Beer O'Clock Australia: Recent Episodes
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Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast! Join Angus and Dylan for the least timely news, strongest lager opinions and worst segues in podcasting. Tune in somewhere around the middle of every month for a range of eclectic segments - including recent favourites, desert island beers, cellar raiding and guest interviews - focusing on craft beer around the world from our Melbourne homes.
This episode is just a news episode. In true Beer O'Clock style there's been some major developments since we recorded this which we'll cover off in the next ep!
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Some of you may have already heard this, if so please feel to scroll on by. We had an issue in the backend where this didn't upload to all podcast platforms. If it's new to you hope you enjoy!
If you're new here this is our wrap of the year in beer that was 2024 - they're always fun conversations that get a little silly towards the end... This one is no exception.
3:00 to 5:30 - Best Event
5:30 to 10:00 - Worst Beer
10:00 to 12:30 - Non-Alcoholic
12:30 to 16:00 - Australian Bottle
16:00 to 22:15 - Australian Can
22:15 to 25:00 - International Can
25:00 to 27:30 - Australian Brewery
27:30 to 1:20:30 - Initial Discussion
1:20:30 to 1:37:20 - Top 10 Discussion
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Just a quick note, if you've already heard this don't worry - we just had a couple of issues in the backend & some of you may have not had this in your feed yet. Some of you also may not have seen the Golden Pints episode, which will
This episode is just a news episode. In true Beer O'Clock style there's been some major developments since we recorded this which we'll cover off in the next ep!
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
In true Beer O'Clock style we're following up one of our most out of date episodes with one of our most up to date episodes! Given the amount of recent industry news we took the show on the road to Westside Ale Works last weekend. It's only news this month, however we have plenty of stuff in the pipeline so stay tuned.
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck! Please let us know if you're coming to Brew Asia and want to have a chat!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Due to weight restrictions we needed to get some beers drunk! So here are 3 new entries to the ranking of lagers.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Germaine Clerx, International Sales Manager for Blefa. We talked about how they produce 1.7m kegs a year, which are sold in every country from A-Z. They're accredited to 4 ISO Standards and have industry leading welding technology. Germaine also kept us plied with Pilsner throughout the 2 days for which we are eternally grateful.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Leon & Liz, Co-owners & brewers from Tenggara Brewing Co in Indonesia. They are home brewers, turned contract brewers who after a lengthy 2 year process were finally able to produce their first beers in February 2024. This is a really good chat that covers the difficulties of brewing in Indonesia as well as the close community they've found themselves among.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Paul Jones, Co-founder of Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, UK. This was a really thoughtful wide ranging conversation that delved into the depths of the industry. If you've only got time for one of these interviews I would make it this one. Paul was one of the key note speakers at BrewAsia & we were privileged to have him join us.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with George Wade, Co-Founder & COO of Zevero. We discussed their Carbon Management solutions, how it helps the brewing industry & the planet as well as talking about how employees get to work can impact your carbon footprint. If that sounds dry, don't worry it isn't! It's a really good chat with an engaging guest who is passionate about what he does.
More information can be found here: https://www.zevero.earth/
The Decarbonisation Guide George mentioned in the interview can be found here: https://hubs.ly/Q02S6WlF0
To Book a Demo: https://www.zevero.earth/book-a-demo
To Connect With Georgehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/georgewade-zevero/
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Wendy Chng Petit of Les Vergers Boiron, & Bret Coleman Baker, COO Urban Artifact & Beer Ambassador for Les Vergers Boiron. In this interview we discuss the range of fruit purees offered by Les Vergers Boiron, their application in brewing & collaborations with Singaporean brewers.
Bret is going to be in Melbourne next week at La Sirene to launch a collaboration brew. Details can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/eustralis.food/p/DAf2z36tMB6/?img_index=1
Details for how to contact Les Vergers Boiron in Australia & New Zealand are listed below if you're interested in trying their fruit purees in your own brewery.
Australia - Eustralis Food - (08) 9377 0377
New Zealand - Reso Fine Food - +64 9 414 2522 info@reso.co.nz
BrewAsia Day 1 - 3 interviews, lots of beers, lots of chat, lots of promise for tomorrow.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Stanley Boots, Chairman of 7 Bridges Brewing in Vietnam. We discussed 7 Bridges' Zero Waste efforts, upcoming rebrand & embracing the chaos of alternative revenue streams.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Don Viteri, now CEO of Rooster Beer from Vietnam. Don joins us to discuss his new role, what Rooster has beer up to since we last spoke & discusses the latest season of The Bear - amongst other things.
Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Will Julius, Managing Director of Lion Brewery Co in Singapore. It’s a really enjoyable conversation where we discuss everything from brewing in and exporting to multiple countries as well as the possibility of a Durian beer.
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast & for once it hasn't been a long time between drinks! If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! This episode we interrupt regular (or is that irregular...) programing to bring you an interview with Charles Guerrier of Brew Asia. Brew Asia is celebrating their 10th Anniversary in Singapore in October this year & Beer O'Clock Australia will once again be on the ground. If you would like to join us, you can still register for the conference and find out all the details at: https://www.brew-asia.com/
Show Notes
Interview with Charles Guerrier, Managing Director of Brew Asia.
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck! Please let us know if you're coming to Brew Asia and want to have a chat!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very, very) outdated news, add two lagers to our master list & crack a cellar offering.
Show Notes
Brew Asia Announcement (0:30)
3 Ravens X Mash Follow Up (2:10)
News (3:32)
- Good Beer Hunting on Indefinite Hiatus
- Dutch Trading Co Closing
- Brewski Also Closing
- Just Wines Buy Beer Cartel
- Guinness Become Premier League Sponsor
-
Awards
- Perth Royal Beer
- Finlay Brewing
- Large: Rocky Ridge
- Medium: Otherside
- Small: Margaret River Beer Co
- NZ Stout Challenge
- Mount Brewing
- Brewery Openings
- Convent Brewing, Rutherglen
- The Mill - Bendigo Hotel
- Hiker Take Over Black Hops East Brisbane
- Great Ocean Road Take Over Sou' West
- Voluntary Administration Watch
- Sou' West Liquidated
- Brewery Closure
- Alchemy Brunswick
- East Bendigo
- Brew Barons
- Derelict Brewing
- Cascade (US) Brewing
- AVNGE Brewing
- Henry Street Brewing
- Brewery Sales
- 4 Hearts bought by Stony Creek
- Capital Brewing acquire Batlow Cider
- Tasting Paddle
- Beer Farm International Ambitions (link)
- West African grain Fonio
- IBA New Website (link)
- Brewmanity Become Dees Beer Partner
- Deeds site for sale for $12m
- Heineken Silver Ad (link)
- Perth Royal Beer
Ranking of Lagers (35:45)
- Kronenbourg 1664 from France
- Beerlao from Laos
- The new rankings are as follows:
-
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Krombacher (Germany)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Angkor (Cambodia)
- Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Beerlao (Laos)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Almaza (Lebanon)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Maccabee (Israel)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Phoenix (Mauritius)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA – International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Efes (Turkey)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Sagres (Portugal)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Star (Nigeria)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
Noz's Cellar (45:53)
- Boatrocker Lamjet
- 6.5% ABV
- Thumbs Up
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck! Please let us know if you're coming to Brew Asia and want to have a chat!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very, very) outdated news, some stuff we've been drinking, add a lager to our master list & crack a cellar offering. It's about as quintessential as possible!
Show Notes
News (0:32)
- GABS Melbourne Is On The Move
- Grain & Grape (The Homebrew One) Is Closing
- Aussie Brewers at The Firestone Walker Invitational
- Bodriggy Become Carbon Neutral
- Accusation Against BrewDog (link)
- And For Balance: WE PRAISE JAMES WATT!
- Craft Beer on TV (ABC & Channel 9) (link)
-
Awards
- World Beer Cup
- Two Bays GOLD
- Hop Nation Buzz BRONZE
- A Bronze & a Silver for Garage Project
- Untappd Community Awards
- https://awards.untappd.com/
- Brewery Openings
- Pirate Life South Melbourne
- Brewmanity
- Fox Friday Perth
- MoonDog Wild West
- Voluntary Administration Watch
- Deeds Are In - And It's Real
- Big Shed Are Out!
- 3 More In
- Akasha
- Black Hops
- Grand Ridge
- Brewery Closure
- Brewicolo Closed
- Howler Hospo Venue Closed
- Hashigo Zake - Wellington's Craft Bar Is No More
- Brewery Sales
- Good Drinks Trying To Sell Their Atomic Spinoff
- Mighty Craft Have Sold Mismatch
- 8 Wired is For Sale
- Tasting Paddle
- 6 Pack Sales Data (link)
- DB Voluntarily Add Nutritional Panel
- Beer Can Sells for almost $100k
- World Beer Cup
News Segment 2 (38:15)
A (failed) attempt at timeliness!
- Deeds Is Gone!
- Black Hops Saved!
- Golden West Site Taken Over By FOUND
- Akasha Out of VA!
- Temple Brewing Closed
- AIBA Awards (link)
What We're Drinking (56:58)
- Modus/Ten Men Collaboration
- High Country Hops!
- Oishii World - Japanese Importer
- Banks Cali Pale & Citra Is Life
- Kwak
- Two Metre Tall Pumpkin Ale
- Small Gods Arms Race
- Stone & Wood Big Pale Ale
- Straffe Hendrik Tripel
- Reckless IPA
Ranking of Lagers (1:13:08)
- Krombacher from Germany
- The new rankings are as follows:
-
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Krombacher (Germany)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Angkor (Cambodia)
- Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Almaza (Lebanon)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Maccabee (Israel)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Phoenix (Mauritius)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA – International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Efes (Turkey)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Sagres (Portugal)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Star (Nigeria)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
Noz's Cellar (1:19:40)
- Boatrocker Gaston
- 10.6% ABV
- Thumbs Up
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very, very) outdated news, some stuff we've been drinking, add a lager to our master list & crack a cellar offering. It's about as quintessential as possible!
Show Notes
News (2:18)
- Brews News Is No More
- Beer & Brewer Moving Away from Print
- Pint of Origin Dates Announced
- May 10-19th
- Mountain Culture Status Quo Takes Out The Hottest 100
- Wildflower Hosting Zwanze Day
- Duvel Ransomwared & Shut Down
- Two Men Brewing (Ukraine) Launch Fundraising Collab w Modus Operandi
-
Awards (12:40)
- Royal Queensland Beer Awards
- Brewery Openings
- Matso's Eumundi
- Voluntary Administration Watch
- Wayward Went In & Came Out
- Hawkers Went In & Came Out
- Big Shed In
- Golden West In
- Brewery Closure
- Bracket Being Moved From Their Existing Site
- Wild Life (Shepparton) Closing After 5 Years
- Brewery Sales
- Willie The Boatman Sell To Powder Monkey
Ranking of Lagers (25:31)
- 2 this month
- Angkor from Cambodia
- Star from Nigeria
- The new rankings are as follows:
-
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Angkor (Cambodia)
- Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Almaza (Lebanon)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Maccabee (Israel)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Phoenix (Mauritius)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA – International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Efes (Turkey)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Sagres (Portugal)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Star (Nigeria)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
What We're Drinking (36:54)
- Kai El
- Gales
- Smiley
- 3806
- Two Rupees
- Fox Friday Richmond
- Banks Worth The Wait
- Hawkers OG IPA
Noz's Cellar (53:39)
- Cantillon Sang Bleu
- 6% ABV
- Thumbs Up
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
We know how some of you feel about this subject, so we've dedicated it a whole podcast! Those who hate the Hottest 100 move on, the rest of you; enjoy!
Thanks to Smiley Brewing, 3806 Brewing & Two Rupees for having us throughout the day!
