Podcasts about akasha brewing

Last year I reported on the worrying spate of insolvencies in the drinks industry, particularly among craft brewers. And things have gotten even worse so far in 2024. Dave Padden of Sydney's Akasha Brewing was pretty open with us last year on the show about the difficulties his business was confronting. Sadly, Akasha last week became the latest brewery to enter voluntary administration. In this episode I'm joined by Dale Meddings, joint CEO of Bintani, Australia's leading supplier of ingredients to the brewing and distilling industries, and a long-term sponsor of the podcast. Coming up, Dale shares with us the impact this brewing industry turmoil has been having on his business, and we get a health check on the emerging craft spirits sector. Dale reveals what are some of the hottest ingredients currently on the market that will shape the drinks of the future. And you'll hear why, in spite of everything that's going on, he is still optimistic about the future of independent brewing in Australia. Where to here for local beer? (Crafty Pint article)

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

Most of us don't think twice about going to a brewery to buy a beer, but have you ever thought about buying into the business?This episode, it's podcast host versus podcast hosts as I chat to Bryce Leske and Alec Renehan from investing podcast Equity Mates about putting your money where your mouth is.Equity Mates has been educating Australians about investing in a jargon-free, informal style since 2017.Five hundred episodes later, they run a network of nine money-related podcasts, and will host FinFest, Australia's biggest investing festival, in Sydney this October.This interview was a chance to get Bryce and Alec's insights on some of the recent developments at ASX-listed companies like Treasury Wine Estates, Lark Distilling, Top Shelf International, Good Drinks and Mighty Craft, all of whom have previously featured on Drinks Adventures in one way or another.It's not all about the share market, though. Bryce and Alec had a lot of say about the psychology behind investing, and whether equity crowdfunding is good for drinks companies (or your bank balance).Australian producers are increasingly turning to equity crowdfunding to raise capital. Just in the last couple of months, there's been successful campaigns from Bridge Road Brewers, Akasha Brewing, Bakery Hill Distillery and Republic of Fremantle Distilling.There's more opportunities than ever before for drinks enthusiasts like you and I to get some skin in the game.So, if you've ever wanted to learn the difference between an IPO and an IPA, here's your chance.

Lizz Hovey (Taproom Manager) and Alex Ghinn (Head Brewer) make the trip from Louisville's Nulu neighborhood to catch us up on all the happenings at Akasha + their thoughts on Nulu's growth over the years. We also taste a lot of weird beer from Cincinnati's Urban Artifact. Featured Beers: Blueberry Chiffon (Akasha) Mexican Lager (Akasha + Shippingport) Xmas Pickle (Urban Artifact) Spicy Key Lime (Urban Artifact) Blackberry Ginger Fizz (Urban Artifact) Blueberry, Grape, and Terpenes (Urban Artifact) Strawberry Gazpacho (Urban Artifact)

There is a point that craft breweries get to in their growth trajectory, the one where the founders have realised that they need a little bit of extra funding to fully realise their potential. That'w where we find Akasha Brewing Co right now.Founded in 2015 in Sydney's Five Dock, Akasha has helped spearhead Australia's blossoming love affair with high quality, hop-forward beer, rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and successful independent breweries in the country.With a nationally recognisable brand, a stellar core range of highly awarded, eminently sessionable beers, and an expanding roster of limited release seasonal projects that push the art and science of brewing to new heights of invention, Akasha is now poised to expand.To realise their dreams, Dave and the Akasha team have decided to embark on a crowdfunding campaign to raise the required funds. They are calling it the inner circle and are very excited about how it can take Akasha to the next level volume-wise, and tick a bunch of other strategic planning boxes for them.Dave jumped on the mic with me to talk it all through.If you are interested in registering for the crowdfunding campaign, you can do so belowhttps://equitise.com/offer/akashaWant to help spread the craft beer gospel?Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTubeRate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify...click the link on your phone and scroll to the bottomOr Follow/Subscribe on your favourite podcast player

