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A desire to rebuild a local beer supply chain has WA brewers looking to the Wheatbelt to sow a good story.

Beer excise payment terms are stifling efforts to rebuild Western Australia's beer industry, according to the state's largest brewer.

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Punters will be able to watch cargo ships dock while enjoying a pizza and a pint at Gage Roads Brewing Co's new waterfront brewery when it opens next Thursday.

Matso's will have a second home on the Sunshine Coast, after Good Drinks Australia announced it had acquired a Queensland venue for $5.3 million.

Gage Roads Brewing Company is opening a harbourside hospitality venue in Fremantle, after securing the lease for the A Shed building in Victoria Quay.

Graeme Clatworthy has resigned as executive director of Meteoric Resource, having served on the board in both an executive and non-executive capacity since November 2012.

Local craft brewers Otherside Brewing Co and Gage Roads Brewing Company are growing their businesses with new beers, capabilities and contracts.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA brewers are finding that it's better for the industry if they work together.

A Western Australian brewery has produced the top beer in the country for the second time in three years, with Gage Roads Brewing Company taking home the top prize at the Australian International Beer Awards overnight.

Gage Roads Brewing Company co-founder Willem Hoedemaker has stepped down from the company after more than a decade of boutique brewing.

Gage Roads Brewing Company has forecast a further $1 million hit to its sales and a $600,000 impairment charge, stemming from processing issues it encountered in April this year.