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Radio Brews News focuses on the issues facing the Australian brewing business and discusses them with the people shaping the industry. Every Tuesday, hear an interview with a leader in the brewing industry and every Thursday, hear the Brews News team discuss the news of the week.
This week we meet Marie Claire Jarrett, brewing shift lead at Brick Lane Brewing Company. Marie Claire, better known as MC, has had a very interesting pathway into the brewing industry. With a background in physics and mathematics, MC was working towards a PhD in experimental quantum physics when she discovered the craft brewing industry in Sydney’s inner West. Her passion fired, MC wrote as a blogger on her own blog and beer writer and was awarded the beer Media Award at the Australian International Beer Awards in 2020. For that varied background, you'll hear MC’s path forked many times and could have gone in many directions, but she has ended up working as a brewer, currently at Brick Lane brewing, a role in which saw her spend quite a lot of time on stage at awards ceremonies of late.. Her path to brewing has given her unique insights into beer, brewing and the brewing industry and this is a great chat with one of the emerging leaders of the next generation of Australian brewers. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss the competitiveness of the brewing industry and the latest changes at Mighty Craft in a huge week for news. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Australian beer market competitive: CUB
We don’t get in the way of independents
Mighty Craft Chair slams previous board’s terrible performance.
Trevor O’Hoy resigns from Mighty Craft Board
New Chair for ABAC
Mixed views in NZ on the new alcohol supply act
IBA Supports status quo on carbohydrate and sugar claims
Triple-1-Three acquires WA’s Nowhereman’s assets inshare deal
Pioneer Brewing Closure
Burleigh Barrels Closure
Carwyn Cellars bought by Fox Friday
Otherside brewing acquires Nowhereman
Indies Judging
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This week the team discuss all the happenings from the BrewCon, The EKKA and the news of the week. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Dollar Bill repeats AIBA Success
BrewCon
Industry Partnerships
Cryer Malt & Voyager
Cryer Malt & Froth Technologies
Local Taphouse
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And this week as we prepare for BrewCon we have a special bonus episode of Beer is a Conversation as we meet Ed Jamison, Head of Marketing, for Fermentum Craft Beer Company and Richard Crowe, Head of Supply Chain, also for Fermentum. Regular readers of our news service will have been following the gradual restructure and rationalisation of Lion’s craft business that has seen breweries such as Tiny Mountain in Townsville and, more recently, Two Birds in Melbourne close and Bevy Brewing in Perth rebranded as a Little Creatures brewpub. It turns out that was all paving the way for a more significant restructure that sees all of the Lion craft businesses come the badge of Fermentum, the Stone and Wood parent company that Lion acquired in September 2021 and has now been renamed Fermentum Craft Beer Company.. With the restructure bringing OG craft brewery Little Creatures under the Fermentum badge and all of the other changes that have been taking place in the Lion craft portfolio, I was interested to hear from Ed and Rich, two of the three people tasked with leading Lion’s craft division, about what it means for Lion, for beer drinkers and for beer in general. I have had many questions since the acquisition of one of Australia's most significant independent craft breweries and how it would come to be integrated into the broader Lion business. It was a long period of restructure and now is the time to ask many of them. As you’ll hear, It's a robust conversation and I get to ask those questions. I genuinely appreciate Ed and Richard’s willingness to engage and answer them. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss Southern Bay, trademarks and, of course, Hard Solo. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
No Dividend to Southern Bay Creditors
Sydney Royal Beer Awards announced
Trademarks July 2023
People Moves
Beer is a Conversation Justin Kendall and Zoe Licata - Brewbound
'Boutique' bottle shop shut down after selling cheap single beers
NZ Beer Awards
Hard Solo Launch
Alcoholic soft drink launch sparks plans for tighter regulation
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Today were speaking with Justin Kendall and Zoe Licata from US brewing industry news site, Brewbound. Brewbound is the leading industry trade publication providing comprehensive information about the United States beer industry, analysis of industry trends and in-depth interviews with industry leaders. Justin is the site's editor and Zoe a reporter and both are extremely plugged into what's going on in the US and two people whose coverage I always look to when news breaks in that market. With the US being so influential on emerging trends here in Australia, I thought it was a good opportunity to talk with them about what they were seeing in the US beer market particularly following the sobering news that came out of the Craft Brewers Conference back in May. We start by talking about what they have labelled as craft beer’s toxic positivity problem, we look at current trends and challenges facing the beer market and how their industry and industry associations are responding and we also look at the future of the beer slushie This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss Mighty Crafts sale of Jetty Road and Foghorn, and a new battle over tap contracts looms. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Mighty Craft sells Jetty Road/ Foghorn, Better Beer on auction block
New Battle over Tap Contracts Looms
Insights Craft Challenges and need for renewal
Beer is a Conversation Liam Pereira - White Bay Beer Co
Brewery Pro - Impact of SafAle K-97 on hoppy beers
The impact of SafAle K-97 on hoppy beers
Hard Solo Launch
Buying booze? Your face - or palm - could verify your age
Epic Response from Phil Cook
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Today we meet Liam Pereira, recently appointed Head of Hospitality and Community at Sydney’s White Bay Beer Co. Liam has had an incredibly varied career in the brewing industry. From pulling pints in London to working in a hotel bar with early craft beer aspirations, to working in bottle shops, to being a co-owner of Dave's brewery tours and Sydney Beer Week to working at Batch brewing and now his latest position White Bay Beer Co, he has seen a lot. His career has spanned and also mirrored the formative years of craft beer. Liam was drawn to the passion and excitement of the industry’s early days but is also seen it mature and confront a myriad of challenges. This podcast really looks at what people in the industry have learnt throughout their careers and Liam is one of those people that can really talk about some of the lessons that are to be learnt comma and that he has learnt himself. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss Epic Brewing in liquidation and FSANZ is looking for submissions on nutrition labelling. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Epic Brewing in Liquidation
IBA calls for indexation to excise remission scheme
Coopers and IBA call out retailers on market power
FSANZ calls for submissions on carb claims
Orora announces direct-to-packaging digital printing
Insights Craft Challenges and need for renewal
Beer is a Conversation - Leanne White - Insightfully
Anchor Brewing
Fingers substack - Dave Infante
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This week we meet Leanne White from social and market research firm Insightfully. Leanne, or Lenny to her friends, is a former journalist and media advisor whose career has seen her move into the field of data research, especially in the area of public opinion. Her business, Insightfully, is an opinion and market research and strategy company. But, Lenny and her husband are also small investors in a brewery, Madocke Brewing on the Gold Coast and so has - to some extent - turned her expertise into an interest in data in the brewing industry. With all of our recent focus on ‘squishy data’ we thought it was a good time to speak to Lenny about what makes good data and how breweries should be critically interpreting the data that they have available to them especially when making decisions based on it. View the podcast data here. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss the purpose of Beer Cartels partnership with First Choice and the real issues with container deposit schemes. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Beer Cartel partners with First Choice
Rapid Consumption continued focus for ABAC complaints
Victoria’s container deposit rates announced
Beer is a Conversation - Kelsey Picard
BrewCon Replay - The Crowd Goes Wild
Retail drinks releases online alcohol research
Adelaide Beer Awards Results
Anchor Brewing
Fingers substack - Dave Infante
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This week we talk the science of beer with PhD Candidiate Kelsey Picard, one of the founders of Science Made Beerable. Kelsey’s scientific background isn’t in beer, but she is a beer lover and her developing love for it as a consumer tickled her scientific curiosity, and in doing so she has become an enthusiastic advocate for sharing the science of making it. In this conversation we talk about what fired her interest, the challenges in communicating about science - and beer - and whether brewers are great at communicating about the things they make (spoiler alert, often they’re not) and also what can the brewing industry learn from science in a range of areas, including inclusion. It’s a great chat about the magic that underpins brewing, and how we can communicate that to fire other people's passions from someone who communicates it very well. You can find out how to join the event and buy the beers here and follow it on Facebook here. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss Tribe's relaunch, Mighty Craft review and Aussie drinking habits. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Tribe announces relaunch with clean slate
Mighty Craft review recognises business model flaws
BrauBeviale and drinktec merge
Positive impact of minimum unit process questions
Brewing Industry Woes Go Mainstream
Habits have changed, but more Australians drinking than before pandemic
Aaron Rigg - Beer is a Conversation
BrewCon Replay - Proper Costing of Beer
BrewCon seeks Volunteers
Anchor Brewing Colosure
Who killed the bucketty’s beer club
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This week we meet we meet mining engineer turned publican, Aaron Rigg. Aaron’s story is like many who have come to work in craft beer…fell in love with the products, become more and more interested with some mates and then, after a few beers, found himself as a part owner of a craft beer pub in Maitland. As you’ll hear there’s a little more to it than that, but there’s also a lot to the journey that Aaron has been on. Aaron is also a management consultant, and having spoken with him about his journey over the years and been impressed with his insights, I thought it would be a useful chat for others interested in getting into the industry to hear about the highs and the lows, and what he’s learned and what he would do differently. It’s a great chat about buying into the beer business, why you’d do it but also why you may not. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss further losses from Endeavour Beer and is the craft beer explosion over? Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Fury & Son to Close
Endeavour Beer announces further losses
IBA Releases BrewCon Program
Beer is a Conversation
BrewCon Replay
Australia’s United Malt agrees t $1 bln takeover offer from Fances InVivo
Is this the end of Australia’s craft beer explosion?
When Beer Goes Flat
CUB celebrates Victorian barley farmers
Four Pillars announces full sale to Lion
Pourhouse Maitland is for Sale
Better Beer launches Bitcoin Giveaway
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This week we meet Christopher Shepard Senior Editor of US publication, Beer Marketers Insights, which has the tag line that it’s the leading source of beer industry information since 1970. In this conversation, we look at the challenges the brewing industry faces and what it means for breweries. We discuss the differences between the US and Australian markets, which is important when Australian brewers look to the US for a lead. We discuss the challenges the brewing industry will confront in the face of the growing neo-prohibition movement and demographic shifts and whether no alc is the answer. We also look at what has happened to Bud Light over the last few months and what that says about beer consumers and also beer's ability to effect social change. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss the award for the beer awards, beer equipment bargains, and flaws in the tax system. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Peer Nominations Open for Indies
Beer awards wins itself an award
BrewDog
Bargain Hunting
Choose Your Fighter
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This week we return to beer labels and branding trends as we again chat with Isaac Arthur from US design consultancy Codo Design. We last spoke with Isaac in 2021, and wanted to go back to speak with Isaac as Codo has released its annual Beer Branding Trends Review, which is an incredibly rich resource for the brewing industry. I don’t think I am overstating it to say that in the incredibly competitive beer market, branding is increasingly the most important element in getting a consumer to choose your beer on shelf, and so I wanted to go back to Isaac to hear where he sees the industry is at and where its going. Isaac is very generous with his insights, and this podcast is well worth a listen, as is reading the 2023 Trends publication. Isaac also has a podcast and plenty of resources available on his website. 2023 Beer Branding Trends Review Newsletter & Podcast Beyond Beer Handbook How to Design Better Merch [Newsletter] Alcohol & Minors: What is our Responsibility as Designers? [Newsletter]
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This week the team discuss the current economic challenges facing the industry and recent brewery closures. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Lion to close Two Birds Brewing
Wicked Elf Beer to Close
Tallboy and Moose announce ownership transition
Pregnancy Labelling bites hard for breweries
Mark Haysman to Step Down from Mighty Craft
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This week the team discuss the Perth Royal Beer Awards and the latest ABAC adjudications. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
Latest ABAC Adjudications
Perth Royal Beer Awards
IBD launches Beer Sensory Analysis - short course
Accessibility & Inclusion - Free QLD Government Training
Buy your own pub
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This week we meet Thomas Vandelanotte, head brewer at John Martin Brewery in Belgium, and makers of Timmerman’s beers and also Bourgogne Des Flandres. I will always have a fondness for Belgian beers. To some extent, that’s because they were among the first to show me that not all beers were lagers, but also as my career has developed and I have watched the evolution of the craft beer industry, because their brewers have such respect for what they make and also how it will be enjoyed, while still being willing to experiment and not be entirely shackled by tradition. But the focus is always for the drinking experience. Thomas was in Australia as his beers are just about to be made available again, and the importer has said that after a decade of declining interest in classic Belgian beers, people are rediscovering them. Thank you to Felons in Brisbane, where the interview was recorded, for hosting us. By coincidence, this interview was recorded in the week that Felons launched its first beers from its own barrel program, and we got to try them after the interview. And just a plug - unpaid - for Thomas’ beers…they will be landing in early July and will be available for Beer Importers and Distributors. If you’re a retailer, get in touch…if you’re a consumer, maybe put your local independent bottleshop in touch. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss the sustainability of packaging, breweries capturing CO2 and why craft beer needs constraints. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved
PakTech partners with Visy to manufacture in Australia
Rise in UK breweries going bust amid thirst for cheaper craft beers
Breweries are starting to capture carbon — from beer
Why craft without constrains isn't really craft at all
Craft beer mimicking macro beer
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For the full episode head over to the Brewery Pro Podcast.Recently on Radio Brews News we discussed the Sunshine Coast’s beer-focused campaign, through which the regional tourism body is promoting Queensland’s Sunshine Coast as a craft beer destination to encourage tourism to the region. It makes the cheeky claim to be Australia’s Craft Beer Capital.The campaign has sparked plenty of discussion in beer circles about whether the craft beer capital claim is reasonable but the point is, it’s sparked discussion about beer. It’s also arguably the most significant pro-brewery campaign that has been run by any organisation in the country. It also includes its own podcast series, Pursuit of Hoppiness. And that is a great thing for the entire industry, especially as it would appear to have spawned an “us too” campaign from South East Queensland’s other coast, the Gold Coast, which would appear to have put some resources into promoting its breweries since its beachy competitor’s campaign began.This can only be good for the industry.As such a significant campaign, we wanted to find out what the tourism body saw of value in the brewing industry where others have overlooked it. We also wanted to hear of the insights into the campaign, and importantly, how other brewing regions can engage with their local tourism body to drive interest in their breweries.We reached out to Kellly Ryan, the Sunshine Coast’s Head of Marketing for her insights into the campaign. Kelly is responsible for overseeing the organisation’s promotion and advertising efforts to build awareness of the Sunshine Coast and lure more visitors to the destination. As you’ll hear she has a wealth of tourism marketing knowledge, drawing on extensive experience with Canberra’s major tourism body and major national attractions. There’s a lot to learn about beer tourism in this BreweryPro episode.
This week the team discuss new board members at IBA and keg pooling grows.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!New Board Members at IBAKeg pooling grows as Konvoy signs LionSeltzer Flavours RecalledABAC Releases Social Media Compliance Audit DataCheck out the Brewery Pro Podcast.Our partnersRallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235.HPA - Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable.Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast.Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.Brews News Brewer DatabaseCheck out our other podcast Brewery Pro.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:Sponsoring the showReviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting serviceEmailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak to Søren Eriksen, owner and head brewer of 8 Wired Brewing in New Zealand.
During the chat, we discuss how the industry has evolved since the brewery launched 13 years ago, and what this means for 8 Wired.
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This week the team discuss support for agricultural jobs and Red Hill Brewery is listed for sale. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Industry drives support for agricultural jobs
Red Hill Brewery listed for sale
Lessons Learned: Parched Brewery
Award to highlight best brewery workplaces
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This week, we speak to Penguin Beer Co. and Island State Brewing founder, Scott Seymour.
During the chat, we discuss Seymour’s diverse career background, the craft beer scene in Tasmania and the challenges of launching new businesses in a pandemic.
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This week the team discuss using influencers in your marketing, the new DrinkWise campaign and whether beer styles really matter. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Good Drinks announces strong first quarter
Influencer led launch continues push to broaden beer’s appeal
DrinkWise launches parental influence campaign
Tooborac Hotel and Brewery Listed for Sale
People Moves
Do Beer Styles Matter
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In this special edition of Beer is a Conversation, we speak to John Pemberton and Chris Roberts of Heart of Darkness brewery in Vietnam.
This bonus episode is from our attendance at SEA Brew, which was made possible thanks to HPA and with the support of Bespoke Brewing Solutions.
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This week, we speak to Lost Palms Brewing Co’s marketing coordinator, Amanda Baker. During the chat, we discuss Lost Palms’ specific branding, future plans for the business and design trends in beer. Our partners
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Brewery valuations and investment in the brewing industry have increasingly become issues of focus for Brews News as breweries look to raise capital.
There are several ASX-listed brewing companies, and a number of breweries that have flagged their hopes for an eventual IPO. We have also seen the emergence and rapid growth of equity crowd funding that is pitched as an investment in the breweries undertaking that form of capital raising.
We have previously looked at brewery valuations from the point of view of those charged with valuing and selling these businesses, but in this episode we look at the issue of investing in brewing businesses.
Scott Phillips the Chief Investment Officer in Australia for the Motley Fool, a website and podcast providing investment education and advice.
We speak to Scott about basic principles for investing and investing in brewing and some of the factors potential investors should consider in deciding whether they are actually investing, or indulging in a passion.
You can hear more of Scott through his Motley Fool Money podcast, and also The Good Oil with Scott Phillips.
The information contained in this episode is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. You should consider whether the information is appropriate to your needs, and where appropriate, seek professional advice from a financial adviser.
This week the team discuss Coopers cautiously optimistic after tough year, a win for workplace health and safety and Sunshine Coast named Australia's craft beer capital. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Coopers Positive Despite Tough Year
Wave of equity crowd funds underway
Black Hops award win after Qld safety program
Entries now open for the Royal Queensland Beer Awards
Novel vending machine highlights craft value
Growing SEA Brew renames to Brew Asia
Sunshine Coast is Australia’s Craft Beer Capital
Brewdog & Campaign denouncing World Cup - backlash
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This week, we speak with Kegstar general manager for Australia and New Zealand, Stephen Hopkins.
During the chat, we discuss Hopkins' career journey in FMCG industries, including his time with Cadbury, Asahi and Coca Cola. We also look at the impact of COVID on draught beer in his current role, and whether keg formats have changed following excise changes on kegs under 50 litres.
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This week the team discuss growth at Mighty Craft, lack of budget support for breweries and we say goodbye to one of our own! Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Growth at Mighty Craft despite ATO obstacle
People Moves October
Lack of Budget support for breweries ‘no surprise’
Tax break assists Belgian brewery to Australianise its beers.
Innovation is the key to progress says industry pioneer
Konvoy converts NZ’s Good George to keg rental
Brews News launches INSPIRED Report
Departure of Clare Burnett
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This week, we speak to Braeside Brewing Co. founder Rame Abdallah.
During the chat, we discuss the brewery’s third anniversary, liquor retail, the brewpub offering and the challenges of a growing business.
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This week the team discuss the revival of malting and the 2022 can design awards. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Malting revival and provenance discussed at ANHC
Growth and Covid impact Brew Dog results
2022 GABS Can Design Award Winners Revealed
Brews News launches INSPIRED Report
On Premise drives customers to trial drinks
Coles Liquor sees first quarter sales decline
Advertising placement and packaging face ABAC.
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This week, we look at on-premise data as we speak with CGA by NielsenIQ client solutions director ANZ James Phillips.
During the chat, we discuss consumer on-premise trends from the latest CGA by NielsenIQ On Premise Consumer Pulse Report.
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This week the team discuss the creation of Local Drinks Collective and the predictable decline in Endeavour retail revenue. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Comedians to push fastest-growing beer in eight years into the UK
Wayward and Batch create Local Drinks Collective
Best Independent Beers of 2022 announced
Predictable Decline in Endeavour Retail Revenues
10 Years of Big Shed Brewing
IBA is calling for nominations for the Board of Directors
Dale Vocale and Adam Murphy - Jarrah Boy
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This week, we speak to Indigenous chef Dale Vocale, and former CUB head of insights, innovation and capability Adam Murphy, on the launch of new contract brand Jarrah Boy.
During the chat, we discuss the startup's story, the cultural challenges around alcohol and creating a market presence.
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This week the team discuss DrinkWise new Bowls Australia campaign, ABAC complaints increase and Lord Nelson withdraws brewery from sale. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
DrinkWise and Bowls Australia launch Campaign
Beer Fans partners with Endeavour Drinks Group
FSANZ calls for comments on label colour changes
Lord Nelson withdraws brewery from sale
Brewery Radar
ABAC Complaints increase in latest quarter
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This week, we speak to Sam Reid, co-founder of Willie Smith's Cider Makers and new Launceston brewery Du Cane Brewing Co. During the chat, we speak about the launch of Du Cane, which opened last month, and where Reid sees the market for both craft beer and craft cider. Our partners
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This week the team discuss Easy Times appointment of a voluntary administrator and the impact of glass recycling. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Behemoth crowdfunds as it eyes AU expansion
Brisbane’s Easy Times appoints voluntary administrator
Orora opens $25m glass recycling plant
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This week, we speak to Beer Fans founder and general manager, Joe Cook. During the chat, we speak about Cook’s impactful career within the industry, including his time with Kegstar and how he started the marketplace dedicated to beer branded merch, Beer Fans. Our partners
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This week the team discuss the future of beer can formats, pay gap reporting and the perils of releasing a budget brand. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Pale ales recalled
Slimline beer cans and the future of can formats
Fruity Beers Media Release
DB Breweries backs pay gap reporting
New brewery for Launceston
Freshwater Brewing opens in Brookvale
Pink Boots AGM 6 October 2022 - held virtually via Zoom and details on our event page.
Indies Judging is underway in Melbourne with the Awards announcements Thursday 13 October.
Voting in GABS Can design Awards currently open.
Drinkers Decoded: What Market Research Says about Today’s Consumers
CODO Design newsletter: The perils of releasing a budget brand
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This week, we speak with Five Barrel Brewing owner, Phil O'Shea.
During the chat, we discuss O'Shea's brewing journey, why he wanted to start Five Barrel and the brewery's recent work with liquid yeast business, Mogwai Labs.
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This week the team discuss the FSANZ label colour mandates, Brick Lane's B Corp status and CO2 recovery for smaller brewers. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Mighty Craft offloads “non-core” Sparkke
Brewers urged to consult on FSANZ label colour mandates
Brick Lane secures B Corp status
Mead brand Greedy Bear launches crowdfund
Multi-venue models in the spotlight as industry grows
Behemoth signs Ballast Point deal
CO2 recovery for smaller brewers excites at Drinktec
Drinktec impresses up-and-coming brewers
Craft lager renaissance driving rediscovery of heirloom malts
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This week, we speak to Lauren Yap, hops industry professional and previous hop quality and innovation manager at NZ Hops.
Despite Yapp recently leaving NZ Hops, this is a fascinating discussion on hops, management and the future of the ingredients business.
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This week the team discuss Konvoy's expansion into Europe, a run in with ABAC for Better Beer and concerns over sugar in beer. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Konvoy expands into Europe
Endeavour launches retail marketing arm
Better Beer ABAC complaint upheld
Concerns over beer sugar content and claims
Lessons Learned: Woopi Brewing Co.
Brewlab Qld seeks participants for industry workshops
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Notes: This week, we speak to newly appointed marketing manager at Capital Brewing Co, Jonny Day. During the chat, we discuss his long career from making coffees in his parents restaurant through to his current role, and the stops along the way, including as brand manager for Little Creatures. Our partners
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This week the team discuss the IBA's skilled migration plans, DrinkWise FASD awareness campaign and how the weather in Europe is affecting the industry. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
IBA launches brewer immigration drive
Colonial rebrands as CBCo
Entries open for 2022 GABS Can Design Awards
XPA recall underway
DrinkWise launches FASD Awareness Day campaign
BOC invests in CO2 facility
Weather impacts Europe hop yield: BarthHaas report
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Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
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This week, we speak to Little Bang Brewing co-founders Fil Kemp and Ryan Davidson.
During the chat, we discuss how the business came about, how it grew and how it came to be sold to Duxton Pubs Group, which was first announced back in June.
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This week the team discuss Coles focus on local and XXXX big seltzer investment. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Coles Liquor focuses on local as sales grow
$5m XXXX seltzer investment
WA launches hospitality recruitment campaign
Two Birds takes back the Bulldogs
Musician Amy Shark joins Fields Brewing
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This week, we speak to Brad Bown, co-owner of Left Barrel Brewing in Balhannah.
Along with wife Nada, Bown opened the microbrewery and taphouse in 2018, specialising in farmhouse-style barrel-aged sours.
During the chat, we discuss Left Barrel's journey, including its recent win of Most Outstanding Beer in Show at the 2022 Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards.
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This week the team discuss Good Drinks purchase of Stomping Ground, the new way consumers are buying beer and fresh thoughts on zero alcohol drinks. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Good Drinks Australia buys Melbourne’s Stomping Ground & Details emerge of Stomping Ground buyout
Sales stagnate but profits up at Endeavour Group
Employee share scheme paves way for Wayward IPO
HPA invests in new pellet plant
Online liquor delivery numbers slow
Solid growth for Orora despite price pressures
Zero alcohol drinks - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Brewery of theweek: Kickback Brewing Aldinga
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This week, we speak to Dave Macgill, co-founder of Deep South Brewing Co. in Hobart, and former general manager and head brewer at Moo Brew.
During the chat, we discuss Macgill's extensive career, including his time with Moo Brew, before he went on to launch his own project with some friends.
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This week the team discuss Dainton's crowdfunding, and Us breweries are for sale - but who's buying? Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Dainton Beer crowdfund commences
Good Drinks hails progress despite hospitality disruption
Burleigh teams up with Zarraffa’s Coffee founder on new brewery
US breweries are for sale—but who’s buying?
Queensland breweries urged to take up safety program
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Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
Dixon Asia Pacific understands the importance of beer quality and just how important a brewing system is in terms of being efficient and reliable.
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This week, we meet Nick McDonald, who co-founded Bucketty's Brewing Co. in Brookvale along with his wife Lexi McDonald. During the chat, we discuss the brewery's long journey to opening, including its major move from regional New South Wales to the Northern Beaches, as well as its recent success as a young brewery. Our partners
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This week the team discuss inflation and excise and the low purchase propensity of NoLo. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Inflation and excise increase pressure on brewers
New brewery Future Magic launches CSF campaign & Melbourne’s 3 Ravens launches crowdfund
Lion’s Swan Draught returns to WA
Lion sells UK’s Magic Rock and Fourpure
NoLo growth continues despite low purchase propensity
Sydney Brewery wins big at 2022 Sydney Royal awards
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Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172.
Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we chat with Brian Watson, head brewer of Good George Brewing in New Zealand and president of SmartBrew.
During the chat, we discuss Watson's extensive career as well as the rise of contract brewing through his work with SmartBrew.
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This week the team discuss the liquidation of Stalwart and Pink Boots and Gage team up to launch leadership scholarships. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Stalwart Brewing goes into liquidation
Pink Boots and Gage launch leadership scholarships
NZ Hops launches Bract Brewing Programme
The basics of beer tourism
Sponsored: How to plan brewery builds
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Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops.
Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235.
Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172.
Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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Interview with Emma Locke, venue manager at Beerfarm and scholarships coordinator at Pink Boots Society Australia about the launch of the leadership program for members, supported by Gage Roads.
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This week, we meet Scott Player and Steve Finney, co-founders of FOUND. Goods Co. With Player's and Finney's combined extensive experience within the industry, the two have recently teamed up with another two colleagues to form plans for FOUND. Goods Co, a new production brewery and brewpub in East Perth. During this chat, we discuss the evolution of craft beer and how that has shaped the evolution of their plans. Our partners
Cryer Malt – supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years
Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
Lark Distillery – Lark’s Wolf Release V will launch on 8th August at 9:30AM AEST. Join the wait list now to avoid missing out on this special release. Strictly limited numbers available.
Events Lark Event: Boilermaker Lunch at The Still Join LARK Head Distiller, Chris Thomson and some of the team from Wolf of the Willows for a lunchtime event filled with beer, chicken, and of course whisky. Learn the history of Boilermakers, and why they are continuing to grow in popularity. What brought LARK and Wolf together, the process behind our Wolf of the Willows releases and what makes them special.
Date: 8th August 2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Price: $65 per person
Event Sign Up: https://www.obee.com.au/thestill/e/boilermaker-lunch
Tas Whisky Week
WOTW Events: The team at WOTW are having events across Melbourne to celebrate the 5th release of the collaboration, head to their website to find out more.
Hungry Like a Wolf, 6.30pm Wednesday 10th August, Beer Delux, Fed Square (CBD Melb)
Master Class, 6.00pm Friday 12th August Wolf Taproom, Mordialloc
Feast of the Barrel, 6.00pm Saturday 13th August Naughtons, Parkville
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This week the team discuss a diversity milestone for Sydney Royal, the merits of beer awards, and the paddock to pint philosophy. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!
Diversity milestone for Sydney Royal judging panel
BarthHaas report positive despite global risks
Entries open for 2022 Indies & Indies judging applications now open
New Australasia appointment at NZ Hops
New Zealand Beer Awards 2022 winners announced
Reinvention keeps brewing industry fresh
The rise of the “paddock to pint” philosophy
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Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops.
Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235.
Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172.
Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week we meet Chris Swersey, who - following a 30-year career in the brewing industry in the US - recently moved to Australia and has started a role with Tribe Breweries as a new product development brewer. During the chat, we discuss Swersey’s extensive career in the US, including his time with the Brewers Association as competition manager, where he ran the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup competitions. Our partners
Cryer Malt – supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years
Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer.
Lark Distillery – Lark’s Wolf Release V will launch on 8th August at 9:30AM AEST. Join the wait list now to avoid missing out on this special release. Strictly limited numbers available.
Events Lark Event: Boilermaker Lunch at The Still Join LARK Head Distiller, Chris Thomson and some of the team from Wolf of the Willows for a lunchtime event filled with beer, chicken, and of course whisky. Learn the history of Boilermakers, and why they are continuing to grow in popularity. What brought LARK and Wolf together, the process behind our Wolf of the Willows releases and what makes them special.
Date: 8th August 2022
Time: 1:00 PM
Price: $65 per person
Event Sign Up: https://www.obee.com.au/thestill/e/boilermaker-lunch
Tas Whisky Week
WOTW Events: The team at WOTW are having events across Melbourne to celebrate the 5th release of the collaboration, head to their website to find out more.
Hungry Like a Wolf, 6.30pm Wednesday 10th August, Beer Delux, Fed Square (CBD Melb)
Master Class, 6.00pm Friday 12th August Wolf Taproom, Mordialloc
Feast of the Barrel, 6.00pm Saturday 13th August Naughtons, Parkville
This week the team discuss Lion's sustainability report, Royal Adelaide results and how much space is there for craft beer going forward?
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Lion launches Sustainability Report
2022 Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards results
Navigating grants for breweries
Sponsored: The fascination with fresh hop beers
Our partners
Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops.
Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235.
Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
Lark Whisky - Celebrating the launch of Wolf Release V and the fifth year of a shared vision between The House of LARK and Victoria’s Wolf of the Willows brewery.
Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172.
Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we meet Stef Constantoulas and Max Hämmerle, co-founder and head brewer of Philter Brewing.
During the chat, we discuss branding, the difference in drinking cultures of Germans and Australians, and what’s happening at Philter as Sydney’s inner west develops as a craft brewing hot spot.
Our partners
Cryer Malt – supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years
Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer.
Lark Distillery - Lark’s Wolf Release V will launch on 8th August at 9:30AM AEST. Join the wait list now to avoid missing out on this special release. Strictly limited numbers available.
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This week the team discuss growth in the NoLo category and a decline in ABAC complaints.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* NoLo trade marks outpace category growth * ABAC complaints continue to decline * Lessons learned: Seasonal prep & production scaling
Our partners* Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops. * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week we are joined by Rocky Ridge Brewing co-founder and managing director Hamish Coates and head brewer Ross Terlick.We spoke with Hamish and his co-founder and brand director Ricky Watt back in April after the brewery won a major sustainability award. The chat this week focuses on the recent Perth Royal Beer Show Awards.Rocky Ridge was named Champion Large Brewery, which is a significant achievement, but the brewery also took home the Champion Beer Trophy for a Grodziskie. During this discussion, we speak to Terlick to find out more about this beer and what drove the brewery to use this style.Our partners* Cryer Malt – supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Binary Beer – Guarantee brewery to bar freshness with BinaryBeer keg tracking. Don’t risk your prized brew spoiling in transit. Better Insights. Better Beer.
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This week the team discuss David Cryer's retirement, the 2022 craft beer survey and the best options for automating your venue. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* David Cryer to retire from Cryer Malt * Beer Cartel launches craft beer survey for 2022 * Konvoy Group expands IoT tracking offering * Lessons Learned: Marketing & flexibility
Our partners* Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops. * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * Ska Fabricating - Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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In this very special episode of Beer is a Conversation, we speak with David Cryer who has announced he is retiring from the business he started almost 30 years ago.There wouldn’t be too many people in the brewing industry whose lives have not been touched and affected by David’s involvement in the industry. And that very much goes for Brews News.During this chat, we reminisce and hear about David’s extensive career as well as his thoughts on the industry.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we meet with Harry Sexton, head brewer of Matilda Bay Brewery in Victoria.Son of industry veteran and Matilda Bay founder, Phil Sexton, we speak to Harry about the resurgence of the brand in 2019, the challenges of running a brewery with a deep heritage and what his plans are for the business.Our partners* Cryer Malt – supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
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This week the team discuss the Little Bang sale, Broo Liquidations and "non alcoholic seltzer". Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Little Bang sells to Duxton Pubs Group * Broo confirms liquidations amid restructure * FELLR launch non-alcoholic seltzer range
Our partners* Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops. * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we meet Simone Clements, head brewer at Gage Roads Brew Co. large new waterfront brewpub in Fremantle.During the chat, we discuss Clements' start in the brewing industry after starting out as an environmental scientist.Clements describes how she came to brewing, starting in the laboratory at Gage Roads working as a quality officer, to being encouraged to step into a brewing role and her progression to head brewer at Freo.Our partners* - Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * - Binary Beer - Guarantee brewery to bar freshness with Binary Beer keg tracking. Don't risk your prized brew spoiling in transit. Better Insights. Better Beer.
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This week the team discuss the Bridge Road crowdfund, zero alcohols market share, and DrinkWise launches State of Origin campaign.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Catchment gains Fortitude announcing ambitious expansion * Bridge Road crowdfunds at $52m valuation * Tall Timbers secures WA grant * DrinkWise launches State of Origin campaign
Our partners* Yakima Chief Hops - 100% grower-owned hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers worldwide with the family farms that grow their hops. * Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer. * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we speak with Miles Hull, who can be fairly regarded as an industry veteran in the hospitality space.Formally trained in hotel management in Switzerland, Miles held a range of positions in hotels and a Canadian brewpub in the last 1990s before returning to Australia, where he we worked as Food & Beverage Manager for the Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee.His next role was as Head of Creative Development & Marketing : Founding General Manager - Hospitality for a little brewing start-up called Little Creatures, which I still regard as one of the most influential hospitality venues in the beer industry, and a venue that most brewpubs open today can trace their DNA back to.He is currently General Manager of his own hospitality group in Perth, with three venues and a fourth - a brewpub - to open later this year.As the brewing industry matures and changes, the quality and thoughtfulness of the hospitality that breweries offer is increasingly as important as the beer. That makes this very thoughtful and thought provoking chat with Miles a must listen for anyone running or thinking of opening a brewpub.Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Binary Beer - Guarantee brewery to bar freshness with Binary Beer keg tracking. Don't risk your prized brew spoiling in transit. Better Insights. Better Beer.
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This week the team discuss the new Aussie beer style, Brick Lane's new spot, and advertising issues highlighted by ABAC.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Endeavour Group teams up with CUB for new beer style * New categories and scoring for Indies * Winners announced for 2022 Perth Beer Awards * Brick Lane to open in former Melbourne hotel * Advert placement issues highlighted by ABAC
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak with Grace Fowler, head brewer and co-founder of Reckless Brewing Co.During the chat, we explore how Fowler co-founded Reckless Brewing, which is set to have its own brewery and venue soon. We also discuss Fowler's career journey, including her time with Akasha Brewing Co.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Binary Beer - Guarantee brewery to bar freshness with BinaryBeer keg tracking. Don't risk your prized brew spoiling in transit. Better Insights. Better Beer.
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This week the team discuss Akasha's $2M fundraiser, better conditions for brewery employees and how to match beer with food. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Akasha looks for $2m to fund growth * Lion extends paid leave provisions * Private label brands - are they just another competitor?
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * Ska Fabricating - Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we meet Grant Smith and Andrew Newton, the founders of Two Mates Brewing in Lismore.The brewery - built on the ambition of becoming the hub and meeting place for its local community, opened late last year after a fairly fraught and extended development process, not too dissimilar from many breweries in planning, and conversations about building a brewery are often a great insight for others planning their own and so could have been a good conversation all of its own.This conversation has an added dimension though. Immediately welcomed by the locals, the brewery had barely found its rhythm when it was devastated by this year’s floods.So bad was the damage that it looked like the brewery may not reopen. But it has.This is a conversation about hockey, mates, family, beer, community and also resilience…all the best things that we love about this industry.I hope you enjoy it - and are as inspired by it - as I was.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the AIBAs, Redoak Beer Cafe to close, and Aussies are seeking help for alcohol. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Beerland wins Champion Beer at AIBA & AIBA feedback and fame invaluable say brewers * Pioneering Redoak Beer Cafe to close doors * More Australians seeking help for alcohol says FARE * The rise of new hops and evolving NPD * RedDot Brewhouse Brewery in Melbourne for sale
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak to Dayton Coffey, Head of Operations - Brewing at Mighty Craft, based at Mismatch Brewing Co.During the chat, we discuss Coffey’s career journey from his role at New Holland Brewing in the U.S. to now working with Mighty Craft.We also break down Coffey’s newly created role as he will oversee the Mismatch and Jetty Road breweries.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the Molson Coors deal, funding for the Bayside Beer Belt trail and a new head brewer for Philter.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Good Drinks signs “game-changer” Molson Coors deal * Beer trail receives Vic small-scale funding * NZ Hops chief moves on * New head brewer at Philter * One Year On… Ballistic Whitsundays
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak to Brendan Dowd and Steven House, co-founders of Resin Brewing in the New South Wales suburb of Bulli.During the chat, we discuss the company’s development journey, tourism in the town of Bulli, and the challenges of opening a brewery right before a global pandemic hits.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff – Brewstaff partners with some of Australia’s favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Dixon Asia Pacific – Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss BrewDog's expansion plans, Cryer Malt's focus on tech and expressions of interest sought for Mildura Brewery.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* BrewDog AU to expand following growth * Sauce launches brewer traineeships * Cryer Malt focuses on tech in next growth phase * Konvoy integrates Keg Services * Madocke brews beer with Belgian Embassy * Expressions of interest sought for Mildura Brewery * WA Beer & Brewing Conference returns
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week I meet Louise Cooper, Strategic Development Manager at Coopers Brewery as Coopers prepares to celebrate 160 years of brewing.Of course, with a name like that Louise is not just the Strategic Development Manager she is also daughter of Coopers Managing Director Dr Tim Cooper and a member of the sixth generation of the Coopers family to have a role in the brewery.In her role, Louise has taken a lead in managing Coopers’ recently announced $50 million visitor centre, microbrewery and whisky distillery at its Regency Park site.Having spoken with Dr Tim Cooper many times, this was a special conversation for me, and I was looking forward to the chance to hear from Louise about her introduction to the family business and her approach to carrying such a venerable family name. We talk about the different experiences that succeeding generations bring to a family business, and the unique challenges each faces. You’ll hear about the new visitor centre means to the business and also whether making whisky is sticking to Coopers' knitting.It’s a great chat, hopefully one of many as the next generation of Coopers comes to guide the business.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff - Brewstaff partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer.
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This week the team discuss the challenges of being a parent in the brewing industry, and the philosophy of alcohol free beers and cannabis.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* XXXX enters no-alc space * Good Drinks set to exceed volume targets * Barrett Burston’s wastewater recycling saves 1bn litres * The challenges of being a parent in the brewing industry * Philosophy of AF beers and cannabis discussed at CBC * Aussie brewers secure wins at World Beer Cup * WA Beer Week events schedule launched
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This week, we speak to Blasta Brewing Co. founder Steve Russell.Since launching in 2018, the Western Australian brewery has gone from strength-to-strength through awards, funding and most recently, through appointing a national sales director in Luke Pirrottina.During the chat, we discuss these milestones, as well as the brewery's work with the Western Australian Brewers Association.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff - Brewstaff partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Dixon Asia Pacific - Dixon Asia Pacific supplies all the technical flow products needed to brew a good beer.
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This week the team discuss Feral's role with Coca Cola, ABAC's biggest year, and which beers make it onto mainstream restaurant menus.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Feral set to stay in Coca Cola portfolio * Biggest year on record for ABAC * Online sales accelerate at Coles Liquor * Second brewery in the works for Urban Alley * Dan Murphy’s MD steps down * Craft-sized pasteurisers “next big thing” * Craft trends predicted to reach mainstream menus * New Broo directors terminate Ballarat land deal
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Ska Fabricating - Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we speak to Kyle Pearson, founder of Alice Springs Brewing Co.During the chat, we discuss the success the brewery has found through awards, its recent expansion and the challenges of being a brewery located in a bustling tourist town.Our partners* HPA – Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff - Brewstaff partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory – The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week the team discuss the IBA's 10 year roadmap, and continued growth expected for non-alc beers indicated by trademark activity. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* IBA’s 10-year roadmap out for consultation * Disaster-proofing on the agenda as Newstead brewing pauses * Better Beer stays strong for Mighty Craft * Konvoy doubles down on New Zealand * NZ’s Crosby Hops partners for US expansion * Trade mark activity highlights no-alc growth * It’s About Time We Give Up Glass Wine Bottles
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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Welcome to this special edition of Radio Brews News in which we hear from Kylie Lethbridge, CEO of the Independent Brewers Association about the just-released consultation draft of its Roadmap for the Australian independent beer industry, FutureBrew 2031.This roadmap is the culmination of extensive consumer research and industry consultation and is an ambitious plan for the industry, including tackling a lot of challenges such as what does independence mean for the consumer.In this conversation Kylie takes us through the key areas of the roadmap, and I dig into a little more background about what they means for sensitive topics such as association membership changes, the challenge as major retailers become the biggest customer and a growing competitor to small brewers and the vexed issue of tap contracts.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we head to the newly opened Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre to chat with Nathan Lennon, co-founder of Hawke’s Brewing Co.During the chat, we discuss the creative vision of Hawke’s Brewing as a brand and what continues to drive the business after five successful years.Our partners* HPA - Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week the team discuss Endeavour Group sales, cardboard pop up venues and we honour some greats of the NZ industry.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Endeavour third quarter results * Bridge Road to open cardboard pop-up venue * 2022 AIBA Presentation Dinner
Our partners* Cryer Malt - supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for 30 years * Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we return to the endlessly fascinating world of beer marketing as I speak with Malcolm Eadie, Brand Director Craft and Premium at Lion.Part of Malcolm’s portfolio is the James Squire brand, which has just released a major new integrated marketing campaign, Ordinary be Damned.While the campaign itself is advertising - something that we normally wouldn't cover as news - it’s hard to ignore a major activation from Australia’s largest craft beer brand and Malcolm agreed to join me to discuss the evolution of the brand, the craft beer segment, the challenges that growing craft breweries face and the novel challenges consumer that the brewing industry is facing, all through the prism of this campaign.It’s a fascinating chat, and Malcolm offers insights into the industry that are relevant for anyone looking at their beer brand and how it fits into the marketplace.Our partners * HPA - Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team discuss sustainability, the definition of craft and a sharp decrease in ABAC complaints.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brewers grapple with sustainable packaging * Founder steps down at Broo * Sharp decrease in ABAC complaints * CUB brings back Reschs Dinner Ale * Attracting new grads key to success at CUB
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week we chat with Young Henry’s Richard Adamson and Zoe Catterall.Listeners will recall that almost exactly a year ago we spoke with Oscar McMahon and Dan Hampton from Young Henry’s and, with so much happening in the beer world, we ordinarily wouldn’t speak to the same brewery so soon.However, Young Henry’s is just turning 10, a milestone for any brewery and particularly one that has grown to be one of the largest independent breweries in the country,If you want to hear about some of the business side of the business, we’d recommend you back back to the last episode, which is still very current. In this episode however, we wanted to explore how, in the rapidly evolving craft beer space, a brand continues to stay young and relevant in the market. Particularly one that is so steeped in the cooler end of the market with it’s very music industry centric brand.So we spoke with co-founder Richard Adamson - who has been a recent guest through his role at the IBA, but also one of the newest employees, scientist Zoe Catterall. In many ways Zoe typifies the Young Henry’s brand, coming to the business through her musical connections more than her background in brewing. Zoe Catterall is a founding member, rhythm guitarist and lead singer for indie band The Buoys.It’s a light-hearted and fun chat about some very significant challenges that growing breweries will have to face.I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and that the musical references didn’t go as far over your head as they did mine. But check out The Buoys, they do rock.Our partners* HPA - Learn how HPA are contributing to a sustainable future of quality beer by watching their virtual hop harvest. * Brewstaff - partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team discuss ways breweries can become carbon neutral and a price rise for container deposit schemes. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Carbon neutral Capital launches industry template * Non-alcoholic XPA complaint dismissed by ABAC * BreweryPro: Becoming a B Corp brewery * NSW CDS prices rise but no change in ACT * Sour beer recalled * Brewers Association Releases 2021 Rankings of Top 50 Craft Breweries By Volume; Athletic, Fiddlehead Vault into Rankings
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we speak with Hamish Coates and Ricky Watt, founder and brand director of Rocky Ridge Brewing Co.During the chat, we discuss the company's recent win of the Promoting Sustainability award for WA in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022.We also speak about the brewery celebrating its fifth birthday this year, as well as the challenges of being a brewery based in Western Australia.Our partners* Brewstaff - partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team discuss changes to excise payments and restrictions on entry categories for Melbourne Royal Beer Awards.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* IBA welcomes excise payment changes * Labels should match entry category says Melbourne Royal * DrinkWise launches mental health campaign * Beer is a Conversation podcast * Sunshine Coast beverage precinct attracts $33m * Pink Boots announce 10th anniversary brew days * Drunken Davis lambasted bar staff in squid and wine dispute
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week we talk mindfulness around drinking as we talk about a new initiative from DrinkWise, the Never Have I Ever campaign.We work in an industry that is a little different to many. Alcohol is a part of our culture and can be a positive part of it, but due to its very nature it is a product that has special responsibilities around the way it is marketed and sold, and also consumed. It is also important to consider the culture that we promote and accept around alcohol consumption.It’s always positive to see the way that the broader industry, through DrinkWise, works to create positive change to the thinking around drinking, and some of the most notable and effective campaigns have originated with that body. Last week, a new campaign was launched that was actually inspired by concerns raised by a group of young people in the Federal electorate of Macquarie that had been brought together by local MP Susan Templeman.A youth advisory committee highlighted some issues that were taken to DrinkWise who developed the campaign that takes the drinking game, Never Have I Ever, and turns it on its head.In this conversation, we hear from youth advisory group member Caitlin Daley about the background to the group, the concerns around mental health and drinking that were raised and their reaction to the campaign. We also hear from DrinkWise CEO Simon Strahan about the research that DrinkWise had conducted and how that informed the development of Never Have I Ever, and what they hope will be the future of the campaign.It’s an important conversation about how the industry is facing up to its responsibilities in a meaningful way. I hope you enjoy it.Our partners* Brewstaff - partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team go in depth on the latest research into drinking habits and discuss the idea of crowdfunding through sites like Go Fund Me. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Event raises $17.5k for flooded Brisbane breweries * FARE claims alcohol companies profit from heavy drinkers * Beer startup tries alternative route to market * ABS survey explores alcohol consumption * Registrations open for WA Beer Week * How to become a carbon neutral brewery * Big change coming to Dan Murphy’s in Melbourne
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week, we speak to Lauren Sheppard and Jack Viney, general manager and head brewer of Moo Brew, Tasmania’s biggest independent brewery.During the chat, we break down the journey of Moo Brew and the challenges of being a brewery based in Tasmania.We also discuss the company’s new sub-brand, BREW, which launched last year with Tassie Lager. Recently, the brewery expanded upon the range with the release of Tassie Ale, the second addition to the range.Our partners* Brewstaff - partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team launch the States of Brewing report, new board appointments at Retail Drinks and New Zealand is finally open!Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brews News launches States of Brewing report * Good Drinks to sell Magners Irish Cider range in Australia * Entries open for 2022 Royal Adelaide Beer Awards * Authenticity is key for holiday marketing says expert * Brewers invited to join Drinkers for Ukraine fundraiser * New board appointments at Retail Drinks * Big Shed Brewing wins sustainability award * ‘It’s a vocation’: the women leading Barcelona’s craft beer revolution
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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This week we discuss all things hospitality as we chat with Sarah Turner- Beer Education & Experiences, Community & Culture Developer at 4 Pines Brewing Co.Having spent 13 years at 4 Pines, Sarah was a very early hire at the brewery when it was one of the foundational breweries in Sydney. Coming from a background in pubs, Sarah played a significant role in establishing 4 Pines as a hospitality venue, at a time when hospitality wasn’t always a focus for start-up breweries.We talk about what is involved in good venue hospitality, but also the challenges of scaling up and adding venues while retaining the same culture and feel of the original. We also discuss some of the challenges involved in working in hospitality, including Sarah’s own decision to step back and take a break, before returning to 4 Pines and assuming her current role.It’s a great chat with someone who has made a career of craft and has had a big influence on her corner of it.Our partners* Brewstaff - partners with some of Australia's favourite craft breweries & distilleries to find the best talent the industry has to offer. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. * Yeti - Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug.
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This week the team discuss breweries impacted by the floods, Batch and Bucket Boys, and whether beer and sports should mix.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Batch acquires Bucket Boys * Vic Pils wins best beer at Royal Queensland Beer Awards * Breweries impacted by floods + Two Mates Flood relief * IBD launches Essentials in Brewing course * Digital Decals freshen tap offerings * Better Beer defends against Brick Lane claims * Is beer and surfing the right mix? * VB collaborates with Strateas Carlucci * Akasha releases accessibility-first beer
Our partners* Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. * New Zealand Ale Trail - Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. * Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Email info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172. * Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad.
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Due to the floods in South East Queensland and Northern NSW we are bringing you an abridged version of Brews News Week. Join Matt for a short update on this weeks news.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brisbane breweries impacted by floods * Two Mates gofund.me * Better Beer defends against Brick Lane claims * Broo results excise misfire * Victoria alcohol takeaway rules changed * Akasha releases accessibility-first beer * Mighty Craft looks to “simplify” portfolio * Voyager Craft Malt wins gold * Moon Dog goes carbon neutral * US Brewers Association releases 2022 style guidelines
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, Better Beer as we speak with the person behind that brand, Nick Cogger.Better Beer has become something of a Piñata for craft beer drinkers, particularly since its top 10 finish in this years’ GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers, for a beer that doesn’t fit more traditional definitions of craft.But even in his mid 30s Nick is no newcomer to the world of beer, with almost two decades in the industry already. As you’ll hear, Nick discovered the world of brewing when his father set up a Brew for U when Nick was just 16.In this conversation we learn a lot about the industry through the prism of what Nick has learned through what he calls his ‘unsuccessful businesses’ that have led him to the juggernaut that is Better Beer, launched with The Inspired Unemployed and also craft accelerator Might Craft. We'll also learn why The Inspired Unemployed aren’t influencers, they are creators…and there is a meaningful difference.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss how retailers are maintaining their performance through covid and rising aluminium prices.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* COVID bites but retailers maintain performance * Mixed results at crowdfunded beer businesses * Navigating the challenges of recipe changes * Aluminium price rises impact Orora * Bentspoke and Capital secure another stadium deal * Entries open for 2022 AIBA * Listen to Michelle Colgrave on understanding gluten
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak with Nat and Callum Reeves, founders of Kaiju Beer. Since launching in 2013, the Kaiju brand has seen considerable growth with the expansion of its canning line last year and most recently with opening its first Melbourne brewpub.During this chat, we discuss why the team chose a brewpub model, the journey to opening the new venue and the challenges that came with it.We also break down how Kaiju has evolved over the last few years and what led the business to launch its new brand, South East Brewing Co.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss changes to Good Beer Week and BrewCon, disputes over covid drinking, and your perceptions around beer ABV strength.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* IBA rearranges Good Beer Week and BrewCon * Brewery consolidation in spotlight: US report * Lion owner Kirin to exit Myanmar venture * COVID drinking dispute continues * Portfolio brands growth at Good Drinks * Broo touts distribution success * Major brands face ABAC * Little Creatures partners with Sydney Mardi Gras * On-site brewing opportunities in Melbourne
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
In an announcement today, the Independent Brewers Association has made the difficult decision to postpone and rearrange both Good Beer Week and BrewCon this year.