Welcome to the last offseason episode. This week Kieran joins us to predict our top 8's (Jarrod throws a dark horse in, literally) and brings his pre season bets for the boys too look over. Adam and Jarrod go to head to head with passionate support for their respective teams & Kieran thinks with his heart, not his head when it comes to Tommy Turbo. All that and more as 6 Again is back to two episodes a week. To keep up to date, make sure you are following us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube! Also check out Adam's Beer of Choice this week 'Mosaic IPA' by Akasha Brewing, https://akashabrewing.com.au/product/mosaic-ipa/ https://twitter.com/6againpod https://www.facebook.com/6againpodcast/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9TYZCXd_2206erHUn9zCtQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/6again-ahoy-jmewton/message

Wassup gang! We're back ... again. In this sesh, we were joined by Truey from Akasha Brewing to line-up with their re-brand. Needless to say, the episode never made it out in time. In short, we'd seen enough of each other for a while after recording 3 podcasts in quick succession and the mojo had all but disappeared. A break was well overdue! Never fear though ... we've found our joy in this thing again and will be back to our regular releases from now. Have a listen as we drink our way through Akasha's new core range & their first Akasha Project release. Mick put on a blind food tasting & Truey a blind beer tasting as well ... Enjoy!

The team from Akasha brewing join us in the Coolroom to discuss not only their fine beers but also the recent rebranding of the brewery. This episode is best enjoyed with the following beers that the guys discuss in detail: Canada Bay XPA, Hopsmith IPA, Mosaic and Double Hazy Mosaic. It's a thoroughly entertaining chat - but make sure you listen through to the end where there are a couple of very strong nominations for best Coolroom Story ever! You can grab the beers from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com Please follow us on instagram and Facebook @coolroompodcast

It's a pretty familiar story with craft breweries, there are only so many resources available and far too many jobs to be done. Often, getting the beer out the door is a lot more important than building a brand, so what inevitably happens is that the brewery designs a logo. As Dave talks about in this interview, a logo and a brand, while closely related and must work together cohesively, are different things.A logo is an easily recognizable graphic symbol that identifies a company, a commercial product, or any public or private entity. A brand is the idea or image people have in mind when thinking about specific products, services and activities of a company, both in a practical and emotional way.See the difference?In this episode, Dave talks about the process he went through to update his branding. It involved being told harsh truths, he had to make big decisions, he had to let gho a bit, and he listened to the people around him to come up with a new era for Akasha Brewing Company. As always with Dave, this is an open and honest discussion with insights from one of the best in the biz.https://akashabrewing.com.au/

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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

The wonderful world of yeast is the topic for discussion on this episode, and there is a lot to cover off on!Among the piss taking and laughter, there are some serious bits of knowledge being dropped by the lads this week. In this episode, we cover:Yeast flavours and aromasRules for yeast usageOver pitchingCollecting and cleaning yeastStarters vs rehydrationAnd the boys brewer crush on Steve Haumschild from Lanikai Brewing...wild yeast cultivator who we will get back on for a further discussion soon. Dave also shares some insights on how he handles his yeast strains on a larger scale at Akasha Brewing.

In this episode, we caught up with Dave Padden, Matt Denholm & Andrew True from Akasha Brewing Company to celebrate the annual release of Wooden Leg, Akasha's Triple IPA. This one turned out to be a whole lot of fun as the IPA's, IIPA's & IIIPA's flowed and we laughed our asses off as each of us took a turn getting stitched up!

