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In early March, The Crafty Pint headed to Hobart for the 38th Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers Asia Pacific Convention. The event brings together brewers, distillers and suppliers from all over the globe for several days of technical presentations and networking with the aim of improving standards and education for technical brewers and distillers.To provide a behind-the-scenes slice of what CIBD is all about, we recorded three distinct, shorter-than-usual podcast interviews for this episode.First up, you'll hear Will and Craig chat to CIBD CEO Tom Shelston and president Dr Megan Sheehy PhD about the organisation's purpose, history and why there's now a C in front of IBD. Next up is Carlos Ruiz, chief sales officer at HVG, a major German hop grower and supplier. Against the backdrop of the craft lager renaissance, we wanted to pick his brains about the growing interest from craft brewers in traditional German hops as well as his impressive journey in the Bavarian beer industry, one that starts in Venezuela.Finally, we look more locally and talk to Tim Bishop, co-founder and head brewer at Easy Tiger, about his experience at CIBD and his brewery's story. Based on Tassie's northeast coast, the brewery is as tiny as it is unique, complete with a café, multiple restaurants and a cinema. Ahead of those chats, James and Will cover the industry's recent news, including Last Man Standing's takeover of the former home of Newstead, and Nail Brewing's impending 25th anniversary.We're excited to announce that Pint of Origin is return for a thirteenth time – touching down in Melbourne from May 8 to 19, and to bring back Bintani's Sam Bethune with more ways breweries can get the most out of their ingredients. We're also eager to see more submissions for the Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month and our Have You Done A Rallings? campaign celebrating the country's good beer citizens.Start of segments: 14:26 – Tom Shelston & Dr Megan Sheehy 27:37 – Bintani Brewery Booster 31:29 – Carlos Ruiz 54: 55 – Tim BishopRelevant links: CIBD Hobart HVG Easy Tiger Last Man Standing Take Over Newstead Tough As Nail Pint of Origin 2025 Bintani Nominate a good beer citizen Nominate a Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the MonthTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

It's fair to say Episode 017 of The Crafty Pint Podcast is a special one. After all, you can count the number of people who've achieved what this week's guests have achieved on one hand.It was all the way back in 1999 that Paul and Tash Holgate sold the first Holgate beers, long before “craft beer” was a term – it was “boutique beers” and “microbreweries” in those days – and a full decade before the industry's growth really started to go into overdrive. Little Creatures hadn't yet launched, and Mountain Goat were barely two years into their adventure down the road in Melbourne.Now, 25 years on, they occupy rarified territory: marking their quarter-century milestone while still independent, still running the business hands-on, still making plans for the years ahead, and all while producing some of the finest beers of their history to date.We joined Paul and Tash in the bar of the pub in Woodend that has acted as their home since they moved the brewery out of the family home in their first few years of operation.There, they reflected on the early years, when they were raising a very young family at a time when even getting their hands on things as straightforward and essential as ingredients and packaging was a tall order, and when most venues they approached dismissed their beer as homebrew.We hear their take on the rise of the craft beer industry, how they've navigated the changes as it evolved into something well beyond their expectations, the hurdles they've faced and successes they've enjoyed over the past quarter-century, and how they've gone about celebrating their 25 Years of Beers.You couldn't wish to spend time in the company of a more down-to-earth and genuine couple, or to meet two people still so clearly loving what they do, even in the face of the challenges that have arisen in recent years.The chat with Paul and Tash begins at 09:30Prior to that, Will and I discuss two fun stories we published this week: one on a mini-revival for beer in bottles – notably longnecks; the other looking at the reasons behind the rise of hops from New Zealand both here and globally in the past couple of years.We also touch on the news that Australia's first non-alc brewing company, the Indigenous-led Sobah Beverages, is looking to sell its brewery and taproom on the Gold Coast, and the impending opening of two regional breweries in Victoria: the all-new Bendigo Brewing and a new, larger site in Castlemaine for Shedshaker.Relevant links: Back On The Bottle: https://craftypint.com/news/3617/back-on-the-bottle Choice Az! The Rise Of Kiwi Hops: https://craftypint.com/news/3623/choice-az-the-rise-of-kiwi-hops Sobah Beverages Downsizing: https://craftypint.com/news/3619/sobah-beverages-put-brewery-on-market-and-plan-to-downsize Bendigo Brewing Opening: https://craftypint.com/event/13512/bendigo-brewings-grand-opening-weekend James on The Do Landers Podcast: https://thedolanders.com/ Holgate Brewhouse: https://craftypint.com/brewery/156/holgate-brewhouse Holgate ESB: https://craftypint.com/beer/10917/holgate-brewhouse-esb Holgate x Noodledoof Dank AF: https://craftypint.com/beer/10855/holgate-x-noodledoof-dank-af-west-coast-ipa Paul & Tash: https://craftypint.com/news/2255/craftys-advent-calendar-paul-and-tash-holgate Bintani: https://www.bintani.com.au/To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

There's a good chance you've heard or read the word terpenes being bandied about the beer world of late. If you haven't, there's a very good chance you will at some point.What we can confirm with certainty is that you have definitely had them in a beer – they're aromatic compounds found in most plants and herbs, including hops. The reason they've become one of the hot terms of 2024 for brewers, suppliers and beer geeks, however, is the way they're now being provided to and used by brewers in beers.Without giving too much away – not least because you'll gain a much better understanding from listening to the experts in this podcast episode – brewers now have access to terpenes in concentrated form which allows them to add specific characters to their beers, whether that's enhancing a particular fruitiness in a pale ale or giving an IPA an aroma very much like the one emanating from the cupboard of your uni weed dealer.They're one of a growing number of new tools at the disposal of brewers, so we invited one who has been among the first to jump on them in Australia, Scott McKinnon of Wolf of the Willows, and Sam Bethune, who handles technical sales for Bintani, onto the show to tell us all about them: what they are, where they come from, how they're used, and why they like them.That's only part of the discussion, however. Before we get to the technical stuff, they share their stories: how they fell in love with craft beer and later ended up making it their livelihood.Scott's story starts out as a ski bum on the slopes of Colorado, while Sam's begins while touring the States in another guise – with a mate who's also now in beer. With Wolf of the Willows' tenth anniversary coming up, we chat about their XPA – one of the very first in Australia – and their evolution as a brewing company, while Sam takes us back to his days as Fixation's first head brewer at the Incubator and to the High Country and the small hop farm he's nurturing.Come for the knowledge, stay for the laughs!Links referenced in or relevant to the show:Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Awards winners: https://craftypint.com/news/3575/more-trophy-success-for-esker-beer-co-in-sydneyLast Rites & T-Bone Move In Together: https://craftypint.com/news/3569/t-bone-and-last-rites-move-in-togetherA Taste Of Old Blighty: https://craftypint.com/news/3572/a-taste-of-old-blightyTurning Towards Terpenes: https://craftypint.com/news/3363/turning-towards-terpenesWolf of the Willows' terpene beers: https://craftypint.com/beer/10433/wolf-of-the-willows-gelato | https://craftypint.com/beer/10259/wolf-of-the-willows-king-louis-xiii | https://craftypint.com/beer/10189/wolf-of-the-willows-pineapple-express-california-ipaIn Hop Pursuits: A Guide To New Hop Products: https://craftypint.com/news/3559/in-hop-pursuit-a-guide-to-new-hop-productsAustralia's Generation XPA: https://craftypint.com/news/2844/australias-generation-xpaSydney Beer Week: https://sydneybeerweek.com.au/

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)

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 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 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 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 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 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