Intro & Predictions (0:00)
100 - 91 (10:44)
90 - 81 (14:06)
80 - 71 (16:46)
70 - 61 (19:44)
60 - 51 (21:48)
50 - 41 (24:43)
40 - 31 (28:00)
30 - 21 (31:42)
20 - 11 (34:21)
Top 10 (37:56)
Winner (46:01)
Review (49:15)
Full Show Notes to follow - but thought we needed to get this out for the long Xmas/Summer Holiday drives. Apologies to any wives/girlfriends being forced to listen to the 2hrs+ of drunken rambling!
Show Notes
Intro
News (2:22)
- Beer Cartel Survey Results (link)
- We Finished Top 5!
- Other notable findings
- Top 10 Brewery List
- Ballistic Exit Administration
- Tribe Enter Administration
- Jayne Lewis Leaves Two Birds
- ASIC Looking Into Equity Crowd Funding
- Few Recalls
- Stone & Wood Counter Culture
- Coles Home Brand – Smithies
- Your Mates Watermelon Sour
- Awards
- Moffat Beach Take Out The Big Prizes at Royal Queensland
- Stomping Ground Take Out Large Brewery
- Brewery Openings
- The Zythologist Opening in Oakleigh
- Fox Friday Taking Over Blasta’s Old Brewpub in WA
- 3 Griffins Gain Balnarring Approval
- Brewery Closures
- Future Mountain’s Tap Room Closing
- Brewery Sales
- Nail Announce Takeover of Billabong
- Drake’s Buy Bear Republic
- Tasting Paddle (20:50)
- Merri-bek Council Beer Trail
- Lord Nelson 35+ Ad Campaign (link)
- VB Xtra (VX) Won’t be Sold in the NT
What We’re Drinking (22:36)
- Devilbend Farm Beer Co Stumpy Lager
- Trillium Beers
- CoConspirators IPA
- Boatrocker Roger Ramjet (2022)
Noz’s Cellar (28:05)
- King River Fig Porter
- 6.4% ABV
- Thumbs Down
Thanks again for listening guys. The next episode is longer I promise! Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice – everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we’ll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it’s always Beer O’Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very, very) outdated news, provide our thoughts on the Hottest 100, roll out the scouting report & discuss some of the beers and trends we've noticed so far in 2023.
Show Notes
Intro
News (1:45)
- Good Drinks Pull Out of Stomping Ground Deal
- Ballistic Enter Voluntary Administration
- (Yes, we're that out of date!)
- Mountain Culture Status Quo Wins GABS Hottest 100
- Better Beer Win Court Case Against Sidewinder
- Mildura Brewery re-opens after Broo debacle
- Our Latest BrewDog/James Watt Update
- New Belgium Re-Brand Fat Tire
- Brewery Openings
- Molly Rose Opening New Bar/Restaurant
- La Sirene Are Back Open
- On Point Open in Alexandra
- Craft & Co Open a Second Tap Room in Preston
- Local Brewing Opening in Clifton Hill
- Spotty Dog Open in Hobart
- Pirate Life South Melbourne On Track for Late-2023 Opening
- Brewery Closures
- Newstead Closing Doggett St
- Working Title Taking Over the Site
- Boag's Visitor Centre Saved by Tasmanian Government
- Newstead Closing Doggett St
- Brewery Sales
- Red Hill Listed For Sale
- Sauce Selling Cairns Brewhouse Equipment
- Tasting Paddle (27:39)
- NZ Hops Release "Superdelic"
- CUB Bring Back Powers
- VB Fridge Magnet
- Your Mates Opening a Bowls Club
- Jeremy McGovern - Wilson Brewing Ginger Betty
- Bright Release 104pk of Alpine Lager
Hottest 100 - Wrap Up (32:36)
- Thoughts by 10's
- Ginger Beers Galore
- Our Lists
- Wildflower Amber!
Scouting Report (49:56)
- Dylan's Trip to the Gold Coast
- Madocke
- Fortitude
- Love Shack New Taproom
What We're Drinking (58:07)
- Side Project @ Carwyn
- Banks NOPE
- La Sirene Barrel Bar
- NY Hazies
- Sierra Nevada Celebration
- Fun Year in Beer So Far
- Loads of throwbacks
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
Best Beer Media (2:30)
Best Label Art (4:20)
Worst Beer (6:46)
Biggest Disappointment (11:44)
Best Non-Alcoholic Beer (15:40)
Best Australian Draught Beer (18:12)
Best Australian Bottled Beer (21:22)
Best Australian Canned Beer (24:00)
Best International Draught Beer (27:33)
Best International Bottled Beer (30:56)
Best International Canned Beer (34:01)
Best New Brewery (37:52)
Best International Brewery (41:55)
Best Australian Brewery (46:37)
- Top 40 Breweries in no particular order
- Hemingways
- Fixation
- Love Shack
- La Sirene
- Sobremesa
- Mountain Culture
- Boatrocker
- Banks
- Hawkers
- Bracket
- Deeds
- Fox Friday
- Kaiju
- Hop Nation
- Good Land
- White Bay
- Uraidla
- Slow Lane
- CoConspirators
- Two Rupees
- Range
- Molly Rose
- King River
- Bowden
- The Mill
- Philter
- Shapeshifter
- Pirate Life
- Stomping Ground
- Little Bang
- Hobart
- Grifter
- Bentspoke
- One Mile
- Two Metre Tall
- Wildflower
- Dollar Bill
- Bright
- Dainton
- 3 Ravens
- Top 10 (1:50:35) In No Particular Order
- Hop Nation
- La Sirene
- Two Rupees
- Slow Lane
- Boatrocker
- Range
- Deeds
- Mountain Culture
- Banks
- Little Bang
The inevitable happened, we went a little too hard and missed a daily... Thankfully our day 6 was relatively light on the beer front - so we simply combined the two into one.
The 4th of 6 installments in our coverage of SEA Brew & related beer events in Thailand. Today we cover our slightly unusual day, whilst also taking in Thailand Brew Fest & The Londoner Brewpub (aka Brewprub or Brewplub)
Our interview from yesterday, live on the SEA Brew floor, with Supapong Pruenglampoo (Toon) & Prapavee Hematat (Bamee) from United People's Brewery & Group B.
Group B is a leading Thai Craft Beer distributor & United People's Brewery is currently being commissioned as a collective space for the brewers of Thailand to legally brew.
A big day for us today, wrapped up in ~20 mins of totally coherrent banter.
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Dok Kaew House Bar
Interview with Stanley Boots of 7 Bridges Brewing in Vietnam. He takes us through the history of the brand and what they are trying to acheive with their zero waste mission - Project Aegir.
You can sign up here; https://www.7bridges.space/
Interview with Chris Le, COO, & Gary Sadavage, Brew Master, from Kura Kura Brewing in Indonesia. We talked about the challenges they face brewing in the jungle in a predominantly muslim country.
Interview with Clif Whittington, founder of Bangkok Beer Guide & noted bagpipe player. We chat about Clif's pursuit to create an accessible guide to Thailand beer.
https://bangkokbeerguide.com/
Interview from the SEA Brew Floor with Don Viteri from Rooster Beer in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. It’s a wide ranging chat; from Don’s background as a chef in Chicago to how he ended up selling beer for an early entrant in the Vietnamese craft brewing scene.
Interview with Brad Hannam of Crazy Carabao (Philippines) from the floor at SEA Brew. We discuss the Phillipines beer scene and Crazy Carabao's position within it & the logistical challenges they face.
A more timely than usual than usual news segment, recorded live from the SEA Brew floor.
Show Notes
- Wayward/Batch Collective
- Heineken Open SEA Largest Brewery
- Orora Glass Recycling Plant
- Cavalier wins GABS Can Design
- Mighty Craft offload Sparke
- Asian Beer Championship Announced Tomorrow – we’ll cover that
- Easy Times Enter Administration
- Brewery Openings
- La Sirene
- 3806 Brewing Opened Last Weekend
- The Public becomes Dainton
- Brewery Closure
- Tooborac For Sale
- East 9th Wound Up
Tasting Paddle
- Brick Lane B-Corp
- 10 Years of Big Shed
- Lion Brewery Co Aluminium Bottles
- Heineken Walk On Beer
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! I've had an incredibly hectic last couple of months, which has seen the podcast, & the website for that matter, fall by the wayside a little. This may be our most out of date episode ever - as seen by the insert for breaking news we put in from almost 2 months ago...
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very) outdated news, wrap-up 6 months of brewing awards, check out a new Victorian brewery, take a brewery tour of Adelaide & add a Israeli lager to the Ranking of Lagers & drink something from the back of the cellar!
Show Notes
Intro
News (1:33)
- David Cryer Retires
- Excise Changes/Inflation
- Good Drinks Molson Coors Distribution Deal
- Barrett Burston Hits Waste Water Milestone
- Barth Haas Report
- Lion Paid Leave Allowances
- Feral Staying with Coca-Cola
- Brewery Openings
- BrewDog Melbourne - Pentridge Prison
- Twang Brewing
- Two Doors Brewing
- 3806 Edging Closer
- Brick Lane Opening at Mercat Cross
- Valhalla Opening 2023 in North Geelong
- Brewery Closures
- RedDot Brewhouse
- Stalwart Brewing
- Red Oak Beer Cafe Closing
- Spencer (US Trappist Brewery) Ceases Beer Production
- Mildura Brewery Caught Up in Broo Schmozzle
- Brewery Sales
- Little Bang Sells to Duxton Pub Group
- Catchment Buys Fortitude
- Lion Sells UK Brands
- Equity Crowd Funding
- Bridge Road, Dainton, Akasha, 3 Ravens, Future Magic
- Tasting Paddle (29:41)
- Help on Bees Wings
- Westvleteren Gets a Label!
- Beer Cartel Survey Has Been & Gone
- Konvoy Acquire Onalytics
- Swan Draught Returns to WA
- Australian Wheat Ale
- Bayside Beer Belt
Stomping Ground Sale (39:11)
- Contemporary Reaction
Award Show Wrapup (56:45)
- World Beer Cup (57:35)
- AIBA (58:53)
- Royal Perth Beer Show (1:01:17)
- Adelaide Beer & Cider (1:02:28)
- Royal Sydney (1:04:04)
- NZ Beer Awards (1:06:18)
Scouting Report (1:07:50)
- Two Door Brewing
- Ashburton, VIC
What We're Drinking (1:16:10)
- Adelaide Trip
- Little Bang, Uraidla, Brightstar, Shapeshifter, Big Shed, Pirate Life, Bowden, Silver, Sparkke @ The Whitmore
- Pint of Origin
- Slow Lane
- Blobfish
Ranking of Lagers (1:48:54)
- This month we add Maccabee (Israel).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Maccabee (Israel)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Phoenix (Mauritius)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
Noz's Cellar (1:53:44)
- Spencer Monk's Reserve Ale
- Quadrupel
- 10.2% ABV
- Thumbs Up
- Drink it now, or hold it longer - drinking nicely!
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! I've had an incredibly hectic last couple of months, which has seen the podcast fall by the wayside a little. I've got to issue a small apology to Nick Becker from Konvoy, our interview subject this episode, for the tardiness in getting this up!
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very) outdated news, roll out the scouting report for Kaiju's (relatively) new brewery, interview Nick Becker from Konvoy Kegs, add a Mauritian lager to the Ranking of Lagers & drink something from the back of the cellar!