One of the nicest blokes you will meet in the industry...that's how Dave Padden was described to me.And, yep, they were right. I had an absolute ripping time interviewing Dave and finding out about such things as:How Akasha, sorta, kinda, not really, started out as a Gypsy brewing operation;How Craft Brewing is the passion he never thought he would find (wifey excepted);Why he chose the random suburb of 5 Dock to set up shop;What he found out the back of a Kansas City petrol station; andHis love for big hair rock!A great fun interview that I hope you enjoy listening to as much as I did recording it.https://www.facebook.com/BeerHealerhttps://www.akashabrewing.com.au/

The guys pick up discussion on 1 vs 1 games following last episode's technical difficulties and look at the Cold War and Duo games they're playing against each other. Then its an unexpected journey down the rabbit hole of recent events at webDiplomacy before discussing how Diplomacy sites could better structure themselves for longevity. Then Kaner talks about his recent "Africa" variant game. Enjoy! Amby does a mea culpa on why last episode had so many technical difficulties (2 mins) 1 vs 1 variants - part 2 The guys discuss how they've been playing against each other in two 1v1 games: Cold War and Duo. In the Cold War game Amby as the USSR convincingly beat Amby as the USA (3 mins 30 secs) Kaner discusses the battlefronts for the Panama Canal, Europe and around Australia and Indonesia. Amby reminds Kaner how its important to familiarise yourself with each variants special rules (4 mins) In Cold War there are in fact land bridges between Australia-Indonesia and Indonesia-Philippines (5 mins) Kaner discusses he made a few misorders and was taken by surprise when Amby convoyed into Alaska (5 mins 30 secs) Amby discusses how the map used is a very different perspective of the Earth and can be confusing in Europe on which territories are connected (6 mins 20 secs) Set just before the Cuban Missile Crisis, to achieve game balance this variant by Safari misses out on historical accuracy eg East and West Germany, Japan, Saigon and Alaska start as neutrals (7 mins 20 secs) Amby discusses his thoughts on maybe how the map could be improved for better historical accuracy, before Kaner points out how it'd probably detrimentally impact gameplay (8 mins 30 secs) The guys talk about their cut and thrust experience before wrapping up the end-game (14 mins) They go onto discuss how there never was a dull moment with this variant with many offensive opportunities available. Kaner gives his thoughts on playing the variant with victory conditions requiring taking all the SC's (15 mins 30 secs) Amby discusses his thoughts of a bigger Cold War game set around 1983 on the WWIV map, aiming for gameplay balance while maintaining historical accuracy. Amby talks about how in Dip there's a proxy between cities and military strength. In real-life there would've been more territory controlled by the west this could give them too much of an advantage.  They both give their ideas on how to balance this out with guerilla units for the initial opening year (17 mins 30 secs) The guys then move onto their Duo game with Amby discussing how he's really enjoyed this game with each of them taking the lead at various times. That said Kaner suggests he doesn't have high hopes and can see himself being flanked in the west (23 mins) Kaner gives his thoughts on the territory naming and how they don't necessarily intuitively match up between the map abbreviations and their names in the drop down order menu (25 mins 30 secs) Amby chastises Kaner for his piss weak excuse about mis-ordering (26 mins 30 secs) Following on from last episode's interview with Devonian and the concept of "lanes of attack", Amby discusses how he now comprehends his argument (27 mins 20 secs) The guys give their final thoughts on the Cold War and Duo maps, and the special rules in Duo (28 mins 45 secs) Amby concludes how much he likes the Duo map as he felt constantly on his toes, meanwhile Kaner slams it (30 mins 30 secs) The guys agree to take a break from 1 vs 1 games for a bit, due to their over-commitments (32 mins) After discussing their recent games together, the guys touch on their Mate Against Mate game and that they should've held off on that variant on the podcast until Australia Day (26 January.) Amby gives a big thumbs up to the Australia Day ad for the Australian Lamb Corporation who've cleverly branded lamb as being the food of choice on this public holiday (33 mins 40 secs) Goings on at webDip Kaner mentions that webDiplomacy are removing Known World 901 after only a short gig - and Duo as a result will never be ported across for the same reason. The standing armies and transform orders are apparently an issue with the way the code works and its potential impact on the official php Diplomacy code  (35 mins 20 secs) Kaner goes onto explain that Oli's "hacking" of the code for vDip has created some issues at webDip (36 mins 50 secs) Amby calls Kaner out as a webDip lurker (38 mins 30 secs) Amby confirms how his team members in the 2016 webDip championship have lost all their games and are now well and truly out (38 mins 50 secs) The guys talk about the 1 vs 1 webDip tournament and mention Ezio has thrown down the gauntlet against Devonian for Round 4, to see who'll take on bozotheclown (presumably bozo) in Round 5 (40 mins) Kaner explains how the Challonge system works in this tournament (all rounds must finish before the next round commences) (43 mins) The guys at webDip are attempting to crowdsource additional funds for making technical changes to the site (45 mins 15 secs) Down the Dip site ownership rabbit hole  Amby builds off the crowdsourcing post at webDip to talk a little about his personal thoughts and concerns about vDip. As the site is owned by Oli and he's been absent the past 12 months (aside from a brief appearance to get the 1600 variant up and running), Amby poses the question: what if Oli's real life commitments saw vDip drop off the internet? (47 mins 50 secs) For example if the domain name registration wasn't kept up to date, expired