Good Beer Week, which was set to be held in May, is being cancelled, whilst BrewCon, the major brewing industry conference set to be held in Queensland, is being rescheduled for August 2023.
This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast, we talk to Lauren Jack, chief operating officer of Brisbane's Ballistic Beer Co. which has been growing under the umbrella of the Mighty Craft portfolio.With five venues now under the Ballistic banner, Lauren discusses the challenges of a multi-venue model and growing a business in a pandemic.At the end of 2021, she was also appointed as a director on the board of the Independent Brewers Association, so we discuss her career, her new role at the IBA and what she hopes to achieve, as well as the challenges of diversity and inclusion as the industry professionalises.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the relationship between beer and spirits, Lion's new CEO and New Zealand's hottest 100 beers. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Lion announces new CEO * Whisky distillers acquire Lion’s West End brewhouse * Clayton Hops invests in new hop processing plant * 2021 GABS NZ Hottest 100 Craft Beers announced * Cellar door alcohol consumption initiative launched * Round two of NSW job creation fund opens * How popular retailer Dan Murphy’s started 70 years ago * Young Henrys Dylan Alfroth Day * The Top 10 Beers of 2021 from Untappd * Brewery Radar: February 2022
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss GABS latest hot 100 lists, Black Hops second equity crowdfund, and we get an update from the UK with Matt Curtis.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* GABS releases all Hottest 100 lists * Black Hops’ second equity crowdfund raises $2.2 million * Endeavour Brewing buys taproom from JV partner * New recipe for Asahi Super Dry * All Inn’s wort kit diversification * 'Beer is not just for men in skinny jeans': the women promoting female-led booze businesses * Beer costs could rise from today as tax hike hits, and industry calls for reprieve
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we chat with chef Paul West, host of River Cottage Australia and advocate for sustainability. He is also the host of the ABC’s Big Brew Challenge which will air on Tuesday, 8th February.Guided by Australian brewer Samara Fuss, the Big Brew Challenge will see three teams of craft beer enthusiasts compete over 3 weeks for their beer to be crowned champion.During the chat, we discuss the Big Brew Challenge, what he has learned about beer through the process of making the show and the challenges in bringing beer to television.We also chat about Paul's book, Homegrown: A year of growing, cooking and eating, and discuss what the craft brewing industry can learn from the world of kitchen gardening.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the GABS Hottest 100 and are joined by Mike Bray to see what will be new with the awards next year.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2021 announced * Coca-Cola to sell interest in Australian Beer Co. * IBA bullish despite tough year * ATO extends beer repackaging concession * Nanobrewery Brew Mountains expands
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
As one of the original craft brewers, Ben has been a frequent guest on this podcast over the last 12 years. In many ways, both Bridge Road and Brews News have grown up together, shaped by the ever changing industry in which we operate.When I am asked which breweries in Australia really exemplify the craft beer or indie ethos, Ben and Bridge Road are always in that list.Which is why it’s interesting to watch the way that Bridge Road has grown and evolved over its life and in this chat we look at some of the recent initiatives that the business has undertaken - no alc beers brewed in house, a Melbourne-based venue, an employee share scheme. We also talk about some of the perennial favourites…transparency, labelling, provenance and the importance of independence.There’s always insight and passion in a conversation with Ben and we hope you enjoy it.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Sabrina Kunz and Clare Burnett join Matt Kirkegaard as the team countdown GABS Hottest 100 beers of 2021. View the full list here.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the ethics of 'buy now pay later' schemes, and wine is after a share of the beer market - should we take it as a compliment? Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Buy-now-pay-later for alcohol “ethically questionable” * GABS Hottest 100 celebrations * ABAC review set for 2022 * Jacob’s Creek fights for beer’s ‘share of throat’ at cricket * Lion to sell Magic Rock and Fourpure * 2022 Pink Boots Society Australia Brew Days
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! This week the team discuss a branding stoush between Brick Lane and Better Beer, and the 2021 Brewing in New Zealand report findings. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brick Lane in brand battle * Mighty Craft acquires 100% of Jetty Road * Brewing in NZ 2021 report released * Gage Roads set to open new venue
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss brewer tax contributions as revealed by the ATO, ABAC complaints spiking in recent years, and they reflect on the year that was 2021.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brewer tax contributions revealed by ATO * NSW trophy changes hands in 2019 Indies corrections * Bondi Brewing signs US airline deal * Complaints spike as ABAC judges major brands * Sealegs launches mobile canning business * Cowaramup Brewing celebrates 15 years
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week on Beer is a Conversation, we spoke to Richard Adamson, newly-announced chair of the Independent Brewers Association.The IBA, like the industry itself, has faced many challenges in the past year not only in relation to COVID-19 but also with issues of diversity in the industry, skills shortages and labelling controversies. We spoke to Richard to find out his aims and focuses for the IBA in the coming year in a wide-ranging discussion looking at the IBA's new Code of Conduct, labelling and provenance obligations for brewers, and the importance and meaning of independence in today's industry.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch up again with Mighty Craft CEO and Managing Director, Mark Haysman.We first spoke to Mark way back in February 2019 shortly after the business, then named Founders First, announced that it had invested in Newcastle’s Foghorn Brewhouse.In that conversation Mark introduced the craft beer accelerator’s vision and outlined its unique model. That conversation spurred a lot on interest from brewers who reached out to us wanting to be put in contact with Mark, which certainly spoke of the promise that the vision for the business held out.This week, two years after it listed on the ASX, I wanted to revisit those conversations and see how the business was delivering on its early vision. While craft beer was a major focus in our early chats, the business has more recently spoken more about its plans for spirits, it has enunciated a shifting vision for hospitality and most recently the founders-focused craft accelerator has had what is its apparently biggest success with manufactured marketing-driven mainstream beer brand, something seemingly quite different to what it set out to do.It also continues to lose money.As with anything new and different, it can be hard to measure success with a model such as that being pioneered by Mighty Craft, especially when - at least to my eyes - aspects of it brewing business conventions around scale and growth. As a public company there’s a little more transparency into the business as well.So with all that background I wanted to catch up with Mark to dig a little deeper into the model, how it was progressing and put some of these questions I had about the viability of the model, and whether its evolving. Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the pallet shortage impacting brewers, Cryer's KeyKeg partnership and the opportunities in beer merchandise. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Pallet shortages impacting Australia’s brewers * Cryer expands with KeyKeg partnership * Major brewers team up for Victorian CDS bid * “Overwhelming demand” for Mighty Craft beer brand * Unrealised opportunities in beer merch say industry experts
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week on Beer is a Conversation, we meet Ben Holdstock, Co-founder and Head of Product with Heaps Normal.Regular listeners will know that we have a fascination with the alcohol-free beer category, trying to understand what it is, what its potential is and what it means for the broader beer world.2021 has been a year that has seen unprecedented media coverage of the alcohol-free sector, and Heaps Normal has been at the forefront of that attention. The brand has certainly won plenty of accolades for the quality of its beer, but as we know the liquid - as the marketers call it - is only one part of the equation. Heaps Normal has also certainly capitalised on the media’s interest, and the retailer rush to embrace the category.With Heaps Normal successfully completing a Series A funding round and raising $8.5 million, on a valuation of more than $50 million, I wanted to catch up with Ben to find out a little more about where he saw the AF market going and whether the growth - and the hype - can continue, and also why they went with a traditional funding model rather than considering crowd-sourced, which is increasingly common for ventures of their scale.We discuss who is drinking AF beer and why, will the emerging generation of adults who have not developed a taste for beer on any level embrace alcohol-free beer and just how big the market can grow to be, amongst a host of other topics.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the corrections at the Indies Awards - including a chat with the IBA, Heaps Normal's big fund raise, and consumer voting opens for GABS Hot 100.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* IBA announces corrections to Indies trophies * Heaps Normal raises $8.5m * Bridge Road launches employee ownership scheme * Prancing Pony focuses on local with pop-up * Investment in consumers at GABS Hottest 100
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Beer of the Week is brought to you by Bluestone Yeast - Australia's first and only liquid yeast manufacturer. Bluestone Yeast have over 100 yeast strains in their Bio-bank and are always adding more. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Mention Brews News when you order for free shipping on all orders in Dec and Jan.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Today we chat with Annelies Nijskens and Jimmy Van Eetvelde from Madocke Brewing.A Belgian couple, Annelies came to Australia for a school, exchange at 17 and always wanted to return. The couple had an engineering firm in Belgium but Jimmy found something a little disheartening about making something well and with pride, only to have it hidden in a cupboard of behind a false wall. He decided he wanted to make beer instead. Annelies persuaded a reluctant Jimmy to up their life and move to Australia, with Jimmy only agreeing if he could make beer...the result is a Belgian brewery on Queensland’s Gold Coast.It’s been a long year 2021, and there has been a lot happening in this post-craft world of ours. And in a lot of ways, this was the conversation I needed right now.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the global freight crisis, Lions acquisition of Stone & Wood and the Indie Awards are being contested.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Lion completes Stone & Wood acquisition * 2021 Indies results revealed & Indies awards contested, audit underway * Global freight crisis challenging the brewing industry * WABA combats keg theft with latest campaign * NSW “secret shoppers” to probe alcohol deliveries * Nominations now open for GABS Hottest 100 * Nominations open for GABS Hottest 100 New Zealand * Southern Bay Brewing assets for sale
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, we speak with co-founders of Slow Lane Brewing Alex and Yvonne Jarman. Slow Lane first opened the doors in Botany in January this year and the local brewpub has gone from strength to strength.Most recently, the team won Champion Packaged Beer and Best NSW Beer at the 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show for its Threefold Belgian Tripel.In this chat, we discuss growing as a brewery during COVID, the appeal of specialised breweries, and juggling working life in a brewery with family time.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team reveal some of the history of the podcast and discuss the new network to link brewers with breweries and how seltzer marketing is facing ABAC.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Australian Brewers Network to link brewers and breweries * Australian breweries win at International Brewing Awards * Queensland Government caves to hotel lobby over four-packs * Beverage precinct set to support Queensland brewers * Southern Bay owed $765,000 to creditors * Seltzer marketing faces ABAC
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch with one of our favourite interviewees, Dr Tim Cooper.Quite apart from being the Managing Director of the 159-year-old Coopers Brewery, Tim is one of those rare interviews that actually engages with the premise of a question and tries to actually provide an answer. Believe us when we say that is quite a novelty in news interviewing. For the listener, it means you will get much more out of a conversation with Tim Cooper, than you might expect.In this episode we discuss Coopers 2021 results and hear whether Tim thinks Coopers was too slow in moving to cans, how Coopers can manage to stay relevant to new generations of beer drinkers, and also would Coopers ever consider buying a craft brewer. Spoiler alert, the answer is "yes, but..."As you’ll hear, this conversation went over time and even then there were at least half a dozen threads to the conversation that I would have loved to pursue, but just couldn’t for time. Even so, there is plenty that we do discuss.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show winners, Hawkes' new production brewery and some disappointing results from the beer diversity survey. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Hawke’s launches production brewery in Marrickville * Triple1Three launches crowdfund * MD steps down at Lion Little World Beverages * 38% respondents experienced abuse says beer diversity survey * Currumbin Valley set to expand after state grant * 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show winners revealed * Meet the new Gage Roads Fremantle head brewer * Victoria’s Social Bandit Brewing Co. up for sale
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we speak with Eden Pink, senior brewer at Prancing Pony Brewery. First joining the brewery around five years ago, Eden has risen through the ranks and now has a beer named after her.In this chat, we hear how Eden has progressed throughout her career, what her experience has been like working at Prancing Pony, her thoughts on where the industry is heading and how the industry can work towards being more inclusive of everyone.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Lion's purchase of Bells Brewery in the US, a new chair for the IBA and expansion planned for Coopers after record sales.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Lion buys Bells Brewery * New chair for the IBA * ACCC will not oppose Stone & Wood sale to Lion * Expansion after record packaged sales at Coopers * Cheeky Monkey rebrands again * Indigenous programme for drinks industry launched * Entries open for 2022 Royal Queensland Beer Awards
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch up with Scott Shomer, co-founder of Helios Brewing. Earlier in the year, we spoke with head brewer, Charlie Hodgson, as he celebrated his 20th anniversary in the industry.In this chat, we look at some of the brewery’s various achievements of late, including its win of the Lord Mayor’s Sustainability in Business award and its recent collaboration with BrewDog.We also discuss how Helios strives to be sustainable as a business and how the industry can move towards implementing more sustainable processes.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team recognise a milestone for the Independent Brewers Association, and discuss Konvoy Keg's plans for expansion and updates on the Coca-Cola situation. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Craft beer association marks first decade * Coca-Cola to exit beer in Australia, sell Feral * Konvoy raises $30 million to fund expansion * Mighty Craft $5.8m raise * “Middle ground” for Qld takeaway proposals
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch up with Pete Gillespie and Jos Ruffell from Garage Project.Garage Project is a fascinating brewery, one that has always been at the forefront of industry innovation and experimentation, while also being one of the more professional and quality-driven operations. This year the brewery celebrated 10 years in business taking out the recent Champion Large Brewery trophy at last week’s Brewers Guild of New Zealand’s New Zealand Beer Awards.In this extensive and thoughtful chat, we look at how the industry has evolved over the last 10 years, their strategy - or lack of it - for the brewery, the evolution of beer styles and innovation in the category and where that will lead, and also whether after 10 years in the business the pair have started to turn their minds to having an exit strategy or plan the future for the business.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Coca Cola's decision to exit the Australian beer market, Southern Bay Brewing is placed into liquidation and news on Young Henry's algae project.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Coca-Cola to exit beer in Australia, sell Feral * Southern Bay Brewing placed in liquidation * Young Henrys takes algae project to the next level * Paper or plastic? The labelling compromise * Stomping Ground wins GABS Can Design Awards * Mighty Craft optimistic as lockdowns lift * ATO extends packaging concessions
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch up with Scott and Renae McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows. We have spoken to Scott once or twice before but never Scott & Renae together about the back story to Wolf of the Willows.Today we discuss what led them to start as a nomad brewery in 2014, their inspiration and progress to taking over the site of the failed Albatross brewing just as COVID hit last year, how they survived the last 18 months and what it's like as a married couple running a brewery at the best of times, and particularly through a global pandemic.It’s a great chat with two wonderful people and we hope you enjoy it.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Grogan's big pay cut, Newcastle's plans for a crowdfunded brewery and Two Bays wins Australian Small Business of the Year!Content warning: This episode contains a discussion on alcohol addiction. If you'd prefer to skip this discussion, it happens between 29.18 to 37.53.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Grogan takes a pay cut as director leaves Broo * Share consolidation at Good Drinks * Newcastle distillery plans crowdfunded brewery * The Mighty Hunter Valley to sell but Foghorn stays on * Sale and leaseback for Jetty Road * Two Bays named Small Business of the Year * WineDepot acquires Kaddy * Registrations open for Good Beer Week 2022
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week's conversation is with brewer Bradford Tetlow.Bradford has had an interesting brewing career after - like many people - discovering great beer while traveling overseas.He has worked as a brewery technician at Federation Uni, had a diverse career at Lion as a Lab technician and sensory trainer, QA Leader and brewer at Little Creatures. After a sabbatical travelling and sampling his way around Europe, he has spent a little over two years working at Camden Town in the UK and now as operational quality manager at Carlsberg.While we talk about his career and travels, one of the most interesting aspects for me is that we discuss the nature of beer sensory, something that is Bradford’s career focus but that became particularly relevant to Bradford when he caught Covid and lost his sense of smell and taste, which he is only just getting back after almost a year.Enjoy the conversation.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the new database for physical breweries, the findings of an ABAC survey, and the perception of pollies in pubs on freedom day.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Database of physical breweries launched * BrewDog adds pasteuriser to expand NoLo range * ABAC survey explores alcohol advertising perceptions * ACCC consults on “competitive detriment” areas * New CEO for CUB * Lion managing director steps down
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This episode features a panel discussion we recorded this week looking at how to establish the value for a brewery, proudly presented by HPA.Our Expert Panel:Peter Bishop | Managing Director HLB ChessboardPeter has a depth of experience in private equity, agribusiness, health and services. He regularly acts as lead adviser to boards through corporate transactions. HLB Chessboard provides strategic advice to assist business owners with making business decisions in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and valuation services.Paul Fraser | Queensland Director of the CBRE Hotels Investment and Brokerage team.Paul Fraser specialises in all asset classes across the hospitality industry. Paul’s core focus is across large style pub / tavern and accommodation style assets across the state. With over $200 million in transactions over the last 24 months (26 transactions) Paul’s market share in the Pub and Hotel space has been unrivalled in Queensland.Matt Vitale | Co-Founder and Managing Director of BirchalAn experienced financial services lawyer and entrepreneur Matt has worked in private practice at a top tier law firm, and founded several successful businesses. Since 2018, Birchal has helped over 100 Australian businesses raise over $70m from their most passionate customers and fans onlineOur partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the ACCC's stance on beer market competition, Sobah's crowdfunding success, and the rugby league players who decided to launch their own beer.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* IBA calls out beer market competition to ACCC * Sobah Beverages raises $1 million * The Mill Brewery opens second Victoria site * Beerfarm gets $900k NSW grant * ACT and NSW lower CDS supplier costs * Voting opens for 2021 GABS Can Design Awards * Rugby players launch beer * Article from National Liquor News * guide-to-beer-glassware
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we learn about the biggest beer in the land as Matt catches up with Hugh Jellie, Marketing Manager at the Great Northern Brewing Co.In under 10 years, Great Northern went from launch to becoming the highest-selling beer in the country and in many ways it has also changed the face of beer marketing by coming to reflect some major social shifts that have taken place in Australia. Check out the Pure Blonde commercial from around 15 years ago and compare it with the Great Northern Fathers Day commercial from 2019 we reference in this conversation.Beer marketing is always fascinating, especially when it comes to the biggest beer brands. With Stone & Wood's entry into the clear-bottled contemporary market in August it felt like a good opportunity to find out what makes Great Northern tick and why it resonates so well with the modern beer drinker. We also get to touch on another hot topic - alcohol-free beer - with Great Northern’s entry into the market as well.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Queensland's rules on takeaway alcohol, Lion's paid parental leave and the latest concerning trend, beer in pouches!Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Restaurant and Catering Association ‘bewildered’ by Qld Bill * Wild Life Brewing to expand after $200k raise * One Year On… Sauce Brewing Co. Cairns * Lion offers full parental leave to workers * IBA adopts new Code of Conduct * Barrel-aged porter recalled * Could Fruity Alcohol Pouches be the Next Big Thing in the Alcohol Industry?
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Today we speak with Ryan Nilsson-Linne, head brewer at Port Macquarie’s Wicked Elf Beer.Wicked Elf, once known as Little Brewing, is a brand that traces its origins back to the days when beer from small breweries was boutique.Despite having a national presence through the early 2010s and a reputation for great beer, the business went into receivership in 2016, being purchased by its current owner in 2017.In May 2021 Ryan joined the business and has started to raise its profile.With Wicked Elf being one of those ‘I wonder what happened to’ brands and Ryan having worked at Margaret River’s Bootleg Brewery, which is another brewery in that category, we were interested in learning more about Ryan, his career and the future of Wicked Elf.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Queensland takeaway reforms, the ethics of zero alcohol and the ACCC requests submissions on the Stone and Wood takeover. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Queensland takeaway reforms sideline beer * ACCC asks for submissions on Stone & Wood takeover * Spinifex raises $2m in biggest beer CSF raise * BrewDog Australia confident as losses narrow * CUB zero alcohol brands reach milestones * The ethics of zero alcohol * Recall for Cola Sour * Brewers Guild of NZ appoints new exec director
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
In this conversation we meet Clinton Schultz and Lozen McDiarmid-Schultz from Sobah and hear about their background and how they came to be in the non-alcohol sophisticated beverage industry.We discuss what’s driving alcohol free beer, whose drinking it and why, and whether it has a long-term future. We look at the alcohol free movement, the anti alcohol movement and Australia’s drinking culture and also business and crowd sourced funding.It’s a powerful chat about some topics that are very relevant and really important to the brewing industry...including - surprisingly - building a business to sell and who to if you do.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
If you listened to this weeks Brews News Week "Don't Mention The War" you would have heard us considering a special Below The Fold on Stone and Wood.
Here's an explanation of where we're at.
This week the team have decided to provide a Stone and Wood free zone for Brews News Week. We're discussing the possibility of doing a whole "below the fold" episode on the topic tomorrow. News for this week includes a new venue for Matso's, Broo's land sale delays and VB's vaccination campaign.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Queensland venue for Good Drinks brand Matso’s * Gage Roads picks up Cricket NSW sponsorship * Endeavour partners with IBA for Paktech initiative * Influencer and PR pledge by ABA * VB launches ‘hard-earned thirst’ vaccination ad * Broo’s land sale delayed while Mildura Brewery now selling * New and improved Brewing Cert III released * How well does your state support its brewers?
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
In the wake of the big news last week, this week we go back to drink from the well where the beer renaissance began as we speak with Matilda Bay and Little Creatures co-founder Phil Sexton. There are no hot takes just the considered thoughts on the industry from someone who has not only seen it all before, he’s done it all before.It’s a great chat where we discuss Phil’s view on craft, independence, the inherent demand for businesses to grow and the inevitability that they will sell. And his undisguised admiration for what the Stone & Founders achieved. We hear how he nearly brought Starbucks to Australia, but decided to create Little Creatures instead, and as ever there are many rabbit holes we fall down as we do.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
In this episode, the team receive breaking news about the sale of Stone and Wood to Lion. You'll hear their live, unfiltered reactions to the news.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Lion acquires Stone & Wood parent Fermentum * Green Coast lager labelling * The Gatherer moves to Two Birds * $30m redevelopment for Little Creatures Fremantle * Lion invests $6m in de-alcoholising plant * Philter Brewing One Year On * Repackaging rules changed for cocktails but not beer * Support available for people concerned about drinking * Mildura Brewery & Pub up for sale
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This is an archive conversation. As Covid is playing havoc with our scheduling, we found this very old, but still relevant interview with BrewDog’s James Watt from September 2011.We have been joking - or maybe half joking - about the post craft world we increasingly inhabit.As craft beer growth slows, the market becomes increasingly crowded and commercial realities of running a business seem to be ever more stark, some of the battle cries of the early craft beer movement are giving way to what we can perhaps charitably call more pragmatic business decisions.Overnight the self-proclaimed punks of the beer world BrewDog announced a partnership with Asahi in Japan to give their beers greater each in that market. I recalled James’ strident denunciations of Beavertown just 3 years ago when that brewery sold a minority stake to Heineken. Back then, James retweeted his earlier blog post post titled “Nailing our colours to the mother effing mast." When you read those comments in light of last night’s announcement, those colours would appear terribly faded, if they - or the mast - are actually still there.We’ll be back with fresh content next week, and of course discussing the news this Thursday.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the latest news including Feral closing the original Swan Valley brewpub and we hear from a listener on tap contracts. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Feral to close original Swan Valley brewpub * Private label boosts Endeavour Group * Mighty Craft bullish despite losses * Revenues fall at Broo despite production investment * New brewery for former Grumpy’s site
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we jump into the way, way back machine and visit a time before craft beer was even a thing. Back to when you could write a book that took beer much more seriously than most books about beer, but still categorise it in terms of 'session', 'premium' or 'weirdo' beer.I speak with Ben Canaider, who together with fellow wine writer Greg Duncan Powell, wrote a book called Slabs Stubbies and Six-Packs A Tasting Guide. If you've re-discovered beer in the last decade, or turned 18 in that time, you have been spoiled in a way by the abundance of information coming at you from every quarter. This book was published before blogs were even a thing, let alone social media. Printed daily newspapers were on their death bed, not that they covered beer really anyway.Ben talks about why he saw beer as a topic worthy of writing about in an intelligent, but approachable, way and also what he thinks of what beer has become.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss nostalgic lolly themed beers, how the Aussie beer market has bolstered growth for Orora and we hear from Nick Boots on the new launch.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* “Juice” IPA and Pastille Sour Ale face ABAC * Beer market bolsters Orora growth * Sobah and Spinifex launch crowdfunding campaigns
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we go back and visit Matt King and Glenn Wignall, who with their friend, Trent Evans, have been quietly building The Grifter brewery in Sydney’s inner west.We visited the guys back in January 2018 and we’d invite you to go back and listen to that chat first if you haven’t already to learn the background to the brewery, which we don’t cover too much in this episode.One of the things that struck me during that earlier conversation was just how quietly The Grifter team got on with what they did and not making much of a noise about it. In the intervening years they have continued not making waves on social media or troubling our email inbox with endless media releases or attention seeking novelties.So it was that when I wandered into the brewery back in March this year to have a beer and chanced to bump into Matt and Glenn and had a brief catch up, I was gobsmacked that they said they were expanding again and had passed through the million litre production mark. That’s one of those production figures touted as being close to the other side of the ‘valley of death’ as Black Hops has described in its blog post on the topic.The amazing thing about that - something Matt and Glenn confirm in the podcast - is that The Grifter has gone about it so quietly, compared to a brewery such as a Black Hops, that has driven its businesses very successfully harnessing the power of hype and novelty. And I say that in admiration for Black Hops prowess here, not in scorn.But to me, it made The Grifter something of a Unicorn, growing to the scale of some much more notable breweries in such an unassuming way, and in a market that many describe as crowded.I was very keen to go back and revisit the teams and see if I could learn more about their secret sauce, or at least where they learned to make their secret sauce.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Welcome to the first ever special edition of Below the Fold.Below the Fold is the part of our weekly beer news podcast where we step beyond the headlines and discuss some of the stories or beer events of the week in a little more depth and with a little more opinion than just the news story.Listeners will know that we have been discussing the PR-driven aspects of the zero alcohol drinks category. Last week Matt went on a bit of a tear about a media release received from San Drinks that stated that doctors are encouraging people not to drink when they are having their COVID vaccinations, and included a link to an article that purported to back up the claim.One of our listeners mentioned the discussion to San Drinks founder Irene Falcone, saying that she had been mentioned, and we got a call from Irene wanting to discuss the matter. It’s a great chat and we do discuss that media release, but outside of that, it was a fantastic chat about the ins and out of a retail shop that only sells alcohol free beer, wine and spirits.Rather that edit it down to fit Brews News Week, we felt it deserved its own lift out supplement to your weekly audio beer newspaper.Enjoy the conversation with Irene Falcone.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss rice lagers, 15 years of Burleigh Brewing and the quarterly reports from Coles Liquor.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Rice lagers go craft * 15 years of Burleigh Brewing * Coles Liquor quarterlies * First beers set to be brewed at Mountain Culture * Pink Boots and Gage Roads team up for scholarships
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we catch up with Dave Phillips, as he was announced as Chief Operating Officer at Shipyard Brewing in Portland, Maine. It was an interesting announcement, given to the Australian industry, Dave is best known for his tourism roles here.We have spoken with Dave before, both in his role as founder of Dave’s Brewery Tours which became Dave’s Travel and Events, and also as the eventual owner of Sydney Beer Week.It turns out that Dave has invested in similar tourism and travel businesses across the US, in addition to his role at Shipyard, and we have a great chat about business models in the beer industry as the market matures and what he has learned about business watching the industry change.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Little Creatures 21st birthday release and share their thoughts on whether zero alcohol beer is becoming a "gateway drink".Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Little Creatures launches Pacific Ale * Zero alcohol dispute over “gateway drink” claims * 4 Pines becomes beer partner of Cricket Australia * Colonial signs deal with Cricket Victoria * Broo’s property sale blocked * TikTok and cannabis imagery in ABAC spotlight * Co-existence agreement ends Coles trademark feud * Mountain Culture named among best beers of 2021
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week a long-awaited chat with Peter Philip from Wayward Brewing.Peter is no stranger to readers of Brews News, or listeners to this podcast through his role as Chair of the Independent Brewers Association. As an industry focused publication, that has possibly overshadowed his role as founder of Wayward Brewing Company, one of the earlier breweries to Sydney’s Inner West. Today we rectify that to speak to Peter about building a brewery from nomad to powerhouse in nine years.It's a wide ranging chat about many things beer related, and delivers what may be the quote of the year, with Peter saying there's an independent beer for everyone, but not necessarily a craft beer.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the dark arts of marketing, the IBA's code of conduct and Broo's first quarterly profit.If you'd like to record a "boom" from wherever you are in the world please send through to producer@brewsnews.com.au.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Venue strategy focus at Good Drinks * No-alcohol marketing test for Heineken 0.0 * Social media age-gating in the spotlight after new report * Kaddy launches cold chain programme * Broo makes first quarterly profit since listing * Feedback sought on IBA draft Code of Conduct
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Dry July as demand for alcohol free beverages explodes and sadly announce BrewCon is cancelled. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* BrewCon 2021 cancelled * New dates for Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show * Mighty Craft to launch zero-carb beer * Batch Brewing partners with Lion for NSW beer * Dry July and the challenge of zero alc * CUB chief executive steps down * NSW brewers benefit from Job Creation Fund * Retail Drinks refutes anti-alcohol lobby delivery claims * Woolworths expands alcohol-free wine, beer and spirits * Brews News T-shirts
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we talk about beer, making it, owning a business that makes it and even not drinking it as we speak with Dan Dainton from Dainton Beer.You can read more about his background here, but this chat really digs a little deeper into the evolution of Dainton Beer from Clare Burnett’s recent article.We talk industry changes, crowd funding, business evolution and more.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss expansion plans for Brick Lane, Dainton and Bridge Road on top of the rest of the weekly news. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Brick Lane expansion project set to triple capacity * Melbourne venue for Bridge Road Brewers * Dainton Beer moves to next phase * Brewing co-operatives creating radical communities * Brewing industry diversity survey launched
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast, Brewers Perspective.Brews News created the first Australian beer podcast way back in 2011. As Brews News has evolved we discuss the news of the week and also the backgrounds of industry people, probing their experiences in the industry. If you haven’t heard it, you may well be interested in the industry news and insights those shows contain.Very regularly we get asked to tackle topics that are quite niche and quite technical. The topics are often ones that we would really like to explore, but may be a little off topic of Radio Brews NewsThat’s one of the reasons we created the BreweryPro channel as the home for content that has higher value but for a more limited audience for our general listener.Next week the first episode is titled, There’s No Five Second Rule In Brewing, and looks at brewing cleanliness and sanitation. It features Aron McGarrity from Ecolab, but as you’ll hear when it drops, it not looking specifically at chemicals but how brewery design and planning, and systems can make sure your beer is the best it can be.But before we do that, we wanted to introduce our hosts to give you a little background on the people who will be anchoring the discussions, Anthony Clem and Marcus Cox.Anthony Clem has been a guest on Beer is a Conversation more than once. During his time with Lion discussing XXXX Pale Ale and also during his time as Head Brewer at Hemingways in Cairns. More recently he worked was a Member of the Quality Committee for the IBA and the judging panel of the RNA, recently started a business as a Brewing Consultant with the intent to give brewery owners the capability and insight to live their dreams of building a craft brewery creating consistently great quality craft beer.Marcus Cox Hired by Newstead Brewing Co in January 2021 to add some fundamental quality structures, quickly becoming Head Brewer in March. He was the first Australian to judge at European Beer Star awards in Munich, 14 year IBD member and MBAA District Pittsburgh re-founder, former VP and current Past President.You can follow this new podcast on our RBN Brewery Pro stream and join the new Facebook group.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the redundancies at Asahi, ground rules for charity beers and much more.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Redundancies confirmed at Asahi following CUB deal * E.g. Pirate Life’s John Phinney joins Newstead * Moon Dog to launch seltzer dispensers * Industry plea for NSW support in latest lockdowns * Good Land launches in Gippsland * Ballistic launches new beer in aid of Great Barrier Reef
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week Matt speaks with Andrew Wilsmore, CEO of Alcohol Beverages Australia.Regular podcast listeners will know of our frustration with some of the “facts” spread by what can only be described as the anti-alcohol lobby and the strategies they employ to do so.Given alcohol is so easily demonised it was interesting to see that the ABA is the body charged with putting the positive case for moderate consumption - and we stress moderate - and also some of the messaging they were using. We thought it would be worth learning more about the organization and its work.You can subscribe to the ABA's new newsletter here.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss old vs new views on alcohol free beers, Bintani's take over of HopCo and the breweries who have never known "normal".Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Bintani Australia acquires HopCo * East Coast Canning invests in digital can printing * The breweries that have never known ‘normal’ * Green light for Brewmanity brewery * Brewing professionals sought for TAFE NSW * Pink Boots Australia BrewCon 2021 scholarships open
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Stomping Ground has been on the expansion track with a brewery at the Melbourne airport and also last week’s opening of the Morris Moor brewery in Moorabbin. Of course, both have been impacted by COVID so we discussed how they managed these, as well as the idea behind the growth strategy.Enjoy the conversation. Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the $5m grant for Aussie brewers, DrinkWise puts a spotlight on older drinkers and Broo voids liquidation of Mildura home.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* $5m grant bonanza for Australia’s breweries * Broo avoids liquidation of Mildura home * Helios Brewing invests in customers and business * Talent ages and packaging in the ABAC spotlight * DrinkWise and Bowls Australia partner to improve Australia’s drinking culture * New owner sought for NSW brewery
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast, Australian Brews News senior journalist Clare Burnett talks to Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen, co-founders of Two Birds Brewing.The Melbourne brewery is celebrating 10 years in the business this year, and it has been a big one for the team, after Two Birds agreed a deal which saw the business become part of the Fermentum group, owners of Stone & Wood Brewing.We talked about Two Birds through the years, the changes they have seen in the industry, what it’s like to be part of Fermentum and why there are not more women founding breweries.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Further to this week's episode of Brews News Week, Matt chats with Richard Kelsey and Geoff Huens from Beer Cartel as their crowdfunding campaign reaches $382k.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Yeastie Boys selling a stake in their business, the new official beer of the Wallabies and the brewery which received a grant from Amazon. The team also briefly cover Beer Cartel's crowdfunding campaign, but you can get the full rundown with Matt's interview with Richard Kelsey and Geoff Huens - which is also out now. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Yeastie Boys to sell stake to UK drinks distributor * Own a piece of the Co-Conspirators Brewpub * Green Coast Lager: The Official Beer of the Wallabies * NSW brewers reap benefits of government support * Amazon backs no-alcohol UpFlow
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we discuss beer without alcohol as we chat with Jaz Wearin from Nort.We have spoken with Jaz and her husband Grant in the past about Modus Operandi but this is the first time we have spoken to Jaz about her alcohol free beer project Nort.We look at what’s driving the alcohol free trend, why Jaz chose to separate the Nort brand from the core Modus brand, Jaz makes an interesting observation about the decision to put the first beer in bottles and we also talk about the new lines that are being released this week.It’s a great chat, full of insights about one of the most talked about categories in beer.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss news on Great Northern Zero, the pitfalls of social media and the fate of Broo's green brewery.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Great Northern Zero goes national amidst No-Lo bullishness * Pitfalls and payoffs of new age of social media * Endeavour Brewing founder fails in wind-up bid * Bintani opens new Melbourne warehouse * Broo’s ‘greenest brewery’ dream dies
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. This is where Bürkert can assist. Burkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow. Now that’s Smart.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week on Beer is a Conversation we talk the business of making beer as we catch up with Brick Lane’s Paul Bowker.We last spoke with Paul, together with his head brewer Jon Seltin, back in November 2018, not long after the celebrity-backed brewery launched. Over the past three years it has grown drastically, both with its partner brands that it brews under contract, and its own Brick Lane brands.Recently the business announced a $50 million capital raise to fund further expansion, putting it in the same realm as Stone & Wood and Mighty Craft.For all of its growth and undeniable beer quality, Brick Lane’s corporate feel has always left some engaged craft beer consumers feeling a little unengaged in the brand, and in this conversation I speak with Paul about growth, brand, engagement and the role and meaning of independence.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Lion's decision to sell off major assets, the rise of private label beer and a big social media misstep.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* Mighty Craft buys Mismatch Brewing Co. * Crisis comms in the spotlight after social media misstep * Lion selling major assets from closing West End * Private-label beer on the rise after AIBA win and investment * Bright Brewery still resilient after 15 years * Tasmanian CDS open for consultation * Entries open for 2021 Indies
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
The brewing industry internationally was faced with a crisis last month after stories about sexism, harassment and assault from women in the US industry went viral.Notch Brewing Co. production manager Brienne Allan shared stories from women all over the US, and it quickly spread here, prompting wider discussions in the Australian and New Zealand industries about diversity, inclusion and creating safe workplaces.Australian Brews News senior journalist Clare Burnett spoke to some prominent women in the Australian and New Zealand brewing industries, including Kylie Lethbridge, general manager of the IBA, Sabrina Kunz, executive director of the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, and Tiff Waldron, president of Pink Boots Society Australia, about the issue in the AU/NZ context, and what we as an industry can do about it.* Podcast with Brienne Allen of Notch Brewing in the US * Check out the Crack the Ceiling podcast with Tiff Waldron * IBA members can find resources in the Health and Wellbeing section of its website * Women in the industry can find out more about Pink Boots Australia, which aims to support and facilitate the education of women in the brewing industry, here. * The Brewers Guild of New Zealand has launched a resource page.
For any suggestions, comments or queries, email any of the following:Kylie Lethbridge - kylie.lethbridge@iba.org.auTiff Waldron - tiffany@beergirlbites.com Sabrina Kunz - sabrina@brewersguild.org.nzClare Burnett - clare@brewsnews.com.auOur partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the growth of craft on the Sunshine Coast, new recommendations from ABAC and who had to hand back their AIBA trophy.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* NZ’s Deep Creek hand back AIBA trophy * New Sydney venture to bring five craft brewers together * ABAC recommends complaint time limitations * $150m raising for Stone & Wood’s Fermentum
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week is Dollar Bill Brewing as we’re joined by Fiona and Ed Nolle who are just getting over taking out the Champion Beer trophy at the 2021 Australian International Beer Awards.As you’ll hear, Dollar Bill is an ironic name for a businesses producing less than 15,000 litres a year, and taking up to two years to produce it. But you’ll hear a fascinating chat with two people pursuing their passion despite the challenges of being small, maintaining jobs and a family alongside their small business and a fair few planning and development challenges thrown in as well. But you’ll also hear two people who make you feel excited about the industry as they digest winning one of the highest industry accolades with humour and humility.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss the AIBAs, new restrictions on advertising, and why some breweries are being forced to change their name.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* 2021 Australian International Beer Award winners revealed * Former director moves to wind up Endeavour * Second venue and brewery for Brouhaha * Alcohol ad restrictions welcomed by industry * Brewery Radar: May 2021
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week we speak with Nick Leach, a passionate home brewer, craft beer drinker, trained brewer and also HR professional, initially about his path into the industry. As you’ll hear we can potentially chalk Nick up as one of the people we have talked out of the industry, but not quite. Nick has blended his professional expertise in recruitment with his love of the industry, into a side hustle brewstaff.With so many of our listeners looking to enter the industry - or recruiting - Nick’s journey is an interesting one not to mention the discussion about employment in the brewing industry.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week, the team make time during Good Beer Week to catch up over the weeks news including new labelling conditions which could be imposed on brewers.Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!* More labelling conditions set to be imposed on brewers * Deeds Brewing long-awaited venue to open its doors * Kinks to iron out in Queensland’s artisan licence * NZ beer industry condemns racism following brewer’s comments * ‘High-risk activities’ again discussed by ABAC
Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New ZealandWe thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
Pete Mitcham is no stranger to listeners, but at the same time, his involvement is usually speaking with others, rather than talking about himself and his background.Last night the team at Bad Shepherd recognised Pete’s long and surprisingly unsung contribution to the Indie beer movement. Matt was thrilled to be present to see Pete be recognised because of all he has contributed to the industry, often very much behind the scenes. We thought this would be a good way to share a little more of Pete himself with our listeners and give you the sort of background to Pete that we give of brewers and other beer personalities.Enjoy the conversation.Our partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:* Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss all things federal budget, crowdfunding and seltzers.
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- Expansion for IronBark Hill Brewhouse
- Young Henrys solar crowdfund
- Exit Brewing rebrand marks new growth phase
- Windfall for shareholders in Endeavour Drinks demerger
- The pains and perks of barrel ageing facilities
Our partners Your brewing buddies, Cryer Malt, are back at Good Beer 2021 with the Cryer Malt Trade Hub, located upstairs at Beer Deluxe. From hop sensory sessions to start-up panels, Cryer Malt invites you to come along to taste a few delicious brews, make some new mates and broaden your knowledge of our amazing industry. Learn more at www.goodbeerweek.com.au/stream/trade-hub
Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we speak with Chris Kelly from East Coast Canning, buts it’s not really about canning it’s a genuinely free-ranging conversation about the industry.
His role as founder of East Coast Canning gives Chris a unique overview of the brewing industry, and his thoughtful approach and honesty ensure his insights are worth capturing.
We hear how his COVID year went, being the pivot point for many a pivot but we also look at so much more that is happening in the industry.
We last spoke to Chris in early 2018 where we looked at his background and how he came to get started at East Coast...even if you are a long time listener it might be with revisiting that conversation before you listen on because it is evergreen and this builds on in some ways.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week on the podcast, the team discuss updates to the excise rebate for small brewers and the ups and downs of Broo.
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- Budget to increase excise rebate to small brewers
- Losses continue but revenues up at Broo
- Dave Macgill set to open Deep South Brewing Co.
- Growth slows at Coles Liquor and Endeavour Drinks
- Beerfarm expanding onto the Central Coast NSW
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. This is where Bürkert can assist. Burkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow. Now that’s Smart.
Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
Last Saturday news broke that in the upcoming Federal budget brewers are going to get a significant boost through changes to excise. These changes have been long lobbied for, and it’s a big boost for the IBA to have brought it home. At the same time, there was a touch of irony as the announcement was made at Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewery - the irony being that BentSpoke founder Richard Watkins has been on this very podcast a number of times, during which he has sometimes voiced a measure of concern about that very measure.
Today I speak with IBA Chair Peter Philip and Executive Director Kylie Lethbridge about the changes and the IBA’s lobbying efforts that brought it about. We talk about what it means for brewers, and also whether concerns about a brewing gold rush are founded. Needless to say being beer is a conversation we discuss a whole lot more besides over the next 50 minutes.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
This week the team discuss Stone & Wood's expansion plans and the latest news from the 2021 hop report.
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- Stone & Wood confirms expansion plans
- Making it official: Moon Dog’s Game of Thrones beers
- Record revenue growth for Mighty Craft
- Strong growth at Good Drinks despite COVID
- Cryer Malt invests in major warehouse expansion
- Boortmalt NV set to reopen South Australia malthouse
- Galaxy shines in HPA hop report
- NZ distributor Quench Collective enters liquidation
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. This is where Bürkert can assist. Burkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow. Now that’s Smart.
Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week the team discuss Victoria's plan to get people excited about locally produced drinks and new research showing risky drinking is down.
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- $1.5m program to get Victorian beer into local bars
- Risky drinking and alcohol consumption down says AIHW
- Philter teams up with the Newtown Jets
- Queensland CDS scheme lowers prices
- GABS gives sneak peek of 2021 Festival beers
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Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we roll out the barrel and meet Ballistic's Jake Harrison.
Recently Brisbane’s Ballistic Beer launched its Bunker Project, that will focus on mixed fermentations and barrel-aged beers. It follows similar moves from breweries across the country to create dedicated spaces for beer in barrels.
With Ballistic already on a tear as a business, recently announcing the purchase of its third and fourth brewing venues, and having a significant focus on more excitement-driving styles such as hazies, fruited sours and dessert styles, a small, intensive barrel project seemed to be a potential distraction from the brewery’s main game.
To find out a little more about the project I caught up Jake, who is tasked with developing it.
We talk about what led Jake from a career as a town and environmental planner to brewing, via the old kit and kilo inspired by his dad, and also where beer is at and where it’s heading, including will some of the fads go the way of the disco era Bee Gees and become tragically unhip.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team discuss what constitutes "illicit" alcohol and look at some rather interesting press releases.
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- SA’s Beer Garden Brewing up for sale
- ATO clamps down on ‘illicit’ alcohol
- TV ads, billboard and social media in front of ABAC
- St Andrews Beach expands after reaching critical mass
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week we meet Alistair Turnbull from Lobethal Bierhaus.
This is a fun conversation. As you’ll hear, Alistair gave up a banking career to open a brewery in 2007 - and worried he had already missed the boat when it came to craft beer. Fourteen years later, he says he is working 100 hours a week, humping kegs to local venues around Lobethal and making less money than he did in banking with no plans for a cashed up exit… But as you’ll hear - Alistair couldn’t be happier doing what he’s doing and has a viable and sustainable business and late last year took home three of the top trophies in the Royal Adelaide Beer and Cider Awards, including Champion Beer.
It’s a great chat about knowing what you want to do in your business and focussing on that, despite what else is going on around you.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team chats all things beer packaging and whether a tax break would be a good or a bad thing for the industry.
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- Endeavour to hold EGM as shareholders await accounts
- Black Hops invests $3m in packaging expansion
- Brick Lane delivers fresh growlers to Dan Murphy’s
- GABS Festival is back for 2021
- Australian breweries push for tax break similar to wine industry
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week, we're chatting about hops as we catch up with journalist, author and industry legend, Stan Hieronymus.
Stan is a professional journalist and amateur brewer who has made beer his beat since 1993. He is perhaps best known here for influential books Brew Like A Monk: Trappist, Abbey and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them; Brewing with Wheat: The "Wit" and "Weizen" of Wheat Beer Styles and For The Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops. He also maintains one of the surviving high quality beer blogs, Appellation Beer, and his hop specific newsletter Hop Queries.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team get fired up in defence of ABAC and rejoice over a new recycling scheme.
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- ABAC refutes pandemic marketing criticism
- Indie brewers bring $1.9 billion to economy: IBA
- Industry body applauds government drink roadmap
- Craft beer community group brews collab beer
- Beer trail grants for Collingwood and Inner West
- Bright launches Paktech recycling scheme
- Program launches for Good Beer Week 2021
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
In this special edition of Beer is a Conversation, we talk about beer money.
As we recorded this, the Batch Brewing crowd-sourced funding campaign has been open for a day and has exceeded its minimum target, and is halfway to the $1.5 million full raise. Incidentally, it has nearly raised more in a day than BrewDog has in four months.
While the expression of interest phase has been going for a few weeks, we hadn't covered the raise until now as the company’s financials and valuations hadn’t been available which we considered important to any meaningful discussion of the investment raise.
Now it’s out, we get to discuss the Batch business and its valuation with Chris Sidwa and Andrew Fineran.
As you’ll hear it’s a pretty robust discussion, as we talk about the - arguably - inflated valuations that crowdsourced funding permits for businesses and the prospects that they will be able to execute their expansion strategy in a highly competitive marketplace.
Matt is a big fan of Batch and Andrew and Chris, and respects them even more for being willing to openly discuss some of the important, sometimes challenging questions asked about equity crowdfunding their business.
Needless to say, none of what follows constitutes investment advice. You should consider seeking independent legal, financial, taxation or other advice to check the information in this podcast - and the offer - and how it relates to your unique circumstances.
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This week we catch up with Oscar McMahon and Dan Hampton from Young Henrys.
Young Henry’s is one of those brands that just stands out in the Australian brewing industry. There are few breweries with a stronger brand identity, or identifiable corporate culture. In terms of size, they are one of the largest independent brands and their presence can’t just be seen on tap handles, but pub walls across the country.
Perhaps because of this presence Young Henry’s is one of those brands that gets talked about, sometimes with a note of jealousy. It is one of the breweries that is perennially part of the ‘word on the street’ talk of sales, as well as featuring in discussion about tap contracts and private equity investment.
We talk about all of this and more. It’s a great conversation - a long one that had to be recorded over two sessions. Its a conversation that really gives an insight into the Young Henry’s approach to beer, independence and the art of motorcycle oil maintenance.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team have some good news on sponsorship deals and expansion plans for Your Mates and White Lies.
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- Your Mates plans expansion after major growth
- Second brewpub in the works for White Lies
- TAFE brewing students win beer medal
- Sponsorship deals for Mismatch and Willie Smith’s
- Historic brand Brehenys Bros. Brewing returns
- ‘World-first’ for NZ hop oil extracts
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. This is where Bürkert can assist. Burkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow. Now that’s Smart.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we catch up with Russ Gosling, head brewer at Little Creatures Fremantle.
Regular listeners will know that Matt holds a special place in his beer drinkers heart for Little Creatures Pale Ale and the venue in Fremantle. With this podcast being a decade old, and Russ having been with the brewery for 17 years it seems a statistical anomaly that we haven’t spoken with Russ before.
But now we have and it’s a great chat.
As always we learn how Russ came to be a brewer, and then move from the UK to Australia to brew for Little Creatures. We tackle the widespread perception that Little Creatures Pale Ale has ‘changed’ somehow, we discuss classic and emerging hops, beer styles and the challenges of staying relevant in a dynamic and rapidly evolving beer market.
It’s a great chat with a quietly passionate brewer talking about what he loves.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss BrewDogs new expansion plans and the disappointment over Colonials sponsorship loss.
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- Colonial ‘disappointed’ after sponsor deal loss
- BrewDog outlines ANZ expansion plans
- Alcohol Beverages Australia to drive jobs growth in 10-year plan
- Meet Queensland’s best new craft brewer
- Hill Farmstead founder endures iso for NZ hop selection
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
The Australian International Beer Awards are coming up in May and are shaping up to be an exciting four days for the highly skilled judging panel! It is fantastic to have an industry award program like the AIBA taking place here in Australia and it is incredible to think that this is the largest annual beer competition in the world assessing both draught and packaged beer. Entries for the AIBA close on Friday 26 March.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we catch up with brewer John Stallwood from Nail Brewing.
This conversation is equal parts conversation and oral history about the craft beer movement, as John is one of the original figures in the current craft brewing scene, getting started in the late 1990s.
As you’ll hear, it’s not been an easy road for John - not least trying to get started before a market for his beer really existed - but an assault in 2004 set him back personally and professionally and required an extended period of recovery before he could get back to brewing.
With so much to cover, this is a longer conversation than usual, but it’s a good one. John’s story is one of friendship, persistence, adaptation and some really good beer.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss concerns over inaccuracies in ABV and share how they'll celebrate National Local Day.
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- Concerns raised by ABV testing results
- Qld artisan legislation misses mark, say craft brewers
- Lion declares March 23 Australia’s National Local Day
- Gluten-free takeover a surprise success
- Consolidations continue as Ballistic buys two
- Dainton set to grow capacity
- ‘Time will tell’ on Moa’s value
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we go to Bowral to chat with Cameron James from Southern Highlands Brewery.
Southern Highlands hadn’t really featured on our radar apart from being a thriving little brewery in a regional centre.
What put it on the map for us was an email from Cameron, the co-owner and brewer sharing his experiences going from working is hydrography to IT to brewing via homebrewng and going pro when someone who enjoyed his beers stumped up the money to get started.
Cameron and Ben support brain cancer research through www.curebraincancer.org.au.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
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This week the team discuss the real challenge of recruitment post Covid and more losses as Broo extends ALM deal.
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- Sydney pilsner wins "Australia's best beer" at RQFWS
- Product Recall: Bright Brewing Pineapple Dream Nitro Milkshake Ale
- Blasta Brewing founder in 40 under 40
- The real challenge of recruitment post COVID
- More losses as Broo extends ALM deal nationwide
- Binge drinking and streaming adverts in front of ABAC
- Brewers Guild achieves international recognition for NZ styles
- Covid-19 hits NZ beer industry hardest
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. This is where Bürkert can assist. Burkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow. Now that’s Smart. visit www.burkert.com.au.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we have a postcard from Canada as we catch up with brewer Matt Hennessy who’s currently brewing with Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, Ontario.
Matt is a podcast listener and sometimes correspondent, and so I was keen to catch up with him to find out how he came to be in Canada, but also to learn a little more about Canada’s brewing and drinking culture, which is a little hard to divine from a distance.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team discuss the latest results for Mighty Craft and Good Drinks and a product recall for cider.
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- Revenue up, losses continue at acquisitive Mighty Craft
- Sales growth slows at Endeavour Drinks and Coles Liquor
- Record earnings for Gage Roads owner Good Drinks
- Performance ‘stabilises’ at can supplier Orora
- Product recall for apple cider
- Bucketty’s opens in Brookvale
- Entries now open for 2021 AIBAs
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week we meet Peter Howes who, for want of a better description, is the Patriarch of the Howes family that owns Brisbane’s Newstead Brewing.
