Beer boom for northern Tasmania

Multinational brewer, Lion Nathan, is sticking with plans to double the production of its boutique brewer, Boags, in northern Tasmania.

It's almost a year since Lion Nathan acquired Boags, and plans to increase its supply of Tasmanian malting barley to 12,000 tonnes are year are still on track, according to supplier, Joe White Maltings.

Rob Wicks from Joe White Maltings says premium beer is one of the few areas of the beer market in Australia where demand is growing.

"We have long term contracts with Lion Nathan and they've certainly indicated that they're looking to expand this market, actually to double this market over the next few years so we're very excited about that."

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