Operation Brewery by Black Hops Brewing

Welcome to Season 4 Episode 2 of the Operation Brewery podcast. This season is all about our new Barrel-aged beer project, AWOL. In today’s episode, we sit in the AWOL barrel aged beer taproom an hour before we first open to the public and run through our first 8 AWOL beers. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Android. ... Read More The post Podcast S04E02 – AWOL Series, The First 8 AWOL Beers Live Tasting appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

The Operating Brewery podcast is back for Season 4. This season is all about our new Barrel-aged beer project, AWOL. In Episode 1 we go into the story on how AWOL came to be. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Android. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions AWOL taproom and tours Black ... Read More The post S04E01 – AWOL Series, The Founding Story of AWOL appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This episode is a solo podcast with co-founder and CEO Dan on the changes Black Hops has made in response to Coronavirus and some questions and answers. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Android. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions Black Hops Taprooms. Black Hops Online shop. Black Hops kegs at Home. ... Read More The post S03E09 – COVID-19 Response, Q&A and Season 3 Wrap Up appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week on the podcast, Leah interviews Dan and asks a bunch of questions put forward by our Black Hops Ambassador Facebook Group. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. The post S03E08 – Leah Interviews Dan about Brewery Growth appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week on the podcast I chat to Jason Garner from Astute Finance and Matt Vitale from Birchal on the topic of brewery finance and crowdfunding. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions Jason Garner from Astute Financial Matt Vitale from Birchal BrewCon Indies Awards Beeries Awards Beer InCider ... Read More The post S03E07 – Brewery Finance and Crowdfunding – Matt from Birchal, Jason from Astute Financial appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week on the podcast I chat to Leah Spong, the manager of the back-office at Black Hops (The Chair Force). Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions Stone & Wood Backyard Invitational Indies Awards BrewCon Crafted Gold Coast Craft Beer & Cider Festival Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Festival ... Read More The post S03E06 – Behind The Scenes at Black Hops with Leah Spong The Chair Force Queen appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week we have Lukey and Smokey from Currumbin Valley Brewing. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Currumbin Valley Brewing Black Hops Facebook Group (to ask questions of guests) Beeries Awards Niall’s and Ali’s nomination – Vote here Gold Club meetup at Burleigh Brewing ZePickle 7 Cent Brewery Tallboy ... Read More The post S03E05 – Lukey & Smokey from Currumbin Valley Brewing appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week we have Stirling Howland, Brand Director and co-founder of Balter. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Key Mentions in the episode: Balter Brewing Beer Healer Podcast Founding team: Josh Kerr, Bede Durbidge, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Sean Ronin, Ant McDonald, Scotty Hargrave Beer Healer Podcast – Bede ... Read More The post S03E04: Stirling Howland of Balter – World Class Brands Don’t Happen By Accident appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week Dan chats with Steve (Hendo) Henderson on the topic of beer quality. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions (in order) Black Hops Ambassadors Facebook Group Beer Cartel Industry Survey Revel Brewing Podcast Rockstar Brewing Beer30 Brewery Management Software AIBA Awards IBA Recall Guidelines Interview with Jamie ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY S03E03 – Beer Quality with Steve (Hendo) Hendersen appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

As promised on this season we will be bringing you interviews from other brewery owners and there are non better than Jamie Cook from Stone & Wood. Episode Mentions Here are the episode mentions in order of appearance in the show. Links will open in new window. Stone & Wood Matilda Bay Brewing CUB Little Creatures James Squires 2004 article ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY S03E02 – Jamie Cook from Stone & Wood appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

It’s been 2 years but our podcast on our journey building a brewery business is back for a 3rd season! Season 1 was about how we were going about building our first brewery, Season 2 focused on our efforts around quality and submitting to the AIBA Beer Awards. This Season is all about growth. Co-founder Dan is hosting the season ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY S03E01 – Our Equipment Setup at Black Hops II appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