Newstead was one of the very early arrivals in the Brisbane good beer scene, and it was the first of those to really do the food and hospitality side of the business well in the city.
While Peter's son Mark Howes was the face of the brewery and hugely active in the craft beer scene as a prolific collaborator with other breweries, the business has always been described as a family-owned enterprise. An important part of the Newstead story was that the funding for it came from from the sale of very successful workforce analytics and workforce planning business that Peter started in the 1980s.
Over the last 8 years the business has grown, and expanded to a second production brewery, and faced a lot of the challenges that expanding pioneering breweries have also faced. There has recently been some changes in senior staff, and Peter joined the business in a more hands-on role as Mark founded a new brand, Working Title Brew Co.
All in all, it sounded like there was a lot to discuss with Peter, and also a lot to learn about business and how the world of brewing differs from other business sectors Peter has worked in.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team discuss BrewDog's equity crowd fund and the latest news in zero alcohol beer.
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- BrewDog extends equity campaign after sluggish start
- BrewDog plans NZ bar with crowdfunding extension
- Divided views on COVID-19 alcohol sales
- Asahi Group bullish as it focuses on lower alcohol
- Mighty Craft renegotiates Sparkke deal
- Investment an brewpub for Sobah
- Madocke to launch Gold Coast brewpub
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This conversation has been 15 years in the making, as we chat with Brennan and Peta Fielding, founders of Burleigh Brewing Company.
Burleigh is a fascinating study into consistency in the ever changing brewing landscape.
It was a pioneering brewery of the Queensland craft scene when it set up, but also much larger than some of the early start ups of its day.
In many ways it was ahead of its time. Brennan was already an experienced brewer and together they were experienced brewery owners when they set up Burleigh in 2006, and both through their comparative size and considered approach to the craft beer ‘revolution’ exploding around them, Burleigh stood apart from the sometimes noisy and attention seeking side of the market, but was also a distinct point of difference to large corporate breweries at the other end of the scale.
None of that is to say they haven’t been trail blazers, or fundamental to the growth of craft beer in the state, they have just gone about their thing standing a little apart from the noise and hype of the industry.
This is one of those conversations that contains invaluable advice and guidance for anyone with an interest in starting, owning or running a brewery, or for anyone interested in the business of good beer.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team can't keep their chill as the discussion turns to exploding beer cans.
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- Tasmanian brewery Boekamp closes, relaunches as The Albert
- Kegstar merged with US logistics giant
- Rocky Ridge diversifies and expands
- Government funding for Cheeky Monkey expansion
- Micro-scale mash brewing could lead to new beer styles
- Lion parent company Kirin cuts ties with Myanmar
- Donation page
- Linguistics of craft beer
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we talk hops. But not hops in Tasmania, Victoria or Yakima...Hops in Brisbane as we speak with Andrew Carson from Hilltop Hops.
The conventional narrative is that hops can’t grow in places like Brisbane and as you’ll hear from Andrew they can’t really be grown commercially, but they can be grown. The question is why and that’s what we delve into in this conversation as we hear Andrew’s story of finding a way to get involved in an industry that you love doing something that you enjoy as what we might term an ambitious hobby.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team discuss Mighty Craft's new customer rewards model as well as the latest on Broo and the other big stories of the week.
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- Broo announces Oz focus as losses continue
- Mighty Craft’s alternative reward model
- Good Drinks extends Optus Stadium contract
- Mornington Peninsula founder supports NSW startup
- New owners for gluten-reduced brand Sick Puppy
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we cross the Tasman to talk beer - and the brewing industry - with Sabrina Kunz, the executive director of the Brewers Guild of New Zealand.
There are so many similarities between the Australian and New Zealand industries, but many differences exist as well, not least of which is the approach that the respective brewers associations have taken to membership.
Sabrina talks about this and a whole lot more in this interesting conversation about the role of industry associations and the future if the industry.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team debrief from the Hottest 100 and discuss the issue of labelling local.
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- BentSpoke rides to top of Hottest 100 Craft Beers
- Local love reignites labelling issue
- Good Drinks “overdelivers” in half year results
Our Partners
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level.
The 36th IBD Virtual Convention - Virtual Platform is on 23-24 Feb 2021. Visit ibdconvention2021.vfairs.com for more information and to purchase tickets.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week's special edition is the podcast version of our GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers live countdown episode, recorded on 23 January 2021 at Brisbane's Easy Times Brewery. Guests featured include Richard Watkins, from winning brewery BentSpoke, Stone & Wood's Nick Boots and Brick Lane's Paul Bowker, and Easy Time's Curran McCarthy. This special edition was made possible with the support of Cryer Malt, Yakima Chief Hops and Barrett Burston. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops strives for innovation, quality and transparency through their 100% grower-owned network of family hop farms. Their hops are available through your mates at Cryer Malt.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
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All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we meet BrewDogs new Australian General Manager Ed Bott. When BrewDog recently announced its Australian equity crowd fund we were surprised to see a new name in the media release - Eds. We then learned such a senior hire for the Scottish brewery was an Australian who had previously been General Manager of BrewDog Germany.
With BrewDog being an endlessly fascinating case study on the evolution and state of the beer market we wanted to find out more about this mystery man. It's a great chat about a wide variety of BrewDog topics and also about craft beer in Germany. Enjoy.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This week the team try out a new format for the show. Let us know what you think by emailing producer@brewsnews.com.au.
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- Mountain Culture invests in new production facility
- Zero-alcohol beer adverts up against ABAC
- Alcohol packaging and hand sanitiser measures rescinded by ATO
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops strives for innovation, quality and transparency through their 100% grower-owned network of family hop farms. Their hops are available through your mates at Cryer Malt.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week we feature Charlie Hodgson, head brewer at Brisbane’s Helios Brewing.
Apart from having a long and varied career to discuss, Charlie also has some thought provoking insights about the role of beer’s four key ingredients and how they play in the rapidly emerging style pantheon of modern craft brewing.
It’s a fascinating conversation that probes at where is the substance amidst rapid change and the consumer hype that drives much that we’re seeing in the industry at the moment.
No doubt it’s a chat that will provoke quite a few thoughts, and as always, we’d love to hear what you think.
Enjoy this conversation with Charlie Hodgson from Helios Brewing.
In the podcast we mentioned this chat with John Hoedemaker and Aaron Heary from Gage Roads.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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We're back for 2021 with a big news week as Fermentum snaps up Two Birds and Broo's China deal collapses.
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- Fermentum snaps up Two Birds Brewing
- Broo’s China deal collapses
- Brisbane Brew Partners closes
- ABAC considers VB Volleys complaint
- NZ Hops assessing hail impact on crop
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Hop in with your malt mates. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops is a 100% grower-owned global hop supplier based in the Pacific Northwest. Their mission is to connect family hop farms to the world’s finest brewers. Their hop products are available through your mates at Cryer Malt.
Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
- Sponsoring the show
- Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service
- Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
We start 2021 looking at brewery buy outs, in this case the purchase of Two Birds Brewery by Fermentum, the group of companies best known through its ownership of Stone & Wood.
In this episode, we chat with Two Birds Co-founder Jayne Lewis and Stone & Wood co-founder Jamie Cook to hear about the background to the purchase, a little about the challenges breweries face in the current climate and also Stone & Woods plans to build a new brewery...potentially funded by an IPO.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:
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This is the recording of our live Christmas Eve eve show. We have some a great chat with Neil 'Pops' Whittorn who has just retired from Stone & Wood and we also hear from some of the brewers he has worked with and mentored over the years....and the usual beer chat you would expect.
It's live so please take the audio and the cross-talk as you find it.
Thanks to the team at Stone & Wood Brisbane for hosting us and for Pops for joining us.
This week we catch up with Ben Kraus, currently in quarantine in Adelaide after recently returning with his family from Austria, much later than he'd hoped.
We hear about the challenges he faced getting back to Australia as well as his experiences of Covid in Austria.
Ben also spent the last 3 months fairly productively, commissioning and starting a new brewery in Austria and we take a look at the craft beer trends that he saw there as well as what he has noticed of the changing beer landscape here.
There is talk of a new lager Bridge Road has recently introduced, having discontinued its chestnut pilsner and of course we discuss why pilsners don't get the love that some of us think they deserve.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.
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This week the team discuss BrewDogs equity fundraising, lockdown drinking habits and corporate taxes.
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- BrewDog launches $10m Australian equity raise
- Asahi sells BoozeBud back to founders
- Study shows decrease in lockdown beer drinking
- Corporate tax paid by major brewers unveiled by ATO
- Matilda Bay revamps Redback and Dogbolter
Next week catch us live on Mixlr for our final podcast of the year. Wednesday 23rd December at 3pm AEST/4pm EADT.
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This week, we revisit this important chat Pete and Matt had with Michael Bannenberg.
Banners, as he’s better known, spent 28 years working with advertising agency George Patterson developing campaigns for many well known Carlton United Brewery brands during that time.
He’s also a bit of a collector of brewery memorabilia and has compiled over 160 unique beer posters in his new book Australia’s Beer Posters.
In today’s chat Banners discusses how advertising has changed over the years, what’s great about the current climate and some of his favourite beer posters.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
And as a guest on Beer is a Conversation, Adam also receives a new piece of exclusive merch for guests on the podcast...a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. Every chat show has a branded mug and so when Yeti approached us to be part of the show, the Rambler mug seemed the perfect partnership. This is me speaking, not a paid plug and I am a huge fan of these for their build quality and how efficiently they keep beer cold when I am camping and not that worried about having the perfect glass for instagram. And they’re a really cool thing to give our guests to thank them for being on the show.
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This week the team discuss the new Lord Howe Island Brewery, Corona shortages and are joined by a very special guest.
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- Lion to build Lord Howe Island brewery
- Timely labelling reminder after low-alc slip
- Broo receives first CUB order
- Corona beer shortages in Australia confirmed
- Luke Houlihan Brewery Pro Podcast
- Champion brewpub Moffat Beach launches second venue
- Voting now open for GABS Hottest 100 for 2020
- Drinks Adventures with James Atkinson
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we speak with James Brindley, Managing Director of Lion Beer Australia.
James started with Lion way back in 1994, just two years after the launch of XXXX Gold, which gives you some idea of the massive changes in the brewing scene which James has witnessed during his career.
We wanted to look at how a large multi-national brewing business changes its business to adapt to the changing times, and especially how it adapts to the increasingly local focus of modern day beer drinkers.
In another Radio Brews News scoop, we are privy to the announcement of two new local breweries being introduced by Lion. We are joined by Chuck Hahn during the interview to reveal one of these breweries.
It's a conversation about the evolution of the beer market that includes the General Manager of Lion Beer admitting that he was wrong about one of Australia's fastest growing products.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
And as a guest on Beer is a Conversation, Adam also receives a new piece of exclusive merch for guests on the podcast...a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. Every chat show has a branded mug and so when Yeti approached us to be part of the show, the Rambler mug seemed the perfect partnership. This is me speaking, not a paid plug and I am a huge fan of these for their build quality and how efficiently they keep beer cold when I am camping and not that worried about having the perfect glass for instagram. And they’re a really cool thing to give our guests to thank them for being on the show.
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This week the team discuss all the big news about Capital Brewing and some big industry appointments.
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- Treasury Brisbane teams up with RQFWS for brewery prizes
- Capital and BentSpoke bag cricket ground beer rights
- ‘Iconic’ Foster’s makes a comeback
- Radio and TV ABAC complaints dismissed
- Capital Brewing’s airport taproom now open
- Asahi Australia chairman steps down
- Brewers Association announce CEO
- Demand from Behemoth investors crashes site
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week, what happens when your brewery is bought out as we catch up with Balter’s Scott Hargrave and Stirling Howland.
This week marks the first anniversary since Balter’s sale to CUB. For some the announcement wasn’t a surprise. The prominence of the personalities behind the business seemed to create an expectation that an eventual sale was the obvious outcome.
At the same time, with all of its advantages, Balter could have chosen a much easier path to that end. Instead Scott & Stirling and their team created beers that weren’t just good in quality terms, they were beers that I think could fairly be described as having integrity. They didn’t go after the low-hanging fruit in style terms, especially when you recall that the brand’s second release was an Alt Brown Ale. Never a huge crowd pleaser.
The same could be said of the brand as well as the beers and the way it seemed to genuinely engage with consumers, rather than merely sell to them.
Even so, or perhaps because of these things, the reaction to the sale announcement felt a little different to ones that went before. In some ways the craft beer community was becoming used to these sales, but this sale seemed to be taken a little more personally. Even the Independent Brewing Association’s statement on the sale felt a little more grudging and a touch more pointed than others.
So 12 months after the sale, we wanted to touch base with the two people most visibly associated with the business operations to see what has changed over the first year.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
And as a guest on Beer is a Conversation, Adam also receives a new piece of exclusive merch for guests on the podcast...a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. Every chat show has a branded mug and so when Yeti approached us to be part of the show, the Rambler mug seemed the perfect partnership. This is me speaking, not a paid plug and I am a huge fan of these for their build quality and how efficiently they keep beer cold when I am camping and not that worried about having the perfect glass for instagram. And they’re a really cool thing to give our guests to thank them for being on the show.
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This week the team delve deep into tap contracts and anti-competitive behaviour, as well as VB's partnership with Volley and an update from New Zealand.
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- Lion targets 'big' Stone & Wood with contracts
- Victoria Bitter partners with sneaker brand Volley
- Kegstar launches IoT keg tracking
- Konvoy launches ‘world-first’ tracking technology
- 3 Ravens boosts green credentials with funding
- Mainstream audiences have “no clue” about beer styles: ABAC
- Behemoth crowd funding goes ahead strongly
- Anti-competitive behaviour in the ice-cream industry
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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The week the team discuss the latest big moves for Mighty Craft and Moo Brew celebrates 15 years in the business.
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- Big moves for Mighty Craft
- Moo Brew: Still learning at 15
- GABS launches Summer Craft Beer Festival
- Call out for breweries to host 2021 Brew Days
- DB to end Monteith’s production at Greymouth home
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week on Beer is a conversation we hear about what happens when your dream of owning a brewery doesn't go to plan.
Passionate homebrewer Adam Gibb opened White Brick Brewing in North Lakes north of Brisbane in November 2017 and closed it in July this year at the height of the COVID lockdowns. While COVID was the nail in the coffin, as Adam learned, things don’t always go to plan and running a brewery is fraught with challenges.
It’s always a hard conversation to speak to someone who’s dream hasn’t worked out, but as you’ll hear, despite how it ended, Adam has no regrets about his decision to have a go.
We discuss Adam’s original plans for his own brewery and how that compared to what happened, what he learned and also what he would do differently.
It’s an important conversation for anyone who dreams of opening a brewery to hear.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
And as a guest on Beer is a Conversation, Adam also receives a new piece of exclusive merch for guests on the podcast...a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. Every chat show has a branded mug and so when Yeti approached us to be part of the show, the Rambler mug seemed the perfect partnership. This is me speaking, not a paid plug and I am a huge fan of these for their build quality and how efficiently they keep beer cold when I am camping and not that worried about having the perfect glass for instagram. And they’re a really cool thing to give our guests to thank them for being on the show.
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This week the team discuss refermentation issues with big and small brewers, a new hop launch and much more.
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- New board members at IBA as Philip returns as chair
- Coffee Milk Stout recalled over refermentation fears
- HPA innovates hop launch with mixed pack
- Quarterly sales up Endeavour Drinks
- ‘Sad day’ as US importers Shelton Bros close
- Coopers reaps rewards of move to cans
- NZ brewers face can shortages ahead of the holidays
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week we meet The Australian’s chief cricket writer Peter Lalor. Peter has been a reporter for more than 30 years and is an award winning journalist and author and he has covered Test cricket in all parts of the world for the newspaper.
He also writes about beer. With a platform in Australia's national broadsheet, he has a broader platform than just about any specialist beer writer in the country.
We catch up with Peter to discuss his approach to beer writing and instead get a lesson in the act of stepping outside the bubble and enjoying beer as beer, even when you write about it.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week the team discuss the results of the Beer Cartel survey, the worldwide growth of zero alcohol beer and much more.
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- Beer Cartel survey
- Endeavour Brewing founders replaced in board overhaul
- Urban Alley loses trademark appeal
- “Near beer” brands face ABAC
- Nostalgia drives new retro beer
- New brand and consumer director at Lion
- Trade Marks October 2020
- Double digit growth for Heineken 0.0
- Register your interest for the the free webinar
- Vote for Radio Brews News in the Australian Podcast Awards
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Entries are now open for the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show (RQFWS) Beer Awards. Thanks to some interstate supporters, entries from the southern states are now easier than ever. In NSW and VIC, breweries can drop off their entries to a cold storage facility prior to the competition and then they will be transported up to Brisbane for judging, all free of charge.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week we head across the ditch to visit Deep Creek Brewing in Auckland.
Deep Creek recently launched a series of collaborations with Australian brewers called the Lockdown Local Series.
For a brewery that took out the small international brewery at the 2017 Australian International Beer Awards, we knew very little about its background or its approach, so Beer is a Conversation arranged `to catch up with Paul Brown, one half of the founding team, to learn more about how the pair of home brewers launched their brewpub in 2011 and built it into an exporting production brewery shipping beer to Australia as well as China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Scandinavia and the UK.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week, the biggest brands in brewing are making waves.
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- Founders First signs national cold store distribution deal
- Heineken to acquire Asahi Beverages brands
- Liquor sales up at Coles even as lockdowns ease
- BrewDog and Ricky Gervais raise profile of Queensland animal charity
- CCA in takeover bid by European counterpart
- Last week to renew Pink Boots membership
- Guinness 0.0: Irish giant launches alcohol-free stout
- Build Me A Brewery Podcast
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week we head to the Great North and chat with Great Northern’s brand ambassador Antonia Ciorciari.
October marks 10 years since the launch of CUB’s breakaway beer brand, Great Northern, and we take a deep dive to learn about the things that have made the brand such a success, including how a brand brewed in Brisbane still resonates with those in the great north of the state.
Antonia has worked on some of the CUB brands that Brews News has been most fixated with over the years and so we have a fascinating chat about Cascade, Pure Blonde, Matilda Bay and the Yak Ales as well.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week the team discuss where the gains in the U.S. seltzer market are coming from and who wins in BWS local listing campaign.
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- Black Hops buys Semi Pro Brewing
- The rise and fall of Brut IPA, as told by its creator
- Two-thirds of US seltzer switching gains come from beer
- Breweries win BWS local listing campaign
- Busy quarter for ABAC
- Retailers invest in private label craft beer
- GABS Can Design Awards launch in New Zealand
- ABAC Industry Education Webinar
- The Food & Drink Business Podcast: Episode 3
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week we Drink Beer and Think Beer, as we chat with US beer writer and podcaster John Holl.
Regular listeners will know that the Brews News team are avid listeners of John’s podcasts, followers of his writings. It’s always great to just talk beer with him.
This conversation was loosely prompted by a recent chat John had with Kim Sturdavent, who is credited as being the creator of the Brut IPA, a beer style that appeared, exploded and virtually disappeared, all in the space of 18 months. Kim shared some very interesting thoughts the rapid development and disappearance of a beer that while having a name, never really came to set as a style, at least in technical terms.
We talk about that and through that lens how hype and consumer demand for novelty and hard seltzer are shaping beer style and development.
Check out John's podcasts:
- Steal This Beer
- Drink Beer, Think Beer
- Beer Edge
- Subscribe to the Beer Edge newsletter
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This week the team discuss the latest in hop news and a big craft brewery takes a stand on a controversial social issue.
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- Lion plans to close SA’s West End Brewery
- GABS events deferred to 2021
- IBA slams Victoria brewers grant block
- Check. Check. Check. gets big tick
- Record hop harvest but COVID warning: BarthHaas
- Hop quality up, four varieties axed: HPA (from 2017)
- Drink West Fest
- Pandemic strategy paying off: Gage Roads
- Newstead Brewing says Nup to the Cup
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill. Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further.
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This week we chat with Luke Scott who has just announced that, after 13 years, he is leaving the Prickly Moses brewery in Victoria’s Otways.
Luke leaves his current role to join start-up Sou’ West Brewing in the old Quicksilver building on Victoria’s Surf Coast.
Luke is one of those brewers who has seen a lot of his change over his 13 years at the brewery, one that you may not even have heard of if you’re not from Victoria, and that’s because the business has changed focus as the industry has grown from 100 breweries nationally to somewhere around 500.
Luke has seen the business move from a brewery looking for national markets, to a locally focused brewery catering the community. We hear what he has learned and seen change as the craft brewing industry he entered has changed. We also hear about what he has planned for the new venture.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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In this special edition, we catch up with GABS Beer Festival and Spectacular Enterprises General Manager, Mike Bray, and Festival Director, Craig Williams.
It’s no secret that 2020 has been a brutal year for events. We wanted to catch up with Mike and Craig for a while to find out how they were travelling and what the plans were for 2021, and to get Mike’s thoughts on acquiring the business just months before the pandemic. However, during the course of the chat they drop a few announcements and so we have brought the release of this episode forward to release it as a special edition to coincide with their releasing the news themselves.
Even without the news, it’s a great chat about events and managing the COVID year, as well as the Hottest 100 and can design awards.
GABS Festival 2021 Event Dates:
- GABS Brisbane: Sat 17 April
- GABS Sydney: Fri 7 - Sat 8 May (introducing a new Friday session)
- GABS Melbourne: Fri 21 - Sun 23 May (concluding Good Beer Week)
- GABS Auckland: Sat 3 July
More information can be found at gabsfestival.com
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How will the 2020 federal budget affect brewers? The team discuss this in detail along with the rest of the weeks news.
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- What does the 2020 Budget mean for brewers?
- Vic Brewers Excluded From Hospo Support Grants
- Hotels group that struck secret beer tap deals with major breweries goes into liquidation
- Sports Brewing Co Zero+ marketed as “completely guilt free”
- Brewers face ABAC over social media and posters
- Donate to the Broo fund
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Brewing great beer takes time and is considered artistry by brewers. Polishing the art and expanding for the future is made easier with fluidic controls and automation of your processes, enabling more time for craft brewing density and flavours, instead of stirring the mix. Bürkert supports their Australian customers with single cable technology, for future-proofing their tomorrow.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we chat with Danielle Allen - co-founder of Two Birds Brewing. We have spoken to Danielle’s business partner Jayne Lewis a number of times, but not Danielle.
In preparation for their 10 year anniversary next year, Two Birds has launched a survey to get consumer feedback on the brand, the beers, the business and a whole lot of other things that Danielle hopes will inform the business as it passes that milestone. Danielle talks about that and more as we walk through almost 10 years of Two Birds.
And if you want to give your feedback in the survey, you can find out more here.
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This week the team discuss the latest in low alcohol beers and some cool ideas to come out of the Covid-19 crisis.
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- Beer club resurgence helps brewers grow communities
- New president for Pink Boots Australia
- Stone & Wood launch low alcohol beer East Point
- One Year On…Moon Dog World
- New dates for virtual IBD Asia Pacific convention
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This week Stone & Wood launched a new beer under its main brand, the first since Cloud Catcher in 2014, and we catch up with head brewer Caolan Vaughan to find out all about the beer. As you'll learn, there's a lot more to this beer than you'll read in the media release.
Apart from the chat about the new beer, we learn about Caolan's career and inspirations and also take a look at the beer market and where we’re at.
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This week the team discuss a big brewer falling foul of ABAC and a government PR fail.
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- Brewpubs’ duty of care in spotlight after keg explosion settlement
- 4 Pines moves into All Hands Brewing House
- Gage Roads opens Sydney venue this week
- VB faces ABAC over social media reposts
- Beer repackaging exemptions extended by ATO
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This week we talk Fat Yaks, Big Helga’s and Barking Ducks as we speak with Jamie Fox who was CUB’s Marketing Manager for craft a decade ago as Australia’s dominant brewer struggled to make sense of the emerging craft scene.
It was fun to record some of his reflections on these times, and we hope you’ll enjoy the origin stories of some of the big - and defunct - beers from Matilda Bay.
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This week the team ask; is it too early for beer advent calendars? And where will BrewDog pop up next?
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- 2020 Beer Advent Calendar
- Nort launched by Modus
- BrewDog hunts for Australian bar locations
- Thirst. A scent by VB confirmed as fastest-selling Australian fragrance ever
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Last week Akasha announced a major rebrand with all the social media noise you would expect from such a move. In this conversation we catch up with co-founder Dave Padden to cut through the noise and discuss the background to the rebrand, what Akasha was were looking to achieve, as well as the reaction to the redesign.
Being a conversation we also catch up with how Dave and Akasha has gone during lockdown and how their beers sales mix has shifted and where Dave sees it going as pubs reopen. We also have a chat about the haze craze and what it means for the beer market.
Dave is honest and forthright as always and that makes for a great chat, that could have gone on much longer.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team discuss Queensland's long awaited 'artisan licence' and how Victoria's pubs are faring through Covid lockdowns.
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- Long-awaited Qld ‘artisan licence’ Bill introduced
- Indie beer on the up but big brewer craft rising fast
- NZ beer sales data shows $200m COVID loss to pubs
- AHA says Victoria’s pubs ‘bleeding with debt’
- XXXX Dry exceeds targets despite challenges
- YCH Hoppy Hour Interview with Balter Brewing
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This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast we chat with designer Matt O’Connor.
Matt’s design for Little Bang Brewing’s Face Inverter Citrus Super Sour recently won the inaugural GABS Festival can design awards. As can design generates increasing interest and awareness, we were interested in learning more about how Matt came to design for Little Bang and how he approaches the challenges of starting with a shiny silver cylinder and making it something that captures the personality of the brewery and the beer while grabbing the beer drinker’s attention.
You can find Matts work on his Website, Instagram and Twitter.
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This week the team have some strong views on zero alcohol beer and the contrasting fortunes of Founders First and Broo.
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- Great Northern hero goes zero
- Byron Bay lager complaint dismissed
- Do consumers care about ‘being local’?
- Endeavour Drinks local initiatives pay off
- Contrasting fortunes at Founders First and Broo
- Little Bang wins inaugural GABS beer design awards
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This week we speak with Andy Scade and Mike Morgan, the President and Secretary of the West Australian Brewing Association.
WABA as it is known, was the first association representing the interests of Australia’s nascent craft brewing scene of microbrewers as they were then known. They are also the last, as the various state bodies have elected to join the IBA as state chapters, something that WABA has declined to do.
With more than 50 members, it has developed into a vibrant state association and has recently launched its new look and new branding and a campaign urging West Australians to Drink West, Drink Best.
We speak to Andy and Mike, who work for Lion-owned Bevy Brewing and independent Blasta Brewing about WABA and what makes WA a little different to the eastern states that have chosen independence as a flag to rally around.
Enjoy the conversation.
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It's a big week in the beer world as the team tackle a triple bunger. ABAC, Broo and BrewDog - all making headlines this week.
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- Behemoth urging Yes vote in Reeferendum
- Pirate Life and Juice face ABAC complaints again
- Broo raises another $1.25m through share issue
- ‘This is growing into a beautiful friendship’ – Aldi says it’ll stock BrewDog’s ‘Yaldi’ ALD IPA
- Interview with Jason Perrault
- Interview with Eric Desmarais
- Talus named
- BrewDog goes carbon negative
- Blasta wins big at Perth Royal Beer Awards
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This week we discuss brettanomyces with restaurant critic and wine writer Tony Harper.
That might be a surprising topic for brewers with barrel-aging and working with Brett increasingly seen as part of the high art of brewing. But Tony sees brettanomyces as a fault, killing the sense of place of a beer.
Tony Harper has been a restauranteur is a wine and food writer, co-owner of Craft at Red Hill and also Cooparoo, one of Brisbane’s leading bottleshops and also a passionate lover of IPA.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team discuss the latest ruling from ABAC, the importance of local and what's next for hazy beers.
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- Juicebox IPA complaint upheld
- Coles Liquor invests in local as revenues rise
- No taking Liberty with hazy trend
- Indie beer disadvantaged by targeting ‘purists’ say analysts
- Brewers pressure Qld government over promised licence
- Endeavour records loss following equity crowd raise
- Beer O’Clock - Episode 19 - Clare Burnett of Brews News & Second Wave Shenanigans
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we catch up with brewer Ruth Barry to learn about her enthusiam for yeast.
After getting into home brewing in her early twenties and discovering the joy of yeast driven German beers while Brisbane's famous German club, Ruth decided to make a career in Beer.
She's an award-winning home brewer has worked for Boat Rocker and now White Rabbit in its barrel room.
This is a fun chat about how a passion for science and micro-organisms has led to a career. You can track Ruth's adventures in micro-organisms by following her on Instagram at the_ferment_horizon.
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This week the team get together to discuss the big news on Broo and whether bitter beers are facing their demise.
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- Broo signs contract brewing agreement
- Lion signals US plans with MD move
- Brewer forecasts death of bitter beers after IPA competition
- Close calls as ABAC beer complaints dismissed
- Gage Roads to open WA venue
- Asahi Premium Beverages to combine with CUB
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Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week Matt chats with Mark Haysman, CEO of craft business accelerator Founders First.
We first spoke with Mark in February last year when Founders first was in its relatively early days and had taken a stake in Victoria’s Jetty Road Brewing and Newcastle’s Foghorn Brewhouse. It was an interesting conversation about the business’ plans for craft and where they saw their future and the future of craft. You can hear that conversation here.
Since then, it has invested in four further craft breweries, three distilleries and announced plans for some hospitality venues...not to mention raised almost $16 million in an IPO. If that wasn’t enough as we were about to record the podcast, Mark told me he wanted to announce Founders First’s major new rebrand - a new industry facing identity, Mighty Craft, an all-encompassing brand that aims to position the company as a leader in the Independent Craft Beverage Industry.
It seems as though our last conversation led directly to a number of breweries approaching Founders First and as the phrase craft beer business increasingly shifts the emphasis from craft to business, it’s always interesting to hear the insights of those deeply involved in it.
Enjoy this conversation with Mark Haysman.
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This week we jump into the wayback machine to talk a little bit about beer branding.
This is a redux version of a conversation we had back in 2015 with consumer psychologist, Gruen Transfer panellist and award wining ad man Adam Ferrier.
We've talked a little in recent weeks about the Reschs Appreciation Society and the power of brand and why brands have a deeper appeal than just products. This is a fascinating chat about that power and our ability to lie to ourselves about a product to create an image of who we want to be to ourselves and to others.
We've referred to this podcast a few times of late and thought today was an opportune time to replay it. We apologise for the quality of the audio but insist it's worth the listen. The usual Beer is a Conversation episode will be out tomorrow.
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It's a big week in beer news as debate overshadows a breakthrough in gluten-free barley and excise rises are paused for the first time in 37 years.
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- IBA sheds staff; postpones BrewCon
- Researcher wins for breakthrough in gluten-free barley
- Excise hike paused for first time in 37 years
- BWS launches multi-million dollar local campaign
- WA launches “Drink West, Drink Best” campaign
- Broo stems losses as production scales down
- Stone Brewing CEO Dominic Engels Resigns; Steve Wagner Takes Over as Interim CEO
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Today’s guest is Phil Dempster from Burra Brewing, named not as a nod to Australia’s iconic avian alarm clock but rather a contraction of its hometown of Korumburra. It has been operating for just over two years and has built a loyal following with locals.
Nestled on the hill of the main drag in the small Gippsland town, Burra is the manifestation of a crazy idea hatched by three blokes wanting to live the dream of owning a brewery. The plan ticked the boxes of having each bring a different and necessary skill to the table and in this chat Phil goes through the process of planning and executing the plan as well as the obstacles they negotiated along the way. In this respect this conversation is invaluable for those in the position now that Phil was in four years ago.
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This week the team discuss the popularity of Reschs, the right way to recall a beer and how indie beer can boost your venue.
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- CUB bites the Silver Bullet with the return of Reschs cans
- Refermentation issue prompts sour beer recall
- Amazon signs up to ABAC
- Bowls club reaps rewards of going indie
- GABS Can Design Awards
- Publicans weigh up contract debate
- Pink Boots Australia president steps down
- Adam Ferrier on the psychology of beer advertising
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week Pete visits local Sean Ryan from Killer Sprocket. The bearded heavy metal funnyman has been brewing for almost a decade but has only recently set up shop of his own in the outer south east of Melbourne. It’s been a long and interesting journey and we take a bit of time to compare the contract and share-brewing model he employed in the beginning with the economics and price flexibility of brewing his own product on his own kit.
An interesting tangent we head off into in a bit of depth is the concept of Entrepreneur University or formally studying the dark arts of entrepreneurship. It leads to some interesting stories and sheds some light on the way Sean has built his brand. It’s a great chat especially for those thinking about taking the great leap forward and starting their own brewery.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team discuss some hot topics including; pregnancy labels, inclusive advertising and government funding for breweries.
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- Industry ‘disappointed’ by pregnancy label decision
- More Australians cutting back on alcohol
- WA brewers receive $400k state funding
- Great Northern launches The Great Return
- The Men From Up Here - article by Daniel Ridd
- Brewers readapt to different short-term futures
- The meaning behind "it's pants"
Our partners Now in its 28th year, the Australian International Beer Awards celebrates and recognises the best commercial brewers from across the globe. As the world’s largest annual beer competition judging both draught and packaged beer, the AIBA offers an unparalleled opportunity to benchmark your beer against industry standards. To enter, or for more information head to rasv.com.au/beer today!
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week Pete snuck into Hard Road Brewing before the Victorian Government again made it all illegal and pulled up a barstool with co-founders Brad Merritt and Lein Jenkins. The brewery is 25 kms from the Melbourne CBD in the City of Knox which is fast becoming a destination for beer lovers along with neighbours Killer Sprocket, Project Brewing, Beach Hut That Little Brewery and even a couple of distilleries.
Set in an industrial estate but blessed with a gorgeous, open, clean-canvas-style space, Hard Road is using the government-enforced ‘downtime’ to make some interior alterations to compliment the existing bar and growler refill station already established. A large roller door entry allows food truck parking in cooler weather and also means a light, open and airy space when the summer heat kicks in.
Hard Road is the co-project of two ex-pat Californians (well, as you’ll hear one and a half Californians and an Aussie partner) each of whom had their own respective breweries up and running but then hit upon the brainwave of combining their talents and resources to create something bigger and better.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team discuss how breweries are marketing themselves in the climate of Covid-19 and why you shouldn't ask your consumers to just refrigerate their exploding beer cans.
- COVID-19 marketing in the spotlight at ABAC
- Indie brewers taking on budget beer
- Moon Dog launches Pub in a Box
- Government report into Australian drug and alcohol use
- Exploding cans need refrigeration
- BWS is calling for new local favourites to add to stores
Our partners Now in its 28th year, the Australian International Beer Awards celebrates and recognises the best commercial brewers from across the globe. As the world’s largest annual beer competition judging both draught and packaged beer, the AIBA offers an unparalleled opportunity to benchmark your beer against industry standards. To enter, or for more information head to rasv.com.au/beer today!
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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In this episode Pete catches up with Braden Beggs at Project Brewing. A keen homebrewer with a mechanical and process engineering background, Braden is living two dreams by building and running a small brewbar in a suburban industrial estate while holding down a ‘real’ job to keep his family fed. But, as you will learn, this is no part-time hobby but a well-planned work-life-passion balance involving good time management, plenty of long hard hours and presumably a good deal of patience from the mother of his five kids.
We spoke in the weeks before Melbourne returned to Stage 3 Covid Restrictions and chatted about the pressures of adjusting to the reduced operating conditions and the opportunities that those same restrictions presented. We also look at Project Brewing’s core range and between us delight at the fact that two favourites among loyal regulars are the Vienna Lager and, wait for it – the Hefeweizen. Our discussion highlights how our beer preference is framed by our individual beer experience and possibly influenced by our beer prejudices. It makes us realise that while someone is discovering a Hazy someone else is discovering a Witbier.
There’s plenty in this chat to interest homebrewers, start-ups and those with breweries in planning so grab a Hef, pull up a barstool and enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team overcome some recording difficulties to bring you the news of the week including the latest on tap contracts and the best and worst of can label designs.
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- Tap contracts will be difficult to change say publicans
- Peter Meddings steps back from Bintani
- Reposted social media complaints upheld by ABAC
- GABS launches Craft Beer Can Design Awards
- Juice Cinda a winner despite online haters
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we chat with Peter Meddings who is stepping back from his job at Bintani - a company that he founded 25 years ago to supply brewing ingredients to the nascent craft brewing industry.
We learn some fun facts from the early days of brewing such as when home brewing was legalised in the early 70s, home brewers sourced their malt extracts from chemists. We also unearth some of the challenges and learnings that came with founding a business in the early days of the craft beer movement.
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This week, the team discuss the latest on pregnancy labelling and when independence matters to the average consumer.
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- Perth Royal Beer Awards 2020 open
- New 2020 AIBA dates announced
- Queensland TAFE brewing training set to launch
- “No measurable benefit” to mandatory pregnancy labels
- Byron Bay Brewery venue closes, brewing to continue
- Founders First doubles craft beer distribution
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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Newcomer to the beer scene, Bojak Brewing in Melbourne’s outer south east, is making its mark and showing that an honest beer and food offering paired with a welcoming indoor and outdoor space will grow an appreciative local following.
Run by a young couple with a young family, from whom the brewery derives its name, Bojak Brewing shows that with the right kit, the right setup and the right amount of hard work, a small suburban brewpub can be a sustainable model. Pete caught up with Dale and Sue Messina from Bojak Brewing as they shared their origin story the thought behind the planning and execution of the dream and their plans for the future.
It’s a wide-ranging chat and a good listen for those seeking a great family-friendly venue in the ‘burbs and for those thinking that they, too, might want to join the growing list of small independent breweries in Australia.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week the team discuss how Covid-19 shutdowns have affected the casual hospitality industry and share their thoughts on the new Sunly Seltzer.
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- Changing landscape for casual workers in hospitality
- Being local keeping New Zealand brewers alive
- Dollar Bill signs up to Black is Beautiful global initiative
- Stone & Wood launch Sunly Seltzer
- Opportunities arise amid COVID crisis
- WSET to branch out into beer qualifications
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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There are a wide range of topics that we love to discuss with brewers on Radio Brews News. One of those is the point at which classic styles and innovation and novelty clash.
Regular listeners would have heard Matt's recent conversation with Bentspoke Brewing’s Richard Watkins when he released his Flanders Red Ale, Flemm. There was a time - and not that long ago - when this style of beer was the epitome of sour beers.
With the recent trend of kettle souring and the flavour innovations that have occurred around it - and the many consumers that have discovered tart or sour flavours in beer as a result - it was interesting to see the widely varied comments on social media by drinkers who seemed surprised by this most classic of styles.
The response was a great example of the tension that I suspect we’ll always see as classic and established styles crash up against craft brewing’s love for adventure.
But we wanted to see what brewers thought, how they navigated consumer awareness and expectations and also the demands that are placed on them in a world of ever evolving styles and consumer tastes.
Thanks to Bintani, we caught up with two brewers who, while both embracing creativity and new beer styles, are also highly awarded in classic beer styles, to hear their thoughts about the ever shifting sands of beer style.
Enjoy the discussion with Bentspoke’s Richard Watkins and Balter’s Scott Hargrave.
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This week Pete tracks down Bobby Henry the Beverage Manager for Australian Venue Co.
Aus Venue Co, which oversees a portfolio of more than 150 venues across the country and another dozen in New Zealand, has been hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 restrictions.
Bobby goes into detail about the plans and practices that have seen them survive the lockdown and the lessons they’ve learned as a result.
We also talk about Bobby’s journey into the beer business and then stumble into an interesting conversation about the latest beer releases from the Big House and Bobby sheds some light on the conspiracy theory that the Big Boys are struggling to turn the taps back on.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week sees controversy over the name "Colonial", keg shortages in WA, and finally some good news for NSW venues.
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- Colonial praised for crisis response
- NTIA welcomes NSW Government Liquor Act
- NSW Government backs IBA
- Keg shortages despite ‘unprecedented logistical exercise’
- NZ brewers emerge from lockdown with valuable lessons
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This we catch up with Alli Macdonald, Lead Brewer with Malt Shovel Brewers and also Australian President of the Pink Boots Society.
Like many craft brewers who found their inspiration to do what they do in the early 2000s, Alli had her beer epiphany when she travelled through Europe and discovered beer that was different to what she knew at home in Australia.
Through a role with the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales she not only become the Chief Steward for its NSW beer awards, she also found great support to pursue her ambition to become a brewer, which has seen her progress to her current role as Lead Brewer for Malt Shovel.
We talk about her career, what she learned and the changes she’s seen, and also about Pink Boots Australia and what she would like to see change.
We also mentioned this conversation with Pink Boots founder Teri Fahrendorf.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week we see Lion become the victim of a cyber attack and new laws for online alcohol delivery could change the status quo.
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- Cyber attack hits Lion
- Broo asked to explain share price spike
- Large brewers call for excise freeze not ‘distortionary handouts’
- GABS announces new dates
- Amazon Australia launches alcohol platform
- New online booze laws to thwart delivery cowboys
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week we meet new Independent Brewers Association General Manager Kylie Lethbridge.
Kylie has recently stepped into her new role with the IBA, starting just as the hospitality shutdowns commenced. We talk about the challenges of starting a new job with an industry organisation in a time of crisis for that industry, and also what she sees the key issues facing the association are post covid-19.
In addition to her background in government policy and regional tourism management, Kylie has also been hands on as a part owner in a regional pub and we took an unexpected detour into discussing the background to her experiences there. It revealed some fascinating insights into the beer market that could benefit craft brewers expanding into new markets outside of the metropolitan craft beer bubble.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week the team discuss questions raised over competition after the Asahi acquisition, and the latest Alcohol and Drug Foundation campaign.
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- Lockdown easing but brewers remain cautious
- Anti-alcohol lobby adopts DrinkWise campaign concept
- Asahi/CUB sees loss of ‘significant competitor’: ACCC
- Asahi completes CUB acquisition
- One Mile Brewing makes it into BWS in NT first
- ABAC upholds hard lemonade complaint
- Small brewers the heroes of local pubs as restrictions lift
- The Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921
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This week’s conversation could have covered almost any topic in beer, and could easily have been a series in itself.
Dermot O’Donnell has been brewing for more than 50 years, since starting at the Courage Brewery in 1967. He has worked in the UK for Bass Charrington, as well as locally at Lion, CUB, CCA and more recently at St Andrews Beach Brewery in a consultancy role.
He was involved in developing a wide range of beers over the years including Tooheys Blue, Tooheys Dry, Carlton Mid and Pure Blonde. He also developed Subzero.
While I could have done an episode on almost any one of those, I was interested in speaking to Dermot about his thoughts about the rise of seltzers.
Older brewers have often said that one of the things that drove down the bitterness of mainstream beer prior to the advent of craft beers was the rise of things such as wine coolers that competed against beers and appealed to people who 'didn’t like the flavour of beer'.
Given Dermott had been brewing through the 80s and wine coolers, the late 90s and vodka cruisers and into the current hard seltzer wave - and had developed a few non-beer drinks himself - I thought it would be interesting to hear his thoughts about them and see what a brewers thinks about their impact on the beer market.
It’s a fascinating conversation about a long career in beer. It did feel a little like we had to skim over 50 years so if there’s anything that you would like to dig deeper into, let us know.
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The news discussed this week includes:
- The ABC corrects a story on alcohol consumption, but you might have missed it
- What are the impacts on the alcohol industry...we discuss the duelling reports. Are we drinking more or less?
- Winners revealed for AIBA 2020 Isolation Edition
- Lion partners with US seltzer brand White Claw
- Night Time Industry urges flexibility
- Rolled-up, not stirred: bankers pitch mega-move drinks industry play (paywall)
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast.
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This week is our first on location conversation since isolation began. We head to Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to chat with Matt and Sharynne Wilson.
In this conversation we learn how a Sydney couple working in the money markets decided to move their family to the Sunshine Coast after chancing upon an ad for a failing beachside coffee shop while reading the paper in bed one Saturday morning.
They took it on with little hospitality experience, no background in beer or brewing and are now the most highly awarded brewerey on the Sunshine Coast. They are about to open their second, much larger venue.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week on the podcast the team discuss the lockdown winners and losers as well as how breweries in tourism hot spots will return to normal.
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- Breweries in tourist hotspots face slow return to ‘normal’
- Pirate Life “probiotic” complaint dismissed by ABAC
- Jacaranda yeast served up in Newstead’s latest brew
- BrewCon 2020 rescheduled and rehomed
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.
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This week a chat on a crackly phone line with Allan Tilden from Eumundi Brewing on Brisbane’s Sunshine Coast.
It’s always fascinating to learn the pathways that lead people into brewing and what it is that fires their enthusiasm for the job and Allan’s path was fascinating, including nine years making rock candy that saw him become a master confectioner before discovering his passion for making beer.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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A big week in the brewing industry as the team look at 4 Pines small business grant, trademark battles and new research from FARE. Full stories linked below.
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- Surprise as 4 Pines scores small business grant
- Positioning hard seltzers as brewery ranges evolve
- Craft beer retailer in trademark battle with Coles
- COVID increases interest in canning
- Asahi’s last hurdle cleared as details of tap contracts emerge
- Alcohol ad every 35 seconds during COVID-19
- Rabbit Hole Podcast by The New York Times
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This week, a cracker of a chat with one of the great characters of Australian craft beer, Willie the Boatman's Pat McInerney.
This conversation covers how Pat forwent his dreams of documentary filmmaking for the lure of the money of reality television before realising his dream of opening his own brewery. We also learn the importance of local and community to a craft brewery and some of the surprising upsides of the Covid-19 crisis.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week we see the release of the 2020 HPA hop report and the IBA faces it's own challenges during lockdown.
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- CUB launches vodka seltzer
- Galaxy booms as HPA releases 2020 hop harvest report
- Owen Johnston - HPA's 2020 Hop Report
- Endeavour and Coles sales up after March surge
- IBA faces own challenges during lockdowns
- Pub owners to pay $380,000 in damages over secret beer tap deals with breweries
- Sunshine Coast craft beer trail launches online
- Broo sales down and founder sells $400k of shares
- Craft: An Argument - Peter Brown Pre-order
- Paul Mercurio’s Cooking with Beer
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. They are still open for business and can supply labels for bottles and cans, or shrink sleeved cans ready to fill. Whilst turnaround times may have slowed a bit from the normal 5-7 working days, they are very good at getting people out of trouble where possible. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss your options with the team.
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This week we hear from Bentspoke's Richard Watkins and it's all about delicious barrel aged Flanders Reds.
Beer is in a really interesting place right now. If you look at the early generation of craft brewers, many were inspired by travels through Europe, especially Belgium. Later, it was hop forward beers that inspired brewers and beer drinkers alike. Hop forward gradually morphed into hop driven beers and we saw an IBU arms race. More recently hops have meant haze and we have seen a race to be the cloudiest most fruit punchy beers on the market.
Another notable trend has been the rise of what are termed sour beers, which has also seen a race to be the most mouth puckering, or wildest combination of flavours. It’s all good fun and great for headlines and for attention, and also interest in the sector.
But, at risk of prematurely earning an ‘ok boomer’ from you, I was a beer drinker whose palate was shaped by the classic beers of Belgium and whose touchstones in sour beers were beers such as Rodenbach and Orval. To me, these beers are still amongst the greats, that show how good beer can be.
If you haven’t already, seek out some Flemm. It is sublime.
Also, have a listen, or a relisten, to our conversation with Rodenbach’s Rudi Ghequire from last year. It was a another very insightful delving into the world of Belgian beers.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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This week we look at how equity crowdfunding campaigns are doing one year on as well as the weeks beer news. More stories below.
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- Little Creatures goes big with home brewers
- Don’t jump on the virtual events bandwagon says expert
- Vale: Keith M. Deutsher, Brewery Historian
- Initiatives launched to help brewery cash flow
- One Year On…equity crowdfunding
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This week we head across to Perth to chat with Andy Scade from Lion's Bevy Brewing.
We learn how Andy went from putting the caps on his dad's home brew to making his own as a young art student before falling in love and deciding that a career in brewing was calling him.
This discussion tracks the history of the modern craft beer movement, looking at how we can better engage people in beer.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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Today for the last episode we check in with early guests on The Antidote, Scott from Wolf of the Willows Brewing and Jayne Lewis from Two Birds Brewing to see how the last five weeks has gone, how they're travelling and their plns post COVID-19.
With so many breweries streaming brewer chats, we didn't want to take away from their efforts so have paused regular episodes, but will be back as needed for episodes.
For those playing at home, here's Pete's COVID Playlist:
The Antidote Lockdown Playlist - Hits of 2020
Pam Demmick - “Wash Your Damn Hands!”
The Unprecedented Pivots – “We’re All In This Together”
The Weather Girls – “Flattening The Curves”
Wuhan Clan – “We Didn’t Start The Virus”
Glen 20 Miller and his Big Ban(ne)d From Going Out – “In The Nude” (Cos I’m Working From Home)
The Beatles – “Iso Her Standing There.”
System Of A Lockdown – “Chop Fluey”
Men Out Of Work – “Who Can It Be Now? No Seriously, Don’t Open The Door.”
Fleetwood Macro Economics – “Don’t Even Start Thinking About Tomorrow”.
The Coughspring – “Nah, Nah, Why Don’t I Got No Job.”
Miley Virus – “You Think You’ve Got It Rough – I Have To Stay Home With Billy Ray.”
The Flu Fighters – “Everybody Was Kung Flu Fighting.”
As we settle into the "new normal", we take a look at the impact on alcohol sales and payment terms in the brewing industry.
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- Big brewers back venues as alcohol sales decline
- Takeaway alcohol restrictions lifted in WA
- Watchdog condemns big business payment terms
- Tribe plans to close Mornington facility
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Today on The Antidote podcast we caught up with Stone & Wood Brewing General Manager Nick Boots about how Australia's largest independent craft brewery is coping with the shut downs, especially with a cross border work force. Then we chatted with Steve Blick who is running the company's direct-to-drinker operations to hear how their online business has scaled up in the face of the crisis.
While the lockdowns have stopped us from getting out and about to chat with brewers, it has made it possible for us to catch up with some of the people we have had on our list for some time.
This week we speak with General Manager of Fermentis, Stephane Meulemans. Interestingly, the head of this yeast company has spent 15 years working in the hops industry, as well as opening a Belgian craft brewery.
In this chat, we find out where yeast is headed as a feature flavour. The rise of sour beers, ultra low alcohol beers and hazy beers have all had a big impact on this sometimes underappreciated ingredient.
Enjoy the conversation.
Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week.
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Today on The Antidote we catch up with Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours to hear how his travel-based business is adapting to manage the lock downs, and also how the Sunshine Coast industry is rising to meet the COVID-19 challenge.
Today on The Antidote podcast, we catch up with Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn to hear how she is adapting to an immediate future with no beer events. We also head across to Canada and speak with beer writer Stephen Beaumont to see how breweries are faring there.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
This week, a warning that future tax breaks may not be everything you wish for.
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This weeks stories:
- Adapt or die: Evolution will help breweries survive
- Brewers Association Releases Annual Growth Report for 2019
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Today on The Antidote podcast, we check in with Pete Brown to hear how the UK industry is faring through COVID-19, as well as about his own isolation book project, which you can follow here.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
Today on The Antidote we catch up with Corinna Steeb from Prancing Pony Brewery and also with Karen Stanley from Stanley Law to hear about the restrictions that Prancing Pony was hit with just before Easter. We hear how they are dealing with it, and a glimmer of hope that common sense will prevail.
Then we speak to Dave Padden from Akasha Brewery and hear how a recent focus on packaged beer has softened - a little - the impact of shutdowns on his business, how he is already preapring for the end of the crisi and why he thinks the legacy will be a renewed focus on local businesses.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
Today on The Antidote, we caught up with New York-based beer writer, author and podcaster John Holl to hear how things are going in his backyard and also how the broader US industry is responding to COVID-19. It's a longer chat than normal, but a moving, inisghtful and also funny insight iinto the US situation.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
Good news from ABAC this week as it reports packaging complaints are down in 2020 and we take a look at some positive adaptations the industry is making. Full stories below.
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- ABAC packaging complaints down in 2020
- IBA rallies industry as big retailers offer help
- Milk containers replace growlers as Qld brewers innovate
- CUB to help Australia’s pubs with latest campaign
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We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. They are still open for business and can supply labels for bottles and cans, or shrink sleeved cans ready to fill. Whilst turnaround times may have slowed a bit from the normal 5-7 working days, they are very good at getting people out of trouble where possible. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss your options with the team.
