iPhone app updated: more than 600 brews 'on tap'

An update to Cascade Brewer's Nose means the iPhone app now offers information about more than 600 beers from Australia and other countries.
 

Too much drinking risky for cancer

An international study found that men and women who drink over the recommended amounts of alcohol each day had an increased risk from cancer, but that risk went away if they stayed within the daily recommended limit.
 

Cascade launches app for beer without peer

Cascade Brewery is about to launch a free iPhone app called the Cascade Brewer’s Nose this month, featuring more than 500 Australian and international brews.
 

Feeling superficial? Facebook application to the rescue

Mates don’t let mates be superficial according to a new Facebook application branded by Australia’s most popular beer, VB.  Australians are becoming increasingly superficial according to a new study, we need an application and our friends to save us
 

AFL Finals host world’s biggest skilltester, the Magnatron

You know those skill-testing cranes at pubs, the ones that allow you to win a plush toy or chocolate bar?  Well brewer Carlton Draught has built a ten storey one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to allow those travelling to the Australian Rules Football finals a chance to really test their skills.
 

Study shows beer builds strong bones

A U.S. study has found that drinking beer is a good way to keep bones strong and healthy. However, types of beer differ with respect to how much they help your bones.
 

Houston, do we have a problem? Spaced out beer drinkers!

A Japanese brewer is using barley grown from seeds that was sent to the International Space Station to make beer. According to the Sapporo Breweries, the beer is called “Space Barley.” And, you have a chance to drink what humans have not drunk before.
 

Do dreams come true: Healthier steaks when marinated in beer?

Portuguese researchers got out their frying pans and cooked steaks that were marinated in either red wine or beer. They found that the formation of certain cancer-causing compounds were lessened when compared to cooking unmarinated steaks.
 

Can drinking beer help cure cancer?

The usual rule of thumb in this life is that the things that are the baddest for you are those that you enjoy the most. Now a bunch of boffins might be on the verge of reversing that trend...