Show Notes
Intro
News (1:00)
- Beers Brewed for Ukraine
- Natalia Morales (Inmorales Brewery) Go Fund Me (link)
- Excise Changes for Small Brewers
- CDS Changes
- AIBA Category Changes
- ABAC Complaints Drop Sharply
- Kent Grogan Steps Down From Broo Board (there's a further update that we'll discuss next episode)
- US Brewers Mostly Back Open Post-COVID
- Brewery Closures
- None to report
- Brewery Openings
- Hawkes Open the "Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre"
- Currumbin Valley Working on Second Site
- Wildflower Install Brewery
- Grassy Knoll become Seeker, Takeover Bulli Site
- Tasting Paddle (15:00)
- Federal Government Invest $33M in Sunshine Coast Beverage Precinct
- CUB Bring Back Resch's Dinner Ale
- Young Henry's 10 Year Anniversary
- Capital Certified Carbon Neutral
Scouting Report (21:13)
- Kaiju Cantina
- 27 Hume Street, Huntingdale
- Good venue, but a little safe
Interview (25:57)
- Nick Becker
- Konvoy Kegs
- Co-Founder & Sales Director
Ranking of Lagers (48:37)
- This month we add Phoenix (Mauritius).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Phoenix (Mauritius)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
Noz's Cellar (53:29)
- HORAL Oude Geuze Mega Blend (2013)
- Oude Geuze
- 7% ABV
- Thumbs Up
- Drink it now, or hold it longer - drinking nicely!
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long time between drinks! It's been a little bit hectic on our end but hopefully our schedules are settling down a little bit & we'll be back to regular programing soon.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.. This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very) outdated news, analyze the Hottest 100 that came out almost 2 months ago, drink an impressive Hungarian lager & offer Romania a chance to redeem themselves after the deplorable lager from a few episodes back!
Show Notes
Intro
- Back in person!
- New venue, maybe some sound teething issues...
News (1:51)
- Bentspoke Crankshaft Takes Out Hottest 100
- VCGLR Extend Pandemic Alcohol Laws
- Flooding Impacts Brewers in Northern NSW & QLD
- Two Mates Brewing GoFundMe - link
- Mighty Crafty Acquires 100% of Jetty Road
- Coca-Cola Sell Australian Beer Co to Partner Casella Family Brewers
- Broo Issue Correction to ASIC Figures
- Events
- Good Beer Week 2022 Cancelled
- GABS, Indies & Pint of Origin to go ahead
- BrewCon delayed until August 2023
- Good Beer Week 2022 Cancelled
- Brewery Closures
- Kirin Withdraw From Myanmar
- Hair of the Dog Closing After 29 Years
- Modern Times Close 4 Of 8 Taprooms
- Brewery Openings
- Kaiju Cantina Opens in Huntingdale
- Escape Brewing Open on the Mornington Peninsula
- Tasting Paddle (15:00)
- Brewers Association Style Guide Update
- Asahi Super Dry Recipe Change in Japan
- Den Herberg Join HORAL
- MoonDog Become Carbon Neutral
- BrewDog Faux Pas #7438 - link
Hottest 100 Analysis (18:32)
- Widely Distributed Beers Do Well in Popularity Contest
- Better Beer...
- New Beers List - Select Beers
- Ginger Beers
- Non-Alcoholic Beers
- Headlined by Heaps Normal @ 20
- Our Picks
- Bodriggy, Coopers, Rattenhund
- Next 100 List
- NZ List - ParrotDog BirdsEye Takes Out The Title
Ranking of Lagers (32:12)
- We're adding just the one this month
- This month we add Dreher (Hungary).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Dreher (Hungary)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
You Haven't Had (38:22)
- Letting Romania redeem itself...
- Bereta Brewing Indulgence
- Imperial Stout with loads of adjuncts
- 10.5% ABV
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
For those new to the podcast welcome. This is our annual Awards show, where we attempt to wrap up the year in beer in an entertaining way. Hope you enjoy! You can find a full list of winners on the Beer O'Clock Australia website.
Show Notes
Best Beer Media (2:50)
Biggest Disappointment (6:20)
Best Non-Alcoholic Beer (10:07)
Best Australian Bottled Beer (12:12)
Best Australian Canned Beer (14:22)
Best International Bottled Beer (16:06)
Best International Canned Beer (18:54)
Best New Brewery (23:48)
Best International Brewery (25:58)
Best Australian Brewery (29:39)
- Top 26 Breweries in no particular order
- Bentspoke
- Sobremesa
- Exit
- Banks
- Holgate
- Dainton
- King River
- Dollar Bill
- Future Mountain
- Blackman's
- Uraidla
- La Sirene
- Range
- Hawkers
- Hop Nation
- Wolf of the Willows
- Deeds
- Stomping Ground
- Otherside
- Molly Rose
- Mountain Culture
- Burnley
- Innate
- Two Rupees
- Hepburn Springs
- Wildflower
- Top 10 (1:08:59)
- La Sirene
- Hawkers
- Hop Nation
- Deeds
- Stomping Ground
- Molly Rose
- Uraidla
- Future Mountain
- Range
- Wildflower
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back in a month or so, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.. This episode we discuss a shed load of news, some of which have wide ranging industry impacts, talk about the beers - both alcoholic & non-alcoholic - that we've been drinking, slot a Romanian lager into our Ranking of Lagers & manage to fit in the first Cellar beer for months. It's a jam packed show so let's get into it!
Show Notes
Intro
- Back in person!
- Melbourne re-opening again
News (2:27)
- Lion Takeover Fermentum
- Mazen's Comments
- Coca-Cola Exiting Beer in Australia
- Stomping Ground Take Out GABS Can Design Award
- NZ Beer Awards
- Mighty Craft Doing Interesting Things
- Broo Also Doing Interesting, Dodgier, Things... (link)
- Sobah Raise $1m Through Equity Crowd Funding
- Brick Lane Win Best Porter at World Beer Awards
- Events
- Melbourne is back!
- Good Beer Week Registrations Open Now
- Brewery Closures
- Southern Bay Enter Administration
- Feral Brewpub
- Brewery Openings
- Madocke Open Their Ashmore Brewery
- Pirate Life Perth
- Rambler Ale Works Finally Off The Ground
- The Mill Open Thomastown Production Facility
- Liberty Brewing To Open Cheltenham Taproom
- Sailors Grave Cellar Door
- Tasting Paddle (37:51)
- HPA Launching LUPOMax 12-Pack with Beer Cartel
- Two Bays Win Xero Small Australian Business of the Year
- Good Drinks (Gage Roads) Share Consolidation
- Asahi Convert Yatala to Australian Barley
- Indies Online Again - November 25
- Purvis VR Bottleshop (link)
What We're Drinking (41:10)
- Lots & lots of lager
- Traditional Oktoberfest Beers
- Hawkers - Lucky 13 & Tent Party
- Hop Nation Rattenhund
- Tilmans Biere
- Pirate Life Italian Lager
- Stomping Ground Oktoberfest Box
- Burnley Mixed German Pack
- La Sirene X Copper Pot Dinner
- Good Land Something Something Citra Citra
- Two Rupees Director's Cut
- Kicks Towards The Light
- Cyclic Beer Farm Grisette
- Pirate Life Second Dilmah Collab
- Non-Alc Beers
- Hop Nation Fresh As A Daisy
- Pirate Life Dark Ale
- Pirate Life Point Nine
Ranking of Lagers (53:32)
- As we were a little rushed we're only doing one this month
- This month we add Timisoreana (Romania).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
- Timisoreana (Romania)
Noz's Cellar (57:52)
- The Wild Beer Co The Blend Winter 2015 Beyond Modus 2
- Flanders Red Ale
- Thumbs Up
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back early in December, with any luck!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
As a special Grand Final Eve eve treat we have an interview for you all! We've been meaning to get Evin on the podcast for a couple of months to discuss Bright's Paktech Recycling Initiative. For a multitude of reasons it got delayed until we managed to catchup over Zoom this week. It worked out in our favour as we were able to have a far more wide reaching chat than we were initially intending. Evin is a seriously passionate guy & it comes across really well. In this chat we cover a wide range of topics from sustainability & recycling, staff injuries, Bright's evolving position in the market through 15 years of operation, COVID's impact on the business & so much more. We hope you enjoy!
Show Notes
Intro
- Year of the Local is back!
- Lockdown for the forseeable future
- Bonsai Brewhouse Update
News (3:25)
- Great Australian Beer Festival & BeerFest Merge
- Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards Wrap Up (Results Link)
- Broo Land Sale Blocked by Development Victoria
- VCGLR & ABAC Sign an MOU
- New Glarus Brewing in Court with Original Shareholders
- Mountain Culture Be Kind Rewind Named in World Top 5 IPA's
- Germans Evacuate Beer Before Afghani Refugees
- Events
- As predicted here, Blobfish Cancelled & Refunds Issued
- BrewCon 2021 Cancelled
- Darker Days Rescheduled (again) for October 2...
- NZ Got Beervana Done Just!
- Brewery Closures
- Bale-Worker is Selling Their 250L Kit (Listing Link)
- Brewery Openings
- Mountain Culture Production Brewery
- Deep South (North Hobart)
- Bridge Road Brunswick to Open 2022
- Sailors Grave Opening Cellar Door at Orbost
- Tasting Paddle (27:38)
- Matilda Bay Alpha is Back!
- Colonial Back in Sport with Cricket Victoria
- Stone & Wood IG Hacked
- Balter Cull Strong Pale Ale
- Rocky Ridge Add Pilsner to their Core Range
- Deeds Fried Chicken!
- Home Brewing Banned at Australian Antarctic Base
- Giant Coors Can Stolen in Canada
What We're Drinking (35:10)
- Non Alcohol Beers
- Hop Nation Rattenhund
- Range Culaccino
- Fixation The Fix
- Hawkers Hazy IPA
- Holgate Sour Brett
- Kick Sleight of Hand
- La Sirene Beyond Peach
- Bonza Dark Ale
Ranking of Lagers (47:28)
- As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month
- This month we add Toña (Nicaragua).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Toña (Nicaragua)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult...
This episode we were able to catchup between lockdowns & managed to bring back two of our most loved segments; the cellar - this time raiding Dylan's cellar - & the desert island 6-pack, where we pick our favourite Victorian Brewpubs. There's also the usual stuff like outdated, only minorly this time, news from around the brewing world and the ranking of lagers. There is plenty of good content so get stuck in!
Show Notes
Intro
- Year of the Local half kicked back off
- Locked down again... (And then again since recording!)
News (2:57)
- Beer Industry Diversity Survey (Link Here)
- Upflow Receive Amazon Grant
- Brewers Benefit from Manufacturing Modernisation Fund
- East Coast Invest in Drink to Can printing
- Asahi Announce Job Losses
- VB to be Delivered by Electric Truck
- Broo Survive Liquidation Bid
- Events
- Darker Days, a casualty of VIC Lockdown 5
- Blobfish postponed until September
- Brewery Closures
- None this month!
- Plenty up for sale; Beach Hut (VIC), Cockies (VIC), Three Rivers (WA) & Mudgee (NSW)
- Brewery Openings
- Good Land Brewing got 1 Weekend in before their first Lockdown hit...
- Deeds Brewery Taproom is Open!
- Brewmanity Opening Brewery in South Melbourne late 2021
- Stomping Ground Morris Moor Opened
- Newstead Open at Brisbane Airport
- Bowden Brewing Finally Open After 6 Years in Planning!
- Tasting Paddle (26:00)
- Barth Haas Top 40 Brewers (List Here)
- Wisdom Teeth Removal May Increase Taste (Link Here)
- Craft'd are Back!
- Eagle Brewing Rebrands as Five Peaks Brew Co
- Bintani Purchase Hop Co & Sole NZ Hops Distributor in Australia
Ranking of Lagers (33:54)
- As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month
- This month we add Bud Light (USA).
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA - International)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
Dylan's Cellar (41:08)
- A Special One Today!
- A side by side of Stockade's Old Money (2017) & Rockafella (2017).