In the final episode of this series we catch up with Hendo again and wrap up the AIBA awards and discuss our results and lessons learned. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E06 – Season Finale our AIBA Results appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week we give an update on what's happening at Black Hops, announce our AIBA submissions and announce our GABS 2017 beer, Band Wagon. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E05 – Announcing our GABS 2017 beer appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week, Hendo is back to chat about our decisions for the beers we will submit to the AIBAs. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E04 – Our AIBA Award Submissions(with Hendo) appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week Dan chats with design boss Matt Vergotis about how we went about the new design for the Black Hops cans and cartons. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E03 – Beer Design with Matt Vergotis appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

Operation Brewery is back! If you missed last season, we focused on how we were going about building our brewery.This season, "Road to the AIBA's", will document our journey to improve the beer we make and work towards the big night for beer in Australia, the AIBA's in May. In this episode we chat with Hendo about how the AIBA's run. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E02 – AIBA Awards Explained with Hendo appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

Operation Brewery is back! If you missed last season, we focused on how we were going about building our brewery. It's been 7 months since then and things are a bit different. This season, Road to the AIBA's will document our journey to improve the beer we make and work towards the big night for beer in Australia, the AIBA's in May. On episode 1 we catch up with good mate and beer legend Steve (Hendo) Henderson about what we have planned. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E01 – Making beer well with Hendo from BrewCult appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

It's been a long journey but we've finally opened our brewery and tasting room in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast. I got the boys together for a final podcast to close out our story. Thanks for supporting us, we look forward to the next chapter. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP10 – We’re open! appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

Our location has been something we've been working towards for a long time. In this, our second last episode in the series of launching our brewery, we reveal our location. We also run through the upcoming GABS festival, what we are working on what specifically how we came to our location. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP9 – Announcing our Gold Coast brewery & tasting room location appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

In our last episode, we covered our plans to raise money via crowdfunding for our brewery. This episode, after a successful campaign raising $17,800 we regroup and discuss all of the other financial considerations for building a brewery. We go down into fine detail of how much it's costing, how much we've spent so far and where to from here. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP8 – How much does it cost to build a brewery (part 2 of 2) appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

**Update, the Pozible campaign is live here!** Next week we will be launching our crowdfunding campaign via Pozible. We’ll be aiming to be the first Aussie brewery to launch via crowd funding. This week on the podcast we chat with Alan from Pozible, Khierstyn from Crowdfunding Uncut and we make final preparations for launch. Access the campaign Click here to access ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY EP7 – Crowdfunding Black Hops (part 1 of 2) appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

In the podcast this week we take you through our process for re-branding Black Hops and interview our designer Matt Vergotis. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP6 – Our design process for rebranding Black Hops appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

In the podcast this week we run through the story of how we brewed a beer for Call of Duty. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP5 – Ask us anything about the Call of Duty beer appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

In the podcast this week we hit the streets of the Gold Coast to find out what beer is selling well to help us arrive at a core range of beers. We also provide an update on how things are going with our plans to build a brewery. The post OPERATION BREWERY EP4 – What beer should we brew? Black Hops hits the streets appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week something a little bit different. We had the opportunity to chat with Steve Baxter from Shark Tank about the craft beer industry in Australia so we decided to release it as this week’s episode. Please let us know in the comments what you think. Thanks so far to everyone who has left us a review on iTunes. If ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY EP3 – Interview with Steve Baxter from Shark Tank appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

Our podcast Operation Brewery documents us going from home brew to brewery in 2015. If you missed episode 1, check it out here and listen in as we raise the funds required to build our Gold Coast brewery. In episode 2, we talk equipment. Mentions TianTai 4 Hearts Cavalier Brew-tek Coda Brewing Bionic Brew The post OPERATION BREWERY EP2 – We have ordered our brewery equipment! This is how it went down appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week we are stoked to announce the release of our new podcast, Operation Brewery. The show will be a 10 part series that takes you into our world as we work on opening the Black Hops Brewery and Cellar Door on the Gold Coast, Australia. In episode 1 we take you inside our investor meetings as we start the process ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY EP1 – Listen to us attempt to raise money to build a brewery appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.