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Today on The Antidote podcast we catch up with Wade Curtis to learn about the variety of measures Ballistic Beer has implemented across its venues to survive the current crisis.
We also check in with Daniel Emery from The Welder's Dog Tamworth to have a very uplifting chat about their Bunker Boxes that have gone ballistic for them and may even outlast the shutdowns.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
Today on The Antidote podcast, we checked in with Craig Basford to see how things are going at Big Shed Brewing Concern.They had not long opened the new shed when they were hit with a different directive every day and we learn how they have adapted.
Then we caught up with with Jon Atherton from Brisbane Distillery to learn the not-too-gentle art of turning your business around and making 10,000 litres of hand sanitiser a day.
You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link below or on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.
This week, something a little different as not only do we step away from the current COVID-19 situation for some regular programming, but we also have Brews News’ senior journalist Clare Burnett taking the microphone and visiting her local brewpub Brendale Brewing to chat with owner Ryan McCausland.
The interesting thing about this conversation is that Brendale Brewing is barely on Brisbane’s craft beer radar, despite a quietly growing reputation for its beers and a growing number of gold medals at significant beer competitions.
Clare speaks with Ryan about why this is, as well as his unconventional entry to the craft beer world and much, much more.
Enjoy the conversation with Brendale Brewing’s Ryan McCausland.
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Welcome to episode 11 of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today werevisit Corey Crooks from Newcastles Grainstore. It's been more than two weeks since we checked in on Corey and over the weekend he announced that they were pressing pause on the Grainstore for a little while to catch their breath from all they've been dealing with. We hear from Corey why he mad that decision and the experiece he has had over the last two weeks.
We also catch up with The Good Beer Co.'s James Grugeon who today launched a campaign that lets us buy essential service workers an indie beer (or four), thanking them and giving brewers much needed cash flow. You can give to the campaign here.
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Welcome to episode 10 of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we catch up Fran Gangemi from the Keep Our Venues Alive campaign to hear about the data they are collecting and their campaign for support for the nighttime industries, including breweries, affacted by the shutdowns. You can complete the survey here to let them know the impact on your business to inform their lobbying.
We also speak with Gill Letham from Brisbane craft beer haven The Woods to hear how the restrictions are affecting her business and how she's dealing with them.
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This week we have some great tips for breweries moving to online sales as well as some fun April Fools stories.
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We also discuss:
- Industry responds to Asahi’s $16bn CUB acquisition
- Guidance for breweries on online sales
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
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Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we catch up with Moo Brew head brewer Dave MacGill and The Beer Healer Chris Lukianenko to check in on all things beer in Tasmania at the moment.
We also hear of their plans to celebrate all things Tassie beer this weekend with an Isolation Beer Festival. Follow the link to find out more.
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Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we catch up with Steve Finney from Otherside Brewing to hear about their Plan C for the current situation.
We also check in on marketing expert Zoe Ottway to see how she's faring and also for her tips for breweries to engage with their communities..
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we catch up with an old friend, drinks writer and host of the James Atkinson - Drinks Adventures podcast, James Atkinson.
We also hear from Broadsheet Brisbane Editor-at-Large Matt Shea on how the wider hospitality community is adapting.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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This week, we have our last conversation recorded during our swing through the High Country Brewery Trail with a visit to Bright Brewery.
We visited the High Country Breweries in late January after the fires, figuring that by April, the fires would be largely forgotten outside of the areas affected. Who would have predicted what would have happened instead.
At the time it was breweries in the many regions affected by fires that were hurting. Today it is every small brewery and that makes the reminder all the more important.
I checked in with Bright late last week and they've had to lay off all casual staff, and all permanent staff (except Sales) are on very restricted hours. They are currently serving takeaway dinner and beer from the brewery from 5-8pm daily, and offering free local delivery, free pick up, and free shipping over $100 for all online orders to try and boost that revenue stream.
With bottle shops still currently open, they're pushing off-premise packaged as much they can. It's getting tough but they say they're really grateful to still be able to operate in some capacity.
They have a new beer - Kiwi Sweetart Sour Ale - and a few Covid-related sales online.
While you wait for that to arrive, you can listen to founder Scott Brandon talk about the evolution of the Bright Brewing as a tourism and hospitality venture...and start making plans to visit once this is all over.
We discuss tourism, people management and sustainability, all hot button issues for breweries when they aren’t dealing with global pandemics.
Enjoy this chat with a lovely bloke, Scott Brandon.
Our partners This special series through the High Country Brewery Trail was also made possible with the assistance of Konvoy Kegs who assisted us to get to the High Country so we could tell their stories.
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Welcome to episode six of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we hear from Simon Strahan from DrinkWise about being mindful of how we're drinking during the stress of the crisis, but also why the importance of the messages the industry sends at the moment is very important. You can read more of why here.
We also catch up with Guy Greenstone from Stomping Ground to find out about how that business is managing the crisis and Guy's thoughts on how businesses can manage the situation.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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Welcome to episode five of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we hear from Hop Products Australia's Owen Johnston about how they are managing the hop harvest in Tasmania and Victoria during the lockdown, and then from Voyager Craft Malt's Stu Whytcross about the impact that drought, fire and now pestilence is having on his business and customers.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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This week we discuss how the beer industry is coping with new legislation and we welcome Kylie Lethbridge to the IBA.
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We also discuss:
- Our most recent episode of The Antidote
- Gage Roads packaged beer boost
- New IBA Chair - Kylie Lethbridge
- Otherside Plan C affordable ale
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Welcome to episode three of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we have a powerful conversation with The Grainstore's Corey Crooks about the impact shutdowns are having on his Newcastle-cased craft beer venue, and also get some very timely and important business advice from on how businesses can manage their finances through this crisis from Kevin Han from Nash Advisory.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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Welcome to episode three of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we chat with Tim Fishwick from soon-to-open (crisis permitting) White Bay Brewing Co, to find out how their plans to open have changed as a result of the current situation, and how they're managing their final stages.
We also speak with Jacqui Sacco from nomad brewers Co-conspirators who are also planning to open a brewery and hear how their plans are being impacted and how their business is surviving in the meantime.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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Welcome to episode two of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
Today we chat with Scott McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows, whose drive-thru bottleshop makes him feel like a kid with a lemonade stand...but is succesfully bringing much needed cash.
We also speak with Richard Kelsey from Beer Cartel to find out if there's been a swing to online purchasing and what trends they are noticing in terms of purchasing.
We hope our daily conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
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This week, we head to Tropical North Queensland and visit Lion’s newest brewery, Tiny Mountain and catch up with head brewer Dave Mullins.
As with many craft brewers, Mullins began his journey as a teenage homebrewer a hobby he continued as he worked in his first career as a design draughtsman before taking a job at the pioneering Brisbane brewery Oxford Brewing Co where he worked for a year until its closure in the mid 2000’s.
After a further stint in his former profession, the call of brewing became too strong and he applied for a position on the bottling line at Brisbane’s XXXX brewery. Since starting at Lion he has worked his way up through the business to be Production Brewer at Malt Shovel Brewery before his appointment to head up Tiny Mountain.
It’s great chat about forging a career in brewing, and the challenges of opening a brewery even as part of a larger business. And one great takeaway is the idea that everything that you do in your career is an experience that is a tool in your toolbox.
Welcome to the first episode of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency.
We hope our conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring.
In our first episode we chat with Bintani's Phil Meddings about maintaining ingredient supply at the moment, and also his first hand account of what's happening in the US. We also chat with Two Birds co-founder Jayne Lewis about how they are dealing with things at the nest.
If there's interest, we will be recording these episodes live ever week day at 5pm AEDT (4pm AEST) and you can listen live and participate in the chat room on MixLR.
This week we look at some of the positive changes businesses are making to adapt to current economic and social challenges. Read more about our biggest stories below.
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- IBA asks for government ‘survival package’
- CUB launches raft of traineeships for 2021
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This week, we continue our swing through the High Country Brewery Trail and return to Beechworth and Bridge Road Brewing.
Bridge Road Brewery’s founder Ben Kraus has been a regular guest through the life of this podcast, but as we discussed last year he planned over a couple of years to set the business up so he and his family could move to his partner Maria’s home Austria and live there for two years. And this conversation is the first time we have spoken with with Bridge Road’s CEO Donald Mace.
After our recent chat with Fermentum’s Ben Summons and Stone & Wood’s Nick Boots, business transition is something of a current theme on Beer is a Conversation, and in this conversation we discuss with Donald how Bridge Road managed the process of letting its founder step away from the business. We also learn a little more about Donald himself and discuss the importance of breweries such as Bridge Road to their community.
Enjoy the conversation with Donald Mace from Bridge Road Brewers.
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On the Brews News Week podcast, small brewers are leading the way with innovation by being greener about their waste products and the COVID-19 virus causes the IBD convention to be postponed.
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- IBD Asia Pacific postpones convention
- Startup aims to turn brewery wastewater into fuel
- Grainstone turns spent grain into flour
- Yulli’s Brews with smoke-tainted grapes
- CUB taps into small sports clubs
- Budweiser’s new beer is shaken like a whipped cream can
- Lion launches XXXX Dry
- The 26 page definition of a biscuit
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This week, we return to the High Country Brewery Trail to visit Beechworth’s ‘other’ brewery Billson’s.
A recent addition to the Beechworth tourism scene, Billson’s is very much a labour of love for exercise physiologist-turned brand consultant-turned brewery owner Nathan Cowan.
It is built above a natural spring, from which water is sourced for all the beverages produced on site. Operating as a brewery for almost 60 years Victoria's temperance movement saw it switch to cordials in the 1920s.
Nathan Cowan has maintained the cordial business, and has returned brewing and added distilling to the beautifully renovated building.
It was hard not to be caught up in Nathan’s enthusiasm for the story behind the business and the history of the brewery and the building it occupies.
Enjoy this chat with Nathan and his brewer Tony Paull as we learn the Billson’s story.
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This week, a warning for brewers thinking of using cartoons on their labels, and how the Coronavirus is affecting the beer industry.
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- Craft Brewers Conference issues coronavirus update
- Lost and Grounded Brewers disagrees with Portman Group finding
- Complaint upheld over brewer’s Instagram post
- NSW launches indie brewers ‘action plan’
- Asahi offers to ditch brands for CUB deal
- New transparency laws in France
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This week we speak with with Ben Summons and Nick Boots.
Over the last few months Stone & Wood founder Jamie Cook has retired from the business and Ben Summons has stepped up from managing director of Stone & Wood into the role of CEO of the Fermentum group of companies, the overarching business. Nick Boots has in turn been promoted from Stone & Wood’s head of sales to General Manager.
The changing of the guard comes at a significant time for the business, as the industry faces crowding at the smaller end of the industry, and takovers at the larger end. Overseas, the largest craft breweries have run into headwinds, the craft beer segment is fragmented with a rapid proliferation of styles and competition from other categories and new and emerging categories such as hard seltzer.
As you’ll here both Ben and Nick have extensive careers in and out of the beer industry, including time at CUB overlapping with founders Brad Rogers, Jamie Cook and Ross Jurisich.
All in all there was a lot to talk about including the origins of craft beer and whether Stone & Wood represented a lost opportunity for CUB, the opportunities and challenges facing Stone & Wood, and the challenges they face as the next generation of managers, the changing beer market and staying disciplined in in a time of change.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Are cans really greener than bottles? The team discuss this and much more on Brews News Week.
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- HPA marks first phase completion of $35m expansion
- Gage Roads signs on with Western Bulldogs
- Divided opinions over online alcohol study
- How to go green for CO2 recovery
- Beer is a Conversation: Bale Breaker
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This week, we continue our series featuring breweries of the Victorian High Country Brewery Trail affected by the January bushfires, visiting Wangaratta and chat with Grant Jones from Malt Shed Brewing.
We learn of the background of the business as three mates, lovers of all things malt, decided what the community needed was a brewery. You’ll hear the origin and focus of the brewery, the challenges and the achievements in a small town and also how the friends, having taken it as far as they can while working full time, have decided to put the brewery up for sale for new owners to the to the next level.
Our late January visit was through this part in Victoria, it was just one of the regions directly affected by fire damage or by loss of tourism. Just today an article was featured in the News Limited travel sections ran articles about another region, the Adelaide Hills, that was urging visitors to return as towns reopen.
There were many communities deeply affected by loss and will take a long time to recover. We have seen tremendous support already from the beer community. And also today we see the launch of the Resilience beer, through which the international brewing community has come together to brew beers and raise money for a wide number of charities, all of which should be celebrated and supported. But if you can, plan to also get out and spend in the affected communities. It is a great way to help and support them and make a meaningful difference in the recovery.
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Jimmie Gold guest hosts the podcast with Matt and Pete to discuss the news of the week.
- ‘Disproportionate’ warning labels to cost $100 million
- Electronic nose identifies beer quality
- More than 200 brewers join Resilience Beer efforts
- Sydney’s All Hands sold for $20m
- Royal QLD Beer Awards Festival 7 March
- The Dorito Effect
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This week, we start a series that is very close to the hearts of us here at Brews News.
Late last year and through January the country experienced catastrophic fires. The response from both here and abroad has been - and continues to be - incredibly generous. However, the impact on the communities involved is often hidden, especially in areas not directly damaged by flames, but were still very affected by the fires.
In late January we visited the Victorian high country and spoke to a number of the brewers that make up the high country brewery trail. During our trip we didn’t see a single singed tree, but we did hear about the devastation that the fires wrought.
One of these things that we can all do to help, in addition to making a donation to a fire charity or drinking a resilience beer, is to get out and spend with them and fill an empty esky.
The chats you will hear over the next few weeks won’t be labouring the fires - they will be like any other Beer is a Conversation learning the story of the breweries and the people involved. But hopefully it will whet your appetite to visit the breweries as well as the wineries, cheese shops, bakeries and all of the other businesses - and to plan a weekend away, a mini break midweek or your Easter holidays in any of the regions.
And first up we visit Brianna and Nathan Munt at King River Brewing. It’s a great story that will resonate with home brewers dreaming of turning pro in a beautiful part of the world, and I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
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The whole crew is together this week as Matt, Pete and Clare discuss all the big stories for the week:
- Dismay over Pirate Life’s inclusion in local festival
- Trade mark cancelled after Melbourne brewers’ legal battle
- IBA increases focus on traineeships
- South Australia funds brewing traineeship pilot
- Hawker’s equity crowd fund
- Flagship February
- Matt’s essay
- £96 a bottle: the exotic beer that is as expensive as vintage wine
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This week Matt chats with Sam Holloway, the Bay Area Distinguished Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Portland. He is also a beer lover and in addition to being on the board of a brewery, developed Crafting A Strategy an online, digital curriculum that gives brewing entrepreneurs the tools, wisdom, and knowledge to go out and improve the world, one community at a time, one craft beer business at a time.
He’s in Australia and next week, on February 19th will be presenting an IBA Mash Up in Sydney at Wayward Brewing. We caught up with him by phone before he left to discuss the challenges facing small breweries and how they can adapt to the rapidly changing industry.
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This week Pete is joined by Brews News Senior Journalist Clare Burnett, and there's lots to cover.
- Jamie Cook steps down as IBA chair
- ATO figures reveal brewers’ tax contributions
- Entries now open for AIBA 2020
- Registrations open for WA Beer Week 2020
- Gage Roads ‘changing gears’ in 2020 as revenues rise
- ABAC dismiss trio of complaints
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We recently saw the GABS Hottest 100 beers of 2019 revealed. It was the biggest year yet for the national poll, but as it has grown, so has the discussion and debate about the results. This year seemed to see the antipathy towards the results reach new levels as many of the social media beer cognoscenti decried what they regard as pedestrian beers gaining high positions in the results. Another bugbear for some were little known breweries - at least little known to them - triumphing over beer known breweries or more widely distributed beers.
Bearing the brunt of a lot of the attention and criticism was a little brewery on the Sunshine Coast that had the temerity to reach the top 5.
As a brewery with next to no footprint outside of its home on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Your Mates results - with 4 beers in the 100 and the top 5 finish - have been held up as showing the poll is flawed or can be gamed. To others, it was proof that the lack of a marketing budget and national distribution didn’t count against a brewery that had done what craft beer says it does - engage and mobilise its community.
Regardless of your own position, the result for the founders - Christen McGarry and Matt Hepburn, was that their excitement at their achievement quickly became tarnished as they watched the scorn online catch them up in its wake.
So who is Your Mates? We caught up with Christen McGarry last year, the day after they opened their new brewhouse and bar. In this episode we discuss the Hottest 100, how they campaigned, what their result means for them and also why the Sunshine Coast did so well in the national poll.
It’s a fun conversation with two mates who, as you’ll hear, are filled with enthusiasm for what they do.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Coming to you from the road this week, Matt and Pete debrief the hottest 100 countdown.
- Pacific Ale back on top in GABS Hottest 100
- Australian Brews News visits Victorian High country breweries
- Ryefield Hops rallies industry after drought devastation
- Brewsvegas 2020 launches
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While he wouldn’t be known outside of his home town, this week’s guest is something of a Brisbane beer identity. Since starting in craft beer about a decade ago, Jimmie Gold has worked at some of the city’s pioneering beer venues and craft breweries.
Over that time he has really come to impress with his thoughtful approach to hospitality and also managing the challenges that come in working in the alcohol and hospitality industries. He’s also a central figure in the community around craft beer in the city. With hospitality becoming an increasingly important element of the business of craft beer, and mindfulness around alcohol an issue for all of us, it was a great opportunity to sit and chat with Jimmie about that.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Over the next three hours - yes, it’s a long one - you will hear Pete Mitcham and Matt Kirkegaard, joined by Hemingway’s Brewing head brewer Anthony Clem and Cryer Malt’s Queensland & Northern Territory Sales Manager, Fergus Seppanen reveal the results live.
We chat with a cavalcade of brewery representatives, including Brendan Varis and Will Irving from Feral, Scott Hargrave from Balter, Nick Boots from Stone & Wood, Christen McGarry from Your Mates and Mazen Hajjar from Hawkers as well as GABS new owner, Mike Bray and the man who pulls it all together, Craig Williams.
We sincerely thank our presenting partners Cryer Malt, Yakima Chief Hops and Barrett Burston Malting. without whom we could not have gotten the team in one room to create the show.
Yakima Chief Hops; a 100% grower-owned global network of family hop farms, known for their innovative products, including Cryo Hops® Pellets, the concentrated lupulin of whole leaf hop cones, processed at sub zero temperatures! Now available through their supply partners Cryer Malt Australia.
We also thank Hemingway’s in Cairns for having us along and being such generous hosts. If you happen to be in Cairns or Port Douglas, you’re missing out on a great experience if you don’t go and visit the breweries and drink the beers that are actually from up there.
Our live stream was produced by Jon Guarna.
Now, settle in and listen to the Radio Brews News team call the last two hours of the countdown and discuss all the results…
This week Matt and Pete are joined by Australian Brews News Senior Journalist Clare Burnett. Make sure you tune in live for our countdown of the GABS Hot 100 on Saturday.
- GABS Hot 100 Countdown
- Registrations open for GABS 2020 Craft Beer & Cider Festival
- Beer InCider taking expressions of interest to sell the event. Email: martin@beerincider.com
- Alcohol advertising watchdog reports record number of breaches with social media the key culprit
- Jetty Stout Pies on Qantas
- Beer is a Conversation with Calvin McDonald
Rebecca Newman director of quality at Lagunita’s Brewing Company is talking all things connectivity at IBD Perth 2020 Conference. Early Bird rates extended till 24th Jan. More details at www.ibd2020.com.au.
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This week we catch up with BrewDog's Australian top dog Calvin McDonald.
Regular listeners will know that BrewDog has been a close study for Australian Brews news and on this podcast as we watched the business explode and try to match the hype and the antics with the output and the execution of what is a global craft beer phenomenon.
As you'll hear, the hospitality side of the venue has exploded over the last few months, being one BrewDog's most profitable venues in the world over that period. And now, brewing has finally started at the facility.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Next week we're live streaming from Hemingways for the GABS Hottest 100. Listen live here.
This weeks topics:
- Support local, breweries urge as bushfire closures continue
- Industry rallies for resilience
- IWSR: Wine Consumption in US Declines for First Time in 25 Years
- ABAC advises breweries to audit social media
- Queensland brewers have say on new licences
- Every six pack of beer contributes to climate change. Brewers hope algae is the solution
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This week we catch up with Gage Roads’ Chief Strategy Officer Aaron Heary.
Midway through last year we had a conversation with Gage Roads co-founder John Hoedemaker and Aaron about the origins and history of the publicly listed brewery. It was a really well received episode and one that received an unusually high response at the time, with many of you saying how interested you were to hear that history which hadn’t really been discussed much.
In that chat we filled the episode just talking about the brewery’s history and didn’t delve much into where Gage Roads is now and where it’s going as it has just celebrated 15 years in business. This time we learn how the business is adapting to the changing beer market, including the soon to open Atomic Beer Project in Sydney.
It’s a wide ranging chat that covers everything from the recent release of a reimagining of its first beer incorporating cryo hops that weren’t available when the brewery launched, what he has learned about brand and business and how he is applying that to its future.
Enjoy the conversation.
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We're back for our 10th year of podcasting! Here's what's making news at the beginning of 2020.
- Looking Ahead: Beer Pros Predict The Next Decade Of Industry Trends (US)
- ABAC warns against ‘milkshake’ in latest findings
- Brewpubs should sound good too
- GABS Hottest 100 Live Countdown
- BrewDog Is Opening the World's First Alcohol-Free Craft Beer Bar
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We kick off our tenth year of covering the Australian brewing industry through a podcast with Adam Trippe Smith.
Adam joined the brewing industry after a background in corporate finance, corporate development and M&A with Ernst & Young, Diageo and APN News & Media. In 2007 he co-founded McLaren Vale Brewing Company, and after leaving went on to found Australia’s first keg lease company Kegstar in 2012.
After growing that business he oversaw a staged sale to supply-chain logistics company Brambles before leaving Kegstar in 2018.
After a break, he recently re-entered the brewing industry founding Konvoy Kegs, a keg rental business that competes with his former creation, while at the same time - together with some illustrious co-founders - he is soon to officially launch another brewery, White Bay Beer Company in Sydney.
Through all of this, Adam was heavily involved in establishing what is now the Independent Brewers Association.
This is a great episode that is rich in industry insight and advice for those involved in the entrepreneurial side of the brewing industry as befits a conversation with one of the most prolific brewing entrepreneurs in the country.
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.
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Welcome to a special Beer is a Conversation, our last for 2019. A live chat with Stone & Wood co-founder Brad Rogers recorded at Brisbane’s My Beer Dealer.
It’s fair to say that Brad is a legend. If it wasn’t just for creating Pacific Ale, arguably the most influential new beer of the last twenty years, Brad would still be revered as a brewer. This is a wonderful, long chat with Brad about so much that is going on in the beer word at the moment, but also about the beers that he is creating at his Stone & Wood side project Forest for the Trees.
As with the previous Live from My Beer Dealer, this was a rare podcast recorded with beer in hand. Regular listeners will know that we avoid the sip and discuss style podcast, and so parts of the chat about the specific beers have been edited out for the podcast listeners benefit.
Thanks to Antoinette, Matt and Les at My Beer Dealer for hosting us - and congratulations on your first year. We will be recording more live chats there, so please let us know how the live chat translates to podcast so we can continue to improve how we do it.
As always it’s a fascinating and epic conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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That's a wrap. Our final Brews News Week for 2019. Here's what's making news:
- Social media posts again before ABAC
- New Belgium’s employee owners have voted in favour of selling the brewery to Lion’s global craft division, Lion Little World Beverages.
- CUB donates water to Queensland and NSW farmers
- FARE attacks Uncle Dan’s
- Revised Limits on Safe Alcohol Consumption
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Registration is now open for the IBD Perth 2020 Conference – more information can be found at www.ibd2020.com.au.
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This week Matt speaks with brewer Dean McLeod.
Dean has a varied history in the Aussie brewing scene with names like Colonial Brewing, Lord Nelson, Malt Shovel, Little Creatures and White Rabbit under his belt, before moving to Canada.
Matt catches up with Dean to see what he's up to now and how the Canadian beer scene compares.
Enjoy the conversation.
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It's the penultimate episode of Brews News Week for 2019. Here's what's making news.
- ACCC raises competition concerns over Asahi-CUB deal
- Malt Shed owners put brewery up for sale
- IBA showcases independence
- Beer volume decline to hit big brewers say analysts
- Brewing training launched by Queensland high school
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Pete joins Matt in Brisbane to discuss a huge week in Aussie beer news.
- Balter announces sale to CUB
- ABAC upholds complaints about historic social posts
- Scale up without selling out says Founders First CEO
- Hat-trick year for Bright Brewery at Victoria Tourism Awards
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Balter Brewing Co has been acquired by Carlton and United Breweries as Australia’s big brewers engage in another wave of craft acquisitions.
The sale, announced today for an undisclosed sum, sees the Currumbin-based brewery join 4 Pines and Pirate Life in the existing CUB stable. If the Asahi acquisition of CUB is allowed to go ahead, they also join Green Beacon which was acquired by Asahi back in August. Balter was launched in 2016 and its beers have since been the recipient of a host of awards under the stewardship of head brewer Scott Hargrave, a former brewer at Byron Bay and Stone & Wood.
Balter brewed 4 million litres of beer in 2018.
Founders include Bede Durbidge, Josh Kerr, Sean Ronan, Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning, brand director Stirling Howland and CEO Ant Macdonald, along with Hargrave.
All will be remaining with the business following sale completion.
Read more.
This week is our last chat from BrauBeviale where we learn a lot about history and brewing traditions and a little bit about malt with Dr Axel Gohler from German maltster Bestmalz.
So much has happened in the craft brewing industry in a short time in Australia with new breweries, beer styles and business models, that sometimes it can be easy to forget that these things have come and gone before, especially in a country with such strong brewing traditions as Germany.
Dr Gohler talks about his family's 7 generation history in the brewing industry, firstly in brewing in Berlin and then in malting. We also hear of the development of Bestmalz from a period post Wold War 2 when roasted barley was used to make coffee but that the German commitment to beer culture saw malting recover and the recent growth of craft beer worldwide has seen it flourish.
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Matt is back in Brisbane with his review of BrewDog Berlin and to discuss the news of the week with Pete.
- Nominations now open for GABS Hottest 100
- BrewLab set to launch in 2020
- IBA moves to its next phase of growth
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This week we chat hops with the team at Yakima Chief Hops. We're joined by Ryan Hopkins - Chief Sales Officer, Patrick Smith - Vice President Loftus Ranches and Joe Catron - Operations Manager, Yakima Chief Ranches.
A few weeks ago Matt was in Nuremberg to check out BrauBeviale. While there he was struck with the presence that US hop growers had. Hop forward US style beers hardly have a presence in the very traditional German market. Was this presence an investment in the future of hops, trying to create a market for US hops and US styles in Germany, or a response to an already growing market?
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week Matt is calling in from Amsterdam to cover the news of the week.
- BrewDog Taproom Opens in Brisbane
- Lion Australia snaps up New Belgium Brewing
- ABAC upholds One Drop Kellogg’s IPA complaints
- Beer Cartel recalls Black Hops Extra Eggnog (Beer #25 of Beer Cartel's 2019 Advent Calendar)
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Last week Matt was in Nuremberg to check out the mother of all brewing trade shows, BrauBeviale, and while there he ran into Bridge Road Brewers founder Ben Kraus who is currently a few months into a 12 month hiatus from the brewery which he and his family are spending in his partner’s native Austria.
We learn how Ben, who has very much been central to Bridge Road’s brand, vision and personality, set the business up in a way that allowed him to step away from the business so completely. We discuss his reasons for taking a break from the business, and whether the break from the day-to-day hubbub of the beer word has given him a new perspective on the Australian industry. We also learn what beers he has been drinking in Austria.
It’s a fun chat with someone who has been an enduring guest on the podcast. Enjoy the conversation.
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This week Matt joins Pete all the way from BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany.
- Brewdog Brisbane taproom opening 21 November
- Slipstream Brewing partners with Founders First
- Pirate Life sour beer complaint dismissed by ABAC
- Coopers reports 2% sales volume growth
- Stewards wanted for Royal Queensland Beer Awards
- Terella Brewing experiments with sustainability on Sunshine Coast
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Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.
We also thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It’s a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.
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Beer is a Conversation is our weekly sit down with some of the people who make the beer industry the interesting and dynamic thing that it is and through these conversations we dig a little deeper into the stories behind the business of beer and brewing.
Over the last few months we have jumped into the wayback machine and talked about the early days of what we now call craft beer. This has been more through accident than design...but this week we have another one for you.
About six months ago Matt was having a chat with Chuck Hahn and the conversation came around to changing beer palates and Chuck happened to mention that his original intention for Hahn Premium Lager was to brew and market a pilsner. He said that his early testing told him that the beer he proposed was too challenging for the 1988 beer palate that he was targeting, not to mention they didn’t know what a pilsner was.
Matt floated the idea of borrowing a homebrew kit and doing a batch with him. Chuck seemed to like the idea and organised to brew a batch of the beer at the Charming Squire.
This is a fascinating conversation about a time before hops as we know it today.
Enjoy the conversation.
We are currently looking at hosting a live Brews News panel to release the beer, in Brisbane and potentially in Sydney. Stay tuned, and email us at producer@brewsnews.com.au if you're interested in attending.
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We also thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It’s a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.
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The broadsheet is rather thick as Pete and Matt cover a huge week in beer news.
- Gabs Hottest 100 sale
- Ballistic partner with Founders First
- Indie Brewers Association looks to join ABAC
- Happy hour over as craft brewer Broo's shares go flat
- Keg thefts prompts WABA initiative
- NSW container scheme accidentally releases commercially sensitive data
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News.
We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.
We also thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It’s a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.
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As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing.
Virgil Gamache Farms, more popularly known as VGF is a leading hop grower in Toppenish in the Yakima Valley. The Gamache family began farming back in 1913 on what was then called Sunshine Ranch. The first crops were wheat, corn, potatoes, apples grapes and alfalfa. When Prohibition ended in 1932 the family set straight to growing hops but it wasn’t until the late 1990’s when a chance discovery of some independently growing ‘wild’ hops were rescued from destruction. In the spirit of an old Wireless Radiola Series, that hop grew up to become Amarillo.
Darren Gamache is the current steward of the family farming legacy and in this chat he shares the history of the farm and its buildings as well as the ways in which the hop industry and the craft beer industry have flourished together in the last decade. We dive into the true story of the accidental discovery of the hop which made the business famous and discuss the growing relationship between farmers and brewers which is helping to highlight the fact that beer is, at its core, an agricultural product.
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As Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week, they discover they've been the target of a few memes.
- Non-alcoholic beer in smaller brewers’ reach
- ABAC rules on Little Fat Lamb and Pirate Life complaints
- It's unfair to lump craft brews in with mass-produced alcohol
- Licensing disadvantages Qld brewers says industry
- BrewDog Brisbane readies for opening with new appointments
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As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing.
The first stop is CLS Farms in Moxee in the Yakima Valley. The Desmarais and family has been farming the land here for five generations and while they produce some of the state’s best cherries, apricots, peaches and plums, it is hop production for which they are rightly renowned.
Eric Desmarais, in this wide ranging chat, takes us through the farms’ history and his family’s connection to the land as well as the ways in which they have made the business more sustainable as both a farm and as an employer through a progressive agronomic approach, cutting-edge harvesting facilities and processing.
Those among our listeners who are brewers – from the veteran to the budding brewer – should find this conversation of interest in terms of how it illustrates a shift in thinking about hop usage. Where once brewers thought in terms of just a particular varietal to achieve certain flavours and aromas they can now look at the flavours themselves and select the same hop grown on different lots or picked at different times to achieve different results.
We are also introduced to Zappa, the latest proprietary hop to come from CLS Farms and who joins El Dorado and Medusa in the CLS hop family. CLS is also a great supporter of the public breeding program.
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This conversation is a very deep dive into the industry and the stories behind it as we chat with Doug Donelan, who recently retired from his role as CEO at New Zealand Hops.
After a varied career, that included falling in love with home brew, Doug got his start as an apprentice brewer under Chuck Hahn at the original Hahn Brewery in 1990. He saw the triumphs and the challenges that saw the business eventually go into receivership before being purchased by Tooheys.
Deciding to stay on Doug worked in product development roles before being tapped on the shoulder to re-join Chuck as he launched what we now know as the James Squire brand at the Malt Shovel Brewery.
He worked there in the early days of Australia’s craft brewery renaissance before spending the last 13 years as head of New Zealand hops.
In a similar vein to our chats with Jamie Cook and Phil Sexton, this is a wide ranging chat the looks at the modern evolution of beer and the rise of craft brewing, as well as the development of the New Zealand hop industry.
It is a fascinating chat, and one that could have gone on and on. Enjoy the conversation.
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She's finally back! Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing joins Matt and Pete this week and weighs in everything from pregnancy warning labels to the 2019 Australian Craft Beer Survey.
- Indie Beer Day
- Indie brewers face $100m bill for pregnancy risk labels
- Consumers want larger packs finds Beer Cartel survey
- Beer on the agenda at Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show
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This is part two of our special edition of Beer is a Conversation, a chat with Akasha’s Dave Padden recorded live at My Beer Dealer.
Thanks to Antoinette, Matt and Les at My Beer Dealer for hosting us - and congratulations on your first year. We will be recording more live chats there, so please let us know how the live chat translates to podcast so we can continue to improve how we do it.
Enjoy part two of Dave Padden live from My Beer Dealer.
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This is part one of our special edition of Beer is a Conversation a chat with Akasha’s Dave Padden, to borrow a phrase, recorded live in front of a studio audience
This conversation took place as part of the first birthday celebrations at Brisbane’s My Beer Dealer, one of Brisbane’s best bottleshops. We were invited to record a live chat with Dave to discuss many things, including a special two-way collaboration with Hop Nation to celebrate the birthday.
It’s a very wide ranging chat that we have split into two parts, looking at Dave’s progression from a systems engineer to ‘falling hard’ for beer and taking up home brewing, to progressing to his own brewery, to moving on and the challenges and learnings around that and then starting his current brewery Akasha.
We look at his approach to brewing, his love of hops, the rapidly evolving beer scene and whether he will ever brew a milkshake IPA.
Thanks to Antoinette, Matt and Les at My Beer Dealer for hosting us - and congratulations on your first year. We will be recording more live chats there, so please let us know how the live chat translates to podcast so we can continue to improve how we do it.
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Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Beer is a Conversation.
As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest, Matt and Pete went with Bintani to the US to make their final selections from the autumn crops. While there they made a visit to the Portland HQ of Indi Hops.
A relatively new kid on the block, Indi Hops is an overnight success story 10 years in the making. The company began with a hop breeding program launched at Oregon State University back in 2009 which grew to include Oregon's first post farm hop processing facility and an experimental hop program.
Co-founder Jim Solberg and first employee Matt Sage are avid craft beer lovers and as this chat shows they bring a wealth of business and brewing experience to Indi Hops. Jim and Matt generously share their very different background stories before introducing us to Strata and Meridian - the latest hop varietals for which high hopes are held.
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Several beers receive ABAC's judgement as Pete and Matt discuss the news of the week.
- Craft pioneer returns to helm of Matilda Bay
- ABAC rules against Joker-themed beer and citrus IPA
- Spike in packaging complaints dominates ABAC report
- Colorado’s oldest craft brewery is downsizing, ending distribution and laying off 21 employees
- Pure Blonde goes organic with transparency campaign
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In this episode we chat with Ruth Leary from Fermentis. Ruth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in food science from Otago University and also an IBD Diploma in Brewing. Ruth studied fermentation science as a post grad and fell in love with beer when she started at Lion Brewery in New Zealand in 2002. First in the technical team and then as a yeast propagator. She is now the Regional Sales Manager for Fermentis.
We chat about her career starting at Lion in 2002 and her experiences in the beer industry joining a very male dominated business in the early 2000s. Then we take a look at yeast and learn a little about what's happening in yeast development in a hazy beer world.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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In this episode we chat with Kegstar's Kevin Dinn and Andrew Higginbotham. There has been a lot of talk about smart kegs over the last few years - kegs that are able to report back to base about where they are, their temperature, and even whether they are full or empty. Despite all of that talk, nothing has yet hit the market. But with Kegstar announcing it is ready to roll out scan free keg tracking, we use this opportunity to catch up with Kegstar's Chief Technology Officer and learn about what they're doing and what's possible, and what's likely in the smart keg space.
While we're chatting with Kegstar, we also catch up with General Manager Andrew Higginbotham to update the chat we had with him at GABS earlier this year about demand for smaller kegs post 1 July.
If you're in the business of moving beer, this is an interesting conversation about what's new in the keg space.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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Beer is a Conversation is our weekly sit down with some of the people who make the beer industry the interesting and dynamic thing that it is and through these conversations we dig a little deeper into the stories behind the business of beer and brewing.
This week we chat with Luke Corbin who is brewing with Myanmar’s first modern brewery, Burbrit Brewery.
This conversation came out of a chance meeting at the recent SEA Brew conference in Bangkok. Luke is a home brewer - one of the founders of Melbourne’s Merri Mashers homebrew club. He’s also a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University. He came to be in Myanmar as part of his doctoral fieldwork and ended up working for the country’s first modern brewery.
This is a fascinating chat about beer, brewing and the drinking culture in a very exotic location.
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In one of the biggest news stories of the year, Phil Sexton is returning to take control of the Matilda Bay brand nearly 30 years after leaving the brewery he founded.
Sexton, who founded Matilda Bay Brewing in 1983 before seeing it purchased by what is now CUB in 1990, has announced plans to open a Matilda Bay brewpub in Healesville, an hour east of Melbourne, in partnership with CUB.
You can read the full story on Brews News here, and we managed to catch up with Phil today to learn about the history of Matilda Bay and how he came to approach CUB to partner with them on this project.
It's a fascinating chat with a pioneer of craft beer in Australia about his plans for a storied beer brand.
The boys are back in Oz this week discussing all the big news stories.
- James Squire and Pirate Life face ABAC panel
- Hard Seltzers and Small Brewers
- Link to Brewbound Brew Talk
- 'Spirits are seen to be sinful': Gin and vodka taxes pay for cheap beer and wine
- Baltimore brewers clap back at review culture with ‘2 Stars Not My Style’ sour
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In this episode we chat with Colonial Brewing's Marketing and Communications Manager Jenna Godley. Jenna has extensive experience in sponsorship and communications and has brought that background to her work at Colonial. As smaller breweries strive to stand out from the crowd, innovative sponsorships are increasingly how they are doing it.
Colonial was one of the first small breweries to partner with a major football team when they teamed up with Essendon. Jenna was on a BrewCon panel sharing insights and strategies from the sports business world that can be applied and replicated for breweries in the craft beer industry. This chat is a must for anyone responsible for building their businesses brand through partnerships.
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Pete and Matt coming to you direct from San Francisco with the big news of the week.
- Drinks companies worldwide could lose more than US$430 billion in brand value if plain packaging laws are extended to alcohol
- Good Beer Week 2020 open for business
- Nostalgia and the rise of Reschs and Emu Export
- Greg Koch responds to UK watchdog group's "feelings" towards Arrogant Bastard Ale
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This week Matt chats with Phillip Rankmore, Head Brewer at South Korea's Budnamu Brewery in Gangneung.
Phil was at the recent SEA Brew Conference in Bangkok and he told a fascinating story that took him from volunteering to do work experience under Dave Padden at Riverside Brewing in Sydney to Berlin and then to getting a job as brewer during a 2 day lay over in Seoul on the very day that brewing was legalised in South Korea.
It sees him starting up the Korean Goose Island Brewery and also growing his own rice to make beer.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Lastly we thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It’s a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.
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Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing’s annual conference and trade show.
In this episode we chat with intellectual property lawyer James Omond from Omond and Co.
While it wasn’t on the BrewCon program, during BrewCon James had an article published in the Fairfax papers looking at talks that have started with the European Union over the use of geographical indications. I wanted to sit down and find out more about this and how it could affect brewers and whether locally produced Munich Helles will have to change its name to Australian sparkling lager.
As craft beer matures, these are always interesting topics and James is an expert on the subject.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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In this episode we chat with Weyermann Malt’s Axel Jany.
Axel is an international customer consultant for Weyermann but when we sat down to speak I was intrigued that he was a beer sommelier, something I don’t associate with German beer, so I ask him about that and what follows is a wide ranging chat about German beer culture, how it is facing the challenges of the hop-driven craft beer wave, naming conventions and whether Berliner Weisse is an appropriate style name for a beer brewed other than in Berlin, and - of course - malt and the influence that malt and terroir can play in a beer..
It’s a great chat with a passionate character in the craft beer world, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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Matt and Pete impart their chemistry and wit on the news of the week.
- Pressure forces government back down over fire levy
- Brewers urged to prepare for NSW container deposit scheme deadline
- Mid-strength, no and low alcohol beers make up 25% of CUB sales
- Wolf’s new lair
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This week we sat down to chat with Green Beacon’s Johann van der Walt to talk about using experimental hops and got much more that expected from a brewer who has proved to be a reluctant podcast guest in the past.
You will hear a brewer talking effusively and passionately about his background, how he got into brewing, his progression to become head brewer at Green Beacon and his approach to crafting a beer... and also to making beers with experimental hops.
Watch the art and science of hop breeding from Dr Simon Whittock, HPA's Hop Breeder.
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In this episode we chat with Accountant Maria Pearman whose BrewCon presentation was on the proper costing for beer.
Maria is a CPA with a professional understanding of the running of breweries. She teaches finance and accounting for the craft brewer and her book, Small Brewery Finance: Accounting Principles and Planning for the Craft Brewer is about to be published on 4 October...and if you’re a US Brewer’s Association member and you’re quick, you can save 30% on preorders before Monday 23rd September.
Maria discusses the lessons small brewers need to learn about finance in their brewery...and how much beer actually costs to produce.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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Pete and Matt catch up to debate the hard news over a hard iced tea and find out if ice in your pacific ale is "a thing".
- Shopping centres provide a new home for craft beer
- Bottle shops and venues in the ABAC firing line
- CUB snaps up canned wine company Riot
- Shock revelation - Queenslanders put ice in their ‘Pak’Ales.
- Will hard iced teas take off in Australia?
- No beer on a dead planet
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This week we chat with Paul Halsey CEO of UK's Purity Brewing.
Regular listeners will know that we tend to have a preference for local beer on radio Brews News. As a rule, beer doesn't travel well. And as we become more environmentally aware it seems inconsistent to seek out beers that have travelled thousands of kms when local versions exist.
Purity and Prancing Pony have entered an agreement to brew their beers reciprocally to ensure a reduced carbon footprint and to support and encourage sustainable beer production. Paul is currently in Australia to brew the initial batch of Purity's Session IPA with Prancing Pony.
In a week that many in the brewing industry are sending the message that there are no beers on a dead planet, we thought it worth sitting down with Paul to find out more about Purity and its arrangement with Prancing Pony.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Lastly we thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It’s a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.
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Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live.
This week, Rodenbach’s Rudi Ghequire.
His BrewCon bio reads thus. "Born in the shadow of the historic Rodenbach Brewery in Belgium, Rudi Ghequire has spent the last 37 years advancing the legacy of the region’s distinctive sour beer, brewing with a combination of old-world and new-world technologies. Rodenbach has long been the darling of beer enthusiasts with Rudi at the helm as the modern day father of sour beer."
He was promoted to Brewmaster in 1994 the post he holds today 25 years later.
A lover of tradition but never its slave and a passionate advocate for
good beer. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Rudi Ghequire.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
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Brews News Week is our look back on the beer news of the week.
This week we look at:
- CUB’s viral marketing win with VB
- Great Northern’s Father’s Day Campaign
- Byron Bay Brewery’s lager’s bottle is clearer than its orgin
- Deschutes Unveils New FMB Brand Modified Theory at Distributor Summit
- Are alcohol companies using digital marketing to target minors
- Colorado football eliminating plastic beer cups at home games
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This week we hear from Sam Hambour, co-founder with friend Duncan Gibson, of Hop Nation.
Sam is a straight shooter and we chat about his move from the wine industry to creating a contract brand and growing it to opening their own brewery. We hear a little about about their philosophy and approach to brewing, what they have learned about running a business from running a business and how, while they were anticipating potential legal issues about Jedi Juice, they were a little blind sided by their run in with ABAC.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This is the first of our special editions of Radio Brews Brews recorded live at BrewCon 19.
Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live.
We were grateful to the IBA that they engaged with us as their official media partner and we had a studio to record some great chats that you will get to enjoy over coming weeks.
Anyone who thinks and reads about beer should know Pete Brown. He’s been named British Beer Writer of the Year multiple times, as well as publishing books on beer, beer culture and beer history including Man Walks into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wine and Hops and Glory.
Pete gave the keynote presentation at BrewCon and gave his audience plenty to think about. If you’re an IBA member, you will have access to his presentation in coming weeks and it is a good reason to join if you’re not.
We pick up on a couple of the themes he raised in his keynote, as well as discuss the constant change and evolution that is taking place in the beer market while noting that in some ways that the more things change, the more of a recurring pattern we see.
BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Pete and Matt record live from BrewCon 2019 to discuss the news of the week.
- IBA launches Indie Beer Day
- Shakeup as Cryer Malt and Bintani swap malt suppliers
- No shit: This beer was made from Berlin's recycled wastewater
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This week we chat with Mike Bennie, a drinks writer and one of the Founders of the Drink Easy Awards. The Drink Easy Awards promises beers will be judged, not against style, but in an egalitarian system aimed at elevating collections of drinks that represent not only the notion of high quality but the development and creativity found within their community. Topher Boehm even wrote in to say that this was not just another drinks awards. He said the awards were born out of frustration of style based competitions where more creative drinks can sometimes miss out. Hope you enjoy Matt's chat with Mike Bennie.
You can enter the Drink Easy Awards here.
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As millennials shun beer because of its carbs, Pete and Matt discuss the origins of the beer gut. And of course the big news stories of the week:
- Green Beacon ineligible for Indies
- Independent Brands Australia becomes a signatory to Alcohol Marketing Regulator
- Lion microbrewery scaled back after Townsville objections
- Spanish brewer Mahou to acquire Founders Brewing
- Millennials are shunning beer because they say it makes them 'fat'
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Beer is a Conversation is our weekly sit down with some of the people who make the beer industry the interesting and dynamic industry it is and through these conversations we dig a little deeper into the stories behind the business of beer and brewing.
And this week’s conversation is a deeper dive on steroids as we chat with Stone & Wood’s Jamie Cook. Jamie is no stranger to Radio Brews News, if just as the namesake for the Cook limit. But more importantly he has been a frequent guest through his roles as a founder of Stone & Wood, and of the Craft Beer Industry Association and now Chair of the Independent Brewers Association board. For all of those conversations, we haven’t talked much about Jamie himself.
Last week Jamie turned sixty and this week he has issued a statement saying that many years ago he made a promise to himself that he would use that milestone to reset his priorities to give more time to himself, his family and adventure whilst winding back from a day to day working life. As such he has announced that he will be stepping back from his role as CEO of Fermentum - the overarching business behind Stone & Wood - retiring to the role of Chair of the Fermentum Board in December this year.
Jamie has had a long history in the brewing industry, and his career has spanned some of the most interesting periods of Australian brewing...before he even co-founded Stone & Wood. If you are fascinated by brewing history and the evolution of the current craft beer revival, or if you are a student of the business of brewing, this is a fascinating conversation with one of the giants of the Australian industry.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Details emerge around the sale of Green Beacon as Matt and Pete discuss the brews news of the week.
- Green Beacon sale rumours finally true
- Is this beer name ok
- Countdown is on for BrewCon 2019
- ‘Miscommunication’ behind Swan Valley exclusion
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Thanks to our Malt Mates at Cryer Malt, welcome to a special breaking news edition of Beer is a Conversation.
Well, it’s Australian craft brewing’s longest running rumour finally proved true today when Brisbane’s Green Beacon announced the full sale of the business to Asahi.
There will be a million views on the sale, but we decided to go straight to co-founder Adrian Slaughter and get his story on the rumours, the sale and the future of Green Beacon.
As you would expect there is a lot of “nothing will change and this is good for the business” but I try to dig a little deeper into that and there is a lot more besides platitudes in this chat.
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Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference.
Today we have two conversations. Firstly Rhys Lopez, Head Brewer from Otherside Brewing and then Dylan Hunter from Cheeky Monkey. Both are brewers who, on their way to other places, fell into craft beer and then into brewing. Rhys was a young journalism student who 14 years ago was saved from taking a part time job as a supermarket night filler by a friend who instead got him a job as a glassy at Little Creatures and changed his life forever.
Then we have Cheeky Monkey's Dylan Hunter who started working in wine packaging before discovering home brewing and moving to the packaging line at Gage Roads, which saw him move into brewing. Enjoy the conversations.
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Matt and Pete are running Craft Beer Ally at the Brisbane Ekka this week and stopped to chat about the news of the week.
- Boston Beer Launches Truly Hard Seltzer Ads Featuring Comedian Keegan-Michael Key
- Government set to audit venues over glass measures
- Why Craft Beer Is Dying
- A brewery called ‘Manhattan Project’ decides to release a beer called ‘Bikini Atoll’.
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This week, we meet Richard Jeffares from Two Bays Brewing in Victoria.
Imagine being a beer lover - and the brother of the owner of one of the best beer pubs in the country - and then finding out that you can’t drink beer.
That was the predicament that Richard found himself in, but as they say - when life gives you lemons you make lemonade...or in his case he went and found some ancient grains and made beer that he could drink...and others would want to even if they had the choice of drinking beer with gluten or not.
It’s a great chat about how a life circumstance can create new challenges and interesting opportunities. Enjoy the conversation.
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Pete joins Matt up in Brissie ahead of the EKKA and to discuss the news of the week. This episode also features bonus chats with Stephen Beaumont on why we should stop following trends from the USA and Paul Holgate on equity crowd funding.
- Investigation reveals alcohol content of fermented ‘soft drinks’
- Venues face fines for selling growlers without manufacturer licence
- Brewers Association Reports Continued Growth for Small and Independent Brewers
- A taxing double standard
- Illawarra Brewing Co apologise for offensive meme
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The month of July, traditionally a quieter time for brewers as sales slow and the opportunity arises for brewers to update equipment, prepare brew schedules for summer stocks and to take some well-earned R & R. for veteran (but still young and sprightly) brewer Jayne Lewis, July was a time to take a step back, to take stock and to reflect.
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Could VB join the list of worst beer trends with their new tea? And why government red tape is hindering smaller brewers. Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week.
- The Worst Trends in Beer Right Now, According to Brewers
- Qld Craft Brewing Strategy fails first test.
- Brewers face impact of Sydney lockout laws
- Victoria Bitter launches VB Tea
- Brewbound Editor Leaves
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This week we catch up with Jaz and Grant Wearin from Modus Operandi. We caught up with Grant around 12 months ago after Modus was named Champion Large Brewery at the Indies and we had a wide ranging chat about that award, beer quality and date coding.
This conversation was recorded last week as the pair were gearing up for their fifth birthday celebrations and I was interested in hearing from the couple about the realities of running a family brewery. When I last spoke with Grant, the pair were expecting their first child and I was interested to hear how, with baby Arch about to celebrate his first birthday, they are managing the demands of an expanding brewery and finding balance in an industry - often with unsocial hours - with their expanding family.
As happens in a dynamic business, the interview was cut short and when we reconvened a few days later Jaz had been struck down with the flu, but the second half of the conversation features Grant discussing the special celebration beers the brewery is releasing to mark its fifth anniversary, as well as a beer launched for IPA Day next week. We discuss the challenges the breweries face is building a core range while acknowledging the importance of regular releases and seasonals and how they manage these one-offs while maintaining quality.
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Matt and Pete take a dive into the biggest beer news story for quite some time - the sale of CUB, as well as some breaking local stories.
- QLD fire levy “case-by-case” says government
- Is Coopers the Dunlop Volleys of beer? Launches XPA.
Or does it need some star power? - CUB snapped up by Asahi in $16bn deal
- ACCC takes note and craft brands remain in wake of CUB sale
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When news broke that CUB has been purchased by Asahi for $16 Billion the comments and questions came thick and fast. Some things were clear, if the sale went ahead Asahi would become the worlds third largest brewing company. What was not so clear was the fate of the various company layers within the CUB network. Questions and opinions soon began circulating as to the future of CUB's craft brands like 4 Pines and Pirate Life as well as online services such as Booze Bud and Rate Beer.