- Thumbs Up(ish)
Desert Island 6-Pack (47:13)
- Victorian Brewpubs!
- The cross overs this month were:
- West Side Ale Works
- Dylan’s 5 individuals;
- Moon Dog OG, Bridge Road, Bodriggy, Bells Beach, Hop Nation
- Noz’s 5 individuals;
- Mr Banks, Mitta Mitta, Future Mountain, The Foreigner, Stomping Ground
- Honourable Mentions
- The Mill, Noodledoof, Molly Rose, Burnley, Bad Shepherd, Boatrocker, Red Hill, Two Rupees
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As I said last month, with any luck, one day soon, you'll see a Beer O'Clock post that isn't just a new podcast episode... Lots of stuff is going on behind the scenes, 5 or 6 posts are nearing completion, which will hopefully turn into a rush of posts in the not too distant future. Hopefully you enjoy the episode!
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult...
This episode is more timely than some of our recent efforts. There is a mountain of news to get through, due to the length of time between recording our news segments. We discuss our various Good Beer Week shenanigans as well as some of the beers we've enjoyed recently & add the national beer of Serbia to our Ranking of Lagers.
Show Notes
Intro
- Back in lockdown here in Melbourne
- Year of the Local is kicking back off in June!
- Check out the interview with Annelies from Madocke if you haven't already!
News (3:31)
- Coopers caved to our relentless pressure! Stout is in CANS!
- Good Beer Week returns triumphantly!
- COVID scare at The Palace between GABS Sessions
- Beer Thread & Boatrocker follow CBC in Facebook Oblivion
- Beer Thread is Dead is the revival page. (Link)
- Sexism Issues in the brewing industry exposed by Brienne Allan
- Brienne's Instagram: @ratmagnet
- Graining In Podcast Episode with Brienne (link)
- Crack the Ceiling Podcast (link)
- AIBA Winners
- Check out all the winners here.
- Changes to Excise Tax for craft brewers
- Endeavour Brewing disasters behind the scenes
- Young Henry's crowdfunding for solar panels
- Is this the end of Broo?
- 2021 HPA Hop Report (link)
- FSANZ want Nutritional Labelling on beer packaging
- Brick Lane announce huge expansion plans
- Events
- Darker Days is Back!
- Brewery Closures
- 7 Cent finally announce the end
- Brewery Openings
- Ramblers Ale Works opening any day!
- Deeds are opening July 1st
- Good Land Brewing in Traralgon also opening later this month
- Alice Springs more than doubling capacity
- Grimbergen opening onsite for the first time since the French Revolution
- Huge Sailors Grave plans for far Eastern Victoria
- Tasting Paddle (46:27)
- Stuart Irvine steps down as Lion CEO
- Cryer Malt distribution centre opening in Derrimut
- Joe White re-opening their Canvan Malting Facility
- Asahi Super Dry announced as Official Beer of the 2023 Rugby World Cup
- Bright team up with the RSPCA for Doggobrau
What We're Drinking (48:31)
- Good Beer Week Wrap Up
- Pint of Origin Crawl
- The Lincoln (TAS), The Catfish (NZ), Belle's Hot Chicken (Spicy Wings), The Rainbow (Sydney), Beermash (Scandinavia), The Park (QLD), The Cherry Tree (Regional VIC), The Local Taphouse (UK)
- Stomping Ground Into The Wood, Moon Dog X Chin Chin, Fixation You Need Vegies @ Green Mans Arms, Beer vs Pig
- One Drop New Zealand Pilsner
- Saison Dupont Original & Cuvee Dry Hopping Styrian Wolf
- Fixation 30666
- 3 Ravens X Pink Boots Freya
- De Struisse Cuvee Delphine
- Trillium Daily Serving Cans
- Garage Project XO33
- Garage Project Fugazi
Ranking of Lagers (1:08:19)
- As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month
- This month we add Lav from Serbia.
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The new rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Lav (Serbia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
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I hope those of you who have been able to get to Melbourne have enjoyed the triumphant return of Good Beer Week. We've got a special interview for you today with one of the country's up and coming breweries, that many of you outside the Gold Coast will never have heard of; Madocke. Special thanks to Dylan for conducting this interview in my absence & to Annelies for giving up some of her evening to have a chat.
Her story (& husband Jimmy's) from Belgium to one of the most unusual breweries you've seen to a soon to open brewery & taproom in Ashmore is one of the most unique in an industry where stories often seem to be cut from the same cloth. With the opening of their new facility I think people beyond the Gold Coast will soon be hearing a log more about these fantastic people making wonderful beer!
Check Madocke out on: Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/madockebeer Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/madockebeerbrewingcompany/?hl=en Website here: https://www.madocke.com.au/
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Show Notes
Intro
- Lots of Housekeeping
- Apologies for the missed Ranking of Lagers, we'll set that right in due course.
- Aussie Beer Pods is back!
News (3:22)
- Good Beer Week Calendar Launches
- Craft Beer Crew Zucc'd!
- We've already spoken to Matt, check out the last episode in the feed if you want more info!
- Bright Brewery launch Paktech Recycling
- Beer Trails for Melbourne & Sydney
- Inner West in Sydney & Collingwood in Melbourne
- VB's Solar Exchange Program
- ABAC Stands Up For Itself
- Ballistic Acquire Whitsunday Brewing & Bargara Brewing
- Bright Recall Hits the Mainstream
- Froth is No More!
- Beer Festivals Return to Victoria
- Brewery Closures
- None this month!
- Brewery Openings
- Your Mates Second Site
- Black Hops Open AWOL - their Barrel Aged Facility
- Year of the Local Keeps Expanding!
- 73 to go at time of recording
- Getting back into it soon!
- Tasting Paddle (33:25)
- ABInBev Dump Beer into the River in Liege
- Vic Government Grants for Small Producers
- Brisbane Getting a Dog House
- NZ Hop Oils
- Colonial Ditch Essendon
What We're Drinking (31:57)
- Pirate Life Hazy Mosaic
- Sobramesa The Unicorn
- Balter Eazy Hazy
- Other Half Drop
- Jack's Abby Drop
- Carwyn's 3 Fonteinen Partner Bar Launch
- Alpha Delta
- Hawkers Kylie
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As many of you would be aware, Australia's largest craft beer focussed Facebook group was shut down without warning earlier this month. We're joined by the founder of Australian Craft Beer Crew (CBC), Matt Brown, to talk us through the origin of CBC and update everyone on what's happening with CBC.
Please help Matt out by liking the page: https://www.facebook.com/CraftBeerCrewAu And by joining the new group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/australiancraftbeercrew
Special thanks to Matt for giving up some of his evening to have a chat, he was a wonderful guest, incredibly passionate about the industry & we can only wish him all the best with his endeavours to resurrect the wonderful community he had built.
If you've got this far, firstly congratulations, secondly, I have a favour to ask. Dylan, myself & a few like minded individuals are doing a 24 hour video game stream over the 1st & 2nd of May to raise money for Berry Street, a charity that does wonderful work with Australia's young & vulnerable. We would love for you to join us on the day over at https://www.twitch.tv/totallyrealrobot & to donate to a great cause at https://www.mycause.com.au/page/249300/peak-performance-2021. Thanks for the indulgence guys, I really hope you've enjoyed the episode.
This episode is very much a classic Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast; it's late, it's long, there's minor technical difficulties (hopefully not too noticeable) & it's pretty good (if we do say so ourselves!). There's a whole heap of very outdated news, we discuss the Hottest 100 results & talk about some new beers & breweries we've visited, what a joy being able to do that again! Due to being a bit time poor we remotely add just one lager to our Ranking of Lagers segment. Hope you enjoy!
Show Notes
Intro
- Simon Hargreave's Top 5
News (2:04)
- Bentspoke's Crankshaft take out top spot in the Hottest 100
- Two Birds sold to Fermentum
- Hop Crop Disaster in New Zealand
- Dollar Bill's Cellar Door Knocked Back Again
- AIBA Entries Open
- Heaps of new categories
- Microstar & Kegstar Merge
- Brewsvegas Organisers "Pause" 2021 Event
- Bridge Road's High Country Hops is On!
- Brewery Closures
- Harrington's (NZ)
- Boekamp (TAS)
- Brisbane Brew Partners (QLD)
- Broo Record More Losses & China Deal Collapses
- Brewery Openings
- Madocke Moving From The Garage To Ashmore
- Sobah Planning Brewery & Taproom
- Epic Taproom in Auckland
- Tasting Paddle (33:25)
- Shelter Brewing on Archdaily (link)
- Co-Conspirators Brunswick Brewpub Edging Closer
- King River Doubling Their Capacity
Hottest 100 (31:06)
- Does advertising/campaigning for votes diminish the significance of the Hottest 100?
- 7 brewers claim 39 spots in the 100
- Total votes announced for the first time
- 1,950 beers received at least 1 vote
- Social media reception
- Balter performance vs other bought out breweries
- Discussion of select interesting beers
What We're Drinking (52:46)
- Sobramesa Fermentary & Blendery
- Exit Session Ale
- Bodriggy
- Hawkers
- Future Mountain
- Balter CryoMofo
- Deeds Fiery Gates of Helles
- Mountain Culture Email List
- Verdant Brewing
- Uraidla
Ranking of Lagers (1:02:24)
- Back to one lager again... At least is was by choice this time!
- This month we add Zywiec from Poland.
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The new rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China - Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
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Show Notes
Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast! This episode is basically an audio version of our Golden Pints Awards, which we aim to do every year. Basically we run relatively quickly through 9 awards & then spend the best part of an hour discussing the main award; Australian Brewery of the Year. Hope you enjoy!
Best COVID Pivot (1:48)
Best Media (5:37)
Best Retailer (9:06)
Best New Brewery (11:46)
Best Australian Bottled Beer (15:00)
Best Australian Canned Beer (18:15)
Best International Beer (21:11)
Best International Brewery (23:32)
Best Australian Brewery (28:18)
- Top 20 Breweries
- The Mill
- La Sirene
- Mountain Culture
- Mr Banks
- Range
- Deeds
- Wildflower
- Exit
- 2 Metre Tall
- One Drop
- Bacchus
- Fixation
- King River
- Molly Rose
- Stomping Ground
- Hawkers
- West Side Ale Works
- Hop Nation
- Boatrocker
- Stone & Wood
- Top 9 (54:00)
- Top 5 (1:05:15)
Hope you all enjoyed our wrapup of the clusterfuck of a year that was 2020. Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month with regular programming!
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If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult...
This episode is very much a classic Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast; it's late, it's long & it's pretty good (if we do say so ourselves!). There's a whole heap of outdated news that we get our teeth stuck into, we talk about finally being able to get back to beer events as well as some of the great new beers available last month. Finally we finish off by clearing some beers out of my fridge that have been there since early-March, by adding 3 beers to our Ranking of Lagers & also cracking a cellar beer. Hope you enjoy!