and got grabbed by a cyber squatter, losing the whole playing community (48 mins 30 secs) Kaner mentions how exactly this happened to the Italian online Diplomacy site and has just recently happened to the face-to-face Diplomacy podcast, DiplomacyCast  (49 mins) Amby discusses how about a year ago he PMed a number of "old school" players about how to mitigate this risk for vDip (51 mins 15 secs) In addition, Amby discusses the risk of the rights holder of the Diplomacy board game strongly enforcing intellectual property, or if a player did something adverse in real life against another player, what would be the legal impact on the vDip site owner. Amby flags in his personal view thoughts on mitigating personal liability risks to Dip site owners with possible changes to the structure of legal ownership for sites  (52 mins 30 secs) The guys flag they need to get another update from ATinCan and captainmeme on the proposed development site. They throw down the gauntlet that if ATinCan comes to Brisbane, the guys will buy him drinks all night  (55 mins 30 secs) Amby and Kaner discuss "getting their shit together" in attending an Australian based Dip tournament this year, possibly PoppyCon (56 mins 30 secs) Kaner mentions why Oli may be reluctant to look at moving things around a little.  (57 mins 30 secs) The guys talk about the idea of structuring site ownership as a not-for-profit organisation to eliminate the personal risk to the site owner(s). This could make it more possible to push boundaries for other variant ideas that have some IP clouds around them eg fan based maps for Westeros, Lord of the Rings, etc (58 mins) Amby asks Kaner about his thoughts on what could happen in this space. Kaner flags a similar donation idea so people could voluntarily contribute and a backup facility could be put in place in case the webserver goes down. Amby asks what players think - send us a comment from the web site or PM us (1 hour 0 mins) Kaner says he values the political discussions in the webDip forums  (1 hour 2 mins 15 secs) Amby discusses fan creations broadly across the internet and provided its not being done for profit, the risk can be better managed (1 hr 5 mins) What the Doctor Recommended The guys finish up the Top 100 in the vDip Hall of Fame with their Aussie pronunciation attempts (1 hour 6 mins 45 secs) Game wraps - Rinascimento We initially didn't plan to talk about the "Welcome back" Rinascimento game for drano (technically called Pizza, Pasta and Popes), but started chatting anyway. Kaner drew Sienna (good luck there!) while Amby scored Venezia, the big kid on the block. See our earlier episode on this variant if you don't know much about Rinascimento (1 hour 9 mins 30 secs) Kaner talks about his attempts to work with Firenze unsuccessfully and is bummed he'll likely be the first one out, and France is likely to survive year one (1 hour 11 mins) When asked by Amby about what France and Savoia are up to, Kaner comes up with his stunning strategic assessment of the situation (1 hour 11 mins 45 secs) Amby discusses Leif's smooth talking style in staying in as France, before giving a big hat tip to RUFFHAUS' negotiation skills in grabbing 4 SCs in the first year with his 4 fleets  (1 hour 12 mins 20 secs) The guys discuss what left-field strategies Kaner could follow to survive and stay in the game ( 1 hour 13 mins) African variant Kaner starts talking about his recent African game "The ghost and the darkness" including special intro music (1 hour 14 mins 30 secs) In this game Kaner took part in a three-way draw between himself as Ethiopia, Dr Recommended as Morocco and trip as Madagascar (1 hour 18 mins 20 secs) This variant was created by Tristan. Incidentally we didn't mention in our earlier discussion that Cold War was created by Firehawk and Safari and Duo by Frank Hegermann (1 hour 18 mins 30 secs) "Africa" is an eight player variant. Its essentially a map of Africa with each state as a territory with a random sprinkling of SC's (1 hour 19 mins 45 secs) Amby thinks Tristan would a good call with blocking out the Arabian peninsula as inaccessible territory and a number of navigable rivers. Amby gives a random thumbs up to the bar for their second Beastie Boys song. Then he proceeds to pay out on Kaner's territory pronunciations before getting tongue-tied himself. But back to the variant which has a number of neutrals (poo brown in colour) that begin with standing armies (1 hour 21 mins) The guys point out that this variant appears to be unbalanced as Morocco and Madagascar significantly out-perform other players in the statistics (1 hour 25 mins) Kaner talks about his overall strategy in this game to be part of the three way draw and the critical role of the Rift Valley region on the map (1 hour 26 mins 45 secs) Amby discusses how he's surprised Egypt doesn't perform better.  This was a gunboat game and Kaner goes onto explain how he thinks it would be a better map to play with normal press (1 hour 29 mins) Kaner describes a large convoy attempt in autumn 2016 which Kaner interpreted as a subtle gunboat communication for players to pull their heads in against a strong Morocco. Amby blows Kaner's idea away as a fuck up, before he back-peddles seeing the logic in Kaner's argument (1 hour 31 mins) As a result of the draw Kaner went up 50 points, but still missed out making the Top 100 in the vDip Hall of Fame (1 hour 36 mins 45 secs) Other stuff Amby recommends after all their drinks that they both hold off on putting in Duo orders until the next day when they're more sober (1 hour 40 mins 45 secs) Venue: Brooklyn Standard, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner - Hopsmith IPA by Akasha Brewing from New South Wales, Australia Amby - Zitta Union Street shiraz from the Barossa Valley, South Australia Don't forget if you're enjoying the podcast please hop onto iTunes and give us a rating and a review so we can get the Diplomacy message out. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in an upcoming podcast, or something you'd like to see regularly covered, please contact us or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.