We turn to Mazen Hajjar, co founder of Hawkers Beer, who is very forthright in his opinions on all things business. He shares what the sale might mean for the Australian beer landscape as well as his views on tap contracts, anti competitive behaviour and the role of the IBA and ACCC.
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Radical changes to ice cold beers and second hand drinking catch the boys attention this week as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week.
- Radical change to the iconic VB can
- Pilsners Are an Elegant Outlier to the Craft Beer Hype Machine
- 'Second-hand drinking' damage is more common than you may think
- Better margins see publicans invest in craft beer despite lure of pokies
- Rules tightened on alcohol home delivery
- ABAC rules against Star Wars-themed beer
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This week we have a very timely conversation with Harry Jenkins, independent chair of the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code scheme (ABAC).
This conversation had been booked for some weeks but happened to be recorded the day before the news come out about ABAC’s Jedi Juice ruling so we weren't able to canvas that specifically. We did discuss the ABAC code generally, its aims and objectives, and also the criticism it has faced from both sides of the industry.
It’s an interesting conversation about an important topic that is very timely for the whole industry, but especially for smaller and independent brewers.
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Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference.
Two Birds co-founder, Jayne Lewis, opened the conference with her keynote. Jayne eschewed the usual keynote update and platitudes by addressing some of the important issues the industry has been tackling and she address them head on, but in a very supportive way.
We didn’t initially plan to podcast the keynote, but it was a message that we think everyone should hear.
Matt followed up with Jayne after for a bit more of a chat about what she said and why it was important right now.
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This week Matt and Pete discuss the big ideas. Have we reached peak beer here in Australia and why is ABAC copping so much hate?
- Have We Reached Peak Beer?
- Happy 21st birthday ABAC: Here’s twenty-one times you’ve been labelled a failure
- Growth plans in the works as FogHorn invests in wholesale
- Stomping Ground to open airport brewery
- Beer is a Conversation: Shawn Sherlock
- Beer is a Conversation: Mark Haysman
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A Baltimore-born, Brooklyn raised, Israeli soldier/homebrewer marries and settles in Melbourne and finds himself the Head Brewer in his friend’s business venture – a revamped Docklands pub tucked quite literally beneath the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel.
Whilst it sounds like the opening to a convoluted Hollywood movie plot, it is, in fact, the story of Shaya Rubenstein from Urban Alley Brewing.
The business itself began life as Collins St Brewing when Shaya’s friend Ze’ev Meltzer conceived a plan to open an inner city brewhouse. The difficulties that presented led to a Plan B where the business contract brewed core beers to enter the market and establish the brand while a suitable site could be sourced close to the city.
The Harbour Town Hotel became that site, a large scale pub on the outer reaches of the Docklands precinct to the north west of the city. A chunk of the existing restaurant area was given over to the brewhouse and Pete says that a better example of ‘Brewhouse Tetris’ would be hard to find as every square foot of space has been judiciously utilised even to the point that the low-point of the floor and the high point of the ceiling was the only place to stand tanks before shuffling them into place. The grain mill is located in a loading bay some 50 metres’ walk away next door and linked to the brewery by an auger which snakes its way through the delivery and back-of-house alleys.
In this conversation Shaya is keen to share some of the philosophy behind the brand and the choice of beers as well as the strong focus on sustainability that they have planned. He also takes care to correct some of the misinformation reported around these practices (some of which are in the planning stages but not yet implemented) and gives listeners some inside goss on upcoming partnerships to further ensure a smaller environmental footprint.
Shaya is a most interesting character with a rich and diverse background, all of which has led him to his current role. He shares some forthright views and opinions on the brewing scene and is sure to get the conversation started.
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Which brewer is taking part in Dry July? Find out as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week.
- Bintani launches 2019 vintage Signature Malt
- NE-IPA’s Quest for “Juicy” Has Led Us Toward Increasingly Undrinkable Beer, and “Hop Burn” is the Culprit
- AB InBev launches RateBeer marketplace
- Woolies set to offload Endeavour Drinks
- Brewers give their verdict on excise changes
- Dry July
- Australian Craft Beer Survey 2019
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we visit Gage Roads Brewing and meet co-founder John Hoedemaker and Chief Strategy Officer Aaron Heary.
As a publicly listed brewery, we probably know more about Gage’s business than almost any other brewery but at the same time John and Aaron keep a low profile personally and we have long wanted to talk to them to hear the Gage story of its evolution.
Gage Roads has been brewing for 15 years and it is a unique brewery in the Australia landscape. Its journey has been unlike any other and has included launching, publicly listing, struggling, partnering with Woolworths, buying back from Woolworths, and relaunching seemingly stronger than ever.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Bintani has launched the 2019 vintage of its premium Signature Malt produced with Joe White Maltings.
We wanted to dig a little bit deeper into all things malt and learn the reasons behind the creation of Signature malt and why this year was such a good year for Tasmanian malting barley.
A product such as Signature Malt has implications right along the supply chain from the farmer, to the maltster, the brewer and also to the communities that support these businesses and we wanted to find out more about all of these elements.
Joining us was barley grower Dave Skipper, maltster Dave Bauld, brewer Dave Magill, Brand Tasmania’s Pip Dawson and Bintani's Justin Fox talk about Signature Malt.
This is sponsored content produced in partnership with Bintani but, as with anything that we produce under our name, we think its good content and were pleased to help tell the story.
Today we learn that listening to Brews News Week is great for your fitness. So jog along as Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week.
- Board changes at the IBA
- Beer excise changes set to come into effect
- Is market concentration actually good for craft brewers?
- North of Nowhere Pale Ale
- 'Completely wrong': alcohol retailer BWS partners with Dry July
- Bintani launches hops selection trial
- Real Men of Genius commercial
- Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists
- Pre-hop harvest planning at Bushy Park
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This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne.
Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry.
Today we have a couple of shorter interviews with some of the unsung members of the brewing industry. People who generally let their beers do the talking and are quite reluctant in front of a microphone.
First we have Grum from Exit Brewing. We weren’t able to tease Grum’s real name out of him but we were able to learn the background to Exit Brewing, his approach to brewing and his reaction to picking up a couple of gold medals at the Australian International Beer Awards the night before. We also get his thoughts on why brewing is so attractive to refugees from the IT industry.
We also then got to chat with Pia Poynton and Eddie Still from Nowhereman Brewing Co. Pia talks us through the story of Nowhereman while Eddie very reluctantly takes the mic and takes us through the process of making his first gold medal winning beer and a little bit about him and his background in brewing.
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This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne.
Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry.
GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry.
Today we have a series of shorter interviews, firstly Sam Fuss from Philter Brewing, who talks about her career, making the AIBA trophy winning beer for the awards night this year, what it meant to win the gypsy brewer trophy last year and also her possibly disappointing results this year on the back of that. We discuss the name gypsy brewer and its appropriateness as a label in this day and age and Sam also announces that she’s just put a deposit on her very own stainless steel so she won’t be fitting that description much longer.
We also manage to catch up with Justin Fox and Ash Hazel, the former and current head brewers at Colonial Brewing. We hear of Colonials current expansion and whether the new brewer ever calls upon the advice and experience of the old brewer. We learn about the breweries relationship with Colonial Leisure Group and what advantages if any accrue to business with it’s own pubs. This chat was recorded the day after the news that former Prime Minister Bob Hawke died and we get Justin’s reaction to that news given he created the beer brewed in Bob Hawke’s name and got the know the former PM quite well.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Matt finally backs BrewDog! And some sage words of warning for those wanting to rip off Belgium Monks. Plus all the big Aussie beer stories of the week.
- Coopers Brews XPA
- Belgium monks forced to sell prized beer online to beat resellers
- Share sale at non alcoholic Sobah boosts expansion plans
- Hop-on, hop-off brewery tour service launches in Sydney
- WA bus route revives ailing beer tourism
- Hear marketing expert Zoe Ottaway's tips for Coopers
- More of the discussion on trademark and copyright. Listen from 1hr 30 mins.
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This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne.
Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry.
GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry.
Today’s guests are very senior members of the craft brewing industry, and very forthright. Feral Brewing Founder Brendan Varis and Richard Watkins Co-Founder of BentSpoke Brewing.
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This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne.
Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry.
In just a few weeks changes will come into force that will see brewers able to use much smaller keg sizes without an excise penalty. There has been much discussion about what that means for brewers and how many will be taking up the opportunity.
I sat down with two people who I thought would have a handle on all things kegs, Andrew Higginbotham, General Manager Australia New Zealand for Kegstar Kegs and Lincoln Kelly, General Manager Keg Services.
We look at the changes that will take place and what brewers have been asking them, what they predict will change and how they are gearing up to cater to their projections.
If you think what goes in a keg is interesting, this will show you that the business of stainless is worth some attention too.
Enjoy the chat with Andrew Higginbotham and Lincoln Kelly.
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A fun chat this week as Pete and Matt debate whether a stamp collection counts if it has not been "licked and sticked" as well as the big news stories of the week:
- Australia’s Glen Fox new Charlie Bamforth
- ABAC finds against another craft brewery
- Craft contributes ‘disproportionate’ number of jobs to Aussie brewing industry
- FARE takes aim at "Ethical Vodka"
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This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne.
Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry.
We do a lot of conversations, but there’s something about having a live studio at GABS that just saw the guests relax and talk in a way that they don’t always do when a microphone is in front of them. As a result we will be serving you up some terrific bonus content over the next few weeks that will offer some interesting and forthright observations.
In this episode we kick off with a conversation with Phil and Dale Meddings from Bintani. A lot has happened with Bintani over the last twelve months, from the partial sale of their business to their US counterpart Rahr Corporation. This led to the end of their agreement with Yakima Chief Hops that in turn led to a lawsuit in the US relating to the termination of that contract.
We discuss the events of the last year, what it means for the business and their plans for the future, as well as learn a little more about how Bintani came to be.
It’s a forthright chat with two genuine gentlemen of the beer game and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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This week we meet Dr Glen Fox, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland.
We often overlook what we have in our own backyard and Dr Fox is a great example. While we have regularly had international experts on the podcast, I was unaware of the research that was going on here in Australia until I met Glen at a function recently.
Dr Fox has just been named Charlie Bamforth’s successor as Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at University of California, Davis.
Today we meet Glen and learn about his research in the ingredients side of the industry and what his role will be at UC Davis. Along the way we also get a little tease into some research being done into Australian plants that may be able to assume the role of hops in brewing, learn that Toowoomba once had a hop industry of sorts, the concern about the effect climate change will have on barley and brewing and also that from 2020 the University of Queensland will be including brewing training in its food science degree.
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During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place.
Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions.
This panel hosted by co-founder of Totem Marketing Zoe Ottaway, was an informative discussion on product labelling, the legal requirements, the importance of adhering to these standards and the way in which ABAC treats product labelling complaints.
We look at the issues from a retail perspective with Endeavour Drinks Diarmaid O’Mordha. You also hear Steve 'Hendo' Henderson formerly of Brew Cult who gives first hand experience of potentially falling foul of labelling standards and how an ABAC investigation works. And also from Jamie Cook, the Chair of the Independent Brewers Association who goes into detail about just how the the IBA can assist existing and potential brewing companies to comply with what can often be a daunting and challenging exercise.
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News.
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Will Pete be convinced of shower beers? Which brewery needs to delete their social media feed? And who has been described as "as punk as the GoGos"? These stories and more as Pete and Matt discuss Brews News Week.
- Southern Bay backtracks over ‘tone deaf’ social media blunder
- Lion, Carlton United Breweries and Diageo donate State of Origin ad time to Drinkwise
- ABAC dismisses Carlton Zero ad complaint
- More than half of the top 50 Brewers Association-defined craft brewing companies didn’t grow in 2018
- Stomping Ground is building a second brewery
- The Shower Beer Is the Best Beer for You, According to Science
- The rise and risks of equity crowdfunding
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During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place.
Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions.
This panel, held just hours before the Australian International Beer Awards presentation dinner, was a rare insight into how awards like the AIBAs work, who runs them and how, and what value is gained by both the brewer and the brewer’s customers. It’s an opportunity to see behind curtain of secrecy that shades the AIBAs from the public eye and shows how the beers are entered, catalogued, stewarded and judged and the process of awarding the medals and trophies.
We hear from a range of stakeholders and learn the process behind the judging process. from the Industry Advisory Panel which works with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria to ensure the awards process is impartial and fair and up-to-date with evolving trends, and from brewers from both very large and very small scale breweries. The discussion moves from the science and art of tasting, through to entry system, the judging process itself and how points are awarded, and champions determined. We then look at the benefits to the brewers who win, the lessons to be learned from those who fail to excite the judges and the extended benefits in terms of marketing and promoting beer that awards provide.
The panel consists of:
- Tina Panoutsous - a legend in the field of Sensory Perception and a member of the Advisory Panel
- Ian Morgan - Head Brewer at Mountain Goat
- Samara Fuss - champion Gyspy Brewer and co-founder and owner of Philter Brewing
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Enjoy the conversation
This week we have a special edition of Beer is a Conversation featuring BrewDog co-founder Martin Dickie.
BrewDog is an interesting case. Makers of undeniably good beer, they are unquestionably savvy businesspeople and hype-generating geniuses. They have also secured almost £70 million - that’s almost $128 million to you and me - from more than 107,000 investors around the world in a way that enables them to avoid the same level of scrutiny that privately listed companies face.
They also received considerable support from the Queensland Government to set up their operations in Australia, in competition with locally grown and funded businesses that - to date - have not received the same level of support.
As such their business and their public statements warrant a level of attention above that of your average suburban BrewPub.
Regular listeners will know BrewsNews been watching with interest as BrewDog announced its plans for an Australian brewery, and has asked questions as the timelines dragged out and the plans changed.
It has been frustrating that the ‘radically transparent’ BrewDog has tended not to respond to inquiries, or given answers about the project that have not held up for long, as well as given incorrect information to Equity Punks in briefings.
But this week we got to ask Martin about all that and more over a beer and you get to sit in and listen as we do. We discuss BrewDog Brisbane and their plans for Australia, but also look at the challenges of growing a ‘punk’ brand to scale globally while keeping its relevance as it goes increasingly mainstream. I ask about its plans for the future, including looking towards an IPO and public listing and the valuation placed on BrewDog.
Martin is a nice bloke and good company and we hope you enjoy this conversation.
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Anything but "disappointing", this episode contains the good, the bad and the ugly responses breweries have to backlash, how to win online beer ratings and much more:
- Brewery apologizes for Crips and Bloods inspired beers
- Great article on trademark infringement
- Chorlton Brewing Co's response on Twitter
- Australia's Ultimate Top 50 Beers (2019)
- How to Win Untappd (or any Online Beer Rating)
- Statement regarding Waywards GABS beer, Coffee & Donuts
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During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place.
Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions.
This panel, hosted by Brews News’ journalist Megan Sahli, was presented by The Pink Boots Society and featured five incredible women during which they shared their experiences working in male dominated industries and what they have learned.
While curated by women for women, the conversation was inclusive, instructive and, of course, fun and advice given and experiences shared by the panellists is relevant to the entire industry.
The panel featured:
- Nicolette Gillman
Nicolette is the Victorian Sales Manager for Sydney’s Philter Brewing. A long time beer lover, she has been working in beer industry sales for eight years. She is a Certified Cicerone, has completed her IBD Graduate Certificate and the Short Course in Malting & Brewing at the University of Ballarat. - Jayne Willmott
Jayne is the National Marketing Projects Lead for General Motors Holden and has been working within the automotive sector for 18 years. Working primarily in Marketing, Jayne has also held roles in Sales, Supply Chain and Customer Experience. - Kirrily Waldhorn
Kirrily has spent nearly 20 years working in the beer industry. She is the co-editor of the Beer Lover's Guide to Victoria and Queensland and co-owner Nightingale Events. Kirrily is the Beer Ambassador for Dan Murphy's and is also a beer judge. Her company, Beer Diva, hosts events for the beer community. - Kelly Tretter
Kelly is the Head Microbiologist and Quality Assurance Lab Manager for US-based brewery New Belgium Brewing Co. Kelly launched her career as a sampling technician on the graveyard shift at fellow US-based Coors Brewing Co. Kelly has also been an active member of the American Society of Brewing Chemists and served on the board from 2012 to 2018. - Kelly Lohrmeyer
Kelly is the Pacific Regional Sales Manager for Yakima Chief Hop Union. Kelly works to connect farmers and brewers, helping both parties to navigate hop contracts and providing them with her specialist skills.
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During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place.
Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions.
This panel, hosted by Brews News, was a timely discussion about product recall including the importance of and how to plan for a product recall, even though its an unlikely event. We look at the issue from a retail perspective as well as the potential legal and financial repercussions.
This panel was locked in before we learned of the Independent Brewers Association’s plans to release a Food Recall Information Pack, and it’s timely that we release this podcast now to coincide with the release of the IBA’s valuable guide.
Our panel featured:
- Richard Crowe - Head of Production, Stone & Wood
- Diarmaid O'Mordha - Quality & Sustainability Manager, Endeavour Drinks
- Julian Barclay - Senior Associate, Ramsden Lawyers
- Justin Williams - Managing Director, CorpSure Insurance Brokers
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This week we catch up with Brooklyn Brewery Co-founder Steve Hindy.
We last caught up with Steve in June 2015 after he gave the keynote presentation at the then Craft Beer Industry Association’s Craft Brewers Conference and I caught up with Steve again during a Good Beer Week in Melbourne
In that earlier chat Steve talked about such things including the US’s ability to cope with what was then projected brewery growth that would see 5000 breweries operating. Of course, they now have in excess of 7000.
He also talked about the challenges Australian craft breweries would have in the face of tap contracts here.
Since then, Brooklyn has taken on a 24.5% investment from Kirin and is today distributed in Lion. We talk about the complexities of the international beer market that see a US Brewers Association board member and champion of the Independence logo there have his beer distributed - and brewed under licence - in another market by a company that doesn’t carry the same logo here. We discuss that and much much more about Brooklyn, it’s beers and the future.
Steve is a legend of craft brewing with valuable insights into the industry, and top company. It’s a great chat, we hope you enjoy it.
You can go back and listen to our earlier chat here and be amazed at what has changed over just four years.
Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News.
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Pete and Matt are back to chat about the big news stories of the week and take a quick call from OJ from Hop Products Australia as the annual hop crop report is released. Topics discussed:
- Grimbergen monks are brewing beer again
- AIBA 2019 winners announced in Melbourne
- Sample Brewing enters administration
- Stone and Brewdog updates
- Hop Crop Report
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Last week saw Good Beer Week celebrated in Melbourne, and the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place.
Among the panels was an update from the Independent Brewers Association. Apart from being a general update from the IBA to its members, this panel stood out because of some of the key data that was revealed.
It has always been hard to quantify the size and growth of the craft and independent beer industry but the IBA has pulled together some meaningful data that gives us a clearer picture of where the craft industry sits in Australia.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we catch up with IBA Chair, Jamie Cook, to dig a little deeper into the numbers
A PowerPoint presentation was prepared for the presentation and you can download it here.
We also discuss the upcoming BrewCon and The Indies, and the key dates are listed below.
- Indies entries open – 24th May 2019
- Brewcon tickets go on sale – 7th June 2019
- Indies entries close – 30th June 2019
- Indies judging –1st – 2nd September 2019
- Brewcon and Trade Show commences – 4th September 2019
- Indies Awards night – 5th September 2019
Brews News' coverage of the Trade Hub was made possible by Kegstar: We own kegs, so you don't have to.
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This week Pete, Matt & Zoe get together in Melbourne during Good Beer Week to record this week's new round up.
As much as we wanted to avoid naming the Scottish Brewery, they again make it impossible, this week accused of stealing marketing ideas. We discuss with Zoe the challenges of being a creative pitching for work in the beer industry and also BrewDog's response to the allegations. We mention this article on action the EU has taken about anti-competitive practices in Europe.
We also look at ABInBev's plans to spin off its Asia Pacific operations and list them on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and what the application documents reveal about the brewing giant's Australian operations and the local market.
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This week we feature a conversation with Tom Shellhammer, Nor’Wester Professor of Fermentation Science at Oregon State University and an internationally recognised expert in hops chemistry.
Professor Shellhammer was in the country and has been doing the rounds, including speaking at a series of events for the Independent Brewers Association and we caught up with him before his Brisbane presentation.
He’s a fascinating presenter on hops and an incredible speaker and we hope this conversation captures even a little of that.
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This week Matt is joined by Totem Marketing's Zoe Ottoway as Pete is off judging the Australian International Beer Awards. Tops stories this week:
- Controversy over alcohol-free ads
- Thor and an IPA: How Craft Beer Caught Marvel’s Attention
- Brewers Association Releases 2019 Beer Style Guidelines
- Bridge Road declares world first beer micronation
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An Easter family driving holiday to Adelaide led to Pete reaching out to a few local friends for some must- see recommendations. Without exception all included Smiling Samoyed. He was warmly welcomed by Kate Henning and brewing partner Simon Dunstone along with Assistant Brewer Maddie who has risen from the ranks of their hospo staff to learn the ropes. If her early efforts are any indication, then Simon is a pretty good mentor and the beer list is in good hands.
Pete caught up early in the morning with Kate who is the co-founder and co-owner of Smiling Samoyed Brewery in Myponga on South Australia’s Flerieau Peninsula. It’s a reasonably small brewery in a fairly large and well-run venue in a very small town with not much else to offer than great locally made beer. So how do you attract custom outside of your locals, how do you offer more than just beer and how do you adapt when a public access reservoir opens its gates to fun seekers?
Kate covers a wide variety of issues like packaging, growth strategy and beer awards that will get the conversation going amongst groups of both brewers and beer lovers alike.
Enjoy the conversation.
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This week we go a touch over the Cook Limit but it's worth it as we hear from Craig Williams on how Gabs Festival went in Brisbane. And the big news stories of the week are:
- The one alcoholic drink you should avoid if you're trying to lose weight
- The shocking beer consumption of 19th century England
- What’s in a name? Understanding the re-categorisation of bitter
- CSIRO can’t justify pro-alcohol research
- Stone and Wood Brisbane to open by spring
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This week Pete caught up with Craig Basford and Jason Harris from Big Shed Brewing Concern during a family holiday to Adelaide.
From humble beginnings Big Shed has been a community brewery for many other brands as well as brewing their own beers. They have out grown their current shed but is their new shed big enough? We learn just how exciting and daunting a multi-million dollar expansion project can be. We also learn all about crafting a good beer pun and how they convinced an Aussie music legend not to sue them.
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This week Matt and Pete raise a glass to our service men and women and discuss the news of the week including:
- Brewery openings plummet by 98% as UK nears peak craft beer
- Craft beer takes hold in the suburbs
- Brewdog cashing in on the haze craze, by no longer filtering Punk IPA
- How hazies stopped Ballast Point
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This week Matt catches up with Pete while he's at (not a nudist) beach. The big stories of the week are:
- Ratebeer teams up with GABS Festival
- Malt Shed drops ‘brewery’ in trademark settlement
- Carlsberg hopes to turnaround company by admitting its beer sucks
- Constellation Brands Closing 2 Ballast Point Locations, Abandoning Plans for San Francisco Brewpub
- Beer Brewing Bias: Study Reveals Preference For Beer From Male Brewers
- It happens with all beers
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Our 100th episode of Beer is a Conversation!
This week we meet two Kevins - Kevin Smith and Kevin Quinn from Bale Breaker Brewing in Yakima Washington. You might see a few collaboration beers hitting the market from Bale Breaker as they were in the country recently. We caught up with them at Balter where they were brewing with Scott Hargrave using an experimental hop called 'dimples'.
We learn all about Bale Breaker and why a family of hop growers would want to make beer instead of hops.
We apologise for the quality of the audio but hope you'll stick around and enjoy the conversation.
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A big week in brews news with some of Matt's favourite breweries heavily featured.
- BrewDog buys Stone Berlin
- The Hubris Of Stone Brewing
- BrewDog scales back Brisbane plans watch the AGM live stream
- Cold chain or ambient? NZTE weighs in on beer-nerd debate
- Last Call: Deschutes’ Unlikely to Build Virginia Brewery in 2021; Trillium Spends $13 Million to Acquire Canton Real Estate
- Tassie Brewers nail Gabs Hot 100
In more depth, we're looking at:
- What Happens When Beer Drinkers Don’t Respect the Past?
- When Did ‘bitter’ Become The Beer Style That Dare Not Speak Its Name?
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This week’s conversation is a memo to all to check out the breweries that make less noise.
I had been hearing about Sunshine Coast’s Ten Toes Brewery since it opened in 2016, and with all of the excitement going on in that region I had never stopped by to check them out. Thankfully Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours included Ten Toes on his itinerary when Pete and I visited the area earlier this year, and we recorded this great chat with owner Rupert Hall.
Enjoy the conversation.
Once again, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours for putting together our tour.
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Pete and Matt are back for a full on week of brews news. The big stories include:
- Applications now open for CUB grad programs
- ABAC eyes social media and pre-vetting
- Sydney’s Bucket Boys plans $1m equity campaign
- Heineken USA to Pay Record $2.5 Million Fine to Settle Trade Practice Violations
- Brewers association releases annual growth report
- Lion acquires UK’s Magic Rock Brewing
Recommended reading: Beer, Mines and Rails: A History of the Brewing Industry in Queensland to the 1920s by Brett J. Stubbs.
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This week we have an interesting chat with Bucket Boy Johanthan Hepner.
This conversation arose from an article on the beer blog SydneyBeer titled Buyer Beware: The Real Cost of Buying Beer From Overseas. In it, Johanathan raised the apparently growing trend of consumers looking to directly purchase beers from overseas and the impact that it was having on businesses such as Bucket Boys.
The Bucket Boys Johnathan Hepner and his business partner Clint Elvin are mainstays of the Sydney beer scene. They run a temple of good beer, that is dedicated to supplying beer lovers with a huge selection of local beers and hard to get imports. They are also passionate about beer education.
However, Johnathan’s call for the pointy end beer geek to stop skirting around specialist retailers in their search for the latest and rarest beers because of the potential impact on businesses such as his raised a number of interesting questions.
Bucket Boys goes to great lengths to have rare and imported beers in stock, sometimes sourced against the wishes of the brewers who made them. They play to the hype for the new and the rare that arguably gives rise to the problem that Johnathan is now warning against. Is this a case of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind? How do you maintain a business based to some extent on the novelty and hype of the pointy end consumer as you scale up?
It’s a great chat with a very forthright beer lover. In addition to discussing the challenge posed by the pointy end, we also talk about Bucket Boys expansion plans, including a soon-to-be announced equity crowd-funding campaign that values the business at $10 million dollars.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Two become four today as Matt and Pete are joined Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing and Megan Sahli, Writer at Australian Brews News, live from Burnley Brewing.
The team take an in depth look at why New Belgium Brewing has opened its Colorado brewing facility to an upstart lager brand.
Other top stories include:
- Gage Roads partners with Western Force
- Lion acquires stake in Four Pillars
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We finish our sweep through Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and visit Your Mates Brewery to meet one of the mates, Christian McGarry.
In an increasingly common story, Christian and his mate Matt Hepburn quit their jobs five years ago with the dream to open a brewery. In the intervening years through a mix of contract and gypsy brewing, running their own taproom and a lot of clever self marketing that included an appearance on TV show Shark Tank, they have managed to build a brand big enough to attract investors to financially back their vision of opening their own brewery and taproom.
We chat about the origins of their, literally, characterful beers, entrepreneurship in the increasingly crowded beer world and how you make beer relevant to your mates when your circle of mates expands beyond those you can fit in your backyard.
Enjoy the conversation.
For the last time, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours for putting together our tour.
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Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing joins Matt and Pete as a special guest, with perfect timing as discussions take place around women in beer advertising. This weeks stories include:
- Townsville Brewery and Bintani launch The Big Wet
- Beer In Cider festival
- Lion banishes blokes and banter in Hahn Ultra Crisp beer campaign
- The growing prominence of mid-strengths, fruit sours and even low bitterness juicy IPAs
- Pirate Life brews beer for MCG members
- Tooheys Extra Dry commercial
Want to learn more about marketing? Here are Zoe's podcast recommendations:
- Mumbrella
- Back of House (listeners will recognise the first guest they had on their podcast!)
- MarCast
- Seize the Yay
- Coffee Pods with Holly Ransom
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We continue our sweep through Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and visit the recently opened Glasshouse Brewery.
It was a four year ordeal for Simon Michelangeli but late last year he opened his brewery and Italian-inspired eatery in the shadow of the region’s famous Glasshouse Mountains and we find out from Simon what he learned through the fraught process, and why he chose his regional location.
We also meet his brewer, Brendan Chan, who left his long-term role at Brisbane Brewing to head for the coast and the fishing - and brewing - it offered.
Enjoy the conversation.
Once again, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours for putting together our tour.
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Matt and Pete are in Queensland for the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show Beer Awards. They also discuss the weeks top stories in a big week for beer news.
- CUB bans plastic six-pack rings
- IBA secures support pledge in NSW election
- Bud Light Lemon Tea seeks cash in on Bud Light losses
- Great Northern to feature women on it’s billboards
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This week we visit soon-to-open Boiling Pot Brewery and get to meet owner John Scott Madill and his brewer Pedro De Luca.
Scott’s family are well known for their car dealerships across the Sunshine Coast, but this is his first foray into beer. He has been contract brewing and building his brand across the region for a little over a year and his brewery and taproom are on the verge of opening in behind Noosa.
John discusses his background which he describes as the cliche of ‘two mates and their dog brewing under their house’ before he made the ‘mistake’ of declaring he was going to open a brewery. We learn of his path to being on the verge of opening a brewery and the challenges along the way.
And we also meet his brewer, Pedro Bevilacqua De Luca, and hear about his journey from Brazil to training in Germany to brewing in Noosa.
Once again, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours for putting together our tour.
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Pete and Matt are pushing the Cook limit this week and they pack plenty in. The big stories of the week are:
- AB InBev say 8% of beer volumes come from no and low alcohol beer
- Bird state finalist in business awards comes as Brews News prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day
- Breweries represented in Australian Tourism Awards 2018 results
- The Portman Group is trying to destroy Britain’s proud history of strong ales
- Following Test Drive, Craft Brew Alliance Formally Establishes ‘pH Experiment’ Business Unit
- 26 Page definition of a biscuit
- Bonus Reading
What the ABAC code says about minors: "A Marketing Communication must NOT... (ii) depict a person who is or appears to be a Minor unless they are shown in an incidental role in a natural situation (for example, a family socialising responsibly) and where there is no implication they will consume or serve alcohol."
And must not "depict an Adult who is under 25 years of Age and appears to be an Adult unless:
• they are not visually prominent;
• they are not a paid model or actor and are shown in a Marketing Communication that has been placed within an Age Restricted Environment."
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This week we continue our tour of the Sunshine Coast with a visit to the region’s latest brewery - Heads of Noosa.
We catch up with Craig and Lance Masterton, who gave up stock trading to open their brewery in Noosa. And it’s no bootstrap operation either, they have made a significant investment in what they are doing.
Unlike many craft breweries, they have opened with a Japanese lager, that’s light and crisp and the samples we tried we very well made.
We talk about their backgrounds, the place they see for a craft lager brewery and especially how they see they will compete again both the scale of the large lager breweries and also the many craft breweries on the Sunshine Coast that are seeking to push the bounds of flavour.
Enjoy the conversation.
Once again, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours for putting together our tour.
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Pete and Matt are back from their road trip and get stuck into the beer news of the week including:
- Smaller is better as craft beer booms
- Experts advise brewers on product recall liability
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The first stop on our sweep through the Sunshine Coast with Sunshine Coast Craft Brewery Tours is to Eumundi Brewery to talk with head brewer, Chris Sheehan.
We have talked a bit about Eumundi recently and what ‘local’ means when you’re part of a much larger business and can scale production to breweries across the country. And also why multinational breweries are thinking small. We chat with Chris about that, but we also learn about the background to the resurrected Eumundi Brewery, what it means for the local community and what he and his assistant brewer Allan Tilden are creating in the Sunshine Coast hinterland with local ingredients.
Once again, we thank Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Brewery Tours for putting together our tour.
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This week on a bonus episode of Beer is a Conversation, Pete and Matt are on the road with Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Brewery Tours.
The recent GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers poll shone a spotlight on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and its brewing scene. Listeners will know our goal for 2019 is to get out more for Beer is a Conversation, so we approached Josh to help us to put a trip together to check see first hand a few breweries on the Sunshine Coast, and meet the people behind them. You will get to hear our conversations with Heads of Noosa, Boiling Pot, Glasshouse Brewery, Your Mates and 10 Toes over the upcoming weeks, starting with Eumundi this week.
As a bonus episode this week, we bring you a chat with Josh while we were between breweries. We find out about how he came to be running Sunshine Coast Craft Brewery Tours, as well as get his thoughts on the scene and why it’s growing so strongly.
Find out more or book a tour with Josh at Sunshine Coast Craft Brewery Tours.
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Pete and Matt are on the road to the Sunshine Coast this week. They sit down together to discuss:
- What it means for a beer to be truly local
- Endeavour hitting its crowdfunding target
- Our writer Megan asks the question "Have you noticed any changes in the number or prevalence of pokies machines in your area in pubs? If so, has craft beer had anything to do with the change?”
And we have a full mail bag.
The letter of the week is from Luke Pomery:
Hi Guys,
Have been listening to and enjoying your show for quite a while now so thought it was time to send you a quick email. Recently I was on my honeymoon and whilst at a stopover in Antwerp I found something I thought was amusing. There in a train station convenience store in Antwerp, Belgium was none other than Australia's own Pure Blonde. Except this wasn't the regular Australian Pure Blonde as released by CUB, this was branded as Pure Blonde by Jupiler. Not sure if this is the same stuff made in Melbourne, re-sleeved for a Belgian audience or if Jupiler are making it themselves using the combined CUB/AB InBev properties. The most amusing part of this story though is that this stock was actually located in the bargain bin. A very small sample size I know but perhaps Belgians don't buy into the low-carb hype!
On another topic I've just come back from work in south-east Queensland and while there I tried some of the excellent Green Beacon, 3 Bolt Pale Ale.
However I was a little disappointed to see that the ones I bought had been canned around 9 months earlier so probably weren't as fresh as they could've been. This was made more disappointing by the fact it was only brewed an hour or so away from the Dan Murphy's store in which I bought them. Nevertheless it was a great beer and I hope the age of the cans didn't negatively affect the product.
Thanks for making the show and never forget the importance of the Cook limit!
PS - apropos Pete's comments regarding male/female signs on toilet doors, I was recently confronted by a tricky one while visiting Het Anker in Mechelen (after several very high alcohol tasters) as on their doors they had only the astrological signs for male and female. I think I used the right one..!
We also heard from Shane McNamara who sent us this article on NEIPAs:
The compound known as Geraniol may just be the key to a great NEIPA
One of the hottest new craft beer styles being brewed in the United States is the New England IPA, also known as Hazy IPA or Juicy IPA. When brewed properly these beers can taste fruity and juicy, making them extremely unique. How do they manage this?
For starters getting the grain bill right is important. Brewers generally use a mixture of oats and wheat, which usually makes up 10% to 50% of the total grain bill. This combination of oats and wheat is important because it allows the beer to be hazy and it’s been reported this haze captures non-polar hop compounds and most likely other unique flavors. What hops are used and how they’re used is also important. As much as 3 to 4 pounds of hops per barrel of beer are added to the fermenter incrementally over 3 to 4 days, usually, 24 to 48 hours after the yeast is pitched. Hops are added to the fermenter to take advantage of the biotransformation that can take place when yeast converts oxygenated hop compounds into fruity tasting esters, acetates, and other flavor compounds.
Our research in association with several craft brewing partners believe that hop varieties rich in geraniol might be driving these fruity/juicy flavors. In fact, our research suggests the hop essential oil geraniol could be responsible for much of this biotransformation. Hop varieties rich in geraniol include Centennial, Cascade, Chinook, Crystal, Bravo, Brewers Gold, and 06277 (formerly Denali) to name a few. Our research has also indicated linalool rich varieties in combination with geraniol rich varieties work synergistically for enhancing hop aroma. Further explanations for this can be discovered in Dr. John Paul Mayes latest research titled "Hidden Secrets of the NEIPA."
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This week we chat with Shawn Sherlock from Newcastle’s Foghorn Brewhouse.
In January it was announced that Founders First had invested in the brewery, buying out co-founder James Garvey’s share of the business.
Last week we heard from Mark Haysmen from Founders First, and this week we discuss the partnership with Shawn.
Of course, that’s far from all we chat about. In this episode we go way back before the days of Facebook beer pages, before ubiquitous craft breweries to a time before craft beer was even called craft beer to learn how this aspiring academic fell in love with home brew and changed his career course forever.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Matt and Pete bring you the top beer news stories of the week including:
- Craft beer waits for more consumers to join its movement
- Eumundi Brewery goes National
- Craft needs to rethink attitudes to pastuerisation
- Social media concerns continue for ABAC
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Matt meets Mark Haysman, CEO of craft business accelerator Founders First for this weeks Beer is a Conversation.
The craft beer industry has been evolving rapidly over the past decade with a flood of new entrants. As craft beer grows, many breweries have had to grapple with the issues of growth and how to fund their expanding businesses and capital requirements.
Traditional bank finance, private equity investments and crowd sourced funding are some ways that breweries have funded their growth, and Founders First has now stepped in with what they say is a new approach.
Founders First grabbed headlines in the past fortnight when it announced it had invested in Newcastle's Foghorn Brewhouse, taking up the share that majority stakeholder James Garvey was selling.
The accelerator has also funded the rapid growth of Victoria’s Jetty Road Brewery.
With a lengthy background at both Lion and CUB, as well as a stint as CEO of the Port Adelaide Football Club and 7 years at Deloitte, Mark has an extensive business background and in this conversation we learn about the Founders First model and what it means for the evolving craft and independent beer sector.
Enjoy the conversation.
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Matt and Pete have fun calling out advertising faux pas while discussing this weeks biggest news stories.
- Flagship February
- Strong Growth for Gage Roads
- Foghorn bags a backer
- Hey kettle, you need a wash: Pot
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Ash Cranston and Tom Champion from Brisbane’s Felons Brewing join Matt as the brand new venue explodes in popularity.
Brews News readers will know that Felons opened as part of the city’s Howard Smith Wharves precinct just before Christmas, and promptly ran out of beer such was the immediate popularity of the venue.
Ash and Tom are both Little Creatures alumni, Ash from the hospitality side of that business and Tom as a brewer. In this conversation we find out a little about their backgrounds and the varied paths that brought them into beer and ultimately to Felons.
We discuss what they learned working for a business such as Little Creatures, which really set the standard for brewery hospitality - and for beer - when it opened in Fremantle, and what they have carried with them in opening Felons. We hear what they wanted to achieve with the beer and the venue, and how you cope when demand far exceeds even your most optimistic projections...and your capacity.
Enjoy the conversation.
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With the GABS Hottest 100 Australian Craft Beers announced last week, Pete and Matt look at some of the misconceptions and criticisms about the poll that have been expressed on social media.
Please let us know what you think of the new theme music and if there is such a thing as "too much polka".
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Now in its eleventh year, the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll shines a powerful spotlight on the trends, brands and breweries shaping the booming craft beer industry.
The 2018 edition saw a record 31,000 beer lovers place more than 155,000 votes for their favourite craft beers of the year.
Enjoy the full countdown hosted by Matt and Pete live from last years winners Balter Brewing.
On our first conversation for 2019 we catch up with Brooklyn Brewery President Robin Ottaway and Gordon Treanor, General Manager of Craft at Lion to discuss both company’s plans for Brooklyn here in Australia.
Readers will recall that Lion secured distribution rights for Brooklyn, taking over from Coopers late last year.
The news was no great surprise, as Lion’s parent company Kirin holds a 24.5% stake in the US craft brewery.
Does contract brewing over here affect the brand at all? What beers will be brewed here and what are Lion’s plans for the brand down under?
As always, it’s a great chat with two very interesting beer personages. Enjoy the conversation.
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Breweries walk the fine line of cultural sensitivity this week with one accused of mocking maori culture and another opting to rename one of its beers to avoid negative connotations.
So where is the line in the sand? Pete and Matt discuss this as well as the rest of the weeks beer news.
- BrewDog construction now underway following delays
- Ballistic changes beer name for mental health
- Brewers encouraged to consider cultural sensitivities
- Aussie bar accused of 'mocking Māori culture' with use of tā moko in beerfest advert
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This weeks letter of the week is from Jen S.
Hi Matt and Prof!
I enjoyed your discussion in episode 201 about strategies for listing (or not listing) beers in the Hottest 100. A few of my favourite beers from 2018 were seasonal limited releases. And although they were excellent, I knew they didn’t have the distribution to get anywhere near the top 10. As a fan of facts and figures, I’d also love to see more voting stats! Ex. the total number of votes going to a brewery versus a specific beer, or how a local brewery with limited distribution ranked within their state. Here’s hoping you can convince Steve Jeffares to work on this ‘holiday project’. The people want to know!
Matt and Pete are back to discuss the news of the week including:
- WA bus route revives ailing beer tourism
- Moon Dog makes a recall
- CUB apologises for ring pull caps
Also, don't forget to join us as we count down the pointy end of the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers this Sunday. You can listen live here and join us in the chat room to discuss the results with our guest brewers.
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Welcome back to another year of the podcast. This week Pete and Matt look at the beer news of the week, including:
- Townsville Brewery opposes new Lion venture
- What's the new craft beer: Cheese or Jerky?
- Who owns your beer?
- Tim Ovadia tapped to become Global Brand Director for Stella Artois
- Flagship beers are failing as consumers get bored quickly
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On our 200th Episode of Brews News Week we record live from Wilfred's Room at The Local Taphouse. Some of our most popular podcast guests - including Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing, James 'Crafty Pint' Smith, Luke 'Ale of a Time' Robertson, Intellectual Property lawyer James Omond and Scott McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows join in to discuss the hot topics from 2018 and their predictions for the new year.
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On our weekly Brews News Week podcast host Pete Mitcham and Brews News founder Matt Kirkegaard discuss the attention-grabbing beer stories of the week.
This week they look at:
- Endeavour Brewing's equity crowd-funding campaign
- The announcement that Cryer Malt has partnered with Yakima Chief Hops in the wake of the Bintani / Yakima Chief court case.
- We also tease next week's 200th Episode, which was recorded last week in Melbourne.
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On a special Breaking News edition of Beer is a Conversation, we chat with Cryer Malt's David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins, Vice President of Sales for North and South America for Yakima Chief Hops about the announcement that Cryer Malt is the new distribution partner for the US hop supplier. Listeners will know from our many conversations with Jason Perrault and other representatives of Yakima Chief Hops that Bintani has been the company's Australian partner. The sale of a major interest in Bintani to US-based Rahr Corporation led to a contract dispute between the two partners. While now settled, Yakima Chief Hops has now partnered with Cryer Malt in Australia. Matt Kirkegaard discusses the background to the change with David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins and finds out what the partnership means to both company's and also to Australian brewers. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: * Sponsoring the show * Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service * Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts
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This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt Kirkegaard catches up with Endeavour Beer Founder Ben Kooyman.
Today they kick off an equity crowd funding campaign which will enable beer lovers to invest directly in the business. It's the first time this is happening in Australia but this type of capital raising is set to become increasingly popular among small brewers so Matt investigates what it all means and why Endeavour chose this path.
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On Brews News Week host Pete Mitcham and Brews News founder Matt Kirkegaard discuss the attention-grabbing beer stories of the week.
This week they look at:
- IBA welcomes new board members
- Queensland's new craft beer strategy
- Will Australian brewers embrace the US move to making alcoholic fizzy water?
- Bulimba Gold Top 6 pack ad
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This week Matt ventures to tropical north Queensland in search of the beer from up there. Cairns is an interesting city. 1730 kilometers north of Brisbane, it is a tropical city with a population of 160,000. This conversation was recorded in early November at a time when the rest of the country is welcoming summer and brews are expecting their busiest time. In Cairns however, that’s the end of 'the season'. While Hemingway's draws the tourists, it's also something very Cairns for the locals to enjoy. During the visit Matt got to chat with co-founder Tony Fyfe, head brewer Anthony Clem and assistant brewer and sales rep Andrew Gowdie to learn about the background to Hemingway’s, their philosophy and the challenges of taking beers with flavour to a town seeking refreshment first. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.
On Brews News Week host Pete Mitcham and Brews News Founder Matt Kirkegaard, discuss the attention-grabbing beer stories of the week. This week we are again joined by Zoe Ottway from Totem Marketing, we are also joined for the first time by Fiona Sproles from Adelaide's Dusty Cowgirl Designs. Fiona is a former in-house designer for Little Creatures and her Dusty Cowgirl Designs continues to do graphic design and copy writing across the Little Creatures, White Rabbit and other craft brands for Lion. In the week that Coopers announced a nearly 10 per per cent decline in sales, we get our crack marketers to discuss Coopers woes. In pushing the Cook Limit this week we also discuss: * CUB's history of getting history wrong and whether the true history of a brand is more valuable than a marketing version * DME goes into receivership * Queensland's craft beer strategy
Melbourne listeners, we will be recording our 200th Episode live at The Local Taphouse at 3pm on Sunday 9 December. We will be joined by a number of special guests including James Smith from the Crafty Pint, Luke Robertson from Ale of a Time and trademark expert James Omond, We have 15 tickets for listeners who would like to join us for some great chat, good fun and some beers. If you'd like to come along, email us. First come, first served.
Thanks to Kegstar, this is a special live edition of Radio Brews News. During the recent Sydney Beer Week the Independent Brewers Association hosted a discussion panel looking at labelling guidelines to assist brewers with negotiating the mandatory requirements and also what they need to be aware of regarding the ABAC code and also retailer requirements.
In addition to Independent Brewers Association chief executive officer, Alexis Roitman, the session featured a great panel of Radio Brews News regulars including Diarmaid O'Mordha Group Quality & Sustainability Manager at Endeavour Drinks Group, Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing and Steve Henderson from Rockstar Brewer.
It’s was a valuable session for anyone involved in the brewing industry and we are proud to have been asked to share it.
This week Pete Mitcham shares two separate chats he had with Scott McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows and Dereck Hales from Bad Shepherd Brewing.
Scott and Dereck share a brewing facility in Melbourne’s south which is becoming more popular by the week and both brands are growing their audience with solid core ranges and innovative seasonals, as well as limited release brews. Both have just launched beers that lay claim to being Australian firsts. Pete spoke with Scott about a collaboration with the internationally recognised Lark Distillery in Tasmania then to Dereck about the brewery’s first all Victorian beer and discuss the possibility that it may trump another well-known local beer with similar claims.
Stay tuned at the end for a chat with recently inducted Advanced Cicerone Matt Marinich from Stomping Ground. He's the first Australian to achieve the title and discussed what lured him to the east coast and his philosophy behind staff training.
Enjoy this weeks beer conversations.
On Brews News Week host Pete Mitcham and Brews News Founder, Matt Kirkegaard, discuss the attention-grabbing stories of the week.
This week they take a look at:
- Matt is pretty excited at what the Howard Smith Wharves development and the newly-opened Felons Brewery mean for the city's landscape.
- Megan Sahli's article looking at how real estate experts believe suburban craft breweries are increasing the attractiveness and value of their home suburbs.
We also welcome new sponsors, Rallings Labels and Stickers, to the podcast. Speak to Rallings about a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.
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All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.
This week Pete Mitcham takes on not one, not two but three streams of beer consciousness as he catches up with the spiritual heads of Hawkers Beer and Liberty Brewing.
Hawkers and Liberty have joined to brew Liberty beers here in Australia as well as hatching plots to brew more collaborative brews. Joe Wood from Liberty Brewing in Helensville, NZ was at Hawkers to launch the initiative and Pete caught up with him, Hawkers co-founder Mazen Hajjar and National Sales manager Mik Halse. It’s a wide ranging chat which shows how brewers across wide divides can work together and also shows that sometimes the best friendships begin in the most surprising of ways.
Enjoy the conversation.
In this week's news and discussion, Pete and Matt have a look at :
- The update to the Bintani court case
- The pending sale of Foghorn Brewhouse in Newcastle
- Little Creatures big influence on the beer scene and as a training ground for new brewers
- Pondered over how our invitation to catch up with good friend Greg Koch got lost in the mail
This week Matt speaks with Paul Baggio, managing director of a network of companies with interests in the craft brewing movement, including Craft & Co, Gypsy Brewing Company and equipment supplier FB*PROPAK.
With his Italian heritage, background in wine-making and qualifications in business, Paul is very articulate about how the growth of craft brewing isn’t just about changes in beer and our tastes, but also about our relationship with those who make it.
In our conversation we look at whether Paul’s Italian heritage and Melbourne’s immigrant culture have made his business possible or shaped his approach, and whether a business like Craft & Co would work in a city such as Brisbane.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week in a busy week of beer news, Pete and Matt discuss: * The Independent Brewers Association today announced a merger with Melbourne’s Good Beer Week. * Lion adds, Coopers loses Brooklyn * GABS spreads its wings further adding Brisbane to its schedule for 2019 * Bintani and YCH in lawsuit * Newstead shows how to manage a product recall
During the recent Sydney Beer Week we were fortunate to work with Kegstar to present this discussion panel looking at the future of beer festivals and beer events such as the very beer week we were attending.
Events such as these were a great route to market for brewers in the early days of craft beer and also provided beer drinkers with a place to try all of the new and novel beers that were coming onto the market.
But in the current market of the ever present tap takeover, with keg rotation a staple of craft beer bars and with every state having a craft beer week, and with every postcode seemingly wanting its own festival, has event fatigue set in?
Our panel of Danielle Allen and Kerry McBride from Two Birds Brewing, Dave Phillips from Dave’s Brewery Tours and Sydney Beer Week and Marty Keetels from Beer InCider take a look at the issue from both sides of the fence. What do brewers look for in a beer festival and what brings them back, and also what beer festivals do for the brewers and the beer drinking public.
Enjoy the conversation.
Word about a cashed-up brewery-in-planning featuring some celebrities and big sporting names started to drift around the industry a little over 18 months ago. This was followed up with news of some big drinks industry names and a 50-hectolitre BrauKon brewhouse.
And as beer started to find its way into the market, contract brewed as many emphasised, and major sporting sponsorships, deals and partnerships started to be signed, people just kept talking.
Now Brick Lane Brewery in Melbourne has a new look to the brand and its own beer hitting the markets so Pete and I have a long-awaited chat with Founder and Director Paul Bowker and head brewer Jon Seltin. We talk about the origins of the business, the backers, the brewer and the beers. We discuss whether there is a demand in the market for elegant but ‘unexciting’ craft beers, the challenge of branding and also learn there will be a Brick Lane barrel program, amongst many other things.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Brews News Week, Pete and Matt discuss the beers news of the week.
Under the microscope this week is:
- The US Brewers Association is again revisiting the definition of ‘craft’, with a view to changing the definition of independence. Some people say that “Craft beer” means anything Boston Beer wants it to. But non-beer products are becoming an increasing part of brewer’s portfolios.
- Stone & Wood co-founder Brad Rogers has started brewing under his own brand, Forest for the Trees, launching with a Saison.
- Endeavour Brewing launches crowdfunding campaign
Pete also pays tribute to Dr Ian Davis, founder of FightMND who died this week after being a campaigner for MND research and a huge inspiration for many. Brewmanity and Cavalier both have beers raising money for this disease. Seek them out this week and have one in Ian’s memory.
The third and the final part of our conversation with Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone, founder of The Local Taphouse, GABS and the Hottest 100, amongst other things.
We start this part finishing off finding out about the growth of GABS from the Local Taphouse to the Royal Exhibition Building. We then learn about the decision to open the Stomping Ground brewery and their key staff Ashur Hall and Matt Marinich.
With their business relationship being so long and involved, I also ask these two different personalities how they work together successfully and what they have learned in their time together and what’s next.
It’s a great finish to this conversation series with Guy and Steve.
In part 2 we look at what beers Steve and Guy consider the most influential over the last 10 years, we look at the origins and the evolutions of the Hottest 100, what it means on the beer landscape, the early days of the Great Australian Beer Spectapular and how it morphed into the GABS festival, how that has morphed and grown and what they have learned along the way.
Ten years ago the Local Taphouse opened and quickly became a benchmark for what a great beer bar should be. Over the last 10 years founders Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone have continued to evolve and innovate and, in Hottest 100 and GABS, have created some of the biggest things on the craft beer calendar. They have also had a few misses and over the next 90 minutes you will hear them discuss their successes and failures with great insight and honesty.