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 Bintani's sustainable status, how inflation is affecting hospitality and more Instagram posts face ABAC. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Bintani achieves Certified Sustainable status Beer Cartel to move to online-only model IBD Convention 2023 Inflation continues to affect hospitality industry More Instagram posts in front of ABAC Future Mountain  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. Ska Fabricating - Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. Bluestone Yeast - 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 Check out our other podcast Brewery Pro. 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

What a bananas way to finish Season 5 by chatting with Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre- and playing tunes from last year...the wounds are still open! Bintani kindly supplied the Banks Brewery 'No Way Bells Is Bigger than Waimea' --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

Ho Ho Ho! Celebrate the end of 2021 with Gareth and Ryan - It's the Christmas Special (and it's funny cos Ryan doesn't like Christmas...) They play some of the worst and best festive tunes. Play along with the "Guess The Xmas Song Pop Quiz" Thanks to Bintani for the Special Edition Descent ‘21 - 10%  Russian Imperial Stout from Bentspoke. (Leave us a Christmas message here https://anchor.fm/six-pack-podcast/message) Merry Christmas listeners! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

@philmeddings  is joint #ChiefExecutive of @BintaniAustralia - a leading Australian supplier of #craftbrewing #ingredients. He's also #co-owner and/or #nonexecutivedirector of other #businesses #familybusinesses including @bentspokebrewing @bay13brewery @konvoykegsPhil left @kpmg in 2010 to join Bintani which had been started by his father in 1995. Since then he's become immersed in the #craftbrewing industry in Australia, and more recently, via @bay13brewery the #USAIn our discussion Phil talks about;leaving the #charteredaccounting profession for what really drove him - the #businessworldhis approach to starting #newbusinesses#businesspartnershipsthe critical importance of #sharedvalues and #sharedunderstandingoperating as a #familybusinesswhere to for the #australiancraftbrewing industryin partnership launching an @aussiebrewpub in the #USA and how they plan to differentiate in a #competitivemarket with many great #craftbrewers ("less cheese" is a big clue)how you can't wind back #taste #beermoments and  why that will continue to drive the craftbrewing industry Below is a full transcript of our discussion. Hi there, it's @MichaelKerr and I'm presenting @smallbusinessbanter.A healthy #micro and #smallbusiness sector means a successful economy and a way more vibrant society. @smallbusinessbanter is about helping #regionalbusinessowners to better prepare for the current challenges, but also for the next stage of business success. I'm @MichaelKerr. The founder of @KerrCapital and we advise business owners.Each week, I interview a fellow #smallbusinessowner or an #expert and they share their stories, their lived experiences, including the wins, and the losses and overall their best advice to help you, the listener, get the most you can from your own #small business. @smallbusinessbanter is brought to you from the Studio's of 104.7 @GippslandFM and is heard right across Australia on the #communityradionetwork. Thanks also to @KerrCapital supporters of the show.Kerr: Good morning and welcome to another edition of @smallbusinessbanter. I'm @MichaelKerr, the host of @smallbusinessbanter. In the house with me today is @PhilMeddings, the Joint #ChiefExecutive of @BintaniAustralia. He's going to explain what Bintani does, but it's in and around the craft of the brewing industry. He's also co-owner of @BentSpokeBrewingCompany in #Canberra. He's a #nonexecutivedirector of another couple of entities and he's also a #cofounder of @Bay13Brewery in #Miami #Florida. So it's fantastic to have you in Phil. Firstly, welcome.Phil Meddings: Thanks for having us some. Yeah. I'm looking forward to thisKerr: Same, yeah. Look, do you want to give us a couple of minutes? You've got a pretty extensive CV and but a heavy involvement in the #craftbrewingindustry, which has been going ballistic for the last five to 10 years. So, if you could just give us a couple of minutes on the portfolio. Meddings: Yeah, no problem. Look, I started with the #familybusiness in 2010. But it's a business my dad started in '95 called Bintani. When he started it, even up until the point when I joined in 2010, it was a fairly small sort of business, supplying #ingredients into the #breweries, into #craft breweries, so that was in 2010. Since that time, quite a bit has happened including an explosion in #craftbeer. My dad's #retired and along the way in between we've sort of started a whole lot of other, and become involved in a lot of other, a lot of other businesses, most have sort of got a relationship with craft brewing and #beverage and #alcohol, I guess. But they're not all, they're not all ingredients or they're not all production. So, it's been an interesting few years. Kerr: Yes. Oh, that you've gone up and down the #supplychain, I guess, because you're in retail with BentSpoke as an example and maybe right back to supplying and #servicingkegs as another.Meddings: Yeah, I can give you a bit of a timeline on it. If you like it, Kerr: Yeah, please do.Meddings: We started with the ingredients and they really weren't many breweries. But as the breweries increased, we supplied more and more and my dad really put together a fantastic business built around #simplicity and I guess #transparency and #honesty with the #customers. So- Kerr: And off the back of a pretty strong #passion for #homebrewing.Meddings: Exactly. He was passionate about brewing, which meant that he explored different ingredients. He had his eyes open for different products to sell. Then he'd looked after the customers and it was kind of a simple as that. As the industry grew the business grew and then other suppliers started coming to us to say, "Can you sell our ingredients?" But, probably in around 2011-2012, we come into the business from 10 or 11 years in #charteredaccounting at @KPMG. And I came into the business and the accounting side of work. It didn't really take up very much time because it was so small. I think we only had obviously six employees, I'd be six. So, we're just left a little bit of free time to kind of consider other opportunities and we always get excited about these opportunities. And one day, we were talking with a really good brewer up in Canberra called @RichWatkins, and he was working as an #employee brewer. The conversation just started about setting up our own thing and that took a bit of time to get going. But the #BrewPub @BentSpoke opened in 2014 and has just grown enormously since that time in that partnership. We were still running our ingredients business, but we were heavily involved in the sort of the back office in the strategy side of growing Bentspoke with Rich and his partner Tracy. Kerr: And Rich was a really highly regarded brewer in his own right?Meddings: He was. He'd been brewing for a long time and he'd been a longtime customer of ours. We had a great relationship and a lot of #sharedvalues and knowledge. It was a kind of an easy decision to start this thing together. We didn't really know where it would go. It wasn't about a vision of a company of a certain size. It was really just about the excitement of #startingsomethingnew. And there's a few other businesses that we started around the same time. We started a company, #leasingequipment, #leasingbeerkegs, stainless steel beer kegs. So, we started that one in 2012. that business had a requirement to actually repair kegs as well because a brewery would lease kegs for a while. They would send them back and we would need to do a bit of refurbishment, changing some of the seals and cleaning it up. It kind of led to starting another company in servicing the kegs. So I guess if that's-Kerr: You're seeing opportunities and you really, rather than letting them go, you're capturing them and going after them. Meddings: Yeah, we did. I mean, @BentSpoke made sense, it was in #Canberra and it was always going to be a separate entity with another partner. But the keg businesses, was sort of different from the ingredients business. So we always treated those separately and they grew life on their own as well. We #sold both of those keg businesses now but that has lead to an involvement with the @Konvoykegs business, which you mentioned in the introduction. Kerr: I think the newest venture is @Bay13 in which is an #AustralianBrewpub in #Florida. Meddings: Yeah. So, Bay 13 is pretty awesome. Kerr: Iconic name. Meddings: Yeah, you know, it's the #Larrikin element isn't it? It kind of goes well with the concept, the idea of drinking beer, and summer I guess, warm weather. I worked with a guy called @NickSharp at @KPMG and he ended up in Miami through another job and we just stayed mates from 2005 onwards. And at one point, it just came up about a #Brewpub. So, we firstly taking a step back, we travel to #America all the time with work and we obviously spent a lot of time in the brewpubs over there. I just sort of felt that there was a bit of a gap for an #Australianstyle #BrewPub. I've had this question asked a few times, like what is an Australian-style Brewpub and what ways an Australian-style Brew Pub and why it's different to an American, it's because we feel we're offering customers a better food experience, high-quality beer, and #Americanbrewpubs have very high-quality be generally as well, so that's not a differentiator, but we want to do beers showcasing #Australianingredients. We want to have a better food offering, so less burgers and more Australian sort of café, a little bit healthier, bit less cheese, maybe.Kerr: That's it. Australia's highly regarded for isn't food? Meddings: Yeah. It is more into café and coffee. I think if you look around #Melbournecafes and you look at sort of the quality of the #fitouts, the quality of the #menudesign, and the experience for someone going out for breakfast is a mix of really informal but high-quality experience. That's kind of what we wanted to do at Bay 13 in America, it is to bring the Australian fun informality but at a high-quality level. And see whether it resonated, and actually does provide something different- Kerr: Yeah. So it's a little combination of offerings, not just beers pretty competitive and pretty personal, I guess. And so the food offering is something that you say is a differentiator. It looks like it's also that in partnering again with someone on the ground, as you did with Rich in Canberra, that seems to be a part of your model. Meddings: It's ended up that way. I guess it's kind of how you can, I mean we're all the same in that, we literally can't do everything ourselves. So, partnering with somebody is the way we've been able to #expand and #grow. It's not about growing, it's about pursuing interests really. We've been able to pursue things that we think a fun and good opportunities by #partnering with people. It wasn't always that way but that's how we've ended up. Kerr: Yeah. So in between @Bay13 what was the last “great” #aussiebeer? Was it all the way back to #Fosters?Meddings: In the U.S.? Kerr: Yeah. Like there's been some really high in #coffeepioneers from Australia going to America and paved the way. But are you out there on your own in terms of an Australian led owned business in the U.S.Meddings: I would say we are, definitely. I'm not aware of anyone doing what we're doing. The only sort of person or whatever that comes close is #LittleCreatures. Little Creatures opened a Brewpub in #SanFrancisco in around 2019. But, I think Little Creatures is owned by @Lion, obviously. @Lion purchased a really big craft brewery in U.S. called @New Belgium. They've rebranded their # littlecreatures Brewpub. Kerr: Let's say Bay 13 remains the carrying the