Radio Brews News

This week the team have an update on Brews News to share. 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! Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

The Hottest 100 is the biggest celebration of craft beer nationally each year, but last year's "We Love Good Beer" campaign from Balter was another huge celebration of beer. While an ad for Balter, it was also one of the best category celebrations as well. We wanted to hear from Stirling about what drove it, and what we should be doing to get people talking about good beer. 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!

With the size and importance that the GABS Hottest 100 occupies in the craft beer scene, we caught of with one of the poll's founders, Steve Jeffares, to hear where it all came and how it got started. 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!

With competition for a place in the H100 fiercer than ever, we speak with two of the most influential beer in craft beer, Nick Murphy & Katie Greenleaf the Category and Assistant Buying Managers, Craft Beer at First Choice Liquor Market. We talk current beer trends and the impact that they see the Hottest 100 results see for breweries in-store. 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!

We speak with Billboard Magazine's correspondent for Australia about the JJJ Hottest 100, the countdown that spawned the GABS equivalent. The parallels between two two are striking, from the controversies and debates to the effect they both have on their respective industries. 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!

Ed Jamieson, who joined us last year to talk about Stone & Wood post-sale, joined us to talk about the beer that topped the very first Hottest 100 poll, Little Creatures Pale Ale. At nearly 25, we were keen to hear what the business' plans are for the venerable craft beer. 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!

Beer instagrammer Jess Nugent aka TheBoozyMama joined us to look at why people share their love of craft beer to socials, what makes a great instagram post and how she voted... 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!

Ben shared his thoughts about being the most successful indie brewer over the 16 GABS Hottest 100s, the value of the poll and also the challenges of staying 'hot' in the annual popularity contest. 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!

Strap in for a long listen. Here's Part 2 of the five hour Hottest 100 Countdown live stream, presented by First Choice Liquor Market. 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!

Strap in for a long listen. Here's Part 1 of the five hour Hottest 100 Countdown live stream, presented by First Choice Liquor Market. 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!

This week the team discuss how Wayward and LDC emerge from VA and excitement ahead of the hottest 100 countdown. 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! Wayward and LDC exits VA GABS Hottest 100 Live Countdown Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we have a very interesting chat with a young brewer by the name of Tim Burkardt. Tim reached out to me to tell me about the brewing apprenticeship that he undertook in Germany and the things that he observed about the differences between learning brewing in Germany and in Australia, as well as a whole host of other differences between the two industries. In the past when we've talked to brewers about cultural differences we've had a great response from our audience and so I thought it would be a great one, particularly with so many young brewers looking at pursuing careers and getting skills in the brewing industry.  It's a great chat with an interesting young brewer and I hope you enjoy just as much as I did. As we discussed Tim has returned to Australia and has set himself up on the Sunshine Coast as a consultant brewer but also filling in for breweries that need additional expert hands or replacement brewer. His business is Meister Brewing Solutions. We'll be back this Thursday with our discussion of the news of the week, and don't forget this Saturday is our annual Hottest 100 Craft Beers live countdown. We'll be coming to you live from the First Choice Liquor Market store in Ashfield, Sydney counting down Australia's hottest 100 beers and meeting the people who make them and a whole lot of other great guests. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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

