Podcast appearances and mentions of anton szpitalak

This week on Brews News Week Matt flies solo but discusses the news of the week with the people making news. First up, he chats with Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Brewing about Tribe's  announcement this week that it has signed an agreement to brew Pabst Blue Ribbon. Anton and his family formed Brewpack in 2012 when they acquired the assets of collapsed contractor Australian Independent Brewers. Later the business added its proprietary brand Stockade and this year changed its name to Tribe when it took on investment from Melbourne-based private equity firm Advent Partners to fund its current expansion plans. And Pabst Blue Ribbon is a venerable old beer brand that has been resurrected as an ironic alternative to the US's mainstream staples. The brand is owned by a Eugene Kashper and private equity investor TSG Partners, which also happens to own 23% of Scottish brewery BrewDog. The Pabst brand, which is currently contract brewed by SAB Miller in the US, won Large Brewing Company of the Year at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival and took gold for best American-style lager. It's an interesting move for Tribe and this is a robust chat with Anton. Then we look at alcohol free beer as this week CUB announced it had launched Carlton Zero, an a beer with functionally no alcohol. While Australia is arguably the king of mid-strength beer, and zero alcohol beers are a growing trend in Europe, the US and Canada, Matt is not convinced that there is the market for them in Australia.   We discuss the issue with CUB beverage innovation brewer Scott Vincent who worked on the development of the beer to learn about how a non alcohol beer is made while retaining flavour, and then we chat with Tim Ovadia, CUB's Director Of Classic Brands & Local Premium about why they think there's a market for it at all. This show is a little different from normal, but this is also why we love the conversation you can have over a podcast rather than the printed news story. Enjoy the brews news of the week.

This week on Brews News Week Matt flies solo but discusses the news of the week with the people making news. First up, he chats with Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Brewing about Tribe’s  announcement this week that it has signed an agreement to brew Pabst Blue Ribbon. Anton and his family formed Brewpack in 2012 when they acquired the assets of collapsed contractor Australian Independent Brewers. Later the business added its proprietary brand Stockade and this year changed its name to Tribe when it took on investment from Melbourne-based private equity firm Advent Partners to fund its current expansion plans. And Pabst Blue Ribbon is a venerable old beer brand that has been resurrected as an ironic alternative to the US’s mainstream staples. The brand is owned by a Eugene Kashper and private equity investor TSG Partners, which also happens to own 23% of Scottish brewery BrewDog. The Pabst brand, which is currently contract brewed by SAB Miller in the US, won Large Brewing Company of the Year at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival and took gold for best American-style lager. It’s an interesting move for Tribe and this is a robust chat with Anton. Then we look at alcohol free beer as this week CUB announced it had launched Carlton Zero, an a beer with functionally no alcohol. While Australia is arguably the king of mid-strength beer, and zero alcohol beers are a growing trend in Europe, the US and Canada, Matt is not convinced that there is the market for them in Australia.   We discuss the issue with CUB beverage innovation brewer Scott Vincent who worked on the development of the beer to learn about how a non alcohol beer is made while retaining flavour, and then we chat with Tim Ovadia, CUB’s Director Of Classic Brands & Local Premium about why they think there’s a market for it at all. This show is a little different from normal, but this is also why we love the conversation you can have over a podcast rather than the printed news story. Enjoy the brews news of the week.

This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt Kirkegaard is joined by Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Breweries. Anton was talked into taking over the former Australian Independent Breweries business which he rebranded as Brewpack and turned around its fortunes. From contract brewing he has expanded into his own branded product in the shape of Stockade, and recently opened a brewery / barrel room in Marrickville. The rebranded Tribe Breweries is expanding with a $35-million production brewery in Goulburn and also expanding into production for the Asian market. Anton is always an interesting interview subject, and this is a very broad ranging chat about Tribe Breweries and the business of beer. Enjoy the conversation.

This week on Beer is a Conversation Matt Kirkegaard is joined by Anton Szpitalak from Tribe Breweries. Anton was talked into taking over the former Australian Independent Breweries business which he rebranded as Brewpack and turned around its fortunes. From contract brewing he has expanded into his own branded product in the shape of Stockade, and recently opened a brewery / barrel room in Marrickville. The rebranded Tribe Breweries is expanding with a $35-million production brewery in Goulburn and also expanding into production for the Asian market. Anton is always an interesting interview subject, and this is a very broad ranging chat about Tribe Breweries and the business of beer. Enjoy the conversation.

In our second live episode, we record from Uncle Hops within the Bank Hotel, Newtown during Canada Day celebrations, with Stockade Brew Co. running a 7-tap takeover for the day. Honouring us with their presence during the episode are both Tom Pigott from Uncle Hops and Anton Szpitalak, co-owner of Stockade Brew Co. We start the episode with Anton detailing the inspiration and background to each of the amazing beers we try throughout the episode, before launching with gusto into Spiderman: Homecoming, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a raft of comic book discussion and Wonder Woman. Rounding us out, we explore a range of Star Wars-related topics before getting a little early feedback on Transformers: The Last Knight.   Beers reviewed this episode: 1) Stockade Brew Co – Odin’s Raven – Juniper Witbier – 4.6% 2) Stockade Brew Co – Hop Splicer – XPA – 4.2% 3) Stockade Brew Co – 8 Bit – IPA – 6.5% 4) Stockade Brew Co – Rare Ink Session Stout – Stout – 4.4% 5) Stockade Brew Co – The Mountie Maple Stout – Russian Imperial – 12%   For more info on your hosts and the podcast, please visit us at www.bhbanter.com. A very special thanks to Tom Pigott and the entire Uncle Hops crew, as well as both Kane and Anton from Stockade – you guys really made us feel welcome and we very much appreciate it.

This week Matt & Pete quickly dissect the washup from the Hottest 100 countdown and then chat about the recent media interest in tp contracts. You can hear an older episode about tap contracts here You can read about tap contracts here We then play an interview Matt recorded with Anton Szpitalak from Brewpack last year. It's an interesting chat about the beer business and Anton's take on the craft beer cycle and contract brewing. Follow Australian Brews News and Radio Brews News on Facebook. You can follow Australian Brews News on Twitter as well as Matt & Pete personally, and Matt is on Instagram.

This week Matt & Pete quickly dissect the washup from the Hottest 100 countdown and then chat about the recent media interest in tp contracts. You can hear an older episode about tap contracts here You can read about tap contracts here We then play an interview Matt recorded with Anton Szpitalak from Brewpack last year. It's an interesting chat about the beer business and Anton's take on the craft beer cycle and contract brewing. Follow Australian Brews News and Radio Brews News on Facebook. You can follow Australian Brews News on Twitter as well as Matt & Pete personally, and Matt is on Instagram.