This week on The Session we are joined by co-founder and brewmaster Dave Padden from Akasha Brewing Company in Sydney, Australia. Dave made the trek over to the states to be in studio and bring us some fresh beer from Oz. Listen in as we talk hops, both American and Australian, the high cost of beer down under, and how Dave brews some of the best beer in his entire country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat to Wes from Akasha Brewing in Sydney. He gives us an insight into the origins of Akasha, what their plans are, as well as the best grain for napping on and how to give a good handshake. As well as that, we discuss milkshake beers, Cascade, Thunder Road, Devil's Backbone and heaps more. All sorts of fun and laughter as usual.  Full details here: http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/ 

Inebriation Nation Episode 45. We sat down with Wes and Dave from Akasha Brewing in their new brewery in Five Dock, NSW to talk tap contracts, Q/A in a brewery, DK’s New Years panty raid and more. Today's episode is sponsored by www.warbyparkertrial.com/slr. Head to www.warbyparkertrial.com/slr to order your free Home Try-On’s today. Choose the 5 frames you’d like to try on, mail the frames back; choose your favorite pair(s) to have your Rx added to and order! Warby Parker makes your experience completely risk free and free shipping all around! Visit www.warbyparkertrial.com/slr to begin your free home try on experience today!

We sat down wth Wes and Dave from Akasha Brewing in their new brewery in Five Dock, NSW to talk tap contracts, QA in a brewery, DK's New Years panty raid & more. Enjoy this great episode!