We have split the interview up into three parts that break nicely into half hour segments looking at The Local Taphouse, GABS and more recently Stomping Ground.
In this first episode we look at how they discovered beer and what inspired their interest, how they met, the inspiration for the Local Taphouse and what they have learned - and continue to learn - along the way.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Brews News Week, Pete and Matt keep it under the Cook limit as they discuss:
- The volume of jobs open to brewers at the moment
- How gas shortages are a potentially causing issues for brewers
- A creative way brewers are keeping track of their cool
- Twists, turns and triumphs for Nail brewing
We also hear from brewer Brendan O'Sullivan in defence of NEIPAs and you can hear the podcast he refers to here.
This week Pete and Matt catch up with US beer writer, John Holl.
John is a an award-winning journalist and currently the senior editor of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine and the co-host of the award-winning Steal This Beer podcast. John has also served as editor of All About Beer Magazine, which folded this week.
John has a new book out called Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint, which is a thoughtful discussion of just about everything going on in the beer world at the moment.
We spoke with John way back in 2014 in what was another fascinating discussion and we’ve reposted this conversation so you can find it at the top of your podcast feed.
Enjoy the conversation.
Welcome to Radio Brews News revisited.
Regular listeners will know that up until a year ago Brews News Week and Beer is a Conversation were one show, and if you wanted to listen to an old interview you'd have to wade through the news of that week. So now we're republishing the best of those interviews as their own podcast.
This week you'll hear from a 2014 conversation with John Holl who also features as the Beer is a Conversation guest this week.
We chatted with John at Beervana and beforehand Matt had posed this question to him: "What would beer look like if it was invented for the first time today?"
The thought really intrigued John and by the time we met he had already discussed it with such luminaries as Stan Hieronymus...and it must have stuck with him because he devotes a few pages to a discussion of it in his book, Think Beer, Drink Beer.
Enjoy your ride in the way back machine as we revisit John Holl.
This Brews News Week, Pete and Matt discuss what happened in the beer world including:
- The Independent Brewers Association has launched guidelines to assist brewers with labelling.
- A Twitter exchange between a State Government backbencher and Opposition Leader has prompted a new campaign to showcase local beer across WA.
- While last year’s launch of Heineken 3 promised beer drinkers they could “Have it all“, Heineken’s latest release forces drinkers to make some big choices...but they don’t want to talk about them.
Also, we’ll be on the road in two weeks and you can join us at Sydney Beer Week for a live chat asking the question, “Have beer weeks had their day?” Admission is free but you can book here.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Pete and Matt catch up with Feral Brewing founder, Brendan Varis.
It’s been 12 months since Brendan announced that he had sold his brewery to Coca Cola, and 10 years since he first brewed Hop Hog and so we have plenty to talk about.
We discuss what has changed since the sale, how much the beer scene has changed since he unleashed Hop Hog on the market and it turns out we can add him to the long list of brewers that don’t get NEIPAs, though it seems he does quite like the emerging Brut IPA.
As always with Brendan, it’s a great chat that offers plenty of insight into the evolving world of beer.
Enjoy the conversation.
Pete catches up with Matt live from Townsville to discuss the beer news of the week such as:
- The ten years of Hop Hog and how much the industry has changed over that time
- Confusion over a proposed $5-million assistance initiative for independent brewers
- Can you get nothing without adding something? The mystery of brewing Heineken 0.0 and where does the extra sugar come from?
- We also follow up from last week's discussion about whether craft beer is to blame for Lion's job losses.
And the usual waffle, disappearances down rabbit holes and the popularity of the Cook Limit.
This week, due to a combination of a horrific donut related tongue biting incident and and errant mail server, we did not have a Beer is a Conversation guest but we did have an abundance of listener emails, so this week our conversation is with you, the listener.
Matt & Pete go through some great letters and discuss the topics that are raised and go down a few rabbit holes along the way.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Brews News Week we welcome Pete back after a break and talk about the news of the week, including: * Bintani announces a partial sale to US supplier Rahr. * Lion announces job cuts, blames craft beer. * Broo loses another $4-million, but confident.
We also wish Kerry Claydon well as she treks to Everest basecamp to raise funds for MND & Me. You can donate here. And also our Letter of the Week this week goes to Chris Howell who shared this ABC podcast with us.
This week on Brews News Week Matt is joined by marketing expert Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing to discuss the beer news and events of the week. This week we discuss Brisbane's Beeries Awards and especially Kerry Claydon and Chicks With Ales winning the Gold Beerie for Community Contribution, but we also discuss what industry's responsibility is when it comes to projecting a positive image for beer and whether a sense of fun and promotion of responsible drinking are mutually exclusive. We refer to this great article to highlight the benefits that come from a positive view of craft beer. Zoe also discusses the importance of breweries and businesses having a crisis management plan in place for when the unexpected happens.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we have a chat with one of the great characters of the Australian brewing industry, Tom Delmont.
We have had Tom on the show before about how he became brand ambassador for Mountain Goat, introduced the man who would become The Crafty Pint to Australian beer and founded Fixation Brewing.
We recorded this episode the day before Fixation’s Melbourne home, The Incubator, opened it’s doors and we speak to Tom this time about why his brewery needed a home, how they will manage the relationship with their client pubs and whether they are competitors and also the evolution of IPA in all its forms.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week's Beer is a Conversation is with Hargreaves Hill’s Simon Walkenhorst.
We last chatted with Simon when Pete caught up with him to discuss the new look for the brewery, and this time we chat about a whole new branding line they have released, Beatnik Beer.
Today, Matt was interested to try and understand why a successful and respected brewery would look to create a whole new brand for the release of its new beer. The discussion covers how much the industry has changed since 2004 when he and his wife Beth launched their brewery and about the pressures breweries are currently facing, as well as who the new branding is designed to appeal to.
Enjoy the conversation with Simon.
There was really only one story to discuss in a rough week for Australian craft beer and we were very fortunate to be joined by marketing consultant and Pink Boots Australia Vice President, Zoe Ottaway, for her very thoughtful analysis on the Black Hops beer issue, the brewery's response, Pink Boots Society's reaction and what it means for the beer community.
The last few days have been rapidly evolving and this episode was recorded Friday morning (14 September) before Black Hops' second statement on the issue.
This breaking news episode features a chat with Richard Kelsey from Beer Cartel in which we take a deeper dive into the 2018 Australian Craft Beer Survey that was released today.
In an industry that is starved of information about itself and it’s consumers, the Beer Cartel survey has become one of the most highly referenced information sources amongst the industry and in the media.
Given its relevance, we wanted to dive deeper into some of the results, how they were obtained and what they mean.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we discuss beer tourism. Tap rooms have become an important part of small brewery business plans as tourism increasingly becomes a major draw card.
The first part of the conversation is with Chris Holen, Head Chef at Baked Alaska restaurant in Astoria Oregon. Chris tells the story of how food and beer have been instrumental in changing the fortunes of the small town that is now home to 5 breweries, a distillery, a cidery and a host of good restaurants.
Then Matt chats with Trever Bass, Head Brewer at Migration Brewing in Portland Oregon about how to stand out in the city known as ‘Beervana'.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Brews News Week, Matt & Pete discuss the beer stories of the week including: * Cryer Malt launches Border Malt * Sydney Beer Week 2018 program announced * Fixation opens Melbourne taproom * The discussion on our Facebook page about this article. * Hawker's takes out international honours, again.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Pete and Matt are joined by Michael Bannenberg.
Banners, as he’s better known, spent 28 years working with advertising agency George Patterson developing campaigns for many well known Carlton United Brewery brands during that time.
He’s also a bit of a collector of brewery memorabilia and has compiled over 160 unique beer posters in his new book Australia’s Beer Posters.
In today’s chat Banners discusses how advertising has changed over the years, what’s great about the current climate and some of his favourite beer posters.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Brews News Week Matt flies solo but discusses the news of the week with the people making news.
First up, he chats with Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Brewing about Tribe’s announcement this week that it has signed an agreement to brew Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Anton and his family formed Brewpack in 2012 when they acquired the assets of collapsed contractor Australian Independent Brewers. Later the business added its proprietary brand Stockade and this year changed its name to Tribe when it took on investment from Melbourne-based private equity firm Advent Partners to fund its current expansion plans.
And Pabst Blue Ribbon is a venerable old beer brand that has been resurrected as an ironic alternative to the US’s mainstream staples. The brand is owned by a Eugene Kashper and private equity investor TSG Partners, which also happens to own 23% of Scottish brewery BrewDog.
The Pabst brand, which is currently contract brewed by SAB Miller in the US, won Large Brewing Company of the Year at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival and took gold for best American-style lager.
It’s an interesting move for Tribe and this is a robust chat with Anton.
Then we look at alcohol free beer as this week CUB announced it had launched Carlton Zero, an a beer with functionally no alcohol.
While Australia is arguably the king of mid-strength beer, and zero alcohol beers are a growing trend in Europe, the US and Canada, Matt is not convinced that there is the market for them in Australia.
We discuss the issue with CUB beverage innovation brewer Scott Vincent who worked on the development of the beer to learn about how a non alcohol beer is made while retaining flavour, and then we chat with Tim Ovadia, CUB’s Director Of Classic Brands & Local Premium about why they think there’s a market for it at all.
This show is a little different from normal, but this is also why we love the conversation you can have over a podcast rather than the printed news story.
Enjoy the brews news of the week.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt chats to Larry Meagher, Regional Sales Manager for food flavouring business, Amoretti.
One of the promises that craft beer hold out is more flavour than the beers Australians have traditionally consumed and brewers have been in an arms race to push the boundaries of what malt, water, hops and yeast can lend to their beers. We have also seen a variety of adjuncts being used to generate even more flavour in beer. Amoretti has entered the market with a range of purees and syrups designed to let brewers easily and consistently add flavour to their beers.
But is it craft? In this episode we discuss flavour, brewing and the pursuit of craft.
Enjoy the conversation.
This Good Brews Week Pete and Matt are joined by Pia Poynton, beer writer and Business Development Manager at Nowhereman Brewing Co.
They discuss the news of the week, including:
- Barrow Boys Falls while West City Rises
- Us versus Them
- Is Canarchy a Duck
This week on Beer is a Conversation we meet Bill Savage from Goose Island.
Bill came to brewing having taught himself to make mead while studying classical language and literature at college. He went on to make wine and mead professionally, before joining Goose Island in 2013. He is now Lead Brewer in the Goose Island Barrel Aging Program.
This conversation coincides with the launch of Goose Island’s Sour Sisters range in Australia and we speak with Bill about Goose Island’s barrel program, the growing popularity of barrel-aged beers and the challenges of scaling up esoteric beer production to meet global demand.
In the interests of full disclosure, this was a sponsored podcast. We were offered a chance to speak with Bill but we had interviewed Ken Stoutand Dave Tohtz from Goose Island late last year and with so much happening on the beer scene here we initially declined the offer. But they were keen for us to speak with Bill and offered to sponsor the episode. It turned out to be a really interesting chat. Let us know your thoughts on this interview and sponsored chats in general. We don’t do it often, it doesn’t change the content but it helps keep the show running.
The Goose Island Sour Sisters beers are available from select Dan Murphy’s and First Choice Stores – and also from BoozeBud for under $30 a bottle.
This week on Good Brews Week, Matt and Pete chow down on a few Dagwood dogs while discussing the news of the week from the Ekka in Brisbane. This weeks top stories are:
- Stone and Wood settle trademark dispute case and announce plans for Brisbane venue
- Mornington Peninsula Brewery joins Tribe
- Great Northern Brewing raises $1 million for farmers
This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt is joined by Diarmaid O’Mordha, Quality & Sustainability Manager at Endeavour Drinks Group, the business that runs Dan Murphy’s and BWS.
These retailers hold an interesting place in the Australian drinks world. On the one hand they are held up as giants shading out small independent bottleshops and skewing the shape of the drinks landscape. On the other, they are outlets where more Australians buy alcohol than any other, and they are increasingly major partners to some of your favourite craft beer brands by becoming their defacto distributors.
With such an influence on the beer marketplace, Endeavour can have a major effect on the beers that you drink. Freshness and drinking quality are increasingly becoming a talking point around the craft beer community and the major retailers exert a huge influence over the market.
As Quality & Sustainability Manager, Diarmaid is at the centre of the decisions that BWS and Dans are making in the beer space, so this is a fascinating and timely chat about beer, retail, freshness and quality.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week Matt and Pete are in Brisbane for the Ekka. They discuss what the vibe is like at Queensland's royal show and news of the week including:
- Gage Roads kicks goal in nib Stadium
- Newstead Brewing Co partners with Surf Life Saving Qld
This week for Beer is a Conversation, we are joined by Chris Sidwa. Chris is probably best known as co-founder of Sydney’s Batch Brewing. We caught up with Chris and his partner Andrew Fineran late last year during our swing through the breweries of Sydney’s inner west.
This time we chat with Chris about his new book, Brew a Batch: A beginner’s guide to home-brewed beer.
As a beginners guide to getting into homebrew, Brew a Batch is a recommended read. But where the book really comes into its own is where Chris infuses homebrewing with a wider meaning. He weaves in to the guide much of his brewing philosophy and his approach to sustainability in away that shows how small batch brewing can be - arguably should be - part of a broader consumer movement.
His book is Brew a Batch: A beginner’s guide to home-brewed beer. You can get it online at the Batch store, and in bookshops nationally.
This week on Good Brews Week Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week, including: * AB InBev buys online retailer BoozeBud * Lion buys NZ’s Harrington’s * What’s the true cost of a keg of beer?
In the third and final Brews News Live, from BrewCon 2018, our special guest is Jason Perrault, CEO and head breeder at the Select Botanicals Group, part of Yakima Chief Hopunion.
This week we do something a little different and turn the microphones over to Balter Brewing's Scott Hargraves and Van Dieman Brewing's Will Tatchell to host the conversation they wanted to listen to. It’s riveting listening as a couple of great brewers chat with a very passionate hop breeder.
Enjoy the conversation.
This weeks Beer is a Conversation is with Lachy Crothers, head brewer at Brisbane’s Ballistic Brewing.
Regular listeners will know that freshness has been recurring topic on the podcast channel and so when Ballistic released a beer with a ‘Dead by’ date, our interest was immediately piqued.
The Sleep When You’re Dead range, is a series of one-off hop-driven limited releases which are launched with a two month best before date that the brewery calls a ‘Dead By’ date because after that date passes they retrieve any unsold beer from trade. It’s a gutsy move and one that cynics may say is about marketing, but it also carries a strong educational message about how long some beers can sit on shelves and still convey the brewer’s promise of quality.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Good Brews Week we welcome Pete back from the US and get his take on what's happening in the home of craft beer. We also discuss the news of the week including: * Beer features big at Regional Flavours * Trade mark squatters could cost brewers * Coopers Pale Ale in cans * Lagunitas drops ABV of IPA in UK
In the second episode of Brews News Live, from BrewCon 2018, Matt speaks with Dick Cantwell.
Dick co-founded Elysian Brewing Company in 1996, where he served as head brewer until its sale to Anheuser-Busch in 2015. During his tenure, Elysian was named Large Brewpub of the Year three times at the Great American Beer Festival® (1999, 2003 and 2004), and in 2004, he received the BA's Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Brewing.
Dick was at the conference to present about the history and technical brewing practices of brewing eclectic IPAs, based on his book of the same name. Dick has also written or co-written books about Barley Wine, The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery, Second Edition, and Wood & Beer with New Belgium's Peter Bouckaert.
It’s a great chat about the evolution of the use of hops and the growth IPA and his views about the many variations of the style, including NEIPA.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt catches up with Grant Wearin, who together with his wife Jaz, launched Modus Operandi almost exactly 4 years ago.
From the very start, Modus has had a major effect on the beer market with the brewery winning a swag of trophies, including being named Champion Small Brewery at the then Craft Beer Industry Association awards, within months of opening. They were at it again this year, being named the champion large brewery at the newly renamed Independent Beer Awards in June.
As the team that now comprises 30 people celebrates its fourth birthday this week, we chat with Grant about their journey, including their commitment to quality, look at the importance of fresh beer and cold distribution and the challenges they face with growth.
The Brews News team send Jaz and Grant our very best wishes as they count down to the birth of their first child.
Enjoy the conversation.
You can try the Limited Release Cascadian Howl released to mark their fourth birthday at the following venues, launching 27th June 2018: Modus HQ, The Royston Hotel Vic, Tipplers Tap QLD, The Grainstore Newcastle, The Woolpack Redfern and on the 28th July 2018 the Durham Castle ACT.
In this special Brews News Live, recorded at BrewCon 2018, Matt Kirkegaard chats with New Belgium co-founder Kim Jordan
Since it’s beginnings 1991, Kim has been instrumental in developing a business and a culture that has driven one of the most respected craft breweries in America.
This chat covers New Belgium’s early days, whether a business could start the same way today and still grow to the scale that New Belgium has achieved, notions of craft and also her views on the move to brand independence in Australia.
It’s a great conversation with someone who thinks very deeply about beer.
This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt Kirkegaard has a long over due chat with brewer Michael Capaldo.
In a career spanning more than a decade Michael has gone from working as a packaging assistant with Little Creatures to a production brewing role with Gage Roads while completing a Graduate Diploma of Brewing through Edith Cowan University. He then took the reins as head brewer for Sydney Brewery and Lovedale Brewery where he led the team to winning trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards and Royal Sydney Show within it’s very first year of operation in 2014.
In 2017 Michael moved from the production side of the industry to take up a sales role at Hop Products Australia working to provide on-the-ground support to brewers across News South Wales and Queensland.
Enjoy the Conversation.
This week on Good Brews Week Matt is playing the role of Pete Mitcham who is overseas. He is joined by Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing and Steve 'Hendo' Henderson from Rockstar Brewer to discuss the beer news of the week.
This week sees us discuss:
- ABAC and the fine line brewers walk between fun marketing and marketng to children
- London has called Lion and it has bought Fourpure
- Lion returns Swans to Perth with Bevy
- Beer labels and augmented reality
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Part 3 of this weeks chat with Teri Fahrendorf is all about her latest passion, malt. She believes malt will be next big trend and shares her thoughts on where Australia is headed in terms of flavour.
Matt was lucky enough to have the chance to chat with Pink Boots founder, Teri Fahrendorf recently at BrewCon. Teri’s background as a brewer is of considerable experience and the beginnings of the Pink Boots Society is a must hear story. The conversation was so engaging and interesting that Matt and Teri ended up chatting for almost two hours.
We’ve broken up the podcast into 3 sections, all available now, so you can listen at your leisure.
The first part covers Teri’s background and career, the second, Pink Boots and how that came to be and then Teri’s current position as the first Malt Innovation Centre Manager for Great Western Malting Company in Vancouver, Washington.
Enjoy the chat with Terri and let us know your thoughts.
Part 2 of this weeks chat with Teri Fahrendorf covers the story of Pink Boots and how its creation was somewhat of an accident.
Matt was lucky enough to have the chance to chat with Pink Boots founder, Teri Fahrendorf recently at BrewCon. Teri’s background as a brewer is of considerable experience and the beginnings of the Pink Boots Society is a must hear story. The conversation was so engaging and interesting that Matt and Teri ended up chatting for almost two hours.
We’ve broken up the podcast into 3 sections, all available now, so you can listen at your leisure.
The first part covers Teri’s background and career, the second, Pink Boots and how that came to be and then Teri’s current position as the first Malt Innovation Centre Manager for Great Western Malting Company in Vancouver, Washington.
Enjoy the chat with Terri and let us know your thoughts.
Strap yourselves in for Beer is a Conversation this week, you’re in for a ride.
Matt was lucky enough to chat with Pink Boots founder, Teri Fahrendorf recently at BrewCon. Teri’s background as a brewer is of considerable experience and the beginnings of the Pink Boots Society is a must hear story. The conversation was so engaging and interesting that Matt and Teri ended up chatting for almost two hours.
We’ve broken up the podcast into 3 sections, all available now, so you can listen at your leisure.
The first part covers Teri’s background and career, the second, Pink Boots and how that came to be and then Teri’s current position as the first Malt Innovation Centre Manager for Great Western Malting Company in Vancouver, Washington.
Enjoy the chat with Teri and let us know your thoughts.
This week on Good Brews Week we temporarily farewell Pete who will be overseas for a few weeks, and discuss: * BrewCon 2018 and the Indies * Joe White puts signature on craft malt * Experienceit drops Beaverton
This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt Kirkegaard is joined by Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Breweries.
Anton was talked into taking over the former Australian Independent Breweries business which he rebranded as Brewpack and turned around its fortunes. From contract brewing he has expanded into his own branded product in the shape of Stockade, and recently opened a brewery / barrel room in Marrickville.
The rebranded Tribe Breweries is expanding with a $35-million production brewery in Goulburn and also expanding into production for the Asian market.
Anton is always an interesting interview subject, and this is a very broad ranging chat about Tribe Breweries and the business of beer.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week's episode was recorded at BrewCon 2018 and we were lucky to catch up in person with, now regular guest, Zoe Ottaway.
- We chat about the evolution of BrewCon from its early days at the Melbourne Lithuanian Club to the expansive event in Sydney this year.
- We discuss Brut IPAs and Matt's suggestion that it represents a blurring of ideas of 'craft' and 'industrial'
- Consumer feedback and perception post brewery buyout
- The perceptions of beer in cans versus bottles and whether can can have a negative effect in some circumstances
- Kim Jordan's keynote at BrewCon
You can find Zoe at Totem Marketing.
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This week’s Beer is a Conversation guest is Belgin Kose, Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific for Cargill, owners of Joe White Maltings. Belgin has held this role for 18 months and over that time she has been driving a project that is being launched this week at BrewCon: Signature Malt.
This initiative will see Joe White maltings assess malt coming in from every region after harvest and with the help of Bintani choose the best barley of the year, and then match it with the most appropriate malt house in their network to malt that parcel of barley with the aim of giving brewers a malt and the technical information about it they will need for great brewhouse performance.
In addition to learning about how Joe White is working to bring the sexy back to malt, Belgin is also Belgian and speaks eloquently about the simple beauty of beer and the romance of Belgian beer culture, something that seems very relevant in our discussion about malt.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Good Brews Week Pete and Matt discuss:
- Brut IPA is the new NEIPA, but does it break the rules?
- Bottles are getting canned as cans replace bottles
- Gage Roads gets the nod from the shiny suits at the Stock Exchange
- BrewCon is go
This week’s guest is no stranger to listeners of the Radio Brews News Channel, Ben Kraus.
Back in 2005 Ben convinced his partner Maria to move from the Tirol region of Austria to Beechworth and open was was then called a microbrewery. Ben now says it was a pretty bold and naïve move for a couple of 24 year olds with $15000 as starting capital. However, 13 years later Bridge Road Brewers is going strong and is a community hub in its hometown of Beechworth, not to mention a mainstay of the national craft beer movement.
Ben is also a director of the Independent Brewers Association and is still outspoken on issues of craft, tap contracts, provenance and much, much more… all of which we canvass in this wide ranging discussion.
Enjoy the conversation.
This Good Brews Week Zoe Ottoway from Totem Marketing is back by popular demand and joins Matt and Pete to discuss the news of the week including:
- Gage Roads takes over Matso’s Brewing
- IBA Independence seal has been well received
- Lion opens Little Creatures brewpub in Singapore
A lot of great stories come out of the Australian International Beer Awards each year and none more so than this week’s guest.
Pete Mitcham recently caught up with Kris Domagala, who brews with our good friend Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson at little known Melbourne Brewery, Brownstone Microbrewery. Brownstone surprised many - including Kris - when it was awarded the Gary Sheppard Trophy for best new exhibitor and a Gold medal for Kris’ pale ale at the recent awards.
Craft brewing is an industry that inspires many a homebrewer to say, I want to do that, and in many ways Kris typifies the journey that many of them are on in following their passion.
A programmer and app developer by profession, Kris has immersed himself in the beer world as a long-time member of the Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers club, where he also served as Brewmaster, not to mention won awards for his brews. He has stewarded at the Qld Amateur Brewing Championship and the AIBAs, and done work experience at breweries in Qld and his new hometown of Melbourne.
He recently put his programming career on hold and divides his time brewing at Brownstone and working the bar at Stomping Ground while he makes plans his own brewery.
Enjoy the conversation.
This Good Brews Week Pete and Matt are joined by Dr. André Sammartino to discuss the beer news of the week.
André is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management & Marketing at the University of Melbourne and his main research interests are at the intersection of international business and strategic management. His recent projects have looked at the geographical reach of multinationals, reconfiguration of international competitive advantages, and the cognitive processes of individual executives making international decisions.
He was the right guest in the right week as this week we look at:
- A first-of-its-kind coastal shipping service for craft brewers
- Andre's own article: Despite our growing taste for craft brews, smaller beer makers face a huge disadvantage
- $15-million brewing collaboration centre announced for Brisbane
A little over a month ago the Federal Government announced changes to the excise system that will see the excise brewers pay on smaller keg formats fall to match that of the traditional 50 litre kegs.
This had been lobbied for by small brewers for several years, and was touted to have a range of benefits across things such as workplace health and safety, beer freshness and the range of venues stocking keg beer.
Given how long brewers had been lobbying for the change, the response from some brewers was quite surprising, with many expressing a range of concerns about the negative effects the change will have and whether smaller formats would be used at all.
This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt Kirkegaard chats with Nick Boots, General Manager Kegstar Australia and New Zealand. With the changes 12 months away, Kegstar will be paying very close attention to whether there is already demand for smaller kegs and what uptake might be.
Nick speaks about whether he thinks we will see a flood of one-way kegs from overseas, and a range of other keg trends taking place here and overseas in an attempt to divine what impacts the excise changes will have for brewers.
Enjoy the conversation.
This Good Brews Week, Pete and Matt discuss the beer news of the week, including: * Stone & Wood adds Packaged On dates to its beers... and why that is news. * Beer Cartel have created a list of Top 50 beers to add to all of the other 'best' lists...but does it help? * The growing discussion around mental health in the beer industry, and how it's reported.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Hop Products Australia released their 2018 Hop Harvest Report. Matt delves into the report with Sales and Marketing Manager Owen Johnson.
The 2018 harvest saw a 10.4% increase in yield over 2017, but even that was 10% below expectations. Owen explains why that was, what hops are in demand and what they forecast for the future.
Stay tuned at the end for a bonus chat with Jeremy Moynier, Stone Brewing's Senior Manager of Innovation and Supply Chain. James caught up with him to discuss how American brewers are using Australian hops.
Enjoy the conversations.
This week we are joined by guest host Nicolette Gillman. Nicolette has spent almost a decade working in the beer industry, as a Craft Beer Ambassador for Lion and more recently as Victorian Sales manager for Pirate Life. She joins us to discuss the news of the week, post Good Beer Week. * Your Mates enter the Shark Tank * Brewers should be creating experiences, not just beers * Chris McNamara departs IBA
This week on Beer is a Conversation, James speaks with Tony Magee, who founded Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California in 1993.
Spearheaded by its top selling IPA, Lagunitas underwent two decades of phenomenal growth, becoming one of the biggest names in American craft beer. Magee sold a part share of the business to Heineken International in 2015 and the remainder not long after that.
In this interview, he reflects on the sale as well as Lagunitas’ impending rollout in Australia, amongst many other topics. Enjoy the conversation.
This Good Brews Week Matt and Pete sit down to discuss the winners and all the gossip from the 2018 Australian International Beer Awards.
In this episode of Beer is a Conversation, James catches up with Mike Neilson, co-founder of New Zealand brewery Panhead Custom Ales. Originally a home brewer, Mike did his first commercial brewing stint at Tuatara Brewing Company, prior to launching Panhead in 2013. Panhead grew rapidly off the back of a distinctive and acclaimed line-up of beers, bringing it to the attention of New Zealand’s largest brewer, Lion, which acquired the company in 2016. Mike discusses the decision to sell and subsequent developments at Panhead, which is now brewing some of its beers at Lion’s Malt Shovel Brewery in Australia. Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Good Brews Week Pete and Matt are joined by Marie Claire Jarratt to dissect a very big week of beer news.
In a week that has seen excise concessions to brewers in the budget, medals won at the World Beer Cup and the launch of the Independent Brewers Association’s Independence Seal we look at the news, the reaction and discuss what it all means.
Marie Claire, or MC as she is better known, is a full-time craft beer enthusiast whose side hobbies include writing about beer, including her blog New South Ales and The Crafty Pint and completing her PhD in experimental quantum physics. For her writing MC won the very first Champion NSW Beer Writer Award in 2016.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation, James chats with with Matt Warner and Paul ‘Wattie’ Watson of ParrotDog Brewery in Wellington, New Zealand. They discuss their crowdfunding experience as well as the ParrotDog back story, and a preview of what the guys have coming up in 2018.
This Good Brews Week, Pete and Matt discuss some of this week’s top stories including: the opening of Albury Brewhouse, Gage Roads ‘remarkable’ third quarter sales, and a really insightful letter of the week.
In this episode of Beer is a Conversation, James chats with Jos Ruffell, co-founder of New Zealand brewery Garage Project. They discuss the opening of their new cellar door, their diversification into winemaking, and their move to contract brew beers at a new facility in Napier.
In today's episode of Good Brews Week (formerly known as Radio Brews News) Pete and Matt discuss the biggest stories of the week including: 4 Pines launch a Pacific Ale, Hargreaves Hill rebrand and we talk GBW, GABS and our discussion panel Logistics in a craft beer world.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt catches up with Jim O’Connor, one of the founders of Queensland-based Fortitude Brewing Company.
It’s been quite a journey for Fortitude in the five years since they launched their Mount Tamborine-based brewery. Five years is a long time in the craft brewing world, and this is a a frank discussion about all he has learned in that time.
One of the relatively early arrivals in an industry that has seen a recent flood of new breweries, Fortitude is about to launch a major brand refresh and Jim shares how their experience has feed into the new look and range. We discuss marketing and branding and how Fortitude has had to deal with being mistaken for a Fortitude Valley brewery; popular beer styles and how Jim feels they came to lose their way in a branding sense as they pursued individually successful beers; and also how the brewing industry is very different to other businesses Jim has run.
It’s a fascinating and insightful chat about beer and the business of making it and what you learn along the way.
In this episode of Radio Brews News, Pete and Matt are joined by Independent Brewers Association Chair, and founder of Endeavour Brewing - Ben Kooyman.
It’s been a big couple of weeks for the IBA, which has announced the program and presenters for BrewCon, its newly renamed conference; a rebrand of the craft beer awards to The Indies which is also now open to international independent breweries; and also a partnership to deliver the IBASafe brewery safety program.
We also catch up on the news of the week including:
- The never stale debate about beer freshness including our Good Beer Week panel looking at logistics in a craft beer world
- AB InBev-owned 4 Pines launches a bar at the Sydney Cricket Ground while simultaneously crowd-funding the next phase of Vostok Space Beer
- Rumours of yet more small brewery buy-outs prompting one brewery to issue a denial
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This week, in addition to Brews News Week and Beer is a Conversation, we have something a little different.
We get lots of requests from businesses to appear as a guest on Beer is a Conversation, it is a great way to get information out to people working in or highly engaged with the beer industry. Ultimately we refuse most requests because we want the show content to be interesting for our listeners and self promotion rarely is.
Every now and then though we get a request that doesn’t really fit into one of our regular podcasts, and is promotional, but the topic is still something that we think will be of great interest to a section of our listeners.
This is one of those topics.
Because it’s not a topic we would normally run, it is sponsored content, but we think it’s also something that many of our listeners - particularly those who make and sell beer - will be greatly interested in.
Brad Moran is a former AFL footballer who is now an entrepreneur. He has started a number of online businesses, most recently a system that enables online liquor stores to create an auction for brewers to bid on search terms in that store to improve their ranking, much like they can do in a bricks and mortar store to get the coveted eye-level shelf. At the same time, Citrus balances relevance to the consumer to ensure that their online store searches are also meeting their needs.
It sounded like a pretty cool bit of technology that our many industry listeners, and even those with an interest in technology, entrepreneurship or the evolution of the beer market would find interesting.
Enjoy the conversation.
In this episode of Beer is a Conversation, Pete Mitcham heads out to Hargreaves Hill Brewery to catch up with founder and somtimes classical pianist, Simon Walkenhorst.
Simon shares the story of Hargreaves Hill Brewery from its humble rural origins, to the loss of the brewery in the Black Saturday fires through to the present where they have just gone through a brand refresh.
Simon has witnessed the dynamic changes the industry has undergone over the last decade and has some keen insights into what it takes to maintain your brewery's identity as a multitude of new players join the scene.
It's a great chat about how to stay relevant in an ever-changing market.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News Pete and Matt work through the stories of the week such as: Another trademark stoush looks headed to court, Vostok Space Beer, Corona launches midstrength, the fastest growing craft breweries in the US, and is craft beer actually just Pasito?
This week on Radio Brews News, Matt and James are joined by fan favourite Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson. We announce the winner of the Goose Island gift pack and get your opinions on the news of the week, including: packaged on dates, Two Birds Brewing’s Trail Blazer Australian Lager and proposed changes to the beer excise.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt Kirkegaard catches up with Richard Watkins, co-founder and head brewer at Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing.
Richard can fairly be described as a craft beer pioneer, having brewed at the the famed Wig & Pen brewery for 17 years before founding BentSpoke in 2013.
Regular listeners will recall we had originally planned to speak with Richard during our live Hottest 100 Countdown in January, but when we were scheduled to chat Crankshaft, their flagship beer, had not yet appeared in the count and he didn’t want to miss the potential announcement.
Today, with the passage of a couple of months, we talk about the Hottest 100 and what having three top 30 beers means to a brewery such as his. We discuss beer freshness, his struggles with the word craft, the importance of the meaning of the word independence and much more. It’s a wide ranging conversation and Richard is well known for his deliberative approach and also his willingness to speak his mind, all of which make for a fascinating discussion.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News, James reports back from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling conference in Wellington. The team also discuss the real reason behind Tap King's demise and take a look at the expansion and rebranding of BrewPack.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt Kirkegaard speaks to Ian Watson from Slipstream about why he choses to use brewed on and best before dates. Ian invites Matt to taste the difference between a fresh brew and a beer that is several months old.
Pete and Matt announce a Goose Island giveaway and discuss Queensland's craft beer strategy, BewCon 2018 and whether bland beer is here to stay.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt is joined by Chris Kelly from East Coast Canning. Chris established Australia’s first mobile canning business, and now operates three mobile lines and services across Australia’s East Coast.
This week on Radio Brews News Pete, Matt and James are live from Byron Bay after a trip to Stone & Wood. They discuss Stone & Wood’s trademark appeal, another brewer who has trademarked the colour of beer and the Queensland Government’s plan for craft beer.
This week on Radio Brews News Pete and Matt are joined by marketing guru Zoe Ottaway. They discuss Brewdog’s recent marketing fail with their “Pink IPA”, the declines faced by Sierra Nevada and what it means for 'classic' craft and why Malt Brewing had to rebrand as Revel.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation, we have a long chat with Greg Koch, co-founder of San Diego’s Stone Brewing.
Brews News first chatted with Greg back in 2010 when he was actively campaigning against the grey importing of Stone beers into Australia. At that time many drinkers took the view, “what’s the harm? Sure the beer isn’t always great - but it will still be good and at least I get to taste the great beers of the craft brewing world.”
But Greg slapped that argument down with the incredibly passionate defence he made for drinking his beers fresh and the way he intended,
Much of today’s discussion refers back to that conversation and so we would really recommend that even if you have listened before, you go back and revisit that chat.
Of course, since that conversation Stone is now imported to Australia. When we last spoke, Greg identified Australia’s internal transport and logistics structure as being a major barrier to getting his beer into our hands fresh. He also mentioned the price, saying that the cost of cold shipping would make his beers too expensive to sell here. Today, they are selling at close to $30 a six-pack.
Today’s conversation was sparked because Stone still says one of the greatest tragedies for the brewery is when a beer crafted to showcase hops is left languishing on a shelf for too long. Stone argues "time erodes all of its botanical qualities". Yet Stone has made the decision to send it’s beer half-way around the world and, despite the care they take in doing that, a recent survey of Brisbane retailers found it difficult to buy Stone that is younger than the 120 days that the brewery says is the outside limit for quality. Often it is much, much older. This seems to be contrary to Greg’s earlier argument for drinking his beer fresh.
This conversation isn’t about Stone’s decision to extend the code dates on the beers sent to Australia, which has been written about on blogs such as Beer is Your Friend and Good Beer Hunting. It was more to learn in what ways does Greg think the Australian market has changed since 2011, especially in the face of what we saw as pretty strong evidence that his beers are languishing on shelves, just as Greg predicted they would back then.
We talk about that and the conversation meanders onto a few other topics as well, including the question of whether growing a craft brewery automatically involves making compromises as you scale and the environmental sustainability of sending beer refrigerated half way around the world.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News guest host Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson from Rockstar Brewer shares his views on date coding and why Greg Koch from Stone Brewing backtracked on his earlier decision not to sell Stone in Australia.
Pete Mitcham and Matt Kirkegaard are joined by guest host Pia Poynton from Girl + Beer to discuss the news of the week, including whether governments are sending mixed messages about alcohol.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, James Atkinson and Pete Mitcham are joined by Steve Carpenter, Chief Operations Officer at Yakima Chief-Hopunion, a global hop supplier headquartered in Yakima USA.
His family has been growing hops in the Yakima Valley since 1869, so it’s fair to say the business of hop growing is in his blood.
He talked about current trends in the hop sector and the challenges facing growers in a rapidly evolving craft beer market.
Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News we welcome Pete Mitcham back and get his thoughts on the BewDog announcement as well as discuss the other news of the week including the Pirate Life grant and sporting sponsorships.
This week on Radio Brews News the editorial team are joined by Cassie O’Neill, Australia’s first female certified Cicerone and Stomping Ground brewery’s sales representative, to discuss the beer news of the week.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we have the last interview from our recent swing through Sydney' inner-west breweries and feature our conversation with Steve Drissell of Sydney’s Staves Brewery.
Hidden away in a back alley in Glebe, Staves is one of Sydney’s more unique brewery venues, featuring English-style pub atmosphere and a live performance space that is well known on the city’s music and comedy circuit.
Staves has continually impressed with its idiosyncratic line-up of beers, which are made on a tiny and somewhat makeshift brewery, showing stylistic influences from all over Europe and America.
Matt Kirkegaard and James Atkinson visited the brewery late last year to catch up with Steve, who left his career in the corporate world to follow his dream of opening Staves.
We hope you enjoy the conversation.
This is a special edition of Radio Brews News.
Today Scottish brewery BrewDog has announced Brisbane will be the home of its new Australian brewery. The Queensland capital beat out rival Newcastle - and even South Australia - for the brewery’s attention.
Brews News had the chance to sit down with BrewDog’s Australian Director - their Top Dog as she is known - Zarah Prior, and co-founder Martin Dickie for a quick chat about the brewing company’s plans, why they chose Brisbane and also a little about BrewDog’s place in the beer firmament.
With a relatively short time together and so much to discuss, we didn’t go over quite a few topics that we would have liked to discuss about BrewDog generally but we still managed to cover quite a bit of ground.
We will hopefully get an opportunity to chat further with Zarah about the brewery, her plans for BrewDog Australia and also find out a little more about Zarah herself as the brewery build progresses.
As always you can let us know what you think about BrewDog’s plans by leaving a comment on the site or our facebook page or sending an email to producer@brewsnews.com.au.
If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to hear more interviews with the people who make the beer you drink, we have two podcasts - Beer is a Conversation and Radio Brews News. You can subscribe through your favourite podcast platform. Just search Radio Brews News.
We thank our presenting sponsors - Cryer Malt - and Brewpack for their support in producing the show. Just as a lot of great beer would not be in your glass without them, this show would not be in your earphones. We appreciate their support.
We will join you again later this week for more beer conversations as well as brews news and analysis.
Cheers.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we have our second last interview from our series of interviews in Sydney's inner West. This time our conversation is with Mick Bain of Sydney’s Royal Albert Hotel.
A longtime hospitality professional, Mick bought the Albert in 2011 and has since turned it into one of Australia’s top craft beer venues.
A passionate advocate for independently brewed beer, Mick has also recently taken a minor stake in West Australian brewery Beer Farm.
He’s never short of an opinion, so Pete Mitcham, Matt Kirkegaard and James Atkinson took the chance to get some of his insights on our recent Sydney tour.
Enjoy the conversation.
Thanks to Cryer Malt, this week on Radio Brews News the editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
We discuss the biggest story of the week, the results of the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers, including:
- Yes, it actually is a popularity contest, but it’s not only a popularity contest.
- No, the votes are not rigged
- No matter what they say, brewers do care about the results.
- Ale of a Time’s social media highlights
Having spent too much time discussing the Hottest 100 with great seriousness, we then discuss how craft beer culture has become social shorthand for taking things too seriously, as explained in this article from Good Beer Hunting.
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Welcome to a special podcast from the Australian Brews News team.
Thanks to Bintani, we ran a live broadcast of the last two hours of the GABS Hottest 100 craft beers of 2017. We broadcast live from Balter, who ended up being named #1 in the poll.
We chose Balter early in the voting process, well before the results were known, which turned out well for the show. While we managed to keep the show pretty on track despite a number of planned and unplanned guests dropping by the studio, good order was lost a little towards the end once the winner had been announced. We were very surprised to have Mick Fanning and then Joel Parkinson drop by to join us, Joel having raced in having left a wedding to celebrate with the team at Balter.
Despite a few occasional rough edges, the podcast does capture the excitement of the countdown, the surprise as the results were announced and also how important the GABS Hottest 100 has come to be to the Australian beer industry. Don’t let any brewer try and tell you that they don’t care about the results.
We would like to thank Balter for their generosity in making the boardroom available, and for the time they gave us especially as it became clear that we were in for an exciting finish. We’d also like to thank our co-hosts Kerry Claydon and Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson for joining us for the broadcast.
Thanks also to our guests:
- Balter’s Scott Hargrave, who - as you will hear - was so generous with his time we had to shoo out the door so he could actually celebrate the result rather than be stuck in the studio
- Stone & Wood’s Jamie Cook who happened to be on the coast and made the effort to join us in the studio and happened to be there as the final results were announced.
- Pirate Life’s Michael Cameron who joined us from a very hot carpark in South Australia
- Feral’s Brendan Varis who called in from WA
- Dave Padden who accepted our call while he was pulled over on a highway.
- And also to Steve Jeffares, one of the founder of the Hottest 100 and the GABS Festival and Phil Meddings from Bintani, both of whom had their interviews put on hold as we were happily gatecrashed by a couple of excited world champion surfers.
Finally, thank you to Bintani - who will bring the right ingredients to your brewery, just as they do with Balter - for sponsoring the show. We genuinely could not have done it without them.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we continue the series of interviews that we recorded during our swing through Sydney’s inner -west last December and we meet Topher Boehm from Wildflower Brewing and Blending.
In an increasingly congested craft beer market it can be hard for a business to be unique, but Topher is doing a great job of standing out from the pack. Wildflower isn’t a brewery, Topher works with his friends down the road at Batch to make the wort he uses before taking it to his Marrickville warehouse where he ferments it with wild yeasts that he has foraged throughout New South Wales, selecting and propagating the ones that he thinks will create signature beers. Aging them in oak, Topher then blends the beers before bottling and releasing them to the public.
This is a fascinating chat with a genuinely engaging new brewer.
Enjoy the conversation.
On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
This week Pete, James and Matt discuss:
- 49 new breweries in 2017 and how the list was calculated.
- Are local breweries killing local bars?
- Watchdog clears Angry Cock cider
- Lion confirms MOCU closure
- It's a good beer, Brent is a really good lesson
And much, much more.
And finally, don't forget we will be counting down the last two hours of the GABS Hottest 100 live on Mixlr. You can either download the Mixlr app to listen on the go or listen and join the chatroom here or here.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we join Matt King and Glenn Wignall of Sydney’s The Grifter Brewing Company in their brewery bar in Enmore, Sydney.
Starting out in 2012 as a gypsy brewer, The Grifter has since opened its own brewery and taproom where the guys are turning out some great beers in what is undoubtedly one of the country’s most visually appealing venues.
Matt Kirkegaard, Pete Mitcham and James Atkinson visited just before Christmas to find out a bit more about The Grifter’s journey to date, their upcoming plans, and of course their views on recent industry developments.
Enjoy the conversation...
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we join Chris Sidwa and Andrew Fineran in the bar at Batch Brewing Company.
It’s been two years since we last chatted with Batch on Radio Brews News. This time we visited the brewery just before Christmas for a glass of their raspberry farmhouse ale Chapeau, and chatted about topics including the evolution of the Marrickville locale, where they first established a beachhead for craft beer in late 2013. Over that time two mates making beer has grown to a business that employs 20. We discuss their growth, their plans and when they plan on selling...
Enjoy the conversation.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week. This week, our last Radio Brews News for 2017, we also look at the highs and lows, bests and worsts of 2017 and look ahead to 2018.
We also look at one big story for the week, James' story about brewers’ corporate tax contributions.
Beer is a Conversation will continue over the break with interview from our recent travels through Sydney's inner west.
The Radio Brews News team wishes all of our listeners a Merry Christmas and look forward to sharing 2018 with you.
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This week we join Haydon Morgan at the Malt Shovel Brewery in Sydney.
Haydon recently took over the reins of the home brewery of the James Squire brands from Chris Sheehan. Having attained the highest level of brewing qualification offered by the Institute Of Brewing and Distilling, Master Brewer, Haydon joins Malt Shovel from the Tooheys brewery in Sydney, where he worked in roles including technical brewer, as well as acting head brewer.
We talk about his plans for Malt Shovel, upcoming releases and the challenges of brewing and stepping out from the relative anonymity of some of the company's larger breweries to be the face of one of their craft flagships.
This interview was recording at Sydney's Malt Shovel Brewery and we were lucky to be joined by brewery founder Chuck Hahn later in the interview.
Thank you to the team for hosting us and some of our Sydney listeners.
This week on Beer is a Conversation, James Atkinson catches up with Will Tatchell, founder of Van Dieman Brewing in Northern Tasmania.
Founder and Head Brewer, Will got into brewing as a distraction during University years, whilst studying Agricultural Science, and came to see the brewing industry as an extension of the primary industry he'd grown up in. Upon completing university, he sought further experience in the brewing sector and travelled to the United Kingdom to immerse himself within the history rich brewing sector. Returning to his home he started planning for his brewery in 2007 and launched in 2009.
Will's experience and passions have recently merged in Van Dieman's Estate Ale beers, brewed with malt, water, hops and yeast grown on the family farm in Tasmania, which is unique not only in Australia but globally.
Enjoy the conversation.
On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
This week Pete, James and Matt get to have a beer together and discuss:
- Sydney's Inner West brewing scene
- When Did Rarity Start to Equal Greatness in Beer?
- Discuss the discussion to Pirate Life sale a wake-up call for drinkers
And much, much more.
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This week on beer is a conversation Pete and Matt catch up with Scott Brandon, co-founder and owner of Bright Brewery in Victoria’s High Country.
Scott and his late wife Fiona Reddaway founded the brewery with the desire to create a cellar door experience that provided great beer and celebrated the outdoor lifestyle of the surrounding high country region.
They first purchased the land for the brewery in 2003. The the first beers under the Bright label were brewed at Jamieson Brewery near Mansfield from late 2004 and they served them at a temporary bar in Wills Street, Bright, until the brewpub was commissioned on the current Great Alpine Road site in mid 2006.
This “brew-pub” model has provided Bright Brewery with healthy business that has a reputation as one of the region’s best destinations, highlighted through a string of tourism and business awards culminating last week when Bright took out Victoria’s highest honour for Tourism Wineries, Distilleries & Breweries at the 2017 Victorian Tourism Awards.
Bright will soon open its new production brewery that will see its beers available more widely.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
This week we discuss:
- The wash-up from the Pirate Life sale
- Including Jamie Cook's observations on selling to the big guys
- Are beer festival a good or a gouge
- Craft beer is causing a spike in Drinking Driving
- Or is it?
- Ad we also catch up with Chris O’Leary from Emerson's who is the Convention Chairman for next year's Institute of Brewing and Distilling conference in Wellington.
And much, much more.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we play an interview James Atkinson recorded recently with Ken Stout and Dave Tohtz of Goose Island Brewing.
Both Ken and Dave have been with the Goose Island business since before it was acquired by the world’s largest brewer, ABInBev, in 2011.
A longtime beer industry professional, Ken joined the Chicago brewer as regional sales director in 2009, eventually becoming its president and general manager in 2015, and more recently, the president of its international division.
The new role gives Ken oversight for the ambitious international rollout of the Goose Island brand by ABI.
Dave Tohtz meanwhile notched up his tenth year as a brewer at Goose Island during 2017.
Dave and Ken have been in Australia over the last fortnight for Goose Island’s Migration Week campaign and I caught up with them at Two Birds Brewing’s The Nest in Melbourne for an all-encompassing chat about their time at Goose Island, the changes they have witnessed since ABI took over and their impressions of the Australian market.
Full disclosure, Goose Island has done some advertising around the Migration Week initiative on the Brews News website, but this interview was done completely separately.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
We announce how to get tickets for our free listener drinks in Sydney thanks to Malt Shovel Brewery.
This week we discuss:
- Gage Roads beers for new stadium
- Which led to a discussion about this
- Broo's China deal
- GABS Hottest 100 turns ten
- And changes the date to much discussion
- Garage Project drops Death From Above
- And apparently things are blowing up elsewhere.
And much, much more.
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In this is a special 'Breaking News' edition of Radio Brews News we managed to steal a quick 10 minutes with Pirate Life’s Michael Cameron and AB InBev’s Peter Filopovic just after the announcement to talk a little about Pirate Life's sale to AB InBev.
We find out Michael’s reasons for the sale and also AB InBev’s plans for the brewery, as well as discuss how Pirate Life will fit into the ABI’s growing list of breweries.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we meet brewer Matt Jancauskas from Brouhaha Brewery in Maleny Queensland.
Matt is a brewer who, on his own admission has had a series of very lucky breaks that took him from working in the electrical industry in Australia to travelling to London and snagging a job at Beavertown Brewery with Logan Plant where in short time he moved from packaging supervisor to became production manager. Matt then returned to Australia to partner to open a brewery which has quickly developed a serious reputation for making great beer and being a top brewpub, such that this year he was named Brewer of the Year at Queensland's inaugural Beeries awards.
Matt is an exciting young brewer making some cracking beer and has a great story to tell.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
This week we discuss:
- Stone & Wood For Cups Sake
- Our recent Beer is a Conversation guest Dave's Tours gets a gong at the NSW Tourism Awards
- Craft Beer is a serious business
- When is beer actually 'draught'
- Matt gives 5 minute review of the GrowlerWerks uKeg.
And much, much more.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week.
This week we welcome back editor James Atkinson and hear a little about his travels through Japan as well as his visit to Melbourne for Goose Island's Migration Week activities. In the news we look at Coopers volumes up but draught sales down, Hawkers signs a deal to export beer to the UK and Pink Boots brewday. James gives some insight both into Goose Island's plans for Australia and also Coopers has run the ruler over a number of craft breweries with a view to making a purchase themselves.
And much, much more.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we catch up with Dave Phillips and Liam Pereira from Sydney Beer Week.
Dave is the name behind the growing multi-faceted beer tours and events business that is Dave's Events, while Liam is the General Manager of one of those events, Sydney Beer Week. This was the first year that Dave's has managed Sydney Beer Week, so we check in with Dave and Liam to find out the background to taking over Sydney's week of beer and how the event went.
And congratulations to the team at Dave's Events which last night won the Gold Award at the NSW Tourism Awards for Tour & Transport Operators.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we chat with Chris McNamara, Executive Officer at the Independent Brewers Association.
In our chat we get the IBA’s thoughts on the upcoming container deposit scheme and the effect it is going to have on Australia’s small brewers and what the association is doing to try and mitigate those changes.
We also chat briefly about the IBA’s upcoming strategic review and the membership changes in wake of the recent independent brewery takeovers.
This week on Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the beer news of the week. This week we discuss:
- The impending Container Deposit Scheme
- Sauce Brewing's Planning woes
- Whether craft beer's next big thing is being small
And much, much more.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation we chat with Richard Knight, marketing manager for XXXX.
This conversation was originally planned as a short chat about XXXX’s sponsorship of the Ashes to drop in as a brief segment in next week’s Radio Brews News but it turned into a much longer – and quite interesting - chat about the mainstream beer market generally so we’re running it as a stand alone discussion here…
There are fascinating changes occurring in the beer market generally and what is happening in the craft beer segment can't be seen as being unrelated to what is happening in the broader part of the market. It was was interesting to hear what is driving the marketing behind some of Lion’s biggest brands.