Show Notes
Intro
- Lots of housekeeping this month
News (3:42)
- Melbourne is Open Again
- The Indies - Select Award Winners
- Beer Cartel Survey Results
- Lion/Stone & Wood Tap Contract Situation
- Fosters to "re-launch" in Australia
- New Venue Wrap
- Range, Abbotsford Tap Room
- Zymurgy West, Hop Nation X Navi Collaboration
- Garage Project Australia
- HPA launch Eclipse Hops with mixed 12 pack
- Little Bang release 12,000 Hazy's
- Shortages of Corona over the festive season
- Shelton Brothers Go Bust
- Behemoth Complete Another Crowd Funding
- ABAC Finds Mainstream Audiences are Unfamiliar with Beer Styles
- Peter Lalor Top 20
- Tasting Paddle (33:25)
- Capital & Bentspoke to Pour Beers at Manuka Oval
- Crafty Cabal Re-Launched
- Lion's Lord Howe Island Brewery Announced
- VB Advent Calendar & Volley Collaboration
- Snuggo Dog Treats
- Brett Sutton knocked back at Bright Brewery
- Sailor's Grave on Visit Victoria Ad
- Black Arts, Weihenstephaner & Killer Sprocket All Launch Cans
- Blackhearts & Sparrows Cantillon Allocation
- Allagash Arrives in Australia
- Stone & Wood Pacific Moonshine
- Smiling Samoyed Win Award with 11 Month Old IPA
- From Previous Episodes
- GABS SummerFest Happening in QLD
- Mornington New Core Range is an Alcohol Free Beer
- Can Shortages
- Broo Take Delivery of Their First CUB Delivery
- Urban Alley Lose Urban Ale Appeal
- Coopers Sales Spike
What We're Drinking (48:15)
- Cantillon Event @ Mr West
- Westside Ale Works
- Canvent
- Wolf of the Willows New Brewpub
- Super Fresh Hawkers
- Melbourne Cup - La Sirene Day
- Bacchus Cans
Ranking of Lagers (1:02:04)
- Back to three lagers!
- This month we do Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Windhoek (Namibia) & Snow (China).
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The new rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China - Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
Noz's Cellar (1:18:27)
- The Rare Barrel Sourtooth Tiger
- Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Ginger
- 5.7% ABV
- Aged Approximately 2 years
- Thumbs Up
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Show Notes
Intro
Ben Duval - Collaborational (0:36)
- Inspiration
- Pairing the Breweries/Curating the Beers
- COVID - Challenges
- Plans for next year
Collaborational Beers Discussion (14:00)
We chose to approach this by looking at the brewery pairings, what we thought they would produce & what they ended up producing - rather than just providing tasting notes for every beer.
- Sailors Grave - Arizona Wilderness (US)
- Ocho - Stillwater Artisinal (US)
- Mismatch - Track (UK)
- Felons - Firestone Walker (US)
- Edge - Beer Here (Denmark)
- Boatrocker - De Molen (Netherlands)
- Otherside - Garage Project (NZ)
- Deeds - Outer Range (US)
- Hawkers - Bale Breaker (US)
- One Drop - Cascade (US)
- Mr Banks - Interboro (US)
Awards (26:02)
- Top 5 Festival Beers
- Most Diappointing
- Most Surprising
- Best Can Artwork
- People's Awards
Canvent (40:38)
- Logistical Nightmare
- More Packs, More Boxes, Unforseen Challenges
- Brewery Selection
- Replacing Beer 2
- Why they had to make the call to pull it
- See what could've happened had they not made that call!
- Hawkers turning a replacement around in less than a week!
- Mini Can of Barleywine to kick off the Canvent
- The decision behind the 2 boxes
What could've happened! Photo Credit: Worst Beer Blog/@olhelter
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Show Notes
Intro
- VB Perfume Update
- Congratulations to The Beer Healer on winning Aussie Beer Pods
News (2:45)
- Victoria has a path out of lockdown!
- Vic Brewers excluded from Hospitality Grants
- Lion to close the West End Brewery
- Behemoth to Expand Again
- GABS officially deferred to 2021
- New Venue Round Up
- Mountain Goat launch in Newtown (Sydney)
- Lost Palms opening in Sherwood (Brisbane)
- Semi Pro sold to Black Hops, to become Black Hops Brisbane
- Balter launch The Big Slab
- BrewDog hunt for Australian bar locations
- Rise of Non-Alcohol Beers
- Local Luvva Campaign Winners
- Tasting Paddle (26:47)
- Barth-Haas Hop Report Released (link)
- Fall & Rise Brewing under new management
- Club Brewing a COVID casualty
- Pirate Life collaborate with Dilmah
- 4 Pines join 1% For The Planet
- Dollar Bill Cellar Door edging closer
- Indies to be broadcast online
- Wilson Brewing hit Worst Beer Blog
- Mornington Peninsula social media backlash
- Cascade opening Hobart Airport Bar
- Tinnies win more awards
What We're Drinking (44:28)
- Two Bays Red Ale
- Garage Project Easy As
- Stone & Wood East Point
- Molly Rose Springtime
- Wolf of the Willows XPA
- Wolf of the Willows Homage
- La Sirene Single Barrel 142
- Exit IPA/Double IPA
- Accompanied by a brand refresh discussion
- Liberty C!tra
- Slow Lane Old Russet
- Mountain Culture Matching Pyjamas
- Black Hops Flash Bang
Ranking of Lagers (1:04:01)
- This month we add Lion from Sri Lanka into our master list.
- It's got over 80% of the market share in Sri Lanka!
- The new rankings are as follows:
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
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Show Notes
Intro
- Thanks again Clare!
- Wayne's Website: https://pijiu.wombathole.com
News (3:05)
- Carwyn Collaborational Goes Virtual
- Little Bang Wins Inaugural GABS Can Design Award
- Cavalier For Sale
- Black Arts Brewing New Home
- New Openings Galore1
- Modus Operandi Opening a Second Brewery in Newcastle
- Philter Open In Marrickville
- Gage Roads Open Their First Hospitality Offering at Victoria Quay
- Mainstream Craft Beer Coverage
- Two Wins for Blasta Brewing
- Royal Perth Beer Awards
- Keg Theft Convictions
- BrewDog Go Carbon Negative
- Aldi Contributing Trees to the BrewDog Forest
- Marketing Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-i-made-brewdog-famous-alex-myers/id1486335987?i=1000459861674
- Stone Brewing Sue Everyone!
- Tasting Paddle (23:04)
- Colonial X Taylor Made Collaboration
- Lion joins Wear It Purple
- VB Perfume Launches
- Two Bays Red Ale
- A Local Beer & Burnley Sustainable Collaboration
- Queensland Artisan License Passed - Refer to Brews News for an indepth breakdown
- Lark Release 2020 Wolf Edition
- Stomping Ground BBQ Sauce
- Konvoy Purchase Red Kegs NZ
- Behemoth to Brew Heart of Darkness Beers in NZ
- SEABrew Conference 2020 Cancelled
- Lifestyle Asia Article
What We're Drinking (33:41)
- Coopers Hazy IPA
- Mr Banks City Limits
- Garage Project x Modern Times Easy As
- La Sirene Single Barrel 14
- Blackmans Needs More...
- Two Metre Tall Forth
- King River Brew Club
- Deeds Best Coast Vol 2
- Fixation Best Buds
- German Classics
- Schneider Weisse, Augustiner, Yearly Aldi Drop
- Pirate Life Zappa
- Green Flash Rayon Vert (2012)
You Haven't Had (49:07)
- Rothaus Tannenzapfle
- One of the quintessential German Pilsners
Brewery Deep Dive - Bucket Brewery (53:14)
- Independent Brewery from Kempsey, NSW
- They brew an Adambier!
- We purchased a mix case of their beers & ran through them!
Ranking of Lagers (1:24:58)
- This month we add Cisk from Malta to the list as well as Pabst Blue Ribbon, which we're calling the contract macro lager
- The history of both beers are quite interesting & worth listening into
- The new rankings are as follows:
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. Check out the new website at the other URL. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll see you all next month!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News (1:45)
- ABAC Strikes Again
- Dainton Bounty Hunter
- Amazon becomes an ABAC signatory
- Coopers Launch a Hazy IPA
- IBA postpone BrewCon to 2021
- Announce two key staff rendundancies
- WABA launch Drink West Drink Best campaign
- Australian Alcohol Excise Paused
- BWS Launch "Local Luvva"
- Tasting Paddle (15:15)
- Deeds Brewing Kill Off Quiet Deeds
- Australian Cider Awards Cancelled
- Michelle Colgrave Wins Award For Ultra Low Gluten Grain Kebari
- Broo Losses Down
- *I can't do maths - the excise on that carton is more like $24
- Behemoth/Chur Open Their Brewpub "Churly" in Auckland
- Hop Nation buy Mornington Production Brewery from Tribe
- Seltzer Chat - 4 Pines, St Andrews Beach, Moon Dog & Hop Nation
- Beer Cartel Survey Is Out - Vote Before August 30th. (Link here)
What We're Drinking (32:12)
- Mr Banks Party Tide
- Nomad Salute
- Future Mountain Radio Kaliningrad
- 8 Wired Flat White in Nitro Cans
- Deeds Doppelbock
- Modus Operandi Doppelator
- Molly Rose Crowd Goes Mild
- Smart Brother Brewing
Interview (41:05)
- Clare Burnett Senior Journalist at Brews News
- https://www.brewsnews.com.au/
- We again look at COVID & its impact of different parts of the industry
- Clare has excellent oversight over the whole industry & is QLD based so can provide us Victorians with a look into the future
Brewery Deep Dive - Slow Lane (1:12:42)
- New Brewery from Botany NSW
- Focus on European Yeast Driven Beers
- We review 4 of their 5 beers to date
- Botany Weisse, Refectory, Thirsty Miner, Foundation
Ranking of Lagers (1:24:58)
- This month we add 333 from Vietnam to the list
- The colonial history of this beer is really interesting
- The new rankings are as follows:
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
That's all we have for this month, thanks again for tuning in guys. Thanks again to Clare for joining us - we really enjoyed the chat & I hope you guys enjoyed the insight Clare provided. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll see you all next month!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Episode 18 - Show Notes
Melbourne is back in COVID-19 lockdown & so is the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast. Hopefully the podcast brings you more joy than lockdown... Hope everyone out there is coping with the constantly evolving situation we all find ourselves in. We've got a bumper episode for you all this week!
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.
This month there was a heap of news to get through, highlighted (lowlighted?) by the recent mainstream coverage of Blackhearts & Sparrows decision to stop stopping Colonial Brewing beers because of the connotations of the name. We feature our first ever interview on the podcast, with Dan Taranto from The Otter's Promise talking about the impact of COVID-19 on his business. We also managed to slot a Ukrainian lager into the Ranking of Lagers as well as discussing Range Brewing at length. Hope you all enjoy!
Show Notes
News Items (2:00)
- Colonial Brewing dropped by Blackhearts & Sparrows fallout
- White Brick Brewing & Byron Bay Brewing's venue close
- Marmite supplies in the UK struggling due to shortage of used Brewers Yeast
- Lion cyber security issues
- Distillers struggling after shifting to hand sanitizer production
- GABS dates moved again
- Deeds Taproom finally approved!
- The Tasting Paddle (22:23)
- Cantillon Australia Drop
- Catchment Brewing hit Worst Beer Blog
- Tired Hands brewing their take on Furphy & S&W Pacific Ale
- QLD launch their TAFE brewing course
- Funk Estate rescued from administration
- Dollar Bill sign up to Black is Beautiful
- Broo placed in ASX trading halt again!
- Canadian barley soaring in China after Australia/China tariff kerfuffle
- New hop varieties link (here)
What We're Drinking (29:54)
- Blackhearts x Stomping Ground Bramble On
- Blackberries, Raspberries & Silvanberries
- Stomping Ground New Releases
- Resinator, Hatchpot, Upside Down
- Mr Banks Feels Series
- Citra, Idaho, Mosaic
- Mr Banks Lager Life
- Bentspoke Flemm
- Modus Operandi Hazy Series
- Garage Project x Trillium Sunrise Valley
- Bridge Road Jimmy's Bake Shop
- Mountain Goat Hazy Pale
Interview (51:11)
- Dan Taranto from The Otter's Promise
- https://www.otterspromise.com.au/
- Boatrocker Variations on a Theme IV
- Mountain Culture Zero Mississippi
Ranking of Lagers (1:09:30)
- This month we add Lvivske from Ukraine
- The largest brewery in Europe being in Ukraine is one of many fascinating facts about Ukrainian beer that gets discussed in this segment
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The new rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Brewery Deep Dive (1:19:07)
- Range Brewing
- The biggest hype brewery in the country at the moment
- Limited releases only
- Based in Brisbane, opening a taproom in Abbotsford
- Call Your Friends 2.0, Mustard, In the Evening, Little to the Left, Wait, What?
