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Hahn Brewery was established by Dr Charles Hahn in 1988 at an old factory site in the suburb of Camperdown in
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. Originally focussing on
pale lager Pale lager is a pale-to- golden lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. In the mid-19th century, Gabriel Sedlmayr took British pale ale brewing and malt making techniques back to the Spaten Bre ...
s, such as Hahn Premium and Hahn Premium Light, targeted at the mid-price sector of the market, the 1991-93 recession resulted in reduced demand, and led to the brewery being purchased by Australia's second largest brewer
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in 1993. A lower cost beer called Sydney Bitter was produced, with reasonable success. It has launched two new beers since then: Hahn Super Dry in 2006 and Hahn Super Dry 3.5 in 2009. Hahn was appointed as the Chief Brewer of Lion Co which, at the time, operated eight breweries in Australia and New Zealand and two in China. Production of Hahn beers was moved to the
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brewery in Auburn. The Camperdown brewery itself was renamed to the
Malt Shovel Brewery The Malt Shovel Brewery is an Australian brewery owned by Lion, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Kirin. It is located in Camperdown, New South Wales. Malt Shovel is best known for its James Squire range of beers. The beer is named aft ...
in honour of the 1st fleet convict turned Australia's first brewer,
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. To this day, Hahn still plays a key role in brewing the craft beers at the
Malt Shovel Brewery The Malt Shovel Brewery is an Australian brewery owned by Lion, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Kirin. It is located in Camperdown, New South Wales. Malt Shovel is best known for its James Squire range of beers. The beer is named aft ...
. In 2012, Hahn sponsored the beer television series
The Beer Factor ''The Beer Factor'' is an Australian television series in five parts about beer, which debuted on 9Go! (then GO!) on 1 September 2012 and ended on 29 September 2012. It is hosted by Tom Gleeson. The show was sponsored by Hahn Brewery and its pa ...
, which aired on
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and the
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Beer in Australia Beer in Australia can be traced to the beginning of British colonisation. Lager is by far the most popular type of beer consumed in Australia. The oldest brewery still in operation is the Cascade Brewery, established in Tasmania in 1824 an ...
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List of breweries in Australia Beer production in Australia has traditionally been dominated by regional producers. Since the 1980s, there have been a steady stream of takeovers and amalgamations, and now the two major producers (who were once Australian-owned) are Carlton & U ...


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