flag. Because we're pretty, we're pretty pro Aussie aren't we?. I just want to go back on a couple of things Phil. I could say it's an amazing mix of businesses. And you know, up and down the supply chain, craft brewing has been going ballistic for the last five or ten years. But for you personally, I think you left @KPMG, you know, a successful career in chartered accounting with one of the #bigfour firms KPMG. For you personally, what was the motivation in going into the #familybusiness? And what did you bring from that professional experience to a small business that was maybe good and maybe not so good? Meddings: Yeah. In hindsight, when I look back on it, being at KPMG was probably the mismatch for me. I ended up being chartered accounting by following. I did #commerce at University because I like business. From then on, it was really about kind of taking the steps that are put in front of you. So, not really thinking it through too much. So I ended up, commerce, kept things general, and did accounting. And then went into a big four. I was lucky enough to sort of getting taken on into a Big Four firm with pretty average Uni results. Then I kind of got into this vortex of doing chartered accounting and it wasn't really was my passion or what drove, what I got excited about. What I was excited about always was being in business, and just the kind of enjoyment that comes out of #plantingtheseed and watching something #grow. I know it's a bad cliché but that's exactly how I feel about businesses. So-Kerr: It's a lesson there for a lot of younger professionals or younger people, generally, that it's pretty hard to say whether that experience is invaluable, but, you know, maybe earlier might have been better for you, just to get out of there.Meddings: I mean, I had business ideas. I was messing around with a couple of people doing. The funny one is when I was probably 18, there used to be a #Gilbeysgindistillery in #Moorabbin and they close this big beautiful sight, and we saw an opportunity to do a #ClimbingGym. So, these 18-year-old guys ringing up landlords and trying to sort of get their climbing gym together and I wasn't really built for rock climbing, but I could see it as a growing sport, a good opportunity and we never got it off the ground. But I mean that was pretty-Kerr: That's an indicator of your real inner passion for business and opportunities to see that. Just by the way, on today's edition of @smallbusinessbanter we're talking with @PhilMeddings, who amongst other things is the joint Chief Executive of Bintani Australia. Sorry, Phil. I cut you off there about that potential business opportunity around climbing. Meddings: Yeah. Well, you talked about KPMG and what I got out of it, there's no doubt that working in an environment like KPMG or a chartered firm kind of #changesyourhorizons. It shows you what's possible, and in those firms work with so many interesting businesses that all have a different story. They have a different starting point and different endpoint. Some go well, some go poorly. You meet different people. But sort of, when I came to Bintani, the thing that was very helpful was two things. Probably the horizon, like seeing what you can do and what can be done and not having a low approach, not having a low ambition, but having quite big ambition where you can take something. Secondly, it's sort of dealing with #banks. You've got that degree of familiarity, with #banks, #lawyers, #financiers, those sorts of things, that just make it a lot easier. You've read #leaseagreements, you've read #bankingdocuments. Some of those things can be quite a barrier. Once their second nature, once some of the fear factors taken away, that, you don't even think about it again. I have seen people that are quite intimidating and quite a barrier to get through some of those structural things. Kerr: Yeah, and you become familiar. The big difference, of course, is that you're putting your or your family's money into a venture. And so, maybe you read those documents with a little bit more intensity when you're personally on the line. Meddings: Yeah, I think you do. I think you definitely do. I think you do everything. We certainly didn't start with any money at all and just cautiously and carefully went from one thing to another. We've never taken, I mean that's probably another part of now. Now, I see I look at how other people #startbusinesses and how they go from step one to step three, to step five. I feel as though in my pathways have been a lot more incremental. It's been step one step, step 1.5, step 2. It's been a little bit of a slower build. It's one of the things I think about now, quite a bit, is that the different approaches to business. Some people are very bold and I think what I'm talking about really is being prepared to incur operating losses and to fund the losses for a period of time to grow scale and to get their business going. My experience wasn't, and my   kind of natural inclination, was a lot more "Start smaller, prove the growth, see revenue growth, see profitability and grow more slowly and more cautiously." I don't think either approach is wrong. I think there is pitfalls and strengths to both. So now, I try to learn a bit from taking a few more #calculatedrisks, I guess. Kerr: Yeah, and you're still operating as a family. Your work, you said your dad's retired from the business only quite recently. Your brother works operate in the business to some degree in these ventures as a family unit who runs a couple of businesses. Does that-Meddings: Yeah. I don't know whether, probably every family business is unique in the way they run. I certainly think and feel that the way we run is unique. From daydot I was talking to my dad about business, I don't know how far to go back but even before any of the ingredients business even started, there was a business opportunity in China that never came up. That was when I was midway through high school. It's always been about that. But, joining the family business in 2010 really kind of put us all together, and the three of us, my dad, my brother, and myself. My brother's very close in age to me. We all had complementary but different skills. Importantly, all sort of shared a very common set of values and understanding. We've got very different approaches to things. And as I said, different skill sets. But that shared understanding and value set meant that we were like some sort of Three-Headed Beast. We could handle a lot more breadth of undertakings because there were the three of us working together. Kerr: It is, as you said, family businesses or small businesses, generally all, can have different ways of operating. You talk about values and I think that's so critically important that you have a shared set of values to guide you with the decisions you make. But to operate now for that length of period and go through the ups and downs,  no doubt of building out those businesses kind of means that you've got a formula that works pretty well for yourselves. Meddings: Well, just interestingly on that. My dad retired probably a year ago. But with #COVID, he wasn't in the office really at all from early last year. So, it's getting on more towards 18 months. With his retirement and not having a contact with the business it's kind of shown a need for my brother and I to reinforce the values and keep them, because we do have different approaches and my old man he's older than me, obviously. So, he's got a different presence in the office from what my brother and I do. So, I think some of those sorts of changes mean that you might have shared values, but you actually have to be conscious of the need to have them flowing through your business at different times and push them through at different times. Sometimes they're very obvious and everybody's on board. But other times you can either hire a couple of people that don't quite get it or you can take your foot, sort of losing focus on making sure people are living the values that have got the business to where it is. So, yeah, so we kind of had a bit of that lately. Kerr: Yeah. It's never set, right? You've got to constantly evolve and pushing it into America's is an incredibly fascinating step for you. I just wanted to cover off a couple of things where we could definitely continue to chat for many more minutes, but I just personally, you take on a lot as co-chief executive. How do you look at the outside of the business? Who do you admire as Business Leaders? And why? To guide you through a fast-growing group of businesses and in a fast-paced industry.Meddings: It was very #strongleaders at KPMG, both probably more external to the business than at KPMG, since I started in the craft and small business and family business area in 2010 there's been less of that type of mentor leader that I really learn or consciously listen to and learn from. But probably, recently, I've been on a very interesting board. I think the #board that I'm on is teaching me a lot because there's different personalities on there, and there's different ways of the board's themselves work. One of the guys who runs a company runs his keg business, and he's probably got that different approach that I was talking about with a bit more risk-taking. Amongst other things, I think I do admire the way his grown businesses and learn a bit from him. Kerr: We recently interviewed @LouiseBroekman from @TheAdvisoryBoardCenter and we're just talking about the critical importance, particularly at the smaller end of small business to engage with people outside of the family, or outside of the day-to-day business management team. To bring in some #externaladvice or #counsel or #perspective. I think the growth and use of #advisoryboards for small businesses is a real area that I'd encourage if you've got an eye to grow your business. Some businesses are happy just being where they are and that's wonderful. But the use of boards, and for you personally, it really does give you a range of new experiences in meeting new people. I guess, I'm also was keen to just close out with a little bit of a commentary from you on where to, for the craft brewing industry in Australia and maybe America because it's been explosive. Where to Phil? Is it gangbusters or is it may be starting to top out? Meddings: It's an irreversible trend. It'll keep growing for some time. I think people want to know where their products coming from. I think the taste is something that you generally don't wind back, once you've explored broader flavors and work them into your lifestyle. It doesn't mean that a basic lager is going to go out of fashion or not exist but it does mean that with the breadth of beers that the craft industry is producing, there's more and more beers that fit moments in your life, #winterstouts, and #porters, and #sourbeers for refreshment. And I think that doesn't go backwards.Kerr: Right? Just to start to parallel wine and #foodmatching. You talked about that in Bay 13. It is going to be the next evolution if you like because there's so many. If you walk into a brewpub or a bottle shop that it is an extraordinary range of beer. All growth, the head for craft beer. Hey Phil, we have unfortunately run out of time. I really appreciate you, the very busy business life that you have, experienced some time for us. It was a great chat. Thank you very much. Phil Meddings from Bintani Australia, amongst other things. Meddings: No problem at all Mike, really enjoyed the chat. Kerr: All right, Phil. You take care. Thank you.Meddings: All right. Thanks.Kerr: So, that's all for today's episode of small business banter. I continue to be inspired by bringing you small business experts and other small business owners and hearing their stories and their experiences.For any of the links, resources, or information we've talked about on the show today or just to contact me, please head over to smallbusinessbanter.com or find small business banter on Facebook or Instagram. It'd be really great to have you tuned in at the same time next week for another episode of small business banter.[END]

