This week in a busy week of beer news, Pete and Matt discuss:

• The Independent Brewers Association announcement of its merger with Melbourne’s Good Beer Week
• Lion adds, Coopers loses Brooklyn
• GABS spreads its wings, adding Brisbane to its schedule for 2019
• Bintani and YCH in lawsuit
• Newstead shows us how to manage a product recall

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