Manufacturing & Production - Brewer

Hops: A Puzzle

Primary Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

1. You are going to make up a quiz! To create this crossword puzzle you need to use the following information.

Look at the following video from Landline 16 July 2016 (17 mins) [from Landline Archives] or read the article in ABC News

Beer is OK Blog 15 March 2022
2. Read "A Brief History of Hops in Beer"	and, the Brewing Process

3. You are to write 20 clues about

• New information from the articles

• Definitions about how is beer crafted

• the types of hops involved

• the history of hops and beer making,

• as well as anything that interested you in the articles

3. Use these 20 clues and the answers to create a Crossword Puzzle using an online puzzle maker

4. Try your crossword out on other students in your class who have read these three articles. You try out two other crosswords! How did you go?

When is "hand-crafted" really just crafty marketing?

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

1. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, "Handcrafted" is - made using the hands rather than a machine.

This definition is difficult to apply to the beer industry. The Craft Beer Industry Association has come up with their own definition of craft beer:

"The Craft Beer Industry Association is the national industry body for craft brewers in Australia and membership is open to all Australian craft brewers (A brewer based in Australia producing less than 40 million litres of beer per annum.)

There are five categories of membership for brewers.

These are:

National Craft Brewers: Craft brewers who have a strong presence in all markets. Volume: 5 – 40 million litres pa

Regional Craft Brewers: Craft breweries that have a strong regional base and are developing a presence outside their home market. Volume: 300,000 – 4 999 999 litres pa

Microbrewers: Small scale craft breweries. They may have an on-site bar but the majority of sales are off-site. Volume: 50,000 – 299,999 litres pa

Nano and Pub Brewers: Small scale breweries that may be attached to a hospitality venue where the majority of their sales are on-site. Volume: up to 49,999 litres pa

Contract Brewers: Brewers that do not own a brewery or have an excise licence." (Source: CBIA)

2. But what about... 

The following article from The Conversation 21 September 2015 explains the recent complaints to the ACCC about Byron Bay Beer

3. The Conversation 7 June 2013, provides a detailed account of the trends in craft beer industry.

Read the article, analyse and report your findings to the class.

4.

As a class, discuss the following "Should the bigger breweries be allowed to call any of their products "Craft Beer"? What would be your definition of a craft beer?

"If you don't have a beer you're not a man' - rural workplaces made more dangerous by drugs and alcohol

 Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

1. Read the following article from The Conversation 19 July 2016

2. What do you think about the findings from your own experience? How much do Australians use beer and alcohol generally as social capital?

3.

With a partner, discuss the statement/heading:

"If you don't have a beer you're not a man"
Do you believe this? Why? Why not?

4. How would you find out if your observations can be backed up by evidence? As a class, discuss how you would survey your local community. Use SurveyMonkey to develop your survey.

5. What are your findings?  Is this statement 

'If you don't have a beer you're not a man' true for your community?