The team are back for another year, this week discussing the latest news and regulations. 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! Dainton exits VA Wayward & Local Drinks Collective enters VA Moffat Beach Brewing Pty Ltd Co is business as usual despite speculation Wild Life Brewing to close Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners This episode of Brews News Week is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we catch up with Matt Hepburn and Christen McGarry from Your Mates Brewing. Late last year - 2023 that is, given this is the first episode of 2024 - Your Mates celebrated its 10th anniversary, and it's been quite a ride for the business. Both Christen and Matt are pretty open about the mistakes and learnings that they had as the stereotypical two mates bonding over homebrew, however, they have also learned a lot - and a lot of that has come from seeking and taking advice.  I thought it would be worth checking in on the pair and seeing how things are going, and what more they have learned as they celebrate the decade of mateship. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 a break for Good Beer Week and their predictions for 2024. Happy Holidays from the whole Brews News team! 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! Good Beer Week to take a breather Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners This episode of Brews News Week is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we meet Craig and Lance Masterton from Heads of Noosa Brewing. We first met the brothers almost five years ago when the brewery opened. For a start-up, it was an impressive setup, especially when the business was running very counter to what were then the predominant craft trends. While hops and haze were the norm, Heads made a Japanese Lager as it's flagship beer and also put its beers in bottles. In a small brewing industry that is tended to follow the trends it was very interesting to watch the way this business has evolved and grown. Five years down the track, and with the brewery at least giving the appearance of growth and success, I wanted to catch up with Craig and Lance and find out whether the reality matched the appearance, whether they would have done anything differently and what it was like to be ahead of the present lager wave. It's a great chat and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 Cheeky Monkey, GABS, and the Aldi-BrewDog collaboration. 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! Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co. acquires Sound Brewing Co. Good Drinks provides Rider Lite update Voting Open for GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2023 Aldi and BrewDog Are Opening a One-Night-Only Sydney Pop-Up Pub Where a Beer Only Costs $3.25 Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners This episode of Brews News Week is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Brendan day from WA's Cheeky Monkey Brewery. With the entire industry looking at ways forward and industry consolidation a very hot talking point this week Cheeky Monkey and announced that it was acquiring Sound Brewing Company which is currently in administration. Brendan and I discussed that and Cheeky Monkey's plans for the newly combined businesses, but we also go back and talk about the origins of Cheeky Monkey, the state of brewing in Western Australia and the opportunities for and challenges around growth more generally This is a terrific chat one that I now wish that I'd had much much sooner given his Insights and thoughtfulness. As we often say on the podcast, answers can be had to come and are often very subjective but in this conversation Brendan generously shares his calculations and working that are relevant to all. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 impact of voluntary administrations and new brewing apprenticeships. 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! CIT and BentSpoke to release brewing apprenticeship Hunt freezes duty after intense alcohol industry lobbying Beer is a Conversation Paul Bowker - Brick Lane Brewing Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners The nation's top brewers are invited to battle it out for the title of Australia's best, with entries now open. Visit www.rqa.com.au for more information and to enter. This episode of Brews News Week is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Paul Bowker, Managing Director of Brick Lane Brewing company. The small brewing movement was built on a lot of romantic ideas about brewing that were born from a reaction to a brewing duopoly that didn't offer consumers a lot of choice. The craft narrative was small, traditional and independent, it initially eschewed a lot of brewing techniques and business strategies that were seen as not being craft…and in doing so spawned a million discussions about what the term craft meant.  In this world, a brewery such as Brick Lane - well-resourced from the outset with the help of business people and celebrities, and openly adopting the modern brewing techniques that its resources provided - was viewed by a craft industry with some cynicism. And yet, in 2023, the brewery has won a swag of major awards for beer quality and - in world where so much news is on craft businesses struggling - Brick Lane appears to be going from strength to strength. These are the observations that continue to fascinate me, and I always enjoy discussing Brick Lane's role in the brewing industry with Paul Bowker as a result.  FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. Entries for the 2024 Awards are now open. Visit brewingawards.org for more information and to enter. 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 Dainton Beer going into administration and Hard Solo use at schoolies. 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! Dainton Beer enters Voluntary Administration Future looks brighter for Willie the Boatman Brewery Radar - November How Asahi created an alcoholic soft drink for kids Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners The nation's top brewers are invited to battle it out for the title of Australia's best, with entries now open. Visit www.rqa.com.au for more information and to enter. This episode of Brews News Week is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Chris Pisney and Jen Blair from the Cicerone Certification Program. Chris is Program Director for the program, and Jen is the Exam Manager…and Jen has just attained the highest accolade for Cicerones, becoming a Master Cicerone, joining a group of only 22 other individuals worldwide to achieve that title. Education has always been in short supply in the brewing industry, and as beer styles have changed and evolved dramatically over the course of the last two decades, making beer service and consumer advice relevant to the highly diverse market has never been harder. In this conversation, I discuss with Jen and Chris how to make beer relevant to the market, improve service and ask what breweries and venues need to do to be better. You can find out more at Cicerone.org, there's also an Australian Certified Cicerone group on Facebook that you should consider joining for support in your Cicerone journey.  FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. Entries for the 2024 Awards are now open. Visit brewingawards.org for more information and to enter. 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 outcome for Hard Solo and Sierra Nevada reduce availability in Australia. 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! Hard Solo found to appeal to minors Changing Tasts Mighty Craft gains MD, loses Chair Sierra Nevada to reduce availability in Australia Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Peter Filipovic, who is part of a consortium that has purchased Jetty Road from Might Craft. Peter, or Flip as he's better known, is something of a white whale for me. He spent 25 years with CUB, finishing as CEO and - in that position - was high on my list of people I very much wanted to interview. Today I get me chance. We have a great conversation about his decision to get involved in the purchase of Jetty Road, as well as his confidence in the market that led to it. We discuss a lot about the role of craft and whether small breweries should tackle the majors had on. It's a great chat with someone who knows that industry better than most. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Entries for the 2024 Awards are now open. Visit brewingawards.org for more information and to enter. 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 updates with Bad Shepherd and White Bay as well as proposed rules on alcohol advertising and 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! Bad Shepherd emerges from VA Bart Watson: Craft Market Isn't ‘Maturing,' It Has ‘Matured' White Bay Beer Co. welcomes Richards Rose as equity partners SBS to let streaming viewers block gambling, alcohol and fast-food ads Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