This week's special guest is the lovely Courtney Taylor-Taylor, frontman of The Dandy Warhols. G'n'R had a great chat about more favourite tunes from the classic year 1979. (Thanks again to Bintani for the Moondog Timothy Tamothy Slam-othy!!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

Wowee Zowee! Gareth and Ryan play some favourite tunes from 1977 and chat with Scott Kannberg AKA Spiral Stairs from the awesome Pavement. (Thanks to Bintani for the delicious Colonial Draught) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

OMG! Gareth & Ryan are back for Season 3. This season, they are spicing it up a bit and inviting 'special guest drinking buddies' on the show to share some of their favourite music from a chosen year. This week they are joined by the wonderful Lee Thompson, sax player from legendary British band Madness! He spins his favourite tune from 1969 and tells some hilarious tales about his times in Madness. - Lee's autobiography ' Growing Out Of It' is out now :) (Thanks again to Bintani for the Hargreaves Hill Hoppy Pale Ale) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

This week the team discuss old vs new views on alcohol free beers, Bintani's take over of HopCo and the breweries who have never known "normal". Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Bintani Australia acquires HopCo East Coast Canning invests in digital can printing The breweries that have never known ‘normal' Green light for Brewmanity brewery Brewing professionals sought for TAFE NSW Pink Boots Australia BrewCon 2021 scholarships open Our 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. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don't help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This week the team discuss old vs new views on alcohol free beers, Bintani's take over of HopCo and the breweries who have never known "normal".Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!Bintani Australia acquires HopCoEast Coast Canning invests in digital can printingThe breweries that have never known ‘normal'Green light for Brewmanity breweryBrewing professionals sought for TAFE NSWPink Boots Australia BrewCon 2021 scholarships openOur partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News.Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand.Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don't help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:Sponsoring the showReviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting serviceEmailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

They're back after a 6 week break! Join Gareth and Ryan again for Season 2 of Sixpack, more years and more beers...so many good tunes to choose in the mid80s. (now sponsored by Bintani!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/six-pack-podcast/message

Cameron Mackenzie of Four Pillars Gin returns to discuss the redevelopment of its Healesville, Victoria distillery and cellar door.**Click here to complete our listener survey – be in the running to win a Gin Society subscription worth $570.**You might remember that Cam foreshadowed this major project back in Season Three.If you haven't heard that episode yet I really encourage you to go back and listen to Cam tell the back story of Four Pillars Gin – it's definitely one of the best interviews we've brought you so far on the show.After some delays due to the pandemic, Four Pillars finally broke ground on the $6 million expansion in early February 2021.I spoke to Cam on the eve of the development and I'm now able to share our chat with you as a bonus episode of the podcast.The Drinks Adventures Listener Survey is out now. Sign up to the podcast newsletter to have your say and be in the running to win some fantastic prizes: a 12-month Gin Society membership valued at $570 or one of three current Gin Society members boxes valued at $95.Brewers and distillers who take the time to complete the survey will go into the draw to receive a $200 voucher from Bintani.

You could win a Gin Society membership worth $570 if you take a moment to complete the Drinks Adventures Listener Survey.Click here to complete the survey.It doesn't matter who you are – whether you're just a lover of beer or wine or spirits, or whether you actually work in the drinks industry – we really want your input in this survey.Those of you who who help us out by doing it will go into the draw to win some awesome prizes: a major prize of a 12-month Gin Society membership valued at $570 and one of three current Gin Society members boxes valued at $95.And of course, a reminder that as a Drinks Adventures listener, you are already entitled to a discount on your first purchase from The Gin Society – details are on our website.We also have a special prize from our major partner Bintani, which you should know by now is Australia's leading supplier of ingredients to the brewing and distilling industry.Brewers and distillers who take the time to complete the survey will go into the draw to receive a $200 voucher from Bintani that you can spend on whatever you like; malt, yeast, hops and many other wonderful ingredients.