Noz's Cellar (1:30:40)
- Petrus Cherry Chocolate Nitro Quad
- 8.5% ABV
- It's as dumb as it sounds!
So there we have it guys, thanks for sticking around if you've got this far. As we said in the ep, if you're able to like/comment/subscribe to our podcast on your app of choice that would be greatly appreciated as it lets more people find the show. We'd love your feedback on our interview with Dan as well as if ther is anyone else you'd like us to try and get on the show. We're hoping to touch base with a few more people from different parts of the industry to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on them. As usual; angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com if you have any feedback, comments or questions. Until next time...
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (4:00)
- Pubs & breweries can open again!
- Limited to 20, must have a meal, some not allowed to open
- Lion to import White Claw
- Where will Seltzer fit in the Australian craft beer scene?
- Isolation AIBA results
- Coles vs Beer Drop trademark dispute
- Hype brewery beers selling out
- Range, Mountain Culture, Mr Banks
- Bonsai Brewhouse make Worst Beer Blog
- Frenchies not far behind...
- C02 shortages are not an issue in Australia
- Farming & Mining save Australia again!
- The Tasting Paddle (29:12)
- CUB double their funding for Save Your Local
- Asahi takeover of CUB ticked off by FIRB
- Beer Swag Day
- Coopers Malt exports up to 35,000 tonnes
What We're Drinking (33:12)
- King River Brew Club
- Mr Banks Idaho Feels
- Hop Nation Melbourne Fog
- Tallboy & Moose
- Ursa Major, The Fang, Royal Fang, Itty Sticky, Bangkok Nights. Pinkest Pink & Sunray
- Mountain Culture
- Moon Dust, Harvest Months, Paperwork & Double Red IPA
- Obligatory Deeds Kapurkova shoutout!
Brewery Deep Dive - Your Mates (44:24)
- The bolter in the last two Hottest 100's
- Larry, Sally, Donnie & Macca
- History of the brewery - far longer that I thought!
Ranking of Lagers (58:05)
- This month we add Bintang from Indonesia to the rankings!
- The history of the brand is really interesting.
-
The new rankings are as follows:
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- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
You Haven't Had #&$! (1:08:21)
- Coopers Mild
- Coopers Pale Malt, Coopers Yeast, Pride of Ringwood Hops
- 3.5% ABV
Noz's Cellar (1:15:10)
- Mornington Penisula Cabin Fever
- Cognac Barrel Aged Tripel
- From the Carwyn Quarantinnies Pack
- 9.0% ABV
- Quarantinnies Chat
There we have is guys, another podcast in the bag! Thanks for sticking with us if you got this far, we know it was a long one! We've got a few plans that we're hoping to get down in time for the next podcast, so please stay tuned. As we said in the episode we've got new email addresses, so you can get me at angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or Dylan at dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com. Please send your feedback through & we'll be back with you in a month or so!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (0:30)
- General COVID-19 discussion
- QLD good, SA bad
- Prancing Pony's Run In with SA Police
- More Awareness for Local Breweries
- Dans & Coles Both Pass Measures to Assist Small Producers
- CO2 Shortages in the US
- ACCC Approve Asahi Takeover of CUB
- ABAC Complaints Down in Quarter 1
- Founders First Increase Their Stake in Jetty Road
What We're Drinking (20:46)
- 3 Ravens Black
- Lockdown Beers
- Getting into routine
- Supporting local breweries & bottleshops
- Digging into the cellar
- Westside Ale Works, The Foreigner Brewing Company
- Quarantinnies
- Mountain Culture
- Deeds Grisette Follow Up
- Mr Banks Straight to the Fudge Room
- One Drop Hazy IPA
- Stomping Ground Hatch Pot
- Frexi Smokey Sour
Ranking of Lagers (44:37)
- This month we add "The King of Beers"; Budweiser from the USA.
-
The new rankings are as follows:
-
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Due to some poor planning & our enforced social distancing we didn't have a cellar this month. Hopefully we've kept you up to date with some of the newer interesting beer releases as well as some news. I've had a busy few weeks at work but hope to be pumping out some more Year of the Local posts shortly. In the meantime emails to either gus.norris7@gmail.com or our new address angus@beeroclockaustralia.com. You can now also reach Dylan at dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com. Stay safe everyone!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Welcome to another episode of the Beer O'Clock Australia podcast. It's our first podcast that we've done remotely, so apologies if there are a few teething issues- although Dylan's done a really good job of editing as usual & we're happy with the results. We'll fine tune the process over the next couple of episodes while we keep trying to bring you content whilst still confined to our respective houses.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.
This month we covered the latest COVID-19 beer related news as well as some news from before the world changed irrevocably. We discussed our work trip to the Gold Coast, which involved a lot of beers after the actual work got done, talked about some local new beers & added a new beer to our Ranking of Macro Lagers. We finish off with a Cellar segment with a twist, as we obviously couldn't be in the same room to share a beer.
Show Notes
News Items
- COVID-19 Causes Chaos with the Beer Calendar
- Everything is cancelled
- Industry Pulling Together
- Carwyn Cellars Quarantinnies
- East Coast Canning - Kegs to Cans
- Beer Together
- Keeping Local Alive
- Matthew Beggs' Spreadsheet link
- Breweries Making Hand Sanitiser
- Pregnancy Warning Labels Scrapped
- ABAC Tightened Compliance
- Broo Record More Losses (Is this still news?)
- Hop Products Australia Open New Facility
- Hop Nation Release J-Juice to Replace Jedi Juice
What We're Drinking (19:30)
- Gold Coast Trip
- Madocke
- Gold Coast
- Black Hops
- Balter
- Madocke Cherry Beer
- Deeds Fear & Loathing in Brewsvegas
- Deeds Grisette
- Hop Nation Melbourne Fog & Hop Nation 7 Clouds
- La Sirene Farmhouse Red
- Augustiner Maximator
- General Quarantine Beer Chat
Ranking of Lagers (44:37)
- Slowly this down for obvious reasons; this month we slot Stella Artois into the rankings
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The new rankings are as follows:
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- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Noz's Cellar (55:18)
- We're delving into both of our cellars this month
- Noz has a Wildflower Amber Batch 24
- Dylan has a Wildflower Amber Batch 23
- Compared to tasting notes
That's it for another month on the Beer O'Clock Australia podcast. Considering the challenges thrown our way I think this turned out pretty well. We've got some new equipment in bound, which should make our next episode sound a little cleaner as well as giving us the option to record interviews out & about if we go down that route in the future. As usual emails are welcomed with any comments/questions at gus.norris7@gmail.com
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
What a difference a month makes! We recorded this episode in late February when the novel coronavirus COVID-19 was just starting to enter the consciousness. It's amazing how much our world has changed... In any case, I hope all of you out there are looking after yourselves & isolating appropriately.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.
This month we reverted to form. We covered the news (pre COVID-19), we discussed a couple of cracking new Victorian beer releases as well as our impending trip to the Gold Coast (which will be covered on the next episode). We added 3 more beers to our ranking of lagers, it's quite long this month after some debates were entered, as well as our Desert Island 6-pack reappearing in the form of beers released in 2019. As usual we finish of with a bottle from my cellar. Hope you enjoy the episode!
Show Notes
News Items
- Stomping Ground Airport Opens
- Hard Seltzer Festival
- Melbourne Uni's Electronic Nose for Beer
- We coudln't find the link! Apologies for those looking for it!
- Killer Sprocket Opening in Bayswater
- Wolf of the Willows Opening in Mordialloc
- Ratebeer Awards
What We're Drinking (14:34)
- We're off to the Gold Coast!
- Deeds Kapurkova
- Hawkers Late to the Party
Ranking of Lagers (20:20)
- This week we had to slot in Steinlager (New Zealand), Skopsko (North Macedonia) & Karlovacko (Croatia)
-
The New Rankings are as follows:
-
Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Desert Island 6-pack (46:18)
- Best of 2019!
- The cross overs this month were:
- Mr Banks The Drop #1, Quiet Deeds Survivor Type,
- Dylan's X individuals;
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- Cloudwater X White Hag Cairde Gan Teorainneacha, The Winston Black Rye IPA, Collective Arts Blackberry, Cherry, Lemon & Vanilla Sour, Black Arts Golden Ale with Mandarin
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- Noz's X individuals;
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- Other Half X Monkish The La La, Blackman's Same Day IPA Super Hop, Lanikai Haleakala, Hawkers X Carwyn The Forgotten Casks
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- Honourable Mentions
- Black Arts Biere de Coupage, Boatrocker DDH IPA, Mr Banks Once Upon a Time in Armadale, Mr Banks X Range Keep the Change, Quiet Deeds Slenderman, Littlebrew Raspberry Lambic, Alvarado Street So Delightful, Molly Rose Tretti Tre, Cheeky Pint Blueberry Raspberry Stout
Noz's Cellar (1:09:25)
- Victory V12
- Belgian Quadrupel
- 12% ABV
- Cellared for Ages (?5-7 Years)
- Thumbs Up
There we have it guys, a little longer than we would normally like, but in these strange times it's probably not the worst thing to have a little more content than usual. Our podcast can now be found on Spotify, so if that's your preferred platform you're now able to switch over to that. As usual you can contact me at gus.norris7@gmail.com if you have any questions, thoughts or simply want to chat. Stay safe everyone & ....
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
If you're listening to this somewhere with access to a screen, I'd highly recommend having some of these links open:
Hottest 100: https://www.gabsfestival.com/h100-2019-aus-main-list
100-200: https://www.gabsfestival.com/h100-2019-aus-next-list
Indie List: https://www.gabsfestival.com/h100-2019-aus-indie-list
2019 Beers: https://www.gabsfestival.com/h100-2019-aus-new-list
Our Predictions (1:40)
100-91 (8:05)
90-81 (10:50)
80-71 (14:40)
70-61 (17:28)
60-51 (20:48)
50-41 (23:33)
40-31 (27:16)
30-21 (30:38)
20-11 (33:38)
Top 10 (36:34)
Overall Thoughts/Trends (47:45)
There we have it guys, hopefully you enjoyed our analysis of the Hottest 100 beers of 2019. As discussed in the podcast it's a poll that gets unfairly derided from certain sections of the craft beer community. I think it has plenty of merit, as it provides a good snapshot of what people outside the tiny inner bubble are enjoying.
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (0:15)
- Balter Sale Discussion
- Investors, Independence, Hottest 100, CUB Portfolio
- Ballast Point Sale to Kings & Convicts
- Little World Beverages Buy New Belgium
- Anderson Valley Becomes Craftier?
The Year of Local (18:20)
- 3 Breweries To Visit (At time of recording)
- Contract Breweries All Completed
- I did manage to finish despite Alchemy opening!
- Geelong & Surrounds Overview
- The Worst Brewery of the Year?