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This week on Radio Brews News we are joined by guest host Ian Watson from Brisbane's Slipstream Brewery to discuss the beer news of the week.
We discuss how beer travels for beer awards, Tuatatara claiming to have 'spawned' the New Zealand Pilsner, the most environmentally friendly way to drink beer, $120 keg pricing and much more.
Thanks to Slipstream Brewing for hosting us.
Today on Beer is a Conversation we chat with Hop Products Australia’s Owen Johnston.
OJ as he is better known, is no stranger to Radio Brews News listeners, both through his role as HPA’s Sales and Marketing Manager, or his previous roles as Director with the Craft Beer Industry Association and Head Brewer and General Manager at Tasmania’s Moo Brew brewery.
While we have had a number of chats with OJ about all manner of hop topics, this is the first time we have discussed advanced hop products.
Long a feature of mainstream brewing, advanced hop products are starting to generate interest in the world of small brewers for the functional benefits they provide the brewer. At the same time, they are creating a discussion around what their use means for notions of ‘craft’ in brewing.
It’s a great chat about an interesting topic. Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News' Pete Mitcham and Matt Kirkegaard are joined by Ale of a Time’s Luke Robertson to cover the beer news of the week ending 28 October.
In this episode we discuss:
- Beer prices in the wake of a Sydney venue charging $25.50 for a Schooner of BrewDog Punk IPA. Although the venue eventually said it was a mistake, price is an ongoing issue for craft beer.
- Also:
- The price of BrewDog craft beer in supermarkets
- Cloudwater boss defends craft beer prices after 13 a pint uproar
- Craft beer boom pushes number of UK breweries past 2,000
- Gage Roads profits down but share price up
- When is Barrel Aged not Barrel Aged?
Luke also gives his thoughts on such big topics as brewery takeovers and calling beer booze.
And much much more.
In this week's Beer is a Conversation meet Dave Bonighton and Ian Morgan from Mountain Goat Beer as the brewery celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Dave Bonighton is a co-founder of Mountain Goat and has stayed on board as a brewing consultant since the brewery's acquisition by by Asahi almost two years ago.
Mountain Goat's current head brewer, Ian Morgan has brewed at Holgate Brewhouse and Asahi.
In this conversation we discuss 20 years of Mountain Goat, the lead up to the sale to Asahi, what has changed since the takeover and the future plans for the brewery.
On Radio Brews News, the Brews News editorial team discuss the news of the week. This week we look at:
- The fallout from the Feral takeover
- The US Brewers Association 'Take Back Craft Beer' campaign
- XXXX launches the Summer of Cricket
- Sydney Beer Week
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This week we chat with Jade Flavell, Publican at Adelaide's Wheatsheaf Hotel, one of Australia's great good beer pubs. Jade is also the head brewer The Wheaty Brewing Corp, which this year was named Hopco Champion Small Brewery at the Craft Beer Awards.
Jade is a passionate publican and brewer and discusses her approach to brewing, as well as independence, selling out and calling beer booze.
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In a beer week of beer news, we discuss the breaking news that Feral has been sold to CCA.
- Coca-Cola Amatil the best fit for Feral: Brendan Varis
We look at New Zealand brewer Renaissance's entry into Voluntary Administration.
- Renaissance looking for rebirth
And also the Brewers Guild of New Zealand awards
- Garage Project named New Zealand’s Champion Brewer
Listener José Perez sends through some information about the New Caledonian brewery, Les 3 Brasseurs, Pete spoke about last week.
- Le 3 Brasseurs website French / English
This week on Beer is a Conversation we have a frank conversation with Feral Brewing founder and, as of today, former owner, Brendan Varis. Brendan discusses the sale, why he made the decision to sell, why sell to Coca-Cola Amatil and what it means for the brewery and for the broader beer industry.
This week on Radio Brews News we welcome Pete Mitcham back to the hosts chair and catch up with him about the news the broke during his holidays. We learn a little about the South Pacific beer scene, discuss whether you can taste independence, whether accidental sourness is a fault or a feature and plenty more.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we talk trade marks with intellectual property expert James Omond. A registered Trade Mark Attorney with extensive experience in the drinks industry, James established his own law firm - Omond & Co - in 2002. He specialises in providing IP advice to wine, beer and spirits producers through a dedicated Trade Marks arm, Australian Beverage Trade Marks. Trade Marks have been a contentious matter in the we-are-all-friends world of small brewing and we discuss the importance of intellectual property and how and when to register it.
This week on Radio Brews News, Matt Kirkegaard and James Atkinson discuss the news for the week ending 29 September 2017. Among the topics we cover:* Brisbane's inaugural Beeries awards and the Beer InCider festival * 4 Pines Sale to ABI (and here) * Beer Sponsorships: Commonwealth Games goes to Lion, while Singapore Airlines picks up craft beer from Cheeky Monkey, Green Beacon and Bent Spoke, and Perth Stadium goes Gage Roads.
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This week on Beer is a Conversation, we play James Atkinson's recent conversation with Brooklyn Brewery's head brewer and author of The Brewmaster's Table, Garrett Oliver.
Australian Brews News' Matt Kirkegaard and James Atkinson discuss the news of the week ending 22 September 2017.
On the day 4 Pines annouces its sale to global brewing giant ABI we chat with 4 Pines' Jaron Mitchell and CUB's Peter Filopvic.
This week on Beer is a Conversation we meet brewer Neil Whittorn.
Neil, known to some as Pops, has been a brewer for over 45 years, starting at CUB in 1971. He has brewed for Matilda Bay and currently brews and mentors the brewing team at Stone & Wood.
This week in Beer is a Conversation James Atkinson chats with Blair Hayden, founder of the infamous Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel in Sydney.
Blair Hayden:
Blair Hayden purchased the Lord Nelson Hotel in 1986, some 140 years after it was established by William Wells in one of Sydney’s most iconic areas, The Rocks. This business venture became the inception of Australia’s craft and independent brewing movement, as Blair set out to create his own take on English style beers with a strong, Australian influence.
Following on from Blair’s 30th Anniversary with the premises, The Lord Nelson Hotel is now officially the oldest hotel in Sydney to be operating under its original licence - dating back over 175 years. Initially, locals were in dismay over Blair’s decision to serve their own brews opposed to the local CUB beers, but patrons gradually came to love the new identity and unique flavours coming from the newly converted brewery hotel.
Blair's ongoing vision sees that Lord Nelson beers use all-English malts and hops, with the exception of some seasonal releases. This give their ales an undeniably British palate, whilst adopting Australian temperature and carbonation characteristics to produce classic styles of ale with a modern, home-grown twist.
This week in Beer is a Conversation James Atkinson chats with Dainton Family Brewing Founder and Head Brewer, Dan Dainton, who recently took out the Champion Craft Beer Award at this year’s Craft Beer Awards.
Dan Dainton Dan started his brewing career at the James Squire Brewhouse at the Portland Hotel in 2011. Already experimenting with bold and quirky flavours, Dan’s brewing skills churned out a Black Rye IPA (which was pretty out-there at the time) along with other over the top IPAs - much to the dismay of Chuck Hahn.
Realising he wanted to flex his talent and palate beyond that realm of James Squire, Dan transitioned to Holgate Brewhouse to further develop his brewing and in the fresh air of Woodend. After this stint up in the mountains, Dan convinced his father, Kev, to embark on his beer journey with him.
Together they co-founded Dainton Family Brewing with Dan gypsy brewing around Victoria from 2013 until mid 2016 until they established their own permanent facilities in Carrum Downs.
Medals are no stranger to Dan and his kin at Dainton Family Brewing, with several of their brews earning awards at various judging events over the past few years. Dainton’s Cherrywood Smoked Baltic Porter was brewed especially for this year’s Craft Beer Awards and was ultimately named this year’s Champion Craft Beer.
This week in Beer is a Conversation, we hear an interview Matt recorded with New Zealand Hops CEO Doug Donelan earlier in the year during the New Zealand hop harvest. James and Pete also share a conversation they had with founder of White Lakes Brewing Sean Symons last week at the Australian Brewers Conference.
Doug Donelan Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Doug was Head Brewer of Australia’s Malt Shovel Brewery and James Squire Brewhouses. Doug has over 30 years’ experience in the brewing, beverage and hospitality industries and is an internationally recognised beer judge. Doug joined New Zealand Hops, the grower-owned co-operative in 2006 and has played a pivotal role in the co-ordination and successful repositioning of the New Zealand hops brand internationally and the continuing development of their unique hop variety offering. He has published numerous papers and articles for brewing journals, technical papers and presentations on beer, brewing and hops and also continues to write and present on innovation, marketing, research and new product development.
Sean Symons Sean began brewing for the Hahn Brewing company in Sydney Australia in 1996 before transferring to the Tooheys brewery, part of the Lion Group. In 2002, Symons moved to Vietnam and built a microbrewery in Nha Trang before returning back to Australia in 2008 to take on critical roles within the XXXX Brewery in Brisbane and then the Swan Brewery in Perth, where he worked up until its closure in 2013. Sean is one of the founders of White Lakes Brewing company in Perth where he currently holds the position of Head Brewer. Amongst his many qualifications, Sean’s Bachelor of Environmental Science proves to be an invaluable tool in the establishment of White Lakes Brewing as is situated in a protected wetlands area and required innovative environmental planning.
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On Radio Brews News, Pete Mitcham, James Atkinson and Matt Kirkegaard discuss the news for the week.
News: * Craft Brewers Conference 2017, including Craft beers all look the same and Independent Brewers set ambitious target * Lions discontinues Knappstein * The Brewers Association Mid Year Results * How Stella Is Changing The Way We Enjoy Beer
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This week in Beer is a Conversation we caught up with Gage Roads’ Chief Operations Officer and Brew Chief, Aaron Heary. In this chat we discuss Aaron’s path from brewer to COO and the recent major strategy overhaul of Gage Roads Brewing Co.
Aaron Heary: Aaron Heary initially started his career in winemaking prior to working as a brewer with Little Creatures. After its sale, Aaron travelled extensively, further educating himself on the world of beer to kindle his knowledge and love of the craft.
Aaron spent a year working with Steamworks Brewing Co. in Vancouver before serendipitously meeting up with the other founders of Gage Roads whilst abroad.
Aaron later returned back to Western Australia to assist in establishing the brewery, initially taking the position of Head Brewer before taking on the roles of Brew Chief, COO and Vice President. Gage Roads’ Little Dove New World Pale Ale was awarded Australian Champion Beer at the AIBA last year, in addition to overwhelming reception of their other brews both this year and last year.
This week is a special edition of Radio Brews News as Pete Mitcham and James Atkinson report from Independent Brewers Association Conference in Adelaide. Firstly they catch up with conference speaker with Ina Versti about craft and independece, then they catch up with Craft Beer Awards judges Jayne Lewis, Richard Watkins and Aaron Heary to get some feedback on this year’s competition.
Ina Verstl
Dr Ina Verstl is a journalist, researcher and co-author of Beer Monopoly. After completing her doctorate, Ina worked as a press officer with the Munich Fair Trade Corporation before turning to freelance journalism. Ina is currently a special feature writer for Brauwelt International and lectures internationally at events and meet-ups in the brewing industry.
Jayne Lewis
Jayne is the co-founder of Two Birds Brewing and started her career at the Little Creatures Brewery in Perth where she learnt to brew. Off the back of creating her iconic brewery, Jayne has also been an active member and judge of the Craft Beer Industry Association and it’s awards. Richard Watkins Richard is the co-owner and head brewer of BentSpoke Brewing Co in Canberra. Richard has been brewing for 18 years, previously working with award winning brewery Wig & Pen before starting his own venture. He is an active member and judge of the Craft Beer Industry Association and it’s awards.
Aaron Heary
Aaron Heary is the Chief Operations Officer at Gage Roads Brewing Co in WA and is also a judge and member of the Craft Beer Industry Association. Aaron previously worked with Little Creatures before its sale and spent a lengthy period of time exploring international beer markets before starting at Gage Roads.
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This week in Beer is a Conversation we caught up with co-founder and Brand Director of Balter Brewing, Stirling Howland. In this chat we discuss the branding and marketing of Balter’s iconic packaging, and learn more about the brewery’s foundations that helped it to quickly grow into a successful icon.
Stirling Howland started working with the Billabong surf brand when he was 14 years old. It was through Billabong that Stirling met and befriended local surfing legends and the other founders of Balter Brewing, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Bede Durbidge and Josh Kerr.
Stirling worked with Billabong for nearly two decades, progressing up through the ranks of retail and management before being asked to step into branding, marketing and online development roles. After being a massive influence in the business development and online presence of the international surf brand, Howland was naturally Fanning’s go to guy for the job when he wanted to start a brewery.
Stirling is completely self taught in the areas of marketing and creative direction, having learned his skills through hands-on experience and the great people that surround him in daily life. Having begun his career before the dawn of the internet era, Stirling has seen the peaks and troughs of online marketing and engagement and has a wealth of knowledge behind his expertise.
In this chat, Stirling discusses with the Brews News team his own professional history and the history of Balter, going into greater detail on the concept and marketing of the brewery, the meaning behind its iconic packaging, and ultimately what they keys are to its success.
On Radio Brews News podcast, the Brews News editorial team discuss the news for the week.
This week: * ACCC decision not to take action on tap contracts * Australian Craft Brewers Conference 2017 * HPA hop breeding
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This week in Beer is a Conversation we share a chat that Brews News editor James Atkinson had with Neil Witte of Craft Quality Solutions while he was in Washington DC at Brewers Association Conference back in April.
Neil Witte is the founder of Craft Quality Solutions LLC, which is the very first of its kind to provide field quality services to craft brewers, distributors and retailers. Neil holds one of just thirteen Master Cicerone certifications currently awarded across the world, and has 16 years of experience running the field quality program at Boulevard Brewing Co/Duvel USA.
Craft Quality Solutions provides breweries with a top-to-bottom report of what their beer looks like in their top accounts in any given market, along with a whole host of actionable solutions for whatever issues may be uncovered. Neil also provides in-depth training to breweries and distributors on any matter of quality-related topics, including draught system design and maintenance, draught line cleaning, sensory evaluation and off-flavor recognition, and inventory management.
Prior to his positions in field quality assessment and maintenance, Neil worked in the wine industry before moving over to beer and becoming a brewer. A lot of Neil’s palette and flavour knowledge can be attributed to his experience in these areas, helping to give him the invaluable skills required to achieve the highest level certification of the Cicerone Program.
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On Radio Brews News the Brews News editorial team discuss the news for the week. This week we discuss:
- Nine month Best Before dates “ridiculous” says Beer Professor
- Brick Lane unveils beers, all-star cast
- Lion denies XXXX brewery closing
- Indie brewers fight back in bitter row over beer brands' craft credentials
- BrewDog sets out ‘world domination’ plans
We also introduce a new segment called Snark where we discuss different topics that have come up during the week. This we we discuss the growing use of the word booze to refer to craft beer. Matt cites this article from The Sun as a reason why it diminishes the brand value in beer. James weighs in with this excellent article from Max Allen.
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This week in Beer is a Conversation Matt chats with the founder of Camden Town Brewery, Jasper Cuppaidge.
Jasper is originally from Brisbane and found himself stranded in London during a round-the-world trip twenty-odd years ago.
After taking up work in a pub in London and subsequently home brewing out of its basement, Jasper eventually acquired the venue before using it as leverage to assist with his dream brewery, Camden Town.
Camden Town Brewery was bought by AB-InBev last year for a phenomenal £85m, with Jasper staying on and continuing to run the Camden Town Brewery, which this month launched its new production facility.
Jasper caught up with Matt on his recent visit to the UK and discussed all things Camden Town, reflecting on how the brewery is able to maintain its integrity around the philosophical and political definitions of independence and ‘craft’.
Interview recorded in London, 21 June 2017.
This week in Radio Brews News, Matt and Pete discuss all the beer news for the week ending 8 July. We discuss:
- Independence Day – the launch by the Independent Brewers Association of their Independent Brewing Industry National Economic Evaluation. Matt and James Atkinson also caught up with IBA Executive Officer, Chris McNamara.
- We discuss this quote from 4 Pines’ Jaron Mitchell: “I think it’s one of the stupidest things I’ve seen. There’s no industry on the planet that has benefited from artificial relief from a government. Essentially, it creates a vacuum for inefficient people who are wasting resources to get a $350,000 rebate. If you can’t run a brewing business based on fundamental economics, you shouldn’t be running a brewing business.”
- The Great Northern Hotel / Holgate kerfuffle.
- Should bottleshops limit the sale of single beers, and force drinkers to buy four packs?
- Drinkers get fresh with US brewers: American craft brewers have copped another hiding for their perceived lack of commitment to ensuring their beers reach Australian drinkers in the same optimal condition they demand at home.
- Including a reference to our past interview with Greg Koch from Stone.
- ABI’s The High End craft division responds to the Brewers’ Association’s Independence Seal.
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This week in Beer is a Conversation we chat with the founder of Lost and Grounded Brewers in Bristol (UK) Alex Troncoso, who previously worked with Little Creatures and Camden Town Breweries.
Alex Troncoso
Alex was previously Head Brewer at the Little Creatures Brewery in Freemantle WA and spent over eight years with the company before being offered the Brewing and Development Director role with Camden Town Brewery in London.
Shortly before the sale of Camden Town was finalised with AB-InBev last year, Alex did some travelling and soul searching in the UK with his wife, Annie, and found themselves falling in love with Bristol.
After struggling to feel quite at home in London, they relocated to Bristol and ventured into the the relatively untapped craft brewing industry, establishing Lost and Grounded Brewers in early 2015.
Matt caught up with Alex on his recent visit to the UK and discussed all things Lost and Grounded, recalling his brewing journey through these hugely successful companies and what it takes to establish a brewery in a fierce European market.
Pete Mitcham and James Atkinson welcome Matt Kirkegaard back from his trip and they discuss the UK beer scene plus the news of the week.
In the news we discuss:
- The Brewers Association Independent Brewery logo
- An academic weighs in on the proposed tap contracts class action
- Craft beer buyouts
- The feedback to our chats with Adrian Walker in which he claimed that Firestone Walker would only be refrigerated in Dan Murphy's stores versus the reality that they aren't.
This week in Beer is a Conversation we chat with 3 Ravens’ Head Brewer, Brendan O’Sullivan, with a bonus interview with Michael Corrigan of the New Belgium Brewing Company. In Radio Brews News, Pete Mitcham and Australian Brews News Editor James Atkinson catch up on the news of the week.
Brendan O’Sullivan:
Brendan first became interested home brewing to help him learn more about the beer making process while working in beer related roles around his university studies. Abandoning his engineering degree, Brendan worked through many aspects of the beer and hospitality industries before becoming a professional brewer in Perth six years ago.
After relocating to Victoria, Brendan notably worked at Boneyard Brewing before taking a brewing role with 3 Ravens three years ago. Recently moving into the Head Brewer position in the past year, Brendan developed a range of sours including the Wild Ravens series of barrel-aged beers and the Mash “Wizz Fizz” Berliner Weisse series.
Brendan caught up with Pete and James to discuss everything 3 Ravens, along with his impressive portfolio of sour and experimental beers and what the HPA Hop Report means for his work.
Michael Corrigan:
Michael is the Vice President of Sales for the New Belgium Brewing Company, based in Colorado. Michael has had a career-long relationship with the business side of the American craft beer industry, and has previously worked with MillerCoors and Boston Beer Company also.
Michael and James met at the Brewers Association conference earlier this year in the US, and discuss the brand and product developments of New Belgium.
In Radio Brews News, Pete Mitcham and Australian Brews News Editor James Atkinson catch up on the news of the week.
This week in Beer is a Conversation we chat with Owen Johnston, Sales and Marketing Manager at Hop Products Australia and ex- Head Brewer of Moo Brew, about the 2017 Australian hop harvest.
Owen Johnston:
Owen has been the of Sales and Marketing at HPA for the past four years, previously working as the Head Brewer for Moo Brew (Tasmania). Owen also spent some time as the Director of the the Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) prior to starting his role at HPA, now setting himself even further behind-the-scenes in the realms hop breeding, production and harvesting. Owen catches up with Pete and James to talk about the results of HPA’s 2017 Crop Report and what is means for Australian hops and the Aussie craft beer industry.
This week in Beer is a Conversation we chat with Owen Johnston, Sales and Marketing Manager at Hop Products Australia and ex- Head Brewer of Moo Brew, about the 2017 Australian hop harvest.
Owen Johnston:
Owen has been the of Sales and Marketing at HPA for the past four years, previously working as the Head Brewer for Moo Brew (Tasmania). Owen also spent some time as the Director of the the Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) prior to starting his role at HPA, now setting himself even further behind-the-scenes in the realms hop breeding, production and harvesting. Owen catches up with Pete and James to talk about the results of HPA’s 2017 Crop Report and what is means for Australian hops and the Aussie craft beer industry.
This week is our first edition of splitting the podcast into two audio files for interviews and news. Part A yields our regular Radio Brews News news conversation between Matt Kirkegaard, Pete Mitcham and Australian Brews News Editor James Atkinson.
Part B, entitled Beer Is A Conversation, showcases our chats with Andrew Ong of 2 Brothers Brewing Co, and Brendan Varis of Feral Brewing Co.
Andrew Ong:
Andrew founded the 2 Brothers Brewery in Morrabin (VIC) with his brother Dave after they were able to acquire parts from a defunct brewery in Times Square in New York City. Marking the 10th Anniversary of 2 Brothers, Andrew discusses with us some of the finer details on how they established their brewery and keep their business going through the peaks and troughs of the craft beer industry.
Brendan Varis:
Brendan is the owner of Feral Brewing Company and was also the Head Judge of the Australian International Beer Awards this year. We talk to Brendan about how the AIBAs work and what the various award levels mean, and also discuss Feral’s recent use of hop extracts in their experimental beer release, Finn Diesel.
This week is our first edition of splitting the podcast into two audio files for interviews and news. Part A yields our regular Radio Brews News news conversation between Matt Kirkegaard, Pete Mitcham and Australian Brews News Editor James Atkinson.
Part B, entitled Beer Is A Conversation, showcases our chats with Andrew Ong of 2 Brothers Brewing Co, and Brendan Varis of Feral Brewing Co.
Andrew Ong:
Andrew founded the 2 Brothers Brewery in Morrabin (VIC) with his brother Dave after they were able to acquire parts from a defunct brewery in Times Square in New York City. Marking the 10th Anniversary of 2 Brothers, Andrew discusses with us some of the finer details on how they established their brewery and keep their business going through the peaks and troughs of the craft beer industry.
Brendan Varis:
Brendan is the owner of Feral Brewing Company and was also the Head Judge of the Australian International Beer Awards this year. We talk to Brendan about how the AIBAs work and what the various award levels mean, and also discuss Feral’s recent use of hop extracts in their experimental beer release, Finn Diesel.
This week we chat with Firestone Walker’s Export Director, Adrian Walker. The Firestone Walker brewery is nestled the central valley of California and was established 21 years ago by Adrian’s brother, David Walker, and his business partner Adam Firestone.
Adrian Walker
Adrian initially moved to California from the UK to sell beer from the newly established Firestone Walker brewing company. Although this role wasn’t an entirely successful fit for Adrian, he later rejoined the company as head of international export and travels independently across the globe to develop, maintain and grow distribution and export relationships for the Firestone Walker company.
This week we reflect on our time at Good Beer Week and share our panel discussion from the Cryer Malt Trade Hub, where we discussed the future of craft beer with some industry heavyweights. Our panel includes Sierra Nevada founder, Ken Grossman, Craft Beer Industry Association chair Peta Fielding, Epic Beer founder Luke Nicholas and The Crafty Pint, James Smith.
Special thanks to Phoenix Beers for making Ken Grossman available for the panel and providing Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for the audience, as well as CUB for providing Goose Island Midway IPA.
This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience.
This week we caught up with Fuller’s Head Brewer and Director, John Keeling. John reflects on his time at Fuller’s and how he’s helped shaped the historical brewery to maintain its stark reputation and keep their beers relevant in the modern era of craft and specialty brewing. John also talks about his special release beers and upcoming projects with Sierra Nevada.
John Keeling:
John has been working with Fuller’s in Chiswick, England for 36 years, taking over the brewing director role in 1999.
He was initially thrust into brewing when his mother made him get a job when he left school, and much to his luck, she pushed him into working at the local brewery.
Primarily known for its ales and traditional English styled beers, Fuller’s has brought to the the table a whole range of special and seasonal releases, as well as some very high calibre collaborations with international breweries, much of which has been under John’s direction.
John is set to retire next year after a 38 year legacy at the historic brewery.
This week we caught up with Holgate Brewhouse’s CEO and founder, Paul Holgate. Paul and his wife, Natasha, have recently been asked by the University of Melbourne to assist with a course on the ins and outs of craft beer. Paul also discusses the history of Holgate, giving insight into all the hard work needed for organic growth and what got their brewery to expansion point.
Paul Holgate:
Since 1999, the Paul and Natasha Holgate inspired family brewing company has been producing authentic craft beer from the village of Woodend, 75km north of Melbourne in the rural Macedon Ranges.
Paul has a degree in chemistry and has had a keen interest in been since his university days, stating that a visit to the United States in 1997 was inspiration for him to build a brewery and brewpub in his home region.
This week we caught up with Burleigh Brewing Co.’s CEO, co-founder and Director, Peta Fielding. Burleigh Brewing Co. celebrated its 10th birthday last year and has recently undergone yet another expansion to meet with growing demand for their brews!
Pete Fielding:
Peta started her career as a corporate lawyer before moving to Hawaii to study a MBA. While in Hawaii, Peta met professional brewer and future husband, Brennan. Peta and Brennan later returned to Queensland to start their own brewery, seeing a need in the market for quality, local craft beer.
In addition to all of her roles at Burleigh Brewing Co., Peta is also the Chair and Regional Craft Brewing Representative of the Craft Beer Industry Association and has recently been appointed as a Board Member for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
In Episode 121 Brews News editor James Atkinson caught up with Ray Daniels founder of the Cicerone Program. In the discussion afterwards Matt and Pete had a very brief chat about the program that received some feedback questioning whether we thought Cicerone training was a good thing. In this bonus edition we catch up with James, kind of clarify the comments and discuss James' experience in the Cicerone program and his recent visit to the US.
This week we caught up with the Brewers Association’s Chief Economist, Bart Watson, to discuss the state of the craft beer industry in the United States and what we can expect from the economy looking forward. Is there a beer market “bubble”...? Bart shares with us some interesting statistics!
Bart Watson: Bart is in charge of the Brewers Association’s statistical resources, including production surveys, economic analysis, and market research. In addition to providing industry data for members, his responsibilities include interacting with the media on economic and statistical issues.
Bart has a PhD in Political Science, and was a professor in the subject prior to working with the BA. Bart has a deep love for good beer and is an expert in beer industry statistics, the economics of craft beer and, of course, the craft beer market.
his week Australian Brews News Editor James Atkinson reports from the Craft Brewers Conference in the United States.
James caught up with beer heavyweights Randy Mosher and Ray Daniels. Both Mosher and Daniels reflect on the state of beer and the industry, and weigh in on what we might expect in the near future from the craft beer industry.
Randy Mosher Randy Mosher:
A master of brewing science, Randy Mosher applies his restless curiosity and creative energy toward the art of brewing. As a veteran and award-winning brewer, Randy knows the rules of brewing and when to break them. He is the author of such works as The Brewers Companion, Tasting Beer and Beer For All Seasons, and is a frequent lecturer on beer across the world.
Ray Daniels:
Ray Daniels Ray Daniels is the founder and director of the Cicerone Certification Program—the standard for beer sommeliers—and a member of the Senior Faculty of the Siebel Institute of Technology, America’s oldest brewing school. Ray has worked on more than two dozen books on beer and brewing, becoming a certified as a beer judge in 1992 and has since accumulated thousands of beers worth of judging experience.
This week we speak with brewer Simon Pesch from Hong Kong Craft Beer Co.
We speak with Simon because we received a media release about a new beer that Cathay Pacific has launched, "a scientifically crafted beer to be enjoyed at 35,000ft". We wanted to investigate the science behind the beer, but it was also a great chance to find out a little more about the craft beer scene in Hong Kong.
Before relocating to Hong Kong, Simon was brewmaster for Pyramid Breweries in Berkeley, California, where he developed recipes and oversaw production on a 125-barrel brewhouse. Simon has been brewing beer for over 25 years.
This week we catch up with Michael 'MC' Cameron, founder of Pirate Life Brewing.
Pirate Life has just celebrated its second birthday and continues to kick goals on the national beer market. We chat to Michael about the brewery's approach, why packaged beer is 80 per cent of their sales, why they are focusing on the regions, outgrowing their first brewery and their plans to expand and plenty more about the state of the market.
Michael Cameron & Pirate Life: Hospitality and beer veteran Michael Cameron took on the role of CEO at Pirate Life Brewery after it was established by his son, Jack Cameron, and his friend Red (Jared) Proudfoot. The pair met in Aberdeenshire while they were working as brewers for BrewDog before deciding to return to back to Australia to start their own brewery. Michael soon took the reins of the business operations to raise finances and gain traction for Pirate Life’s now infamous brews.
This week we caught up with the founder of Cryermalt, David Cryer, as he celebrates 25 years of malt trading. As our first time chatting with David on Radio Brews News, he shares with us his history and experiences, and reflects on his 25 years with Cryer Malt while giving us an exciting look forward with things to come.
David Cryer formed Cryermalt in the very early days of the craft beer scene in New Zealand, when microbreweries such as Emerson’s and Harringtons were just starting out. Recognising the limited selection of malts available in NZ at the time, David endeavoured to supply new breweries with a range of high quality specialty malts.
Cryermalt has supported the burgeoning brewing sector ever since, with warehouses throughout New Zealand and Australia to supply our demand for quality and special brews.
In Episode 117 we talk with Select Botanicals Group CEO and fourth generation hop farmer and breeder, Jason Perrault. Based in the Yakima Valley in Washington, USA, Jason is paying a visit the lands down under for the annual hop harvest.
In our soft return for 2017, Radio Brews News plays an interview with Chuck Hahn recorded earlier this year, before today's announcement that Lion will be withdrawing from the Craft Beer Industry Association.
Though it was recorded before the announcement, Chuck speak about his feelings about the move to oust the large brewers from the Association as well as a range of other topics, including the then independent Matilda Bay's attempts to buy Hahn Brewing in the late 1980s.
This week we have a beer with ad man Michael Bannenberg. Banners, as he is better known, joined the then George Patterson advertising agency in 1980 and worked on many of the classic beer advertisements of the last three decades. He is also an active member of the Victorian Beer Label Collectors Society, collector of brewery artwork and imagery and amateur brewery historian with a wealth of knowledge about the history of Australian breweries. Banners is also co-author of the excellent book, The Brewery, a tribute to Melbourne's Carlton Brewery between 1858 to 1907, and author of Grab a Coldie, a celebration of the beer culture of the 1980s. This episode was recorded in the beer garden at The Palace Hotel in Melbourne. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show.
This week we catch up with one of the founders of Stone & Wood, Jamie Cook.In a very wide-ranging conversation, we hear about Stone & Wood's year of growth, how they are managing the brewery's growth both from a production and organisational culture perspective, their successes during 2016, decision to appeal the court loss against Thunder Road.We also have a fascinating chat about the state of the market including some keen insights into where the beer market is, where it is heading and the opportunities this provides to small brewers.Among the insights offered are Jamie's views that while conscious consumers provide great opportunities for small independent brewers, there are four challenges in the market, being clutter, price compression, quality and big dollar and we discuss these at length, including the critical question of value equation in a tight market.A fascinating discussion.
This week we catch up with beer writer, blogger and podcaster Luke Robertson. Luke, 2015 Australian Beer Writer of the Year, recently posted his predictions for the Australian beer industry in 2017. Luke unpacks these prognistications, while we also discuss lagers, beards, hipsters and Billy Joel. You can, and should, follow Luke's writing here and hear him here.
This week we catch up with Burleigh Brewing CEO, Peta Fielding, though in her role as chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association. The Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) has started collecting data for the 2016 Craft Beer Industry Survey and we talk with Peta about the importance of the survey, the way the data will be used and discuss the reasons a a relatively poor response rate in previous surveys and the problems that causes the entire industry.
This week we chat with Ben Nichols, one of the co-founders of leading Brisbane beer bar The Scratch. Prior to opening The Scratch, none of the founders had significant hospitality experience and yet have created a succcesssful and popular beer bar. We discuss with Ben his approach to the bar, the many mistakes he says he has made along the way and what he has learned. We also hear of his plans for a new bar, Netherworld, opening in January 2017 and how he will adapt it based on what he learned at The Scratch.
This week we catch up witn two guests, Ben Kraus from Bridge Road Brewers and also Chris Thomas from Club Brewing Co. Ben is well known to beer lovers and Radio Brews News listeners, but this week we chat with him about his new Mayday Hills range of 100 per cent Brettanomyces-fermented beers produced using his new foeder. We also speak with Chris Thomas about Club Brewing Co about the new business that sees Gypsy Brewing, Beer of the Month clubs and collaboration brewing combine. The company has recently brewed its first beer with Mitch Steel, Stone Brewing's former brewmaster at Stone Brewing.
This week we chat with Steve 'Hendo' Henderson, the brewer and personality behind 2016 Australian Champion Gypsy Brewer, BrewCult.
We discuss BrewCult's soon-to-open bar, the importance of a consumer face for a brand, gypsy brewing and making vinegar.
This week we get our yeast on with Dr Jim Withee, Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist for GigaYeast. GigaYeast was founded in 2011 to isolate, culture and supply yeast to professional and home brewers. We chat with Jim about all things yeast, including what we can expect in terms of innovation in the yeast sector.
This week we catch up with beer tourism dynamo Dave Phillips, best known as founder of Dave's Brewery Tours.
We chat about getting into the beer industry and the future of beer tourism.
This week we catch up with Jon Seltin, head brewer at Melbourne's Hawkers Beer.
We chat about all things Hawkers, including their recent win at the World Beer Challenge and what international awards mean here.
This week we catch up with Dr Simon Whittock, hop breeder at Hop Products Australia. Simon presented his research into the chemistry of hops and beer flavor at the recent Craft Beer Industry Association and we speak to Simon to learn a title more about his research into hops and HPA's continuing quest to understand hops and the flower they impart into beer. During the chat we refer to his research presentation at the reent Craft Brewers Conference. You can download that here.
This week we chat with Mark Hubbard from Blizzard Brewing to find out about establishing and running Australia's highest brewery. In the preramble Prof tells of his trial of the Hawthorn New World Pilsener, we discuss the International Beer Challenge results that were released the night before we recorded, we discuss crowdfunding, organic beer, and Queensland's new craft beer permits that may or may not assist craft brewers. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show.
This week we chat with Stuart Whytcross from Voyager Craft Malt. It is a cracking chat about the birth of Voyager craft malt, the barley industry, the Barellan Beer Project and plenty more besides. In the pre-ramble we chat about the Broo stock market listing that would see it valued at more than $100 million dollars, Gage Roads' plans to buy back the farm from Woolworths, and also CUB's latest heritage brand play, with the re-release of Bulimba Gold Top.
This special edition of Radio Brews News features a discussion panel that took place back in May during Good Beer Week called Brewers and Growers. It features an expert panel of guests, including Rupanyup farmer and Grain Producers Australia chairman Andrew Weidemann, Owen Johnston from Hop Products Australia and a great panel of brewers including Grant Wearin from Modus Operandi, Andrew Ong from 2 Brothers, Sean Simons from White Lakes Brewery and Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood. The panel looked at the issues facing both growers supplying the craft beer sector, and the ingredient needs of craft brewers. The panel was chaired by Katherine McLean from the Craft Beer Industry Association. It's a open discussion with plenty of forthright opinions from the panel and especially from the floor. Australian Brews News was honoured to get to present the discussion, and it is a great listen.
This week, and by popular demand, we catch up with John Preston from Melbourne's iconic homebrew store, Grain & Grape. John began brewing with his friend Laurie Cahir in 1987. They soon migrated to all-grain brewing and soon had plans of opening a brewery. Commonsense prevailed and they pooled funds to open Southern Home Brewing in Edithvale in August 1990, only the second Australian Home Brewing business specialising in all grain. Grain & Grape has supplied and nurtured an assortment of current professional brewers and John's history and perspective is fascinating. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
Special thanks to.... Executive Producers Craft Beer Industry Association Steven Cottee Beerco Mathew O'Keefe Nigel Ayling - We Love Craft Beer Producers Dan Summers Kris Domagala Paul
This week we catch up with Modus Operandi Brewing's co-founder and CBIA Board member, Grand Wearin, to talk about some of the data he presented to the recent CBIA Craft Brewers Conference. Grant talks about what the survey says about the size of the Australian craft beer industry, how thenumbers were generated and also the importance of the survey to the industry. In the pre-ramble we discuss Pete's current health kick, Ari Mervis' departure from SAB Miller / CUB, the preference many venues appear to be showing for Lion's portfolio over CUB's and also Beer Cartel's recent survey results. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.Special thanks to.... Executive Producers Craft Beer Industry Association Steven Cottee Beerco Mathew O'Keefe Nigel Ayling - We Love Craft Beer Producers Dan Summers Kris Domagala Paul [adrotate banner="12"]
This week we catch up with Matt Hogan from Hope Brewhouse in the Hunter Valley.
Matt surprised the entire brewing community, and himself, when his brewery was named Champion Small Brewery at the recent Australian Craft Beer Awards.
Then Pete catches up with Brendan Parnell and Scott Overdorf from Hobart Brewing Company. Hobart Brewing Company opened earlier this year and is adding to the Tasmania capital's vibrat beer culture.
During the pre-ramble we mention Dr Brett Stubbs' new book Bygone Breweries of New South Wales: The Hunter River District published by Tankard books and available here.
This week we catch up with beer writer, brewer and now beer Forefather, Willie Simpson. Beer Forefather Willie Simpson[/caption] If you read about beer in the era before blogs, Willie was most likely the person whose words you read. Willie has been writing about beer since the late 80s and more recently been brewing it at his brewery, Seven Sheds, in Railton Tasmania. Willie joins us to talk about his recent collaboration with Stone & Wood for their Forefather series of beers, joining Phil Sexton in those ranks. Willie also gives us his thoughts on the current beer scene andall that went before. Willie's collaboration beer, inspired by Geoff Scharer's Burragorang Bock, is described as having a rich malt flavour that hints of chocolate and dark fruits, lagered for six weeks to make sure the finish is super smooth. In the pre-ramble, we discuss the Australian Craft Brewers Conference and the Craft Beer Awards, as well as Thunder Road's win in the Federal Court. In the post-ramble, Matt takes a potshot at Dan Murphys' / CUBs' hamfisted beer and food match ads that are less about actually trying to find a beer that matches a dish to elevate the enjoyment of both than shilling beers that go with everything only because they don't have enough flavour to clash with anything. In doing so, they manage to undermine efforts to actually educate about beer and food matching. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Ben Waymouth, head brewer at Napoleone Brewers in the Yarra Valley. We discuss Ben's approach to brewing, his experience malting his own grains and the zen approach needed for eight-hour bottling runs. In the pre-ramble we discuss the growing log jam of beer and brewery names predominantly in the US, and reference a couple of stories out of the US...
- As Hop Puns Run Dry, Craft Beer Trademark Litigation Heats Up
- Inside the food fight over catchy craft beer names
- Time to Grow Up: Beer Branding’s Cleverness Deficiency
We discuss draught beer on tap in planes but recorded before Men's Journal's takedown of the idea with more information. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we catch up with Beth Brash from the Wellington Culinary Culinary Trust to find out all about Beervana 2016. We also chat with Peter Willis from Hawthorn Brewing, which has just signed an export deal to send beer to China. Finally, in our first Ten Minutes With, one of our Patrons gets to ask his own questions of Stone & Wood's Brad Rogers. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we catch up with Tina Panoutsos, Sensory & Consumer Preference Manager at Carlton & United Breweries.
In a fascinating chat we learn about the science of taste and how we can become better tasters and Tina discusses the art of judging beer and developing your palate.
In the pre-ramble, Matt talks about the new homebrew equipment from Coopers, the Brewart system, and is pretty impressed.
Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show.
Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week we catch up with Australian International Beer Awards Head Judge and Head Brewer at Little Creature Geelong, Warren Pawsey. We discuss the process for judging at the AIBA, the nature of beer styles and the pressures driving their evolution, what an AIBA medal means and how some beers without the cachet that others enjoy in the market can do better in the awards. We also discuss Warren's journey as a brewer, the expansion going on at Little Creatures Geelong and also ask why they have dumbed down Little Creatures Pale Ale. In the pre-ramble we discuss the following:
- Pete's article Is beer quality enough to ensure a healthy industry?
- Which referencess this excellent piece on Beer Simple.
- We discuss the use of the word "boutique" as it applies to beer from small breweries.
- And also the new Soda Stream beer maker.
Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This we meet Sam Reid, one of the founders of Willie Smith's Cider from Tasmania. Sam talks about the importance of local business to regional areas, cider making and what makes quality cider and Morris dancing. More reading about cider and concentrates. In the show's pre-ramble week Pete makes a huge reveal that leaves Matt speechless but gets the corks popping and Matt takes over the editing duties in Lachie's absence. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further and maybe even make a buck or two, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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[caption id="attachment_27777" align="alignright" width="300"] Justin Joiner and Ashur Hall (Courtesy The Crafty Pint)[/caption] This week we run two interviews. Firstly we catch up with Justin Joyner and Ashur Hall from the soon-to-open Stomping Ground Brewing Co. Stomping Ground is a new project from the team behind The Local Taphouse and GABS, and we hear from Justin and Ashur the brewery's philiospohy and approach to its beers. Then we chat with Andrew Hunter the man behind Streamline Beverages, and inventor of the OP TIK beverage dispensing tower. We speak with Andrew about the thinking behing these beer fonts that showcase the colour of the beer being poured. [caption id="attachment_27779" align="alignright" width="300"] The OP TIK dispensing system[/caption] Producer Lachie also has some fun in the edits. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further and maybe even make a buck or two, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This we we play the last of our Good Beer Week Q&A sessions, this time with Feral Brewing's Brendan Varis. We lured Brendan along to talk about science in the brewhouse but used the opportunity to also gauge his thoughts on the state of the craft beer industry in 2016, the history of Feral, current brewery takeovers and we also ask Brendan who has come calling uppon Feral and how much they were offering. This episode was recorded live at the Cryer Malt Trade Lounge, at the Good Beer Week Festival Hub, Beer Deluxe Federation Square. We thank Hawkers Beer and Pirate Life which provided beer for the audience. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further and maybe even make a buck or two, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we share the second discussion panel from the Q&A panels that Radio Brews News hosted during Good Beer Week. This panel looked at the thorny issue of draught beer quality...what is it, how is it managed, whose responsibility it is and how venue practice affect it. We were very lucky to have an amazing panel of experts available to discuss the topic, consisting of:
- Ed Bodey, Draught Beer Specialist at Stone & Wood
- Brad Murray, General Manager Micro-Matic Australia
- Darren Arrowsmith, National Manager, Brewery Fresh Team, CUB
- Tony Feehan, Draught Beer Operations Manager, Lancer Beverages
- Corey Crooks, Publican, The Grain Store Newcastle
This episode was recorded live at the Cryer Malt Trade Lounge, at the Good Beer Week Festival Hub, Beer Deluxe Federation Square. We thank Hawkers Beer and Pirate Life which provided beer for the audience. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we have our panel discussion recording this week at Good Beer Week looking at the issue of tap contracts. As part of the Cryer Malt Brewers Lounge at the Beer Deluxe Trade Hub in Melbourne, Radio Brews News hosted a number of discussion panels looking at hot topics in the brewing industry. This panel looked at the issue of supply agreements between brewers and venues and whether they are mutually beneficial arrangements or denying commnsumers choice. Our expert panel included:
- Mark Goulmy, General Manager of Coopers Premium Beverages
- Michael Conrad, Newstead Brewing
- Mazen Hajar, Hawkers Brewery
- Derek Cowes, Beer Buyer, Beer Deluxe Fed Square.
It was a great chat looking with some very forthright views expressed. Thanks to all of the panellists, and to Beer Deluxe and Cryer Malt for hosting the event, as well as to Good Beer Week. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we catch up with Jeremy Halse, Head Brewer at Lion's White Rabbit Brewery in Geelong. We talk about Jeremy's long history in brewing, the approach of White Rabbit Brewery and discuss the new Red Ale. We discuss whether there are some styles that just don't fit with the idea of 'entry level' and whether you can make a Flanders Red Ale approachable. You can read the media release about the White Rabbit Red Ale here. In the pre-ramble, Pete and Matt discuss the World Beer Cup and just how US-centric it is, including discussing the percentages. You can click the image to download the full analysis of entries and results.
This week we catch up with Scott Vincent, Beverage Innovation Manager at CUB, and also fills the role of Head Brewer at Matilda Bay. We chat about Matilda Bay's move to Cascade, why you can't find Red Back anywhere and the brand's future, Scott hints at some new products in the spirits, and McCracken's Ale, amongst many other topics. In the pre-ramble, we Matt & Pete discuss Good Beer Week, hype and belly buttons, White Rabbit Red Ale ahead of our chat with brewer Jeremy Halse next week. Matt also mentions the site We Want Plates that is worth checking out to see some text book definitions of food fads jumping the shark. Don't forget you can join Prof and Matt live in Melbourne as we discuss some of the big issues in beer, such as tap contracts and draught beer quality, during the Brews News Q&A at the Cryer Malt Trade Hub on 18th May. You can find more details and book here. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Siobhan Kerin, Program Manager at Good Beer Week. Siobhan has had along journey in beer, starting as a colleague of Pete Mitcham's at a restaurant called Keg almost 20 years ago. We talk about her journey through beer, then changes in the market over the last 20 years and, of course, plenty about this year's Good Beer Week and the plans for the future. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This we we catch up with James Smith, better known to craft beer drinkers as the Crafty Pint. We learn about his plans for world domination, or at least the ever expanding reach of his awesome Australian craft beer resource and his lack of interest in selling out to News Corp. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week are joined by lawyer-turned brewer, Andrew Childs, of New Zealand's Behemoth Brewing - soon to be released as Chur Brewing in Australia for trade mark reasons. Andrew talks about his background and entry into brewing, his beers and also gives us an update on his progress since being burned in a serious brewing accident last year. During the intro we discuss the demise of Cascade's First Harvest and reference this article on its origins. We also discuss these two articles about CUB's release of the 'heritage' beer, McCrackens Amber Ale. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we play a chat Matt had with Sandy Ross from Hopco at the recent Institute of Brewing and Distilling Conferece in Sydney. Sandy grew up in and around Tasmania's hop fields but left the industry until 1999 when he joined his father John at Hopco. He is now Managing Director. We chat about the evolution of the hip business in the country and whether hops are here to stay. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week Pete and Matt have a beer - actually have a beer this time - with beer writer Pete Brown. Pete was in Australia researching Australian hops for his upcoming book What Are You Drinking? and in a very wide-ranging and free-flowing conversation we chat about three current books from Pete, where he think beer is beer headed, pub culture and even cider gets a look in. Pete is one of the world's great beer communicators and this is a cracking chat. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we have a very special episode recorded featuring Professor Charlie Bamforth recorded live in Sydney. As always with Charlie, it's a free-ranging, frank and informative conversation about the beauty of beer and the art and science of making it. We were honoured to have the chance to once again speak with Charlie, and have a beer with him. This episode was made possible thanks to the support of Beer Deluxe Kings Wharf which hosted the event, and 4 Pines Brewery for ensuring that all guests were well refreshed. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with the brewing team behind Watts River Brewing, Ben Hamilton and Aaron Malmborg. Aaron and Ben are currently cuckoo brewing but have plans to build a brewery in Healesville, after their former employer, White Rabbit Brewery, moved to Geelong. We learn about their homebrewing origins, what they learned in the various breweries in which they have worked and what inspires their brewing. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Ben Kraus, who with his partner Maria, owns Bridge Road Brewers. Ben recently unveiled his own authenticity campaign featuring symbols celebrating his beer as being "brewed in-house", "Independently family owned" and "authentic". We chat with Ben about the concerns driving this move and what it means for the craft industry. Don't forget, tickets are on sale for our Podcast in the Pub with Charlie Bamforth in Sydney on Sunday 13th March. If you like the podcast, join us for a beer and a great chat with one of our all-time favourite guests. Details and links below. Tickets are selling strongly. Don't misss out. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week is all about chatting with people who are getting good beer to the people in a variety of ways. First we speak with Andrew Sydes (Catchment Brewing Company) and Declan Law (Hoo Ha Bar), two members of the volunteer team of beer lovers behind Brewsvegas. Brewsvegas is Brisbane's bar-led beer festival that will take over the city's taps between March 11-20. Andrew and Declan talk about the spirit of Brewsvegas and some of the 87 events to look forward to in the third iteration of the event. You can download the Brewsvegas program here. [caption id="attachment_26394" align="alignright" width="175"] We then chat with Emily Day, the dynamo behind the free beer magazine Froth. Emily tells the story behind Froth, being a woman in the beer industry and how sometimes the publisher of a beer magazine just wants a glass of soda water. Don't forget, tickets are on sale for our Podcast in the Pub with Charlie Bamforth in Sydney on Sunday 13th March. If you like the podcast, join us for a beer and a great chat with one of our all-time favourite guests. More information. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Dereck Hales of Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. Dereck is just one of the members of the Local Taphouse's Alestars who has gone Pro as a brewer with his partner Diti. We have a great chat with Dereck about his brewery, plans and the future of beer in Australia. You can visit the brew bar: Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. 386 Reserve Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, 3192 Hours: Wednesday/Thursday Midday - 11pm Friday/Saturday Midday - Midnight Sunday Midday - 8pm We talked about and recommended: Good Beer Week Gala Showcase Craft Brewers Stream at the Institute of Brewing and Distilling Asia Pacific Conference - Sydney, March 14/15. Finally, tickets are on sale for our Podcast in the Pub with Charlie Bamforth in Sydney on Sunday 13th March. If you like the podcast, join us for a beer and a great chat with one of our all-time favourite guests. More information. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This week we catch up with homebrewer and author Peter Symons and discuss historical Australian beers. Peter has self-published a book, Bronzed Brews: Home Brewing Old Australian Beers. The book came about as a result of research Peter did for Jamil Zainasheff on the Brewing with Style show, which spawned a four year research project into Australian brewing generally. It's is a fascinating and well-researched look into Australia's unique brewing history. You can purchase the book via Lulu. ] Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This week we catch up with Chris Sheehan, head brewer for Lion's Malt Shovel Brewery. We teed up the interview in the wake of the furore over the placing of a number of the James Squire beers in the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers, including 150 Lashes at number 5. Here's your chance to hear what Chris has to say about the beers and his approach to brewing and see if it influences your view. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week's episode is a reply of our live countdown of the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2015, recorded on Australia Day 2016. The recording quality isn't great as we picked up some refrigeration compressor noise as we recorded at Brisbane's Green Beacon Brewery, but the conversation was excellent. Matt is joined by Australian Brews News editor James Atkinson and we cross to Pete Mitcham at The Local Taphouse, St Kilda. During the long show we speak with Michael Cameron from Pirate Life, Corey Crooks from The Grain Store, Jaron Mitchell from 4 Pines, Brendan Varis from Feral Brewing and Ross Jurisich from Stone & Wood. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
Welcome back to Radio Brews News for 2016. We kick off the year with one of our favourite guests, Professor Charlie Bamforth, Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at UC Davis. Charlie is one of the foremost experts on brewing science, and a passionate advocate for beer. All beer. Our chats are always wonderful. In this chat we discuss what 'craft' and 'traditional' means when applied to beer and if they really mean anything in the finished product. We can't recommend Charlie's book, Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing highly enough. In a separate but related interview we chat with Nigel Metz from Esperance's new Lucky Bay Brewery which has amongst its offerings a beer made with 85% unmalted barley. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Tom Delmont, the face of Fixation Brewing Co, Stone & Wood's specialty IPA brand. Tom has long been a fixture on the Melbourne beer scene, leaving a career as an etymologist to become Mountain Goat's first Road Goat. he is a passionate advocate for more hops and IPAs. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week Matt and Pete head to Melbourne's Temple Brewing to catch up with happenings there. We sit down with new owner Nick Pang, head brewer Glenn Harrison, and national sales manager Mark Waghorne and chat about all things Temple, including how Nick came to own the brewery, how Mark came to Temple from Mountain Goat and how Glenn came to brew a cracking pilsner, amongst other things. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Steve Jeffares of Local Taphouse, GABS and the annual Hottest 100 craft beer poll. Voting opens for the much debated, always interesting Hottest 100 craft beer countdown on December 14 and we wanted to chat with Steve about what's in store this year, both for the polling and for the countdown. Steve also surprises us with the announcement, since made public, that GABS is going to Auckland in 2016. We also take a call from Owen Johnston from Hop Products Australia to clear up some confusion from Episode 70 inw hci our guest suggested that Galaxy Hops were a genetically modified hop strain. OJ assures us that they're not. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Chris Herring from Mount Tamborine's Beard & Brau brewery. We chat about the brewery and its origins and then about their new beer that promises to be gluten reduced despite being made with malted barley. The beer is possible due to the use of a brewing enzyme, Brewers Clarex. The enzyme has been used for some time to reduce chill haze in beer and has tended to be used by larger breweries with such enzymes often being seen as the antithesis of 'craft' brewing. We chat with Chris abouy the beer, their decision to use the enzyme and whether this makes their beer any less crafty...whatever that means. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week our planned guest, Aine O'Hora from Ireland's Boyne Brewhouse, was forced to cancel at the last minute so Pete and Matt this week's episode sees Matt and Pete discussing the news of the day: CUB's increasing focus on heritage brands, Rob Ruminski's article arguing craft brewers need to complain less and market better and also whether Lion's beautiful truths campaign glosses over some inconvenient ones...and whether it matters anyway. Spoiler alert: As you would expect, Matt thinks it does and mounts the soapbox; Pete couldn't care. Let us know what you think. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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After their unplanned hiatus, Pete and Matt are back, this week chatting with the guys behind beer-powered fundraiser Brewmanity and also the team at Sydney's Batch Brewing. Retired footballer David Neitz and teamed up with Melbourne beer identity Barney Matthews to create Brewmanity and see what would happen if you imagined that a portion of every beer we ever drank contributed to doing some good in the world… We also speak with Andrew Fineran and Chris Sidwa, the boys behind Sydney's Batch Brewing. We talk about their philosphy, the local market and why sometimes drinking beers from jam jars is a necessary evil...but good glass is always better. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
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This week we catch up with Ben Kooyman, one of the founders of Endeavour Vintage Beer Co. As usual, it's a wide ranging chat talking about the origins of the brewery and musings about labelling, vintage beer, retailing and plenty of other things going on in the beer world at the moment. We also talk about their beers too. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up once again with influential beer historian Martyn Cornell from the blog Zythophile. We last caught up with Martyn back in 2011 when he had set a cat amongst the pigeons correcting some errors in the Oxford Companion to Beer. Martyn has a new book out, Strange Tales of Ale, which gives the true account of a wide variety of beer stories, such as the Great Porter Explosion at the Meux Brewery and whether the ploughman's lunch was really just the creation of cheese marketers. Martyn is a knowledgeable and engaging guest, and his books are highly recommended. You can buy them - and help him out with higher commissions - by buying them through is Amazon shop here. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we take a look at the latest crowd-funding campaign, this time to pay for a new venues taps and also speak with brewer Scott Hargrave about his soon-to-open Gold Coast brewery. Adelaide bar-in-development NOLA has taken to crowd-funding site Pozible to raise funds to pay for the taps in their venue. In their words: "We want to give people the opportunity to help us stick it up the big guys. We want the people to help us support the Australian craft beer market by allowing us to provide a venue free from constraints." We chat with Managing Director Oliver Brown to find out more about the campaign and discuss whether crowd-funding for things such as taps is appropriate or whether it should be seen as the cost of doing business. You can find out more about the Tipping for Taps Pozible campaign here: www.pozible.com/project/199047 Then we catch up with Scott Hargrave, head brewer of the soon-to-open Balter Brewing, possibly more famous at the moment for its shark-punching co-owner Mick Fannning, but we speak with Scott about the beers he has planning and the idea behind the brewery. We also chat with Scott about his love of brewing and his career that has seen him go from concreter to Sunshine Coast, Stone & Wood and Byron Bay breweries. Apologies for missing a week having been so regular, recording and production schedules worked against us this week. We will be back again next week. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Denita Wawn, Chief Executive Officer of the Brewers Association and also Mazen Hajjar, co-founder of Melbourne's Hawkers Beer. Our chat with Denita is very wide ranging and discusses the role of the Brewers Association, which represents the large breweries of Australia and New Zealand in their legislative and regulatory affairs. We end up looking at the association's role in assisting to fund the recently launched Tasmanian Brewery Trail. We also chat with Mazen Hajjar to discuss his background founding a brewery in Lebanon and his very forthright views on the local craft beer market. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.