The craft beer movement that has taken hold globally over recent decades has been spearheaded by a single beer style – India Pale Ale.IPA absolutely dominates craft beer in North America, where the movement started, and it has become increasingly popular here in Australia over recent years.One of the brewers who has been in the box seat to witness and help drive that evolution is Richard Watkins founder of Bentspoke Brewing Company in Canberra.Richard has been brewing continuously since 1994. By that I mean he still actively involved in the day-to-day process of making the beer, rather than delegating that to someone else.By his reckoning, that potentially makes him Australia's longest serving brewer.Bentspoke produces a whole host of different IPAs, led by its flagship beer Crankshaft IPA.But this interview coincides with the latest release of Cluster 8, Bentspoke's big, bold Double IPAthat is part of its ‘Drifter’ series of beers that drift in and out of availability each year.A quick note: As regular listeners would well know, Bintani – the brewing and distilling ingredients supplier – is a major sponsor of the Drinks Adventures Podcast.Bintani is also a shareholder in Bentspoke Brewing Company so I just want to disclose that conflict of interest so you don't find out later and think there was anything cynical about this episode, which really isn't the case.Bentspoke is one of Australia's largest independent craft breweries and Richard Watkins was bound to come up as a guest one way or an other.And as someone who has been brewing for as long as he has, I thought Richard was about the best person to answer some questions about the evolution of IPA in Australia:How it's brewed; the different styles of IPA in Bentspoke's range, the continued splintering of this style into many sub-genres; and whether it is always best to drink IPAs as fresh as possible – as we're always told by brewers.Our conversation started with Richard recalling his earliest memories of IPAs in Australia.

This week we chat with Peter Meddings who is stepping back from his job at Bintani - a company that he founded 25 years ago to supply brewing ingredients to the nascent craft brewing industry. We learn some fun facts from the early days of brewing such as when home brewing was legalised in the early 70s, home brewers sourced their malt extracts from chemists. We also unearth some of the challenges and learnings that came with founding a business in the early days of the craft beer movement. 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.

This week we chat with Peter Meddings who is stepping back from his job at Bintani - a company that he founded 25 years ago to supply brewing ingredients to the nascent craft brewing industry. We learn some fun facts from the early days of brewing such as when home brewing was legalised in the early 70s, home brewers sourced their malt extracts from chemists. We also unearth some of the challenges and learnings that came with founding a business in the early days of the craft beer movement. 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.

There are a wide range of topics that we love to discuss with brewers on Radio Brews News. One of those is the point at which classic styles and innovation and novelty clash. Regular listeners would have heard Matt's recent conversation with Bentspoke Brewing's Richard Watkins when he released his Flanders Red Ale, Flemm. There was a time - and not that long ago - when this style of beer was the epitome of sour beers. With the recent trend of kettle souring and the flavour innovations that have occurred around it - and the many consumers that have discovered tart or sour flavours in beer as a result - it was interesting to see the widely varied comments on social media by drinkers who seemed surprised by this most classic of styles. The response was a great example of the tension that I suspect we'll always see as classic and established styles crash up against craft brewing's love for adventure. But we wanted to see what brewers thought, how they navigated consumer awareness and expectations and also the demands that are placed on them in a world of ever evolving styles and consumer tastes. Thanks to Bintani, we caught up with two brewers who, while both embracing creativity and new beer styles, are also highly awarded in classic beer styles, to hear their thoughts about the ever shifting sands of beer style. Enjoy the discussion with Bentspoke's Richard Watkins and Balter's Scott Hargrave. 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

There are a wide range of topics that we love to discuss with brewers on Radio Brews News. One of those is the point at which classic styles and innovation and novelty clash. Regular listeners would have heard Matt's recent conversation with Bentspoke Brewing’s Richard Watkins when he released his Flanders Red Ale, Flemm. There was a time - and not that long ago - when this style of beer was the epitome of sour beers. With the recent trend of kettle souring and the flavour innovations that have occurred around it - and the many consumers that have discovered tart or sour flavours in beer as a result - it was interesting to see the widely varied comments on social media by drinkers who seemed surprised by this most classic of styles. The response was a great example of the tension that I suspect we’ll always see as classic and established styles crash up against craft brewing’s love for adventure. But we wanted to see what brewers thought, how they navigated consumer awareness and expectations and also the demands that are placed on them in a world of ever evolving styles and consumer tastes. Thanks to Bintani, we caught up with two brewers who, while both embracing creativity and new beer styles, are also highly awarded in classic beer styles, to hear their thoughts about the ever shifting sands of beer style. Enjoy the discussion with Bentspoke’s Richard Watkins and Balter’s Scott Hargrave. 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

Rye whiskey company The Gospel Distillers is one of many Australian distilleries that has adapted extremely quickly into producing sanitiser in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.The virus has wreaked havoc on the drinks industry, and The Gospel co-founder Andrew Fitzgerald joins me to discuss the impacts on his business.We discuss how the Melbourne distillery got the sanitiser project off the ground in a matter of days, and Andrew's concerns about the profiteering he believes is occurring with the supply of sanitiser to essential services providers.Andrew also tells us a bit about The Gospel's original reason for being, which is not sanitiser but whiskey, made using rye sourced from the renowned South Australian grain growing region of Murray Mallee.Our thoughts are with the hospitality industry and all its suppliers as they navigate through these trying times.Shout out to Matt and Pete at my old stomping ground, Radio Brews News. They've launched a new daily podcast show called The Antidote where each day they have different guests from the beer industry talking about some of the challenges they are facing due to the coronavirus.I joined Matt & Pete on The Antidote earlier this week, so you can hear that and other episodes by finding and subscribing to Radio Brews News wherever you listen to your podcasts. A massive thank you to our partners Bintani and Fever-Tree for sticking by the show during this uncertain period. It literally would not happen without their support.A reminder to visit the podcast website, drinksadventures.com.au and sign up to the Drinks Adventures newsletter.

Welcome to the first episode of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current  coronavirus emergency. We hope our conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring. In our first episode we chat with Bintani's Phil Meddings about maintaining ingredient supply at the moment, and also his first hand account of what's happening in the US. We also chat with Two Birds co-founder Jayne Lewis about how they are dealing with things at the nest. If there's interest, we will be recording these episodes live ever week day at 5pm AEDT (4pm AEST) and you can listen live and participate in the chat room on MixLR.  