In October Bad Shepherd joined the growing number of small breweries that has sought to restructure through the mechanism of Voluntary Administration. Last Friday they proposed a Deed of Company Arrangement to creditors, which was successful, seeing the business able to restructure its debts and continue to trade In this very open conversation Dereck and Diti discuss the circumstances that led to their decision, the business during and post-COVID and what the VA process has meant for them. We also have a frank conversation about where the market is that will be of interest to every brewery. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is proudly brought to you by Bintani. Entries for the 2024 Awards are now open. Visit brewingawards.org for more information and to enter. 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 Coles sponsorships, acquisition of Southern Highlands and sad news for New Zealand's Deep Creek. 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! Sponsorship deals sees Coles' Tinnies poured at cricket Southern Highlands Brewing acquired by UK group NZ's Deep Creek enters liquidation Better Beer only bright spot for Mighty Craft Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Ben Twomey, founder of Southern Highlands Brewing. Now, this is an interesting one. It's no secret that in the current market, many small breweries are looking to evolve and find a business model that opens up a way forward in a very crowded market. Consolidation is the word on everyone's lips so it was no surprise to receive a media release about two breweries coming together. However, I would definitely had long odds on that being a merger between a small regional New South Wales brewery and a small regional brewery in the UK. But that's what has happened with Southern Highlands Brewing merged into the Powder Monkey Group Limited, owners of Powder Monkey Brewing Co and Powder Monkey Tap House near Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. It's an intriguing move and I am sure that, like me, you have plenty of questions. So this is my chat with Southern Highlands Brewing founder Ben Twomey in which I try and make sense of one of the more interesting announcements of 2023. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 comments from US Brewers Association and craft is down at Coles Liquor. 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! Reinvent and diversify says US Brewers Association Chair Revenue growth for Coles Liquor but craft down Konvoy completes capital raise and signs first European clients Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we meet Oli and Louis Leimbach, founders of the band Lime Cordiale. The brothers have recently partnered with Endeavour Group's Pinnacle Drinks to release two beers under the Largo brand and I speak to them about the origins of the partnership and the development of the beer, as well as a surprising amount about band riders. Theirs doesn't prohibit brown M&Ms, but is explicit about the beers they want. We are also joined by Hayley Martin, Lead Quality Specialist with Pinnacle Drinks, to learn about the process the company went through to attain robust carbon neutral certification. This bonus podcast is presented by Largo Lagers and Pinnacle Drinks. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 Sydney Beer Week and the alcohol consumption rates in Australia. 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! Sydney Beer Week to Return Apparent Consumption of alcohol in Australia Cancer Warnings Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week I speak with Mark Hubbard, Campaign Manager with equity crowd funding firm OnMarket. Long time listeners may recall I spoke with Mark way back in 2016, not long after he founded Blizzard Brewery in Victoria's High Country. Blizzard has since closed but Mark is still of the industry, now working with OnMarket as a brewery crowdfunding specialist. Mark is also a podcast listener and has heard my thoughts about equity crowdfunding, and has reached out a number of times to discuss them, very frankly.  On this occasion, Mark very generously agreed to have a chat on mic for the podcast. I say generously, because as a listener you will know that I have expressed some thoughts about how the wonderful potential of equity crowdfunding hasn't always delivered on its promise and its promises, and especially my concerns about the powerlessness that many investors have felt about the lack of recourse when the reality hasn't met that promise.  Well, in this episode I get to discuss all of that, and more, and address some of my frustrations about the process. When I say address my frustrations, I'll leave it to you to decide whether vent may be more appropriate. But my frustrations and doubts were certainly aired…and I hope fairly expressed And I have to thank Mark for engaging with those questions and doubts with patience and good humour…even for the considerable time after we finished recording. As he said, having heard me on previous podcasts, he was certainly not ambushed by the questions. But also as Mark said, the conversation was important to foster understanding.  And there was quite a bit of that, on both sides, even if our views of how well regulated the system is may still differ. It was a great chat….and I hope that whichever side of the discussion you come down on, you agree it was robust but in good spirit.  FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 idea of dynamic surging and is alcohol the new tobacco? 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! Melbourne's Bad Shepherd enters Voluntary Administration Ozempic seems to curb cravings for alcohol. Here's what scientists think is going on Shouting killed by rising costs Alcohol smoking debate Dynamic surging - Idea to increase beer prices at popular times Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week Matt is back in Sydney's inner west to chat again with Wayward Brewing's Peter Philip.  The last few weeks have almost been a Where Are they Now series, as we go back and find how the last few years have treated guests that we spoke to during the COVID days to see what's changed and how they are dealing with what, I think we can accept, are challenging times. If you have time on your hands, it's again worth going back and having a listen to my 2021 chat with Peter.  This week Wayward launched a Recession Ale, designed to bring attention to the economic challenges that brewers are facing, and I was fascinated about what that meant about what Peter was seeing in the economy but also, given our recent chat with Pat McInerney, what he was seeing in Sydney's in a west given it is one of the country's exciting craft beer hubs.  This being a conversation there's a few detours on the way to talking about those things but regular listeners will know that we discuss a couple of topics that have been exercising my mind over the last six months. It may not surprise some but Peter doesn't agree with a lot of my thoughts which always makes for a great conversation. 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. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 WSET new beer courses and declaring added sugars in beer. 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! Clayton Hops launches advanced hop product range WSET Introduces new beer courses Defining added sugars for claims Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we speak to Dave Padden from Akasha Brewing. Over the last decade or more that this podcast has been running Dave has been a frequent guest and that's because he's always thoughtful, and importantly always willing to engage in discussions about important topics. He is someone I always enjoy speaking with on or off the microphone. And this conversation is no exception. The brewing industry is vastly different from where it was at 8 years ago when Dave founded Akasha and I wanted to hear his thoughts on what driven some of those changes, where the industry is at the moment and - most importantly - where it's headed.  I hope you appreciate his insights as much as I do. 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. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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