- Thunder Road & Temple
- Yarra Valley
Ranking of Lagers (36:20)
- This week we had to slot in Cantina (El Salvador), Singha (Thailand) & Birra Moretti (Italy)
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The New Rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
There we have it for another episode of the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast. As usual you can hit me up at gus.norris7@gmail.com or at our new Facebook page, if you have any questions or feedback. We're hoping to get a couple of special episodes out to you in the next few months, so stay tuned on the podcast feed for those. In the mean time I'm going to keep plugging away on The Year of Local posts, if there are any breweries you'd like to see prioritised let me know & I'll see what I can do!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (1:16)
- Green Beacon sell to Asahi
- Independent Brands Australia become an ABAC Signatory
- Beer Cartel Survey results
- Phil Sexton returns to Matilda Bay - new brewery to open in Healesville
- Lion to launch a Hard Seltzer
- Aether Brewery founders to split
- The Tasting Paddle - Quick News Segment
- MoonDog World
- Sailors Grave @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Tokyo
- Tinnies win World Beer Awards Medal
- Pirate Life Perth Brewpub
- Liberty Brewing Cleanup at NZ Beer Awards
Ranking of Lagers (20:47)
- This week we had to slot in San Miguel (Philippines), Quilmes (Argentina) & Red Stripe (Jamaica)
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The New Rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
What We're Drinking (33:56)
- Hawaii Trip
- Maui, Honolulu Beerworks, Waikiki, Lanikai, Inu Island
- Village Bottle Shop
- High Country
- Byramine Homestead, Buffalo, Rutherglen, Billson's, Bridge Road, Bright, Malt Shed
Noz's Cellar (54:13)
- Maui Black Pearl (2019)
- Rum, Bourbon & Brandy Barrel Aged with Coconut
- Imperial Porter
- 12% ABV
- Cellared since August 2019
- Thumbs Up
There we have it for another episode of the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast. As usual you can hit me up at gus.norris7@gmail.com or at our new Facebook page, if you have any questions or feedback. We deliberately kept this episode relatively free of Year of the Local stuff as we've got a special episode that is recorded but yet to be released, so keep us in your podcast feed for that! Until next time...
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (0:30)
- CUB sold to Asahi - $16bn
- Little Creatures Geelong Expansion
- ABAC Jedi Juice Ruling
- Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Award Results
- Stomping Ground 3! Opening a Brewery at Melbourne Airport
- Capital Brewing Opening a Bar at Canberra Airport
- Zwanze Day Locations Announced
Alcohol Free Beers (18:35)
- Heineken 0, Hollandia 0.0, Weihenstephaner Alkoholfrei Hefeweizen, Adnams Ghost Ship Alcohol Free, Carlton Zero, Erdinger Alkoholfrei
Scouting Report (34:05)
- Grand Ridge, Bullant, Two Rupees, Urban Alley
Desert Island 6-pack (44:50)
- Australian NEIPA's
- There were no crossovers this month!
- Dylan's 6 individuals;
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- CoConspirators The Matriarch, Brendale Industrial Haze, Feral Biggie Juice, Sauce Pazy Hale, Mash Little NEIPA, Mornington Squid Rising
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- Noz's 6 individuals;
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- CoConspirators The Distributor, Hop Nation Jedi Juice, 3 Ravens/Hop Nation Juicy Jedi, 3 Ravens Galaxy Juicy, Fixation The 86, Mr Banks The Drop #1
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- Honourable Mentions
- 3 Ravens Juicy, The Mill I Can't Believe It's Not Juice, Westside Weekend Juicy, Bojak Calypso, Modus Operandi Gadzooks, Bonehead Phaze Out Phaze In, Beer Farm Boonta, Beer Land New England Pale Ale.
The next episode is being recorded any day now, so we should have another episode up for you very soon. We've been asked to change the way we name our episodes, as Apple don't want 100's of shows titled "Episode X", so if you have any thoughts on how we should name them going forward we'd love to hear from you. If you've got anything you'd like us to discuss or if you just have some feedback or questions please email gus.norris7@gmail.com. Until next time..
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (00:30)
- Westvleteren begin selling beer online
- Omnipolloscope waxed can
- Perth Royal Beer Awards - notable results
- Southern Bay social media issues
- Ballast Point barrel program being scaled back
- Stomping Ground Moorabbin to open
Scouting Report (12:45)
- The Year of Local wrap up
- 115 Grill & Brewhouse - not open for lunch on weekends...
- Moon Dog, Fixation, Molly Rose, Bonehead, Henry St, Flying Horse, Sow & Piglets, Salt, Clifton Hill
Ranking of Lagers (25:50)
- This week we had to slot in Corona (Mexico), Tiger (Singapore) & Tusker (Kenya).
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The New Rankings are as follows:
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- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Desert Island 6-pack (36:42)
- Imperial Stouts (Russian, American, Milk etc.)
- The cross overs this month were:
- Victory Art Brew Ivan,
- Dylan's 5 individuals;
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- Founders Imperial Stout, Founders CBS, Boatrocker Ramjet, To Øl Liquid Confidence, Evil Twin Even More Coco Jesus
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- Noz's 5 individuals;
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- Hoppin' Frog B.O.R.I.S The Crusher, Founders KBS, Firestone Walker Parabola, De Struise Black Albert, Evil Twin Even More Jesus
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- Honourable Mentions
- To Øl Pineapple Express, Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
Noz's Cellar (47:36)
- De Cam Nectarine Lambiek
- 40kg of Nectarines per 100L
- Nectarines vs Peaches?
- 6.0% ABV
- Cellared since May 2019
- Thumbs Up
Thanks again for listening guys, hope you enjoyed the latest episode. As usual you can get in touch with us by emailing; gus.norris7@gmail.com or Beeroclockau on social media. We managed to keep this episode under an hour, let us know if there's a particular length you like - the more rambly ones or the shorter, sharper ones like this episode. There will be plenty of The Year of Local posts popping up over the next few weeks as we try and make up some ground on a task that seems to get bigger by the week!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (0:45)
- Dogfish Head & Boston Beer Co Merger
- Untappd Festival
- Quiet Deeds Transparency
- Rochefort Abbey - Lhoist Berghman dispute
- More information here
- BrewDog Update
- Marketing job interview issues
- Brisbane brewery
- Independent Brewery Association Seal - 12 months since launch
- Coopers launch an XPA
- AIBA Results
- 4 Pines Schwarzbier takes out Champion Beer!
- Find all the results here: https://www.rasv.com.au/australian-international-beer-awards/results/
- Sierra Nevada Resilience Project - Less than 50% of donations received
Good Beer Week 6-Pack (32:54)
- Crossovers;
- The Winston Black Rye IPA,
- Dylan's 5 individuals;
- Molly Rose Insuperable, 8 Wired Lokomotiv Merlot, Burnt Mill Heliacal Rising, Cantillon Kriek, Eden Prickly Pear Sour
- Noz's 5 individuals;
- Offshoot Grip It, Bridge Road x Mikkeller Dark Harvest, Amundsen Marshmallow Psycho Bourbon BA, Holgate Beelzebub's Jewel (2016), Westmalle Tripel
- Honourable Mentions
- Bonehead Phaze Out/In, Feral Watermelon Warhead
The Ranking of Lagers (58:29)
- This week we had to slot in Kingfisher (India), Cusquena (Peru) & Sapporo (Japan).
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The New Rankings are as follows:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
Noz's Cellar (1:11:22)
- Stumblefoot Questhaven
- Barrel Aged Sour Ale with Apricots & Peaches
- 8.5% ABV
- Cellared since January 2015
- Thumbs Up
There we have it guys, hope you enjoyed the latest episode of the Beer O'Clock Australia podcast. As usual we'd love to hear from you if there are any questions or things you want us to talk about. You can send your questions through to gus.norris7@gmail.com or you can hit us up on Instagram, which we're less active on than we probably should be.
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (1:00)
- Coopers win Maltser of the Year @ Global Brewing & Supply Awards
- First GABS Brisbane
- Gage Road's Atomic Project finally launching at GABS Brisbane
- BrewDog's Brisbane brewery scaled back
- Gage Road raised $6m for a new canning line
- Malt Shed & Malt Shovel settle their IP dispute
- Bucket Boys Crowd Funding
- Boatrocker turns 10, Exit turns 5
What We're Drinking (11:55)
- Other Half & Cloudwater Tap Takeover @ Mr West
- Dylan's Singapore Trip
- Level 33 - Worlds Highest Microbrewery
- Blackman's Same Day IPA
The Ranking of Lagers (18:25)
- Brand new segment - basically trying to rank the worlds macro lagers
- We started off with 6 - but future segments will be limited to 3
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Current rankings:
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Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent's (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Vonu (Fiji)
Scouting Report (48:32)
- Brewery Visits
- Jetty Road, Mr Banks, Hack, That Little Brewery, Beach Hut, Bojak, Brownstone, Dainton
- Year of Local Update
Noz's Cellar (1:03:58)
- Goose Island Gillian
- A saison based beer with white pepper, strawberry & honey
- Cellared since June/July 2017
- Thumbs up
It's a bit of a longer episode this month as we launched a new segment. Hopefully you guys like the podcast. Now that I'm finally recovered from Good Beer Week I'm hoping to punch out a heap of Year of Local posts, but we'll see how we go. The next podcast will be being recorded in the not too distant future so keep an eye out in a few weeks. Until next time.
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
This month we had a heap of news to discuss, given how long we'd been away this was hardly surprising. There is also a a good discussion of our trip to Brunswick to visit Foreigner & Inner North. We chat about Dylan's recent trip to South Korea & about some of the local beers that we've been enjoying recently. Our 6-pack this month is Goses, which turned out to all be fruited, and we finished off with an unusual style; a Yam Beer!
Show Notes
News Items (1:20)
- Balter release Hazy IPA - social media hype
- Modus Operandi smaller cans
- Pirate Life x Limeburner Whisky Collaboration
- Hottest 100 - Wrap Up - Local Community Breweries
- New Zealand Hottest 100 Results
- Broo ASX discrepancies
- Ogdens Brewery - Opening in a heritage hotel in Perth
- Bridgeport Brewing to close
- Endeavour Brewing crowdfunding
- Hahn Ultra Crisp - gluten free - including tasting notes
- IRI Marketedge Growth Report
- House of Malt - boutique malthouse
- Ellerslie Hop Australia - re-opened after fire
Scouting Report (29:00)
- The Foreigner Brewing Co & Inner North Brewing
- Polarizing experiences
What We're Drinking (34:55)
- Dylan's South Korea Trip
- Craft Beer Bars in Seoul
- Quite cheap
- Garage Project Golden Spiral
- Mr Banks I Like to Break a Mental Sweat Too
- The Year of Local Update
What We're Brewing (49:28)
- Our Mango Gose
- Needed re-fruiting & time
- Almost 1g per litre
- Bottle available - we're interested in some feedback
Desert Island 6-pack (53:28)
- Goses - fruited, not-fruited, anything goes.
- The cross overs this month were:
- To Øl Santa Goes F&#% It All, Hop Nation The Punch, Garage Project White Mischief
- Dylan's 3 individuals;
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- Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose, Red Button POiMA, Omnipollo Bianca Blueberry Lassi Gose,
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- Noz's 3 individuals;
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- Anderson Valley Briney Melon Gose, Prairie Flare, Magic Rock x Kissmeyer Salty Kiss
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- Honourable Mentions
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- Stomping Ground Watermelon Smash, Doctors Orders Electrolyte, Hop Nation Black Rhino Cherry Lips, Zagovor All Summer in a Day, Deschutes Smoked Gose, Magpie The Ghost
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Noz's Cellar (1:08:53)
- The Bruery Autumn Maple
- A Belgian Brown Ale brewed with yams, molasses, maple syrup & spices
- Cellared since ~November 2016
- Thumbs Up
Hope you all enjoy the podcast! Most of our time this year at Beer O'Clock Australia is going to be taken up by The Year of Local undertaking. Keep your eyes peeled as there are a number of posts waiting to be finalized. We'll be back with a new episode hopefully at the start of April. Until then...
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (00:20)
- Trillium HR & Quality Issues
- Wig & Pen Is Up For Sale
- Vale Marco Bona - SA Brewers Pull Together
- Bad Shepherd Victorian Pale Ale - Melbourne Ale Yeast
- Good Beer Week & Independent Brewers Association Merger
- Little Creature Open Furphy Hall in Geelong
- Panhead Opening a Taproom in London
- Slowbeer Close Richmond Store
Scouting Report (17:50)
- Beer 360 - Craft Beer Shop at the old Slowbeer Richmond site.