As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing. Virgil Gamache Farms, more popularly known as VGF is a leading hop grower in Toppenish in the Yakima Valley. The Gamache family began farming back in 1913 on what was then called Sunshine Ranch. The first crops were wheat, corn, potatoes, apples grapes and alfalfa. When Prohibition ended in 1932 the family set straight to growing hops but it wasn't until the late 1990's when a chance discovery of some independently growing ‘wild' hops were rescued from destruction. In the spirit of an old Wireless Radiola Series, that hop grew up to become Amarillo. Darren Gamache is the current steward of the family farming legacy and in this chat he shares the history of the farm and its buildings as well as the ways in which the hop industry and the craft beer industry have flourished together in the last decade. We dive into the true story of the accidental discovery of the hop which made the business famous and discuss the growing relationship between farmers and brewers which is helping to highlight the fact that beer is, at its core, an agricultural product. Bintani provides a wide and varied range of products to assure that brewers can make the best beers for you to enjoy and we thank them for helping us to bring you stories like this one as well. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing. Virgil Gamache Farms, more popularly known as VGF is a leading hop grower in Toppenish in the Yakima Valley. The Gamache family began farming back in 1913 on what was then called Sunshine Ranch. The first crops were wheat, corn, potatoes, apples grapes and alfalfa. When Prohibition ended in 1932 the family set straight to growing hops but it wasn’t until the late 1990’s when a chance discovery of some independently growing ‘wild’ hops were rescued from destruction. In the spirit of an old Wireless Radiola Series, that hop grew up to become Amarillo. Darren Gamache is the current steward of the family farming legacy and in this chat he shares the history of the farm and its buildings as well as the ways in which the hop industry and the craft beer industry have flourished together in the last decade. We dive into the true story of the accidental discovery of the hop which made the business famous and discuss the growing relationship between farmers and brewers which is helping to highlight the fact that beer is, at its core, an agricultural product. Bintani provides a wide and varied range of products to assure that brewers can make the best beers for you to enjoy and we thank them for helping us to bring you stories like this one as well. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing. The first stop is CLS Farms in Moxee in the Yakima Valley. The Desmarais and family has been farming the land here for five generations and while they produce some of the state's best cherries, apricots, peaches and plums, it is hop production for which they are rightly renowned. Eric Desmarais, in this wide ranging chat, takes us through the farms' history and his family's connection to the land as well as the ways in which they have made the business more sustainable as both a farm and as an employer through a progressive agronomic approach, cutting-edge harvesting facilities and processing. Those among our listeners who are brewers – from the veteran to the budding brewer – should find this conversation of interest in terms of how it illustrates a shift in thinking about hop usage. Where once brewers thought in terms of just a particular varietal to achieve certain flavours and aromas they can now look at the flavours themselves and select the same hop grown on different lots or picked at different times to achieve different results. We are also introduced to Zappa, the latest proprietary hop to come from CLS Farms and who joins El Dorado and Medusa in the CLS hop family. CLS is also a great supporter of the public breeding program. Bintani provides a wide and varied range of products to assure that brewers can make the best beers for you to enjoy and we thank them for helping us to bring you stories like this one as well. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest we joined Bintani as they travelled to the US to make their final selections from the Autumn crops. We headed north from Portland, Oregon to the Yakima Valley in Washington State just after the competition of the harvest and were granted a rare insight into the wonderful world of hop breeding and development and the process by which the harvested fresh hops are assessed and then selected before being processing. The first stop is CLS Farms in Moxee in the Yakima Valley. The Desmarais and family has been farming the land here for five generations and while they produce some of the state’s best cherries, apricots, peaches and plums, it is hop production for which they are rightly renowned. Eric Desmarais, in this wide ranging chat, takes us through the farms’ history and his family’s connection to the land as well as the ways in which they have made the business more sustainable as both a farm and as an employer through a progressive agronomic approach, cutting-edge harvesting facilities and processing. Those among our listeners who are brewers – from the veteran to the budding brewer – should find this conversation of interest in terms of how it illustrates a shift in thinking about hop usage. Where once brewers thought in terms of just a particular varietal to achieve certain flavours and aromas they can now look at the flavours themselves and select the same hop grown on different lots or picked at different times to achieve different results. We are also introduced to Zappa, the latest proprietary hop to come from CLS Farms and who joins El Dorado and Medusa in the CLS hop family. CLS is also a great supporter of the public breeding program. Bintani provides a wide and varied range of products to assure that brewers can make the best beers for you to enjoy and we thank them for helping us to bring you stories like this one as well. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Beer is a Conversation. As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest, Matt and Pete went with Bintani to the US to make their final selections from the autumn crops. While there they made a visit to the Portland HQ of Indi Hops. A relatively new kid on the block, Indi Hops is an overnight success story 10 years in the making. The company began with a hop breeding program launched at Oregon State University back in 2009 which grew to include Oregon's first post farm hop processing facility and an experimental hop program. Co-founder Jim Solberg and first employee Matt Sage are avid craft beer lovers and as this chat shows they bring a wealth of business and brewing experience to Indi Hops. Jim and Matt generously share their very different background stories before introducing us to Strata and Meridian - the latest hop varietals for which high hopes are held. Enjoy the conversation. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Beer is a Conversation. As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest, Matt and Pete went with Bintani to the US to make their final selections from the autumn crops. While there they made a visit to the Portland HQ of Indi Hops. A relatively new kid on the block, Indi Hops is an overnight success story 10 years in the making. The company began with a hop breeding program launched at Oregon State University back in 2009 which grew to include Oregon's first post farm hop processing facility and an experimental hop program. Co-founder Jim Solberg and first employee Matt Sage are avid craft beer lovers and as this chat shows they bring a wealth of business and brewing experience to Indi Hops. Jim and Matt generously share their very different background stories before introducing us to Strata and Meridian - the latest hop varietals for which high hopes are held. Enjoy the conversation. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Ruth Leary from Fermentis. Ruth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in food science from Otago University and also an IBD Diploma in Brewing. Ruth studied fermentation science as a post grad and fell in love with beer when she started at Lion Brewery in New Zealand in 2002. First in the technical team and then as a yeast propagator. She is now the Regional Sales Manager for Fermentis. We chat about her career starting at Lion in 2002 and her experiences in the beer industry joining a very male dominated business in the early 2000s. Then we take a look at yeast and learn a little about what's happening in yeast development in a hazy beer world. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Kegstar's Kevin Dinn and Andrew Higginbotham. There has been a lot of talk about smart kegs over the last few years - kegs that are able to report back to base about where they are, their temperature, and even whether they are full or empty. Despite all of that talk, nothing has yet hit the market. But with Kegstar announcing it is ready to roll out scan free keg tracking, we use this opportunity to catch up with Kegstar's Chief Technology Officer and learn about what they're doing and what's possible, and what's likely in the smart keg space. While we're chatting with Kegstar, we also catch up with General Manager Andrew Higginbotham to update the chat we had with him at GABS earlier this year about demand for smaller kegs post 1 July. If you're in the business of moving beer, this is an interesting conversation about what's new in the keg space. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Colonial Brewing's Marketing and Communications Manager Jenna Godley. Jenna has extensive experience in sponsorship and communications and has brought that background to her work at Colonial. As smaller breweries strive to stand out from the crowd, innovative sponsorships are increasingly how they are doing it. Colonial was one of the first small breweries to partner with a major football team when they teamed up with Essendon. Jenna was on a BrewCon panel sharing insights and strategies from the sports business world that can be applied and replicated for breweries in the craft beer industry. This chat is a must for anyone responsible for building their businesses brand through partnerships. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Weyermann Malt's Axel Jany. Axel is an international customer consultant for Weyermann but when we sat down to speak I was intrigued that he was a beer sommelier, something I don't associate with German beer, so I ask him about that and what follows is a wide ranging chat about German beer culture, how it is facing the challenges of the hop-driven craft beer wave, naming conventions and whether Berliner Weisse is an appropriate style name for a beer brewed other than in Berlin, and - of course - malt and the influence that malt and terroir can play in a beer.. It's a great chat with a passionate character in the craft beer world, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with intellectual property lawyer James Omond from Omond and Co. While it wasn't on the BrewCon program, during BrewCon James had an article published in the Fairfax papers looking at talks that have started with the European Union over the use of geographical indications. I wanted to sit down and find out more about this and how it could affect brewers and whether locally produced Munich Helles will have to change its name to Australian sparkling lager. As craft beer matures, these are always interesting topics and James is an expert on the subject. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing’s annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Weyermann Malt’s Axel Jany. Axel is an international customer consultant for Weyermann but when we sat down to speak I was intrigued that he was a beer sommelier, something I don’t associate with German beer, so I ask him about that and what follows is a wide ranging chat about German beer culture, how it is facing the challenges of the hop-driven craft beer wave, naming conventions and whether Berliner Weisse is an appropriate style name for a beer brewed other than in Berlin, and - of course - malt and the influence that malt and terroir can play in a beer.. It’s a great chat with a passionate character in the craft beer world, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing’s annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with intellectual property lawyer James Omond from Omond and Co. While it wasn’t on the BrewCon program, during BrewCon James had an article published in the Fairfax papers looking at talks that have started with the European Union over the use of geographical indications. I wanted to sit down and find out more about this and how it could affect brewers and whether locally produced Munich Helles will have to change its name to Australian sparkling lager. As craft beer matures, these are always interesting topics and James is an expert on the subject. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing's annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Accountant Maria Pearman whose BrewCon presentation was on the proper costing for beer. Maria is a CPA with a professional understanding of the running of breweries. She teaches finance and accounting for the craft brewer and her book, Small Brewery Finance: Accounting Principles and Planning for the Craft Brewer is about to be published on 4 October...and if you're a US Brewer's Association member and you're quick, you can save 30% on preorders before Monday 23rd September. Maria discusses the lessons small brewers need to learn about finance in their brewery...and how much beer actually costs to produce. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Thanks to Bintani we were able to take Radio Brews News to BrewCon and capture a little of what was on offer to those who were lucky enough to get to Australian craft brewing’s annual conference and trade show. In this episode we chat with Accountant Maria Pearman whose BrewCon presentation was on the proper costing for beer. Maria is a CPA with a professional understanding of the running of breweries. She teaches finance and accounting for the craft brewer and her book, Small Brewery Finance: Accounting Principles and Planning for the Craft Brewer is about to be published on 4 October...and if you’re a US Brewer’s Association member and you’re quick, you can save 30% on preorders before Monday 23rd September. Maria discusses the lessons small brewers need to learn about finance in their brewery...and how much beer actually costs to produce. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. 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

Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live. This week, Rodenbach's Rudi Ghequire. His BrewCon bio reads thus. "Born in the shadow of the historic Rodenbach Brewery in Belgium, Rudi Ghequire has spent the last 37 years advancing the legacy of the region's distinctive sour beer, brewing with a combination of old-world and new-world technologies. Rodenbach has long been the darling of beer enthusiasts with Rudi at the helm as the modern day father of sour beer." He was promoted to Brewmaster in 1994 the post he holds today 25 years later. A lover of tradition but never its slave and a passionate advocate for good beer. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Rudi Ghequire. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. 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

Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live. This week, Rodenbach’s Rudi Ghequire. His BrewCon bio reads thus. "Born in the shadow of the historic Rodenbach Brewery in Belgium, Rudi Ghequire has spent the last 37 years advancing the legacy of the region’s distinctive sour beer, brewing with a combination of old-world and new-world technologies. Rodenbach has long been the darling of beer enthusiasts with Rudi at the helm as the modern day father of sour beer." He was promoted to Brewmaster in 1994 the post he holds today 25 years later. A lover of tradition but never its slave and a passionate advocate for good beer. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Rudi Ghequire. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is the first of our special editions of Radio Brews Brews recorded live at BrewCon 19. Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live. We were grateful to the IBA that they engaged with us as their official media partner and we had a studio to record some great chats that you will get to enjoy over coming weeks. Anyone who thinks and reads about beer should know Pete Brown. He's been named British Beer Writer of the Year multiple times, as well as publishing books on beer, beer culture and beer history including Man Walks into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wine and Hops and Glory. Pete gave the keynote presentation at BrewCon and gave his audience plenty to think about. If you're an IBA member, you will have access to his presentation in coming weeks and it is a good reason to join if you're not. We pick up on a couple of the themes he raised in his keynote, as well as discuss the constant change and evolution that is taking place in the beer market while noting that in some ways that the more things change, the more of a recurring pattern we see. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is the first of our special editions of Radio Brews Brews recorded live at BrewCon 19. Our coverage of BrewCon19 was made possible by Bintani, who are not only providing brewers with the finest ingredients, they gave us the opportunity to bring you the finest guests live. We were grateful to the IBA that they engaged with us as their official media partner and we had a studio to record some great chats that you will get to enjoy over coming weeks. Anyone who thinks and reads about beer should know Pete Brown. He’s been named British Beer Writer of the Year multiple times, as well as publishing books on beer, beer culture and beer history including Man Walks into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wine and Hops and Glory. Pete gave the keynote presentation at BrewCon and gave his audience plenty to think about. If you’re an IBA member, you will have access to his presentation in coming weeks and it is a good reason to join if you’re not. We pick up on a couple of the themes he raised in his keynote, as well as discuss the constant change and evolution that is taking place in the beer market while noting that in some ways that the more things change, the more of a recurring pattern we see. BrewCon 2020 will take place on September 21 and 22 next year. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

Pete and Matt record live from BrewCon 2019 to discuss the news of the week.  IBA launches Indie Beer Day Shakeup as Cryer Malt and Bintani swap malt suppliers No shit: This beer was made from Berlin's recycled wastewater Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world's best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

Pete and Matt record live from BrewCon 2019 to discuss the news of the week.  IBA launches Indie Beer Day Shakeup as Cryer Malt and Bintani swap malt suppliers No shit: This beer was made from Berlin's recycled wastewater Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference. Today we have two conversations. Firstly Rhys Lopez, Head Brewer from Otherside Brewing and then Dylan Hunter from Cheeky Monkey. Both are brewers who, on their way to other places, fell into craft beer and then into brewing. Rhys was a young journalism student who 14 years ago was saved from taking a part time job as a supermarket night filler by a friend who instead got him a job as a glassy at Little Creatures and changed his life forever. Then we have Cheeky Monkey's Dylan Hunter who started working in wine packaging before discovering home brewing and moving to the packaging line at Gage Roads, which saw him move into brewing. Enjoy the conversations. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. Lastly we thank Unleashed Software for supporting the show. Unleashed is more than inventory management software. It's a system that runs your whole business operations and gives you an unfair brewing advantage. Learn how Unleashed can help you run and grow your brewery.  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.

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference. Two Birds co-founder, Jayne Lewis, opened the conference with her keynote. Jayne eschewed the usual keynote update and platitudes by addressing some of the important issues the industry has been tackling and she address them head on, but in a very supportive way. We didn't initially plan to podcast the keynote, but it was a message that we think everyone should hear. Matt followed up with Jayne after for a bit more of a chat about what she said and why it was important right now. We thank Bintani for working with us to provide you with the best industry event coverage – let them work for you by providing the best ingredient for your beer. 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

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference. Two Birds co-founder, Jayne Lewis, opened the conference with her keynote. Jayne eschewed the usual keynote update and platitudes by addressing some of the important issues the industry has been tackling and she address them head on, but in a very supportive way. We didn’t initially plan to podcast the keynote, but it was a message that we think everyone should hear. Matt followed up with Jayne after for a bit more of a chat about what she said and why it was important right now. We thank Bintani for working with us to provide you with the best industry event coverage – let them work for you by providing the best ingredient for your beer. 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

Which brewer is taking part in Dry July? Find out as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week. Bintani launches 2019 vintage Signature Malt NE-IPA's Quest for “Juicy” Has Led Us Toward Increasingly Undrinkable Beer, and “Hop Burn” is the Culprit AB InBev launches RateBeer marketplace Woolies set to offload Endeavour Drinks Brewers give their verdict on excise changes Dry July Australian Craft Beer Survey 2019 Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world's best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

Which brewer is taking part in Dry July? Find out as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week. Bintani launches 2019 vintage Signature Malt NE-IPA’s Quest for “Juicy” Has Led Us Toward Increasingly Undrinkable Beer, and “Hop Burn” is the Culprit AB InBev launches RateBeer marketplace Woolies set to offload Endeavour Drinks Brewers give their verdict on excise changes Dry July Australian Craft Beer Survey 2019 Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

Bintani has launched the 2019 vintage of its premium Signature Malt produced with Joe White Maltings.   We wanted to dig a little bit deeper into all things malt and learn the reasons behind the creation of Signature malt and why this year was such a good year for Tasmanian malting barley. A product such as Signature Malt has implications right along the supply chain from the farmer, to the maltster, the brewer and also to the communities that support these businesses and we wanted to find out more about all of these elements. Joining us was barley grower Dave Skipper, maltster Dave Bauld, brewer Dave Magill, Brand Tasmania's Pip Dawson and Bintani's Justin Fox talk about Signature Malt. This is sponsored content produced in partnership with Bintani but, as with anything that we produce under our name, we think its good content and were pleased to help tell the story.

