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Beer Adelaide is a research archive dedicated to preserving and sharing South Australia’s brewing, hotel and soft drink history.
A brief history of South Australian hotel lamps
14th January 2026
Explore the forgotten history of colonial hotel lamps and the legal requirement for South Australian publicans to light the streets outside their hotels each night.
History of South Australian Tied House Hotels
October 2025
Discover how South Australia’s breweries once controlled hotels through the tied house system, shaping what beer locals could drink for more than a century.
History of South Australian Beer Glasses
April 2024
Dive into the history of South Australian beer glasses and the odd sizes we use.
The origins of the names of our glasses are also busted.
Beer glasses must be one of the last uses of the Imperial measurement system still in use in Australia.