Content warning: this episode contains explicit language. This week the team discuss Philter's crowd fund, juvenile marketing, and the problem with pay in the beer industry. 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! Philter to launch crowdfund "to stay Aussie owned" Next boom category RTDs Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we return to Brisbane's Felons Brewery after a four year break and meet Brand Director Dean Romeo and Tom Champion its Brewery Director. We last spoke to Felon's Brewing before covid just months after the Howard Smith's Wharves on Brisbane's Riverside opened. The huge development has dramatically changed the hospitality face of Brisbane and Felons is central to the development.  I wanted to check in and find out how the hospitality heavy business was going, what they've learned about having a Craft Brewery that has to cater to the widest of tastes in a venue that sees 10,000 visitors per week. I also wanted to talk a little about the changing tastes in beer. A very relevant conversation as this weekend the venue is launching its Lagerpalooza Beer Festival, celebrating that once maligned section of the beer landscape, lagers. It's a fun but reflective chat with two terrific and very smart people and I hope you enjoyed it as much as you'll hear that we did. you paragraph Get the details on Lagerpalooza Get the details on Beer and Caviar 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. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 BrewDog and the ways in which breweries can help each other out. 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! BrewDog Results Brewery Radar  What is beer bringing to the table? Dynamic surging - Idea to increase beer prices at popular times Beer is a conversation - Pat McInerney Willie the Boatman Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we return to Sydney's Inner West and again catch up with Willie the Boatman's Pat McInerney. We last spoke to Pat back in May 2020 just as the impacts of the Covid epidemic were starting to make themselves felt across the economy. You may wish to go back and listen to that episode before embarking on this one, because it's a very different Pat that we meet this week.  We have been hearing a lot about the changes that have taken place in the industry since COVID and the increased challenges brewers are now facing, and Pat goes into some detail in discussing his experiences over the last 3 years. This latest conversation came about after Pat announced Willie the Boatman was launching a rebrand and we discuss that it also lead to a very frank discussion about market conditions, and the crowded marketplace that small Brewers are facing at the moment.  Despite Pat's ever-present upbeat nature, it's a sobering conversation, especially when contrasted with that which took place just three years ago. 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. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 bitterness of beer and the problem with yeast sediment. 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! Batch Brewing & Willie the Boatman's rebrands Bitterness versus Flavour Ready To Drink Alcoholic Beverages: How Breweries Can Adapt Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. 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. 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 Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