This week we catch up with Denita Wawn, Chief Executive Officer of the Brewers Association and also Mazen Hajar, co-founder of Melbourne's Hawkers Beer. Our chat with Denita is very wide ranging and discusses the role of the Brewers Association, which represents the large breweries of Australia and New Zealand in their legislative and regulatory affairs. We end up looking at the association's role in assisting to fund the recently launched Tasmanian Brewery Trail. We also chat with Mazen Hajar to discuss his background founding a brewery in Lebanon and his very forthright views on the local craft beer market. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This week we catch up with Owen 'OJ' Johnston from Hop Products Australia and David Golding from Red Hill Brewery. Owen talks us through the Australian and international hop trends following the release of the annual Barth Report. The report has been published annually, with few exceptions, since 1877 and provides a fascinating insight into the annual hop production and trends. David joins us to talk about ten years of Red Hill Brewery, how they started, their inspiration, trials and tribulations as well as the 10 beers he is brewing to mark the anniversary...one of which may be inspired by you. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
Two more great chats again this week for your weekend listening pleasure. This week we chat with Bobby Henry, brewer at contract-brewing-soon-to-be-brewery-owning Quiet Deeds and Doug and Gabi Michael from boutique maltster, Gladfield Malt. Bobby has a very frank chat about the evolution of the Quiet Deeds brand and their plans to open their own brewery, while Doug & Gabi discuss their transition from barley growers to maltsters, while teaching us about good malt on the way. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This week is a study in contrasts as we catch up with Michael, Jack and Red from South Australia's Pirate Life Brewing, makers of unashamedly hoppy beers. We also catch up with Anthony Clem, Quality Brewer at Brisbane's XXXX Brewery to find out all about the new Pale Ale being released today under the XXXX Gold label.
Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week we catch up with Ben Kraus from Beechworth's Bridge Road Brewers, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Ben is always passionate and forthright, especially on the subject of provenance, and shares his thoughts on the changes he has seen in the small brewing industry over the decade since he started brewing is his dad's shed until the present, where he now employs 25 staff.
This week we also introduce some new. With the great feedback we get via email, Twitter, Facebook and the comments we decided we really wanted to hear from you...and now we can. If you want to leave us a question or a comment you can. Just call and leave the message on 07 3040 1508. We'll play it next episode.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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In a bumper, but Prof-less, episode Matt catches up with Toohey's Brewery Director Mark Toomey to learn all about the new Toohey's Darling Pale Ale.
Sections of social media have delighted in sneering at the media release describing the beer as 'unchallenging' but we learn from Mark that the beer is all malt, uses a blend of Galaxy, Willamette and Amarillo hops and the Tooheys ale yeast. It may be subtle - restrained even - but with Little Creatures' broadened distribution for Furphy and other launches planned in the near future it does give an indication as to where Lion sees the beer market going.
But first we catch up with 'Gen Y' nutritionist Rosie Mansfield and chat Dry July. Rosie says Dry July can help develop a more balanced attitude to drinking and kick start healthier habits for life, and while we're for beer we're also all for the message of moderation.
We then chat with James Hird, the current Good Food Sommelier of the Year.
Hird caused quote a bit of controversy on Brews News this week when he told editor James Atkinson of his love for Resch's and described some craft beer as being similar to the overblown wines of the 80s.
Facebook comments on the article were indignant that a 'wine' sommelier would have thoughts on beer, even though the typical sommelier guides the venues entire drink list.
We thought we'd have a chat to James to dig a little deeper into his thoughts on beer, wine and being a sommelier.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week Matt and Pete actually catch up over a beer - well actually a morning cup of coffee - and chat with publican Josh Collins from Black Bunny Kitchen on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Black Bunny Kitchen has established itself as a beacon for beer adventurers in a part of Australia that has proved a hard nut to crack for craft beer. We find out what Josh has been doing and get some insights into how he's made beer work in his venue.
But first we catch up with Peter Collins from Hawthorn Brewing Company which recently took out the title of Supreme Champion Brewer at the UK-based International Beer Challenge.Off the back of their success they have announced a deal to export beer to Great Britain and France.
We ask Peter about labelling and also the ins-and-outs of exporting beer.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
This week we meet BentSpoke's Richard Watkins to celebrate his brewery's first birthday and hear his thoughts on the small brewing industry gained over twenty years. We then catch up with brewing educator and consultant Vincent Costanzo from Costanzo Brewing Consultants to learn about some of the issues affecting beer quality that anyone thinking of becoming a brewer should be considering.If you want to know more about Vince's courses, you can find a listing here. Finally we catch up with James Smith, the man behind The Crafty Pint and the Festival Director of Good Beer Week to hear how things went at this year's festival - one of the world's great beer weeks. James also discusses his decision to step back from his role as festival director. We also announce the winners of our Steve Hindy and Adam Ferrier book giveaways. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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A cracking show this week in which we caught up with Brooklyn Brewery co-founder, Steve Hindy, and talk about the strength of craft and the challenges it faces. The interview follows some of the themes Steve discussed in hisopening keynote at the recent CBIA Craft Brewers Conference.
We also meet consumer psychologist and regular panellist on the Gruen Series, Adam Ferrier. Amongst many thank, Adam says that if you tell yourself that all that matters about the beer that you drink is the flavour and not the brand, then you’re kidding yourself. Yes, that means you too.
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This week we have prizes, offering both a signed copy of Steve Hindy’s latest book The Craft Beer Revolution: How a band of microbreweries is transforming the world’s favourite drink and also a copy of Adam Ferrier’s book The Advertising Effect: How to Change Behaviour. Details of how to win are contained in the show. Winners will be announced in the next podcast.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
We're in the throes of Good Beer Week in Melbourne, but in the interests of keeping it regular we managed to catch up with Australian International Beer Awards chief judge Warren Pawsey, who ends the discussion about what Session IPAs really are. We chat to newly crowned Beer Writer of the Year, Luke Robertson, and we hear from Co-chief GABS man Steve Jeffares how the first session of GABS went and whether you've left your run to late if you don't have tickets already. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week, a year on from the ACCC’s Byron Bay intervention, we speak with the Chair of the ACCC, Rod Simms, about the ACCC’s role and function and the steps they are taking to ensure that what you see on the label is a true reflection of what’s behind the beer. Apologies for the audio quality with this interview. It was a great chat down a terrible phone line.
But first, we speak with Tim Wills from Premier Stainless. As the craft beer industry in Australia expands so too does the demand for quality stainless equipment. The recent demise of Core Brewing Concepts hurt a number of brewers – so what should you look for when you order a brewery? Should you pay in full? What are the Australian standards? Tim Wills joins the program with a primer into stainless steel. During the interview Tim mentions a sample quote for a stainless system, you can download that here. You can also download the Premier Stainless brochure, with pricing here. Premier has been a previous sponsor of the Australian Brews News but this was not a sponsored interview.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week we chat with Jamie Cook who, while these days better known as a founder of Stone & Wood Brewery, has many years of experience working for Australia's two largest brewing companies as well as as a marketing consultant. Jamie is one of our favourite industry watchers and while the conversation inevitably comes back to Stone & Wood's approach to business, the conversation looks at issues of craft, provenance, beer bubbles and the future of beer. (We had teed up this interview some weeks ago for this to run today, and it is a coincidence the brewery features in our feed several times today.) The interview kicks off looking at the new English United Craft Brewers group's proposed definition of 'craft beer', which currently reads:
A craft brewer is: * Authentic: Brews all beer at original gravity. Owns and operates a craft brewer based (HQ) in UK * Honest: The place where the beer is brewed is clearly listed on the label of the beer. All ingredients are clearly listed on the label of the beer. All the beer is brewed at a craft brewery. * Independent: Less than 25 per cent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (for equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer.
Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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This week Radio Brews News interviews Micah Rees from Core Brewing Concepts. Two weeks ago website The Crafty Pint published a story titled Brewer Beware, outlining issues that a number of brewers have had with a brewing equipment supplier, Core Brewing. This followed a warning posted on social media by one of the brewers affected.
We initially intended to run this podcast featuring interviews with a number of the affected brewers, together with this interview with Micah Rees. However, as we spoke with the brewers, the story was rapidly developing as more affected brewers came to light. In light of that we have decided to run this interview alone and will follow up with brewers in later episodes. Needless to say, versions of key events are disputed.
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This week the Prime Minister celebrates our 50th Episode by skolling a beer to a chanting rugby crowd.
Our guest this week is Derek O’Donnell, the general manger of the Australian Beer Company, the partnership between Coca Cola Amatil and Casella. In a wide ranging interview we look at whether Coke can make craft beer - or whether it's Coke's business at all - and what the Yenda range says about where beer is headed. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.
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With the Great Australian Beer Spectacular nearly upon us, we catch up with Steve Jefferies, the mastermind behind what’s now been called one of the top beer festivals in the world. We talk about changes to this years festival, if the tap rotation craze has had it’s day, and plug our own GABS 2015 event 'Brewin Transfer'.
Also joining the program Tim Collin the co-owner and Jeff Wright the head brewer at Vale Brewing Company. We have a wide ranging chat about the business' origins and history - and their future plans under the Collin brothers. Vale has always been something of an enigma of the Australian beer scene and we go in depth about the business, takeover rumours and the beers themselves.
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This week Matt flies solo from his holiday location to post an interview with Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood. Brad talks about the new brewhouse for the Murwillumbah brewery, how they are managing the Galaxy hops shortage, the next incarnation of their annual stone beer and he also takes us through the six beers in their Beer of the World release.
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In this very non-Easter but extremely good Radio Brews News we catch up with Mark Woolcott from beerbud.com.au who explains his company's latest beer crowd funding venture - and what’s really in it for the consumer.
BeerBud's crowd funding page: beerbud.com.au/crowdfunding
We then speak with writer Pete Brown who gives you the lay of the land for craft beer in the UK, explains why his attitude to the J D Wetherspoon’s chain is softening, if not becoming his favourite craft beer bar. Pete also gives us a taste of his new book all about the ingredients that go in to the beer you’re drinking. You can pre-purchase the book through his own crowd funding campaign at unbound.co.uk/books/what-are-you-drinking.
Pete is one of the great contemporary beer writers and communicators. You can follow him on Twitter.
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This week you’ll find out why Stella Artois wants you to buy a lady from the developing world a drink.
Altruism or cynicism from Stella Artois?
You’ll meet Brendan Varis who sits on the board of the Craft Beer Industry Association. He’ll talk you through the changes to this year’s conference.
And last, but certainly not least, Cam Pearce from Coopers joins the show. If you’ve ever wanted to know the philosophy behind Coopers and how a family business maintains its hold in an expanding market, this episode is for you.
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This week we welcome a new microphone for Pete, a new producer for the show and, most importantly, our guest influential Canadian beer writer Stephen Beaumont.
Stephen has been writing about beer since the early 1990s and has written, co-written or contributed to a dozen books, including The Pocket Beer Guide (Pocket Beer Book 2014 in the U.K.) and The World Atlas of Beer, both co-written with Tim Webb.
A true beer insider, Stephen retains an outsider's eye and a quick wit as is demonstrated by the following post on his site last year...
EVERY Beer is Now an IPA
That’s it! Give up, people, because beer style no longer matters. In the wake of white IPAs, black IPAs, Belgian IPAs and session IPAs, we might as well accept it: All beers are now IPAs!
When you think about it, it works wonderfully. No more fussing with ales vs. lagers; now we just have warm-fermented and cold-fermented IPAs. Thirsty for a pilsner? Have this cold-fermented session IPA instead. Trappist ale? Nope, that’s a non-secular, high malt IPA. Kölsch Try cold-conditioned, low hop IPA.
Even Bud Light is now an IPA, except it’s a cold-fermented, low-flavour profile, ultra-session IPA.
Our conversation with Stephen is wide ranging, including discussing whether the US scene is too insular. It's a great chat.
Producer: Lachie Mackintosh
This week we catch up with Tim Lord from Hop Products Australia about the 2015 hop harvest and what t means for the Australian beer industry. As often happens when beer is a conversation, some of the best discussion happened at the end of the interview. As we were saying goodbyes, Tim amplified some of the things we had discussed during the interview including how the Australian hop industry may not have survived but for the current craft beer resurgence. Tim has kindly let us keep this informal chat in the show. It's a great listen.
We then speak to Richard Adamson from Young Henry's about the brewery's expansion into Western Australia and the recent announcement of a new brewery in Adelaide to find out how about the brewery's strategy and how it is managing this growth, including taking on third-party investors to assist with expansion.
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Craft beer on the nose?
- Matt's observations
- Pete's observations
- In defence of craft beer (goodfood.com.au, James Wilkinson)
This week Matt & Pete quickly dissect the washup from the Hottest 100 countdown and then chat about the recent media interest in tp contracts.
You can hear an older episode about tap contracts here
You can read about tap contracts here
We then play an interview Matt recorded with Anton Szpitalak from Brewpack last year. It's an interesting chat about the beer business and Anton's take on the craft beer cycle and contract brewing.
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The podcast of our first ever live broadcast, of the 2014 Hottest 100 Countdown.
Broadcast from Queensland's Fortitude Brewing, Matt is joined by brewer Ian Watson with crosses to Pete Mitcham at the Local Taphouse St Kilda and guests Steve Jeffares from The Local Taphouse, publican Corey Crooks from Newcastle's Grainstore, brewer Dave Padden, Steve Finney from Feral and a surprise call from Feral brewer, Brendan Varis, calling in from LA.
It's rough, it's ready, but it captures the excitement of the Hottest 100 Countdown...
This week we play part two of Matt's interview with CUB about the revitalisation attempts for the Crown brand and Tim Ovadia is joined by CUB's Chief Brewer Jaideep Chandrasekharan about the 2014 Crown Ambassador Reserve, the brewing process and Matt & Jaideep have the first public sampling of the vintage. Later they are joined by Crown's Marketing Manager, Scott Tindall.
In the intro Matt & Pete muse about KFC's application to sell beer, which leads into a chat our attitudes to drinking and what shapes them.
During our intro we discuss the following:
- KFC plan to sell beer, cider criticised
- Kids Absorb Your Drinking TVC by DrinkWise.
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In this episode of Radio Brews News, Matt & Pete discuss the recent controversies about craft beer getting big, hipsters and its growing pains. We also play an interview Matt recorded last year with Tim Ovadia, General Manager Insight & Marketing Capability with CUB. It concludes the stories that we have done in recent years about the true history of Crown Lager, and we discuss the way forward for the beer and the brand including the last year's release of Crown Golden Ale.
This is part one of the interview, next week we chat with head brewer JaideepChandrasekharan about Crown Ambassador's 2014 release.
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We refer to the following article / sites in this episode.
Andy Crouch's article: Wasted. How the craft-beer movement abandoned Jim Koch (and his beloved Sam Adams)
Why these craft beer pioneers hate snobs
Pete Brown's article: What's the difference between craft beer snobs and Kopparberg drinkers?
Tim Cooper - Keeping it in the Family.
Matt & Pete finally catch up to discuss the year that was, and also play an interview recorded earlier in the year with the Editor of All About Beer magazine, John Holl. We discuss with John the idea of what would beer look like if it was only invented today...
Over the past 6 months Brews News has received at least one request to promote a crowd funding scheme covering everything from a "precision tool for your perfectly crafted beers" aka a bottle opener to "a draft system that serves any beer, fresh from the tap, anywhere you want it". We also recently received a release about the "world’s first smartphone-controlled home-brewing machine". Today we received an announcement from Yeastie Boys advising that next year they will be crowd funding expansion into Europe.I have mixed feelings about the whole crowd funding thing. On one hand, it is an excellent way for new, small and non-traditional businesses to leverage the consumer demand and passion for what they are doing. On the other hand, there is an element of hype and hubris creeping in to the craft beer world that, when combined with a new, loosely regulated funding model, has the potential for disaster. With Yeastie Boys' Stu McKinlay being a great observer of the craft industry and always willing to have a frank chat, Yeastie Boys announcement seemed a great chance to chat about Zen and the art of crowd funding.If you're interested in crowd funding, and especially investing in Yeastie Boys, here's some background to them and their campaign and crowd funding of beer in general...Metabrewery Seeks Backing Vocalists For World Changing Gig (Yeastie Boys)The Social Brew Work (All About Beer Magazine)BrewDog – Fill your boots! (Referenced in the conversation)
In this episode we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, to discuss his new book 150 Great Australian Beers, as well as Mr Young Henry, Richard Adamson, to talk about his plans for gin.
Being Radio Brews News, and beer being a conversation, we talk about these things and many, many more, including Good Beer Week, tap contracts and Crafty's mum.
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This is a slightly shorter podcast with one interview, this time with Jack Mesley, Marketing Manager with XXXX.
While for many breweries changing their label may not have huge repercussions, when you have a beer that makes some claims to be Australia’s biggest beer…at least in terms of volume sales, the move can be fraught. XXXX last week announced it was rebranding and, being fascinated by beer marketing, I wanted to find out about what’s involved and the considerations for a brand as big as XXXX.
As you’ll see, with beer being a conversation interviews don’t run to a script and so we ended up talking very widely about the XXXX brand, including whether the beer in the bottle is the same today as it was when Wilhelm Leitner created it 90 years ago. It should be stressed that while there was discussion about how the beer has evolved over the last few decades, XXXX is adamant that only the labels have changed under the current refresh.
You can find and download a PDF of the transcript here. More information about the brand refresh can be seen in the media release below.
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Media Release Past meets present as new-look XXXX hits market Brisbane, Queensland — Beer deliveries are being overhauled at the XXXX brewery today, with some of Brisbane’s most iconic pubs receiving their deliveries the old fashioned way — by horse and cart and the original, XXXX delivery truck.
These special deliveries mark the start of the next chapter in the XXXX story, with a new look for the entire family of XXXX beers.
XXXX Regional Director, Damien Mori said: “Since 1878, XXXX has proudly been a part of the fabric of Australia and much like the iconic XXXX Brewery, the brand has grown and evolved.”
“It was time for a change. Our drinkers wanted it and it was an important step for us to ensure we continued toremain relevant for the next 135 years.
“The new XXXX identity really dials up what XXXX is all about; beers that are perfect for the great Aussie lifestyle, but also respects the 135 year heritage of XXXX. We asked for feedback from our drinkers as we worked up the designs and what we received was overwhelmingly positive,” said Mori.
The new look evolves the iconic XXXX logo, but will also see changes to every can, bottle and carton across XXXX GOLD, XXXX SUMMER BRIGHT LAGER and XXXX BITTER.
Most importantly, whilst the packaging has undergone a major change, there is no change to the beer.
“Today is about acknowledging the extensive history of our iconic brand whilst also celebrating everything there is to love about XXXX. While the packaging and delivery method may have changed over the years, our beers taste exactly the same,” said Mori.
XXXX GOLD, first launched in 1991, remains the country’s leading beer and is driving the development of the midstrength category in Australia.
The oldest member of the family, XXXX BITTER will now recognise the man who created it – Wilhelm ‘Bill’ Leitner, who first brewed XXXX Bitter back in 1924. Ninety years on, the beer stays true to Bill’s recipe and as a special tribute, his signature will appear on every carton.
“Bill is the man that brought the lager style of beer to Queensland, changing the face of the beer market in this great state. It’s only fitting that as we celebrate 90 years of XXXX Bitter, we recognise the very man who created it,” said Mori.
Special guests on hand to officially send off the first delivery included the great grandchildren of Bill; Jamie, Mark and Michael Leitner.
To coincide with the new packaging, the XXXX Brewery’s Packaging Museum has been significantly upgraded, proudly showcasing new items from the brewery’s 135 year old history and new branding will be introduced right across the country encompassing everything from pub awnings to football jerseys.
The unveiling of XXXX’s new look will be supported by new creative campaigns for XXXX GOLD and SUMMER BRIGHT in the coming months as well as digital, PR and promotional activity and ongoing trips to XXXX Island.
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About XXXX XXXX has been proudly brewing Australia’s favourite beers for more than 135 years. Over this time, countless beers have left the Milton brewery to be enjoyed by beer drinkers right across Australia. The country’s leading beer, XXXX GOLD was first launched in 1991. For more than two decades it has been a supporter of both events and communities across Australia. In 2011, XXXX unveiled XXXX Island — the ultimate destination for mates’ trips away.
This year marks the 90thbirthday of XXXX Bitter, first brewed by William ‘Bill’ Leitner back in 1924. The youngest member of the family, XXXX Summer Bright Lager was launched in 2011.
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Once again Matt is not joined by usual co-host Pete Mitcham. Pete’s on a family holiday in Europe. We will try and touch base with him at some stage to find out about his trip and get an update on what he's been drinking over there. You can follow Pete's travels on Twitter.
We do however have Kevin Hingston, Communications and Media spokesperson with the 2014 Australian National Homebrewing Conference Committee to find out about what’s happening with this year’s ANHC.
Find out more about the Australian National Homebrew Competition on their website. We highly recommend the conference for all homebrewers.
Brew Moon Brewing Company's Keith Villa (source MillerCoors) Following on from that we will be playing an interview Matt recorded late last year with Keith Villa, head brewer with Blue Moon Brewing Company, the craft brewing arms of US brewing giant MillerCoors. Blue Moon Belgian White has recently been introduced to Australian through MillerCoors partnership with Coca Cola Amatil.
The interview didn’t go out while the podcast was on one of its many hiatuses, but as CCA currently ramp up their marketing for Blue Moon, it’s a timely one to play now. The content is still relevant.
It's an interesting discussion that includes David Coors, part of the fifth generation of the Coors brewing dynasty, outlining his views of the contemporary beer market.
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In Episode Two of the current season, Matt flies solo and catches up with Dave Bonighton, chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association, about the new definition for craft beer, and the soon-to-be-released consumer website.
Matt also catches up with Paul van de Walle from ABInBev to discuss the challenges of making beer consistent around the world and looks at what is involved in an Australian brewery getting a licence to brew ABInBev's brands in Australia and the issue of brewed under licence versus imported beer.
Transcripts are now available for our main interviews, and transcripts of the interview with Dave Bonighton can be found here. A transcript for the interview with Paul van de Walle can be found here.
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As some special bonus content, Matt & Pete snatched some time to catch up over a beer between sessions of last weekend’s Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular. Don’t expect insightful interviews, just Matt & Pete chatting about Good Beer Week, Matt almost apologising for dissing Warnie and the Australian International Beer Awards, including Matt eventually bringing the conversation around to his Australian Beer Media Award.
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Welcome back to Radio Brews News after our very long hiatus.
Pete Mitcham and I see the podcast as one of the most important things we do through the site, able to discuss the big issue in Australian beer. Time and resources have always been an issue as the show is time consuming to present. However, thanks to a couple generous sponsors we are back and - hopefully - regular.
In our first episode back, we catch up with Peter 'Pod' McLoughlin, Marketing Director at Carlton & United Breweries. This interview was actually recorded late last year and came after a lengthy period where Australian Brews News was seemingly blacklisted by CUB following our coverage of the Crown Lager, VB and Byron Bay Pale Lager issues. A change in staffing at CUB has seen much better relations re-established and Peter made himself available to discuss a very wide range of topics, including those three.
Marketing Director at Carlton & United Breweries Peter McLoughlin The interview was recorded before the recent ACCC ruling, but Peter and Matt discuss that issue in that context. We will follow up to speak with Peter following the ruling.
It is a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation about the many changes that have taken pace at CUB since the acquisition by SABMiller.
In a new initiative, we are making transcripts of the main interviews available, one of the places that our sponsor's money is going. This will make the podcasts searchable, though as transcripts the intonation is never captured and we recommend you list to the audio. The transcripts are time coded from the start of the interview, add about 20:20 to the audio time to match it up.
The audio can be downloaded here.
A full transcript of the interview can be found here.
Thanks to editor Ben Hetherington.
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It's great to be back with Pete and in this episode we record live at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular. While Pete was busy hosting the Craft Beer College, Matt caught up with a range of brewers and beer identities to get their thoughts on Good Beer Week, GABS and life in general.
Apologies in advance for the sound quality, this was recorded on the floor at GABS,. Apologies too for the repetitiveness of the intros to the guests and other things...we're learning as we go as you know.
Our guests are:
- Ross Jurisich (Stone & Wood)
- Dave Bonighton (Mountain Goat)
- Jade Flavell (The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide)
- Jasper Cuppaidge (Camden Town Brewery, London)
- Andy Scade (Little Creatures)
Thanks to the Steve Jeffares & Guy Greenstone from The Local Taphouse, directors of The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular for hosting us at GABS and letting us set up shop to record the interviews.
In a special edition of Radio Brews News, we catch up quickly with Guy Greenstone live at the Great Australian Beer Spectapular....
This week we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, and his Good Beer Week colleague Miro Bellini. Planning for Good Beer Week 2013 is well underway and it for venues and breweries wanting to get involved, now is the time to get your nominations in.
James and Miro talk about the back ground to Good Beer Week and look ahead to next years event.
more information and details: www.goodbeerweek.com
In our continuing series of sound issues, James and Miro were indeed sitting in the midst of a flock of Rosella's lending either a Tippi Hedren or outdoorsy feel to this episode, depending on your point of view.
- VB #1 Brand by value article in Drinks Weekly.
- Details and bookings for Prof's Barley's Angels BBQ event: Local Taphouse Blog
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This week we catch up with Steve Brockman, co-head brewer at The Monk in Fremantle, and Education and Events Officer at the Western Australian Brewers Association.
We talk about all things Western Australian Beer including Western Australia Craft Beer Week.
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This week we catch up with Brad Rogers, co-owner and head brewer at Stone & Wood, Chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association and recently named Chief Judge of the Australian International Beer Awards. We speak with
We talk about Brad’s career and how he got into brewing, the Sanctuary Cove brewery, the evolution of Stone & Wood Brewing and how the changing market has made them reconsider their business model, we put some reader question to Brad and also ask what the Lion takeover of Little World Beverages means for Stone & Wood.
In addition to being co-owner and head brewer at Stone & Wood, Brad is also Chair of the recently formed Craft Beer Industry Association, as well as just being named as Chief Judge at the Australian International Beer Awards. Brad updates us on both of those, and outlines how beer enthusiasts can join the CBIA.
As Mountain Goat's Cam & Dave prepare to launch their 15th anniversary tour, we catch up with co-founder Cam Hines to talk all thing Goat. We speak with Cam about the business of beer, upcoming Rare Breeds - including a possible sour - the return of Rapunzel, their Goat Island answer to XXXX Island. Cam reveals there have been attempts to buy Mountain Goat and how they have dealt with them, and that they are becoming more common.
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In this episode, we finally catch up with Jade Flavell from Adelaide's - and arguably one of the Australia's - best craft beer hotels, the Wheatsheaf.
But first, Matt and Pete catch up on things beer and mull over Coopers Anniversary Ale, and Coopers announcement that they are looking to make it the first of a planned craft beer range.
When you get to it, you will realise that Matt didn't get this up and posted in time for Jade's mention of the Wheatsheaf's Fountain of Hoppiness Festival. Sorry.
Today's Pacific rendition of the Beer Barrel Polka is presented in honour of Oktoberfest and is played by The Official Oktoberfest Band from their album Oktoberfest: A Beer Drinking Tradition. Buy it here, thank us later. You can now hear Radio Brews News on Stitcher Smart Radio which lets you hear us directly on your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and plenty of others. Download it free today at any app store. You can still get us on iTunes or listen to us right here.
In a special release Radio Brews News podcast Pete sides with VB while Matt puts on the tin foil hats and sees shadows on the grassy knoll as the thrash out the Great VB apology in far more detail than you ever probably wanted discussed, as well as contrast it with this week's media release announcing Crown Lager on tap.
We will still be releasing our interview with Jade Flavell from The Wheatsheaf in Adelaide.
Today's Pacific rendition of the Beer Barrel Polka comes to us performed by that legendary crooner, Knuckles O'Toole, from his magnum opus, Sing Along With Knuckles O'Toole. Buy it here, thank us later. There's also a special appearance by Gemini Five. You can now hear Radio Brews News on Stitcher Smart Radio which lets you hear us directly on your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and plenty of others. Download it free today at any app store. You can still get us on iTunes or listen to us right here.
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Original media release announcing the change, 1 July 2009.
Media Release VB REMAINS GREAT VALUE VB remains great value, retaining its wholesale price unchanged on stubbies and cans despite Federal Government excise increases and rising input costs.
With bi-annual CPI-indexed excise increases applying from 1 August and in the face of rising input costs including malt and hops, VB will hold its wholesale price in stubbies and cans, through tough economic times. VB will reduce alcohol-by-volume from 4.8 to 4.6% from August to fund this.
“With a microscopic change in alcohol content, VB will come in line with most Australian mainstream beers”, said VB Group Marketing Manager, Paul Donaldson. “The beer tastes exactly the same, has the same standard drinks, and offers better value to stockists.”
“We’re investing behind the brand with one of Australia’s biggest ever beer ads – VB Regulars – launching next week”, Paul said. “VB is Australia’s favourite beer and we’re making sure it remains the real Australian beer.
A bit of history:
- CUB reduces strength of VB
- CUB denies drinkers can taste the difference and no one is complaining.
- Fosters increases advertising spend on products to $30-million
- VB back to full strength
Matt and Pete get busy and line up three interviews for this week's show.
First we catch up with New Zealand Brewer's Guild Beer Writer of the Year Phil Cook. Phil is the man who coined the phrases Kegtris and Brandwank on his blog, Beer Diary. Then we catch up with Todd Venning from Beermen.tv and the man behind Sydney Craft Beer Week for a run down of this year's festival. Then, keeping with the festival theme we hear from Corey Crooks all about this year's Newcastle Craft Beer Week, as well as the Albion Hotel's progress at kicking mainstream beers out of the hotel.
Date claimers:
- Sydney Craft Beer Week - October 20 - 28
- Newcastle Craft Beer Week - November 18 - 25
Matt and Pete also talk about the new Carlton Draught campaign and discuss all things beer in general.
Today's Pacific rendition of the Beer Barrel Polka comes to us performed by French heart throb, Jo Steve, from his immortal album Farandole : Danse du tapis, danse du balai. Buy it here, thank us later. You can now hear Radio Brews News on Stitcher Smart Radio which lets you hear us directly on your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and plenty of others. Download it free today at any app store. You can still get us on iTunes or listen to us right here.
This week we catch up with Vincent Ruiu, General Manager, Global and Craft Brands, from Carlton and United Breweries to break the news that Crown Lager will be available on tap from 3 September.
Of course, we couldn't let the chance to speak with Vincent pass without getting an update on the history of Crown Lager and Matt continues to flog the dead horse that is the fifth ingredient. We also get a little insight into the future of CUB's Matilda Bay and Cascade brands...
Today's Pacific rendition of the Beer Barrel Polka comes to us performed by Kaina Boys from the well known album Kaina Boys No Moorea Tahiti Kaina Music. Buy it here, thank us later.
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And Radio Brews News rides again and in this instalment Pete takes over and catches up with Matt Bebe of the Craft Beer Industry Association.
Between them they talk about the association, the craft beer industry and a variety of other beer related topics.
The winners of last week's Southern Bay t-shirt giveaway were: Dan Summers, Brett Tyrrell and Dennis Stewart. Your shirts should be to you soon.
We also mention the New Zealand Brewers Guild beer writer of the year award...since this was recorded Phil Cook has been announced NZ Beer Writer of the Year, a fantastic result for both Phil and for interesting and thoughtful beer writing. You can read Phil's blog here.
Today's upbeat Oompah Polka comes to us performed by Alex Pulaski and The Polka Dots from the well known album Zicke Zacke Zicke Zacke Oi Oi Oi! Oktoberfest. Buy it here, thank us later.
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What can you say, two weeks in a row and all because you wanted to hear it.
This week after we have a bit of a chat about stuff that wanders all over the beer map, we catch up with Steve 'Hendo' Henderson, brewer at Southern Bay Brewing.
In a wide ranging chat we talk about Hendo's career, his plans for Southern Bay, contract brewing and even tap contracts, which sees Matt almost defend big brewers and tap contracts. We also enjoy a cameo from Two Bird's Jayne Lewis who joins us via a squeaky lab door.
For those who listen to the end, you might even get the chance to win some brewery schwag...
Our upbeat end tune is Bobby Vinton's rendition of Beer Barrel Polka from his album Greatest Polka Hits of All Time. You can buy it here, if by any chance it's not already in your collection.
Matt and Pete put their differences and grievances aside and get the band back together and back to their roots in a Simon & Garfunkel sort of way and put together a new episode of Radio Brews News.
As it's been a while since we recorded together, we just chat about the old times and what's been up, during which we mention Good Beer Week, Queensland Beer Week, every other beer week that's coming up, Crown Saga, Little Creatures and plenty more.
We'll get back into the swing with some guests now that we've blown the cobwebs away.
Thanks to everyone who missed up. We don't get it ourselves, but you asked for it.
This week we meet up with Dr Tim Cooper, Managing Director of Coopers Brewery, this year celebrating its 150th anniversary.
But first we catch up with Prof's travels to Tasmania for the 2012 hop harvest and the brewing of the Cascade First Harvest, then he talks about his experiences at a cider blending workshop.
Then we introduce a new segment, or at least a new name for Matt's apparently now regular soapbox rant. Chris from Melbourne University suggested a segment called What The Froth - WTF? - and Matt takes off on a rant about XXXX Gold Island reinforcing the damaged brand for the beer category just to gain a bump of a few points in market share.
Tim Cooper
Then we get serious and talk with Tim Cooper who gives us over an hour of his time to talk about all things Coopers, including:
- Coopers Clear and whether Coopers is still 'craft'
- When is 'traditional' not the best way to do it?
- Why the brewery replaced the old puncheon system (photos right)
- The plans for a commemorative brew for their anniversary, and
- The challenges of large retailers selling below wholesale price.
We're sure that you will find this episode fascinating and an insight into the venerable brewery.
Head over to Australian Brews News for more show notes and links.
This week we head to Port Melbourne to speak with Matilda Bay's Scott Vincent.
But then we get serious about our beer, announcing the details for the Podcast from the Pub with Professor Charlie Bamforth.
This will take place on 27 March from 6.30pm for 7pm at the Great Northern Hotel.
You can book here.
In our interview with Scott we look at a wide range of issues facing CUB's craft brewing arm, including the challenges of scaling up production from the Matilda Bay Garage brewery to have them brewed at Cascade whether that impacts the 'craftiness' of the beers. We also discuss the techniques of brewing, the move to the new site and also challenges of being a small part of a big brewing company in which one import can sell more than the entire craft segment...interesting in light of last week's announcement from Corona. Will they increase their focus on Matilda Bay now?
We put some questions to Scoot from listeners Frozen Summers, Paul Pacey and Radical Brewer, who asked for the recipe for Alpha and Scott gives a pretty good guide to how to brew it.
We finish up by ushering Garry Sherman into the studio to play Beer Barrel Polka from his album Percussion Goes to Dixieland. Buy it, you won't regret it.
As always, if you like what you hear you can help us out by leaving a review on iTunes and telling your friends.
This week we head down to Newcastle and meet up with Corey Crooks, publican of The Albion Hotel and the driving force behind last year's Newcastle Craft Beer Week.
Newcastle isn't the first city that springs to mind when beer lovers talk about hot beer destnations, but over the past three years Corey has turned his pub into a mainstream-serving pub into a significant craft beer oasis. We talk to Corey about how he had effected this transformation and some of the things he has learned during the process.
Among the things Corey tells us is:
- Serving craft beer has made the working lives of staff much easier because of the changed deomgraphics in the hotel that has been attracted by craft beer. By attracting customers drawn to beer for flavour and not effect, beer has changed the ambience of the hotel.
- In changing the beer offerings at a hotel, staff are critical. If you put craft beer on, your staff must be engaged in the process and know about what they are selling...or it just wont sell.
It's a great look at how to turn around a pub with craft beer.
We also catch up with Simon Coghlan from the Ballarat Beer Festival which was held in January. It was a huge success in its first year and we wanted to find out from Simon what they had learned in pulling together a beer festival and what they have planned for next year.
The show ends on a high note with a high energy performance of Beer Barrel Polka performed by Joe Maphis and Merle Travis from the album Country Guitar Giants. If you don't already own this little piece of recording gold, you can buy it here.
You can get show notes and links at the website.
The gremlins hit the recording this week and a great interview with Jade Flavell from the Wheatsheaf and Steve Jeffares from the Local Taphouse was ruined. Rather than go without a podcast, we have repackaged a 2010 interview with Greg Koch from Stone Brewing explaining why he is passionate in trying to stop the grey importing of his beer. This interview created quite a storm when we first played it in November 2010 and many of our readers may not have heard it before.
The story is relevant this week because of a story by Sam Fletcher that takes a look at Platinum Liquor, a favourite craft beer store in the tough Sydney market, but one that also proudly boasts of selling grey import beers, including Stone.
Anyway, listen to Greg Koch and make up your own mind about the practice.
Next week we will be back with our regular show.
As always, for show notes and links head on over to Australian Brews News.
Another almost regular episode of your favourite beer podcast created by guys called Pete and Matt.
Today we again catch up with Professor Charlie Bamforth, a truly engaging guest who is passionate about beer but very neutral and considered about some of the topics that inflame passions in the craft beer world. Coupled with his easy personality and simple explanations, it always makes for a thought provoking and informative discussion.
In this episode we get slightly technical, but Charlie keeps it easy to follow as we talk about about:
- malt
- yeast
- origins of lager
- getting rid of VDKs in fermentation (you'll need to listen to understand this one, but it's very clear when you do)
- how long before time becomes the fifth ingredient
- Whether using enzymes and other brewing aids is wrong and whether not using them makes better beer
- Beer in cans
And other things, too many to mention.
Don’t forget, Charlie has two excellent books that are highly recommended additions to any good beer library.
Finally, staking a date claim. As he advises in the show, Charlie is in Melbourne in March for the Institute of Brewing and Distilling conference and has agreed to let us drag him to a pub for a 'Live from a Local' Radio Brews News episode. If you’ve enjoyed listening to Charlie, we’d love to see you along for the recording of a live episode. We’ll keep you posted re venues and details.
Don’t forget, you can help us by leaving us a review on iTunes, or letting us know what you think about the show by email.
Finally, in a very weak nod to the surprising number of Brazilian listeners we seem to have picked up, this week’s rendition of Beer Barrel Polka is from south of the border (though not quite far enough south, but we are trying) and is played by Maso Rivera from the album Y Su Conjunto de Cuerdas (Cantan Jose Luis Rodriguez y Tonin Miranda).
For links and show notes head on over to Australian Brews News.
Well, we’ve started the year well with two podcasts in two weeks and it’s a great one…if we say so ourselves.
This week we interrupt Pete’s holiday to get his thoughts on the Ballarat Beer Festival, before quickly speaking with Brent Wright, National Beer Systems Manager for XXXX and find out a little about their new beer.
Regular listeners might be a little surprised that we are doing a segment on XXXX Summer Cloudy Ginger Beer but, in addition to being a conversation, beer is a broad church. The discussion looks at the new beer, how it’s made and some of the techniques brewers use to make beers targeted at the largest part of the beer market.
Finally, we catch up with Andrew ‘AG’ Gow, brewer at Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula Brewery. We have a wide ranging discussion about his career, his experiences at a variety of craft breweries and his current role at the recently established Mornington Peninsula Brewery.
We finish the show with what must surely be one of the greatest renditions of Beer Barrrel Polka ever, by Grady Martin and his Slewfoot Five. It simply has everything. May sure you listen to the end to rock out with this little number.
For show notes and links - including to purchase Beer Barrel Polka - visit www.brewsnews.com.au
After a long break, Matt and Pete get their act together and get a new show out. The first show of 2012 just features the lads talking previewing the year and having a general chat about beer.
Head over to Australian Brews News for relevant links and show notes for the show.
Stay tuned next week when we catch up with Andrew 'AG' Gow, brewer at Mornington Brewer.
If you subscribe to Radio Brews News through iTunes, just note that we have changed our host and you may need to update your feed.
Don't forget to leave a review on iTunes, as well as sending through your feedback and suggestions.
For more show notes and links, head on over to Australian Brews News.
Roll out the barrel and sit down, or have a long list of chores ready to do while you listen, it's a long one this week.
First of all we catch up with Al Carragher, owner of Melbourne's Great Northern Hotel. Al discusses the journey that has the Great Northern has been on from standard suburban pub with strong mainstream allegiance to suburban craft beer temple. He offers some tips to publicans wanting to get into craft beer as well as touches on the thorny issue of craft beer quality…which he thinks may be the biggest issue facing craft beer at the moment.
We talk tap contracts and Al's plans for a WA craft beer takeover for Good Beer Week 2012.
Then we chat with Sam and Stu from New Zealand's Yeastie Boys and discuss all things Yeastie, as well as contract brewing, Stu's pays and, of course, Rex Attitude.
For additional show notes and links, head on over to Australian Brews News.
This week on Radio Brews News we have a quick catch up with Simon Coghlan, one of the team behind the Ballarat Beer Festival that is being held for the first time in January 2012.
Then we catch up with Brendan Varis from Feral Brewing.
Brendan was on the steering committee involved in setting up Craft Beer Limited, the new national association of craft brewers. Brendan talks about the association and what they aim to achieve in craft beer over the next five years. We then talk about Feral Brewing and Brendan's beer plans. We learn about his impending King Brown Ale, aged in 60-year-old cognac casks, that he has a new 50 hectolitre brewery on order which will be coming on-stream around March next year and also learn that Hop Hog and White may not be the beers that Brendan himself drinks…
For more show notes and links, head on over to Australian Brews News.
Today on Radio Brews News, we meet British beer writer and historian Martyn Cornell.
Martyn is the creator of the Zythophile site through which he writes about beer and beer history and, along the way, debunks a few myths. Martyn has gained some attention recently for suggestion the new Oxford Companion to Beer may be "a dreadful disaster" for perpetuating myths and inaccuracies about beer. He drew criticism from the book's editor in chief, Garrett Oliver, for his comments. Martyn is also the author of the excellent book Amber, Gold and Black, a history of great English beer styles.
Martyn talks about beer history, beer myths and his spat with Garrett Oliver. This is a must listen for anyone who had ever uttered the words 'IPA' and 'invented' in a sentence.
For additional show notes and links, head over to Australian Brews News.
This week Matt & Pete chat with parallel beer importer, Sean Neylon, who runs the website saveonliquor.com.au and have a robust discussion about the ins-and-outs of importing international beer through secondary channels.
In the intro we talk about about Pete's visit to the Wheaty for the Beer Wars screening, Carlton Draught's 'The Publican' campaign, and discuss why there are always four blokes in a boat in beer commercials.
Matt mentions the Gruen Transfer's look at beer advertising.
As always, head on over to Australian Brews News for fulll show notes and links.
Radio Brews News goes straight to the top of the hops…or at least the top of Hop Products Australia, speaking with Managing Director Tim Lord.
In the intro, Pete and Matt have a little chat about the SABMiller takeover of Fosters then Tim tells us about what’s happening in the world of hops including the gradual decline of high alpha hops, what they’ve got lined up for us in the flavour and aroma hop department, how they test hops and has a little go at debunking the notion of hop terrior.
The winner of the “Matt lost the Brendan Varis Episode” was Mark Dodd from Queensland. A four pack of Feral Hop Hog will be hand delivered shortly.
Beer War screenings will now be held in Adelaide (Wheatsheaf Hotel) on 12 October, with Tasmania, Brisbane and Newcastle dates and details to be announced soon.
On today’s episode of Radio Brews News Pete and Matt are joined by Steve Jeffares from the Local Taphouse and Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn to talk about Steve’s plans for the SpecTAPulars, Barley’s Angels, the Women of Beer brew and all sorts of other beer-related stuff.
Head over to Australian Brrews News for show notes and links.
In this show we meet Professor Charles Bamforth.
Professor Bamforth has been in the brewing industry for 32 years, including 13 years in research, 11 in academia and 8 with the famed brewing company Bass. After an international search, he was selected as UC Davis' first Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences. He is also the author of books and articles about beer and brewing far too numerous to mention, particularly Grain v Grape and Beer is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing.
He was a wonderfully engaging guest who provided some thoughtful insights into brewing and drinking beer.
Both books are highly recommended. If you don’t have time to read old-school books but like podcasts, consider Audible’s audio version. You can get it FREE with an Audible 30-day free trial, that you can access by clicking the Amazon link to the right. (s with everything on Australian Brews News - this is a genuine recommendation, not an ad.)
For links and show notes, head over to Australian Brrews News.
In a wide ranging discussion with Malt Shovel’s Dr Chuck Hahn, we take a stab at the thorny issues of tap contracts, some new Squire beers and the history of the James Squire brand.
Portions of a discussion that took place after we finished the interview have been edited into the show as they were relevant to the discussions. These portions are those that relate to the Local Taphouse and the history of the Squires brand. They have been edited in to maintain the flow of the show and do not change their context or the nature of the discussion.
We invited representatives from both major breweries to discuss this issue, as well as a number of small brewers, however Chuck was the only one willing to take up our offer. We thank Lion Nathan for being willing to discuss the issue. It’s a discussion that has plenty of life left in it and we welcome listeners to join the conversation on the discussion board below. I would welcome people involved in the brewing and hotel industries to get in touch if you would like to discuss your experiences and views on a future episode of Radio Brews News, or share them confidentially via email.
As always, head over to Australian Brews News for more beery goodness.
Radio Brews News Episode 4 is now available online here and on iTunes. It was recorded on 21 June 2011.
Due to your feedback, Matt has learned how to mix the track down to mono. Please keep your feedback coming.
This week there were no sound issues (at least not to my untrained ear) and we had a great chat to former Mountain Goat brewer Jayne Lewis who is about to launch her own beer brand, Two Birds Brewing. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
In addition to speaking with Jayne, you will hear Matt & Pete discuss:
1:00 – The reaction to Pete’s article about contract brewing.
3:15 – Matt uses Waikikamukau as if it was a real place…apologies to our many NZ listeners for any offence, I couldn’t think of a real name.
9:30 – That sound you hear throughout is Matt rubbing his hands. It was cold, what can I say.
10:00 – Beer Lover’s Guide to Australia beer writing comp results.
10:45 – We get the show back on track and speak with Jayne Lewis
30:00 – A look at upcoming shows, including a discussion of the fact that no one seems to want to discuss tap contracts.
As always, head over to Australian Brews News for more beery goodness.
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There were some sound quality issues, but the discussion on looking at what is craft beer was fascinating and rather than re-record and risk losing some of the discussion, we have pared it right back. Despite the sound issues, it is worth persisting with.
Thanks for the emails and comments on the show – please keep them coming, together with suggestions for topics and feedback on how to improve the show.
Enjoy.
Episode 3: What is Craft Beer
Features:
Cam Hines, co-founder Mountain Goat
Scott Vincent, Head Brewer Matilda Bay Brewing Company
As always, hosted by Australian Brews News editor, Matt Kirkegaard and Beer Blokes’ Pete Mitcham.
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This is the May 2011 Podcast. Its a 1 hour DJ mix, selected and lovingly mixed by Bjorn Johansen.
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The second episode of Radio Brews News is a long one and we take a look back at Good Beer Week with James ‘The Crafty Pint’ Smith, as well as have a look at the vexed issue of contract brewing with Ben Kraus, founder and head brewer at Bridge Road Brewers, and Adam Trippe-Smith, founder and CEO of McLaren Vale Beer Company.
As always, the show is hosted by Australian Brews News editor Matt Kirkegaard and Pete ‘Prof Pilsner’ Mitcham. Head over to Australian Brews News for show notes and discussion.
Welcome to the first edition of Radio Brews News in which beer gurus Pete 'Prof Pilsner' Mitcham, James 'The Crafty Pint' Smith aka and Kirrily ‘The Beer Diva’ Waldhorn discuss all things beer, hosted by Australian Brews News editor, Matt Kirkegaard.
Topics covered in this episode include:
- The Royal Wedding beer ban
- Crown Ambassador Reserve
- Cascade First Harvest and seasonal beers
- Collaboration brews
- Little Creatures Marzen
- Australian International Beer Awards
- Good Beer Week preview
Head over to Australian Brews News for show notes and discussion.