- 468 Bridge St, Richmond, VIC, 3121
What We're Drinking (22:48)
- Firestone Walker - Roll Out the Barrels @ Beer Deluxe
- Mountain Goat Goat Lager
- Stomping Ground Gipps St Pale Ale
What We're Brewing (34:18)
- Mango Gose
- Pilsner Malt, Wheat Extract
- Lacto Plantarum & Neutral Yeast Co-pitched
- Dry Hopped at desired pH
- A full tray of mangoes - approx. 200g/L
- ESB's (from last episode)
- Changed tea to Cherries & Raspberries. All variants being bottled.
- Tasting Notes for the straight ESB.
Desert Island 6-pack (44:03)
- "Dark-er Lagers"
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- Vienna Lager, Amber Lager, American Red Lager, Euro Dark Lager, Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier
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- The cross over this month was:
- Burnley Brewing Vienna Lager
- Dylan's 5 individuals;
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- Monteith's Black Beer, Matilda Bay Dogbolter, Weihenstephaner Tradition, Mornington NZ Black Pilsner, Hawkers/Edge/Kaiju/Evil Twin/Baird Inappropriate Touching
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- Noz's 5 individuals;
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- Staropramen Cerny, Kozel Cerny, U Medvidku Oldgott Barique, Valmiermuiza Tumsais, Barrow Boys Stormy Lager
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- Honourable Mentions
- Efes Dark, Toohey's Old, 1516 Bavarian Dunkel, Red Hill The Dark Horse Schwarz, Gauden Schwarzbier,
Dylan's Cellar (1:15:45)
- Red Duck Big Licky
- Released July 2016
- Their Licky - a licorice flavoured lager - that they've turned into an Imperial Stout.
- Thumbs Up!
We apologize for the extra long episode this month; Dylan & I may have got a little too into some of these topics. Keep your emails/questions etc. coming in - gus.norris7@gmail.com - we take everything on board and try and make little adjustments where we can to make this show better for you guys. We're recording a new episode any day and will have that to you - along with a whole heap of written content - as soon as we can.
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items (0:30)
- Boatrocker's New Can Releases
- Molly Rose's new home in Collingwood
- Fermentum's new venture: Forest For The Trees
- Flagged shortfall in Malt
- Great Barrier Beer 2.0
- Stomping Ground Movember Donation
- Garage Project - New Hop Development
Scouting Report (8:36)
- Brendale Brewing Co.
- 2/62 Kremzow Rd, Brendale, QLD, 4500
What We're Brewing (11:37)
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- ESB
- Maris Otter, Two-Row, Dark Crystal, Light Crystal, Belgian Biscuit Malt
- 5.3-5.5%
- EKG, Fuggles
- Batch split 4 ways; Staight, Barossa Shiraz Oak Chips, Johnnie Walker Double Black Oak Chips, Raspberry & Cherry (replacing the Tea discussed)
Matilda Bay Redback Original - A Tribute (14:58)
- Firstly a huge thanks to listener Tim who sent these in for us.
- Redback is a Kristallweizen that is over 30 years old!
- This beer should be more widely available & respected.
- AIBA Grand Champion Beer in 1993.
- This merged into quite an interesting wider discussion on Matilda Bay and its history/downfall
What We're Drinking (28:34) * May Day Hills Tasting + Beer Deluxe Event - $30 + 7 Beers with matching canapes - Apple, Yuzu, Sour Amber, Grape, Breakfast, Elderflower, Jam * James Squire The Wreck Preservation + 200 year old yeast reportedly cultured from a ship wreck * Carwyn NYC Cold Freight Showcase + Cold Freighted NEIPA Tasting + Finback, Interboro, Sand City, LIC Beer Project, Equilibrium - Equilibrium Straight Out of the Laboratory * Chur/Behemoth Hop Diggity Dog + Best New World NEIPA that I've ever had! + 100% Citra Hops * Pike's Choc Hazelnut Porter
Desert Island 6-pack (45:34)
- Australian Brewed IPA's.
- Straight IPA
- No Red, Black, White, Brown IPA's etc.
- 4.0-7.5% ABV
- No Fruit
- Straight IPA
- There were NO cross overs this month!
- Dylan's individuals;
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- Modus Operandi Sonic Prayer, Mornington Peninsula IPA, Pirate Life IPA, Mountain Goat The Zymurgist, Bruny Island Cloudy Bay IPA, Kaiju Robohop
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- Noz's individuals;
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- Fixation IPA, Hawkers West Coast IPA, Feral War Hog, Pirate Life Mosaic IPA, Moon Dog Sun Cat, BrewBoys Hoppapotamus
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- Honourable Mentions
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- Noisy Minor ANZUS, Feral Hop Hog, Green Beacon Scrimshaw, Hop Nation The Chop, Big Shed Fresh Hop Californicator, Fixation Obsession, Brewcult Thanks Captain Obvious
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Noz's Cellar (1:08:23)
- Rulles La Grande 10 (2013)
- Their 10th Anniversary beer, which has been rebrewed multiple times
- Belgian Strong Golden Ale - 10%
- Bought in Belgium and lovingly cellared since 2015.
So there we have it guys, we may have gone a little over time but (I think at least) it was was areally good episode. As usual flick any questions, comments, suggestions etc. through to gus.norris7@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. In the meantime there will be a few new posts up on the blog in the coming days so stay tuned!
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items
- New Zealand Brewers Guild Awards - A Downturn in Results
- The Downfall of Australian Wheat Beer - An Equipment Issue?
- The Black Hops "Incident"
- Willie Smith wins Awards
- Rocks Brewery has bought & re-branded
Scouting Report
- The Incubator - Fixation's Collingwood Taproom
- 414 Smith St, Collingwood, VIC, 3066
What We're Drinking
- Cantillon Zwanze Day
- Carwyn Cellars
- Manneken Pisse + (6 Cantillon regulars)
- 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston
- Noz's Vietnam Trip
- South East Asian Macro Lager
- More Craft Beers than expected
Feral Hop Hog - A Tribute
- 10 Years of Hop Hog
- A really important beer in the history of Australian beer.
- "An Australian Sculpin" - Dylan Toune
Desert Island 6-pack
- Saison - The rider this month was that almost anything funky counts - we only ruled out the La Sirene Farmhouse Red.
- The cross overs this month were:
- Saison Du Pont
- Hill Farmstead Arthur (despite Noz saying Anna - he meant Arthur!)
- Exit Saison
- Dylan's X individuals;
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- La Sirene Saison, To Øl Sur Germs Are Coming Eating Our Pomegranate And Redcurrant!, Brasserie de Blaugies/Hill Farmstead Le Vermontoise,
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- Noz's X individuals;
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- La Sirene Super Saison, To Øl Roses Are Brett, Almanac Saison de Brettaville
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- Honourable Mentions
- Boatrocker Gaston, Bridge Road Chevalier, Moon Dog Saison Du Punt, Almanac Mandarina, Goose Island Sofie, Brew by Numbers 18|05, Crooked Stave Colorado Wild Sage, Hawkers Saison, Boatrocker Saison, Stomping Ground BA Saison, Brasserie Thiriez La Petite Princess, Trois Dames La Joyeuse
Noz's Cellar
- Stone Old Guardian (2012)
There we have it guys, hope you enjoy Episode 3 of the Beer O'Clock Australia podcast. As usual send any questions, feedback or comments to gus.norris7@gmail.com. We took on board the couple of emails we received last time around and thank you guys for taking the time to give us some feedback. Please let us know if you think we've improved in this episode. The next episode will hopefully be up in mid-November. With any luck I'll have a few more posts up before then! In the meantime...
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
Show Notes
News Items
- Barrow Boys Closure
- Grand Ridge relaunching West City
- Stone & Wood's new brewpub in Brisbane
- The Pacific Ale trademark dispute is over!
- Matso's purchased by Gage Roads
- Mornington purchased by Tribe
- Boozebud purchased by AB-Inbev
- Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show Awards
- Holgate's New Brewery & Visitors Centre.
- Brewers Association of the United States Report
- Garage Project's Monthly Cellar-Door Only IPA
What We've Been Drinking
- Our Tallboy & Moose Collaboration Berried Alive
- New English & U.S.A imports
- Toppling Goliath
- Against the Grain
- North Brewing
- Northern Monk
- Dylan's Malaysia Trip
- Guinness Bright
- Little Creatures The Fuggle is Real
- North Brewing & Verdant Brewing Triple Fruited Gose
What Are We Brewing?
- New Batch of The Reiffel
- Our American Blonde Ale
- American Ale Malt & Wheat
- Mosaic, Mandarina Bavaria & Galaxy
- White Labs Kolsch Yeast (WLP029)
Desert Island 6-pack
- Red Ales - The definition was hard here to define here. We stumped for anything that isn't sour. From Irish Red Ales to Imperial Red IPA's were permissible.
- This month we only had one cross over
- Mismatch Evil Archie
- Dylan's 5 individuals;
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- Exit Amber Ale, Mountain Goat Fancy Pants, Barrow Boys India Amber Ale, Hargreaves Hill The Phoenix & Two Birds Sunset Ale
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- Noz's 5 individuals;
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- Modus Operandi Former Tenant, Prancing Pony India Red Ale, Noisy Minor Admiral Ackbar, Epic Hop Dozer & Nøgne Ø x Holgate Half a World Away
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Noz's Cellar
- Jolly Pumpkin x La Sirene Costa Dei Villa
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!
The new venture I was being very vague about in my post a few days ago was Beer O'Clock Australia's first foray into a new medium; audio. Dylan & I are going to give this podcast a go for a while and see how it goes. It's going to give us the opportunity to discuss beer in a way that the blog doesn't really allow us to.
We're going to rotate some segments in and out, especially early on while we get into the swing of things - so if there is anything you love or hate, please let us know! The idea at the moment is that the podcast will be monthly, and we'll try and keep that pretty regular - at least more so than I've kept the blog up to date recently... Basically every month we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar.
This month we also discuss the hottest new style in craft beer; the Brut IPA. We also speak about a bright green licorice flavoured Gose from Red Button Brew in Moscow & discuss which Pilsner's we would each take in a bottomless mixed 6-pack to a desert island. The show is embedded below & hopefully we'll have it up on a few more podcast sites in the near future.
Show Notes
News Items
- Royal Perth Beer Awards
- Australian Brewery & Fourpure Takeovers
- Coopers Pale Ale in Cans
- Crisp Malting's Australian Distribution deal
- Canned Beer Sales to Overtake Bottled Beer Sales
- Bridge Road's New Hopped Cola
What We've Been Drinking
- Red Button POiMA
- Noz's Russia Trip
- Noz & Dylan - Tallboy & Moose Berried Alive Brew Day
What's in Style?
- Brut IPA's
- Wolf of the Willows, Tallboy & Moose, Mr Banks
Desert Island 6-pack
- We both pick 6 Pilsner's - 3 of which made both our lists
- Pilsner Urquell, Emerson's NZ Pilsner, Bridge Road Enigma,
- Victory Prima Pils, Panhead Port Road Pils, Balter Pilsner, Hop Nation The Damned, Weihenstephaner Pilsner, Mikkeller American Dream
Noz's Cellar
- Mikkeller x Lindeman's SpontanBasil
So there we have it guys. Hope you liked the first episode of the Beer O'Clock podcast. We'd both love to hear any feedback you've got. We'll be tweaking a couple of things for the next episode, which we'll aim to have out in late-August/early-September. As usual send any questions or comments to gus.norris7@gmail.com.
Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!