This week we meet Marie Claire Jarratt, 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. FEEDBACK: If you'd like to post a question or a voicemail for us to play on an upcoming podcast, you can leave a 90 second message for us here. 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 challenges of the current beer market. 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! Good Drinks results highlight tough market DrinkWise research advises mums-to-be to abstain from alcohol Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database

This week we meet Sherri Dill, Lead Production Brewer at Capital Brewing Company and ACT State Coordinator of The Pink Boots Society. Sherri has just appeared the face of the first episode of a new beer education series created by Capital Brewing, which you can see on Instagram or download. I was interested in finding out a little bit more about her background and career progress that has seen her recently appointmented as Capital's lead production brewer. As you'll hear it's what could be described as a non-traditional career path for a brewer, but also highlights the changing industry. It also gives Sherri some interesting insights into the industry and how brewing needs to change and adapt to a changing market. 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: 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 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 Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database

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 Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database

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: 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're speaking with James Phillips, Client Solutions Director, Australia New Zealand, for CGA by NielsenIQ.  We spoke to James last October for the first time to hear his company's insights as Australia came out of the pandemic economy.  Brews News has recently had a lot of focus on data, and particularly squishy data, so we thought it might be a good idea to go back and speak to James and see what CGA by NielsenIQ is seeing now and how that applies to craft breweries. I also push James to look a little bit beyond just the data and see what analysis he can provide about what's driving some of the things that they are seeing. It's an interesting conversation, especially for businesses negotiating the current market forces and economy. 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: 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 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 Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database

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: 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 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 Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. 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 Database