Bintani has launched the 2019 vintage of its premium Signature Malt produced with Joe White Maltings.   We wanted to dig a little bit deeper into all things malt and learn the reasons behind the creation of Signature malt and why this year was such a good year for Tasmanian malting barley. A product such as Signature Malt has implications right along the supply chain from the farmer, to the maltster, the brewer and also to the communities that support these businesses and we wanted to find out more about all of these elements. Joining us was barley grower Dave Skipper, maltster Dave Bauld, brewer Dave Magill, Brand Tasmania’s Pip Dawson and Bintani's Justin Fox talk about Signature Malt. This is sponsored content produced in partnership with Bintani but, as with anything that we produce under our name, we think its good content and were pleased to help tell the story.

Sipsmith Gin master distiller Jared Brown joins me in this Season Two finale episode.But we're not talking about Sipsmith this time (see S1E2 for that!) , because Jared has another, far more interesting title, that of cocktail historian. With his wife Anistatia Miller, Jared has written more than 30 books on drinks, bars and cocktails.He's an absolute encyclopaedia on these topics and a fascinating fellow to chat to, so settle in for a great interview.As mentioned, this is the last episode of season two. We're already working on new content so we should be back bigger and better very soon with season three – help us fund it by purchasing your limited edition podcoasters here.Thank you to our major partner Bintani, Australia’s leading supplier in ingredients for the brewing and distilling industries.And thanks also to Fever-Tree Premium Mixers for their support of the spirits episodes in this season.Follow James Atkinson on Facebook here, Instagram here and Twitter here.Theme music ‘Sandbox’ by Rudists.

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. Today we have a couple of shorter interviews with some of the unsung members of the brewing industry. People who generally let their beers do the talking and are quite reluctant in front of a microphone. First we have Grum from Exit Brewing. We weren't able to tease Grum's real name out of him but we were able to learn the background to Exit Brewing, his approach to brewing and his reaction to picking up a couple of gold medals at the Australian International Beer Awards the night before. We also get his thoughts on why brewing is so attractive to refugees from the IT industry. We also then got to chat with Pia Poynton and Eddie Still from Nowhereman Brewing Co. Pia talks us through the story of Nowhereman while Eddie very reluctantly takes the mic and takes us through the process of making his first gold medal winning beer and a little bit about him and his background in brewing. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry. Today we have a series of shorter interviews, firstly Sam Fuss from Philter Brewing, who talks about her career, making the AIBA trophy winning beer for the awards night this year, what it meant to win the gypsy brewer trophy last year and also her possibly disappointing results this year on the back of that. We discuss the name gypsy brewer and its appropriateness as a label in this day and age and Sam also announces that she's just put a deposit on her very own stainless steel so she won't be fitting that description much longer. We also manage to catch up with Justin Fox and Ash Hazel, the former and current head brewers at Colonial Brewing. We hear of Colonials current expansion and whether the new brewer ever calls upon the advice and experience of the old brewer. We learn about the breweries relationship with Colonial Leisure Group and what advantages if any accrue to business with it's own pubs. This chat was recorded the day after the news that former Prime Minister Bob Hawke died and we get Justin's reaction to that news given he created the beer brewed in Bob Hawke's name and got the know the former PM quite well. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry. Today's guests are very senior members of the craft brewing industry, and very forthright. Feral Brewing Founder Brendan Varis and Richard Watkins Co-Founder of BentSpoke Brewing. Enjoy the conversation. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. In just a few weeks changes will come into force that will see brewers able to use much smaller keg sizes without an excise penalty. There has been much discussion about what that means for brewers and how many will be taking up the opportunity. I sat down with two people who I thought would have a handle on all things kegs, Andrew Higginbotham, General Manager Australia New Zealand for Kegstar Kegs and Lincoln Kelly, General Manager Keg Services. We look at the changes that will take place and what brewers have been asking them, what they predict will change and how they are gearing up to cater to their projections. If you think what goes in a keg is interesting, this will show you that the business of stainless is worth some attention too. Enjoy the chat with Andrew Higginbotham and Lincoln Kelly. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. We do a lot of conversations, but there's something about having a live studio at GABS that just saw the guests relax and talk in a way that they don't always do when a microphone is in front of them. As a result we will be serving you up some terrific bonus content over the next few weeks that will offer some interesting and forthright observations. In this episode we kick off with a conversation with Phil and Dale Meddings from Bintani. A lot has happened with Bintani over the last twelve months, from the partial sale of their business to their US counterpart Rahr Corporation. This led to the end of their agreement with Yakima Chief Hops that in turn led to a lawsuit in the US relating to the termination of that contract. We discuss the events of the last year, what it means for the business and their plans for the future, as well as learn a little more about how Bintani came to be. It's a forthright chat with two genuine gentlemen of the beer game and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. We do a lot of conversations, but there’s something about having a live studio at GABS that just saw the guests relax and talk in a way that they don’t always do when a microphone is in front of them. As a result we will be serving you up some terrific bonus content over the next few weeks that will offer some interesting and forthright observations. In this episode we kick off with a conversation with Phil and Dale Meddings from Bintani. A lot has happened with Bintani over the last twelve months, from the partial sale of their business to their US counterpart Rahr Corporation. This led to the end of their agreement with Yakima Chief Hops that in turn led to a lawsuit in the US relating to the termination of that contract. We discuss the events of the last year, what it means for the business and their plans for the future, as well as learn a little more about how Bintani came to be. It’s a forthright chat with two genuine gentlemen of the beer game and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 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

We kick off season two of the Drinks Adventures podcast with a in-depth look at the brewery founded in Byron Bay, Australia in 2008, Stone & Wood Brewing Company.Stone and Wood celebrated its tenth anniversary last year and I started covering drinks as a journalist not long after Stone & Wood started brewing.As such, I've followed their evolution very closely over the years, reporting on their key milestones along the way, which has given me a lot of insight into their business and some excellent resources to draw upon in putting this story together.But in fact, this story isn't only about Stone & Wood, it's also a bit of a look at the current state of play in Australian independent brewing, an industry sector that is in the midst of an unprecedented boom that is not without its challenges.The Drinks Adventures podcast is proudly supported by our friends at Bintani, Australia’s leading supplier of ingredients for the brewing and distilling industries.Bintani has all the ingredients you need, and they have experts in all categories on the team, so they understand how ingredients work together like no one else in Australia.NB: Since recording this documentary earlier this year, Alexis Roitman has departed her role as CEO of the Independent Brewers Association. We wish her the best of luck.This episode would not have been possible without the generosity of the organisations that gave me permission to use their audio.Thank you to the Telstra Business Awards, Finance News Network and Matt Kirkegaard at Australian Brews News.Thanks also to the wonderful music acts that cleared their tracks for use on the show: From London, Asad Rizvi AKA Silverlining; From New York City, No Regular Play and from my home town of Sydney, We Lost The Sea.If you watched the recent Ricky Gervais series After Life on Netflix, you may have heard We Lost The Sea's tune A Gallant Gentleman feature on the soundtrack.Ricky is a big We Lost The Sea fan and I'm privileged to be able to use that same track on this episode of the podcast.And thank you to Dave Robertson for his massive efforts in mixing and editing this episode and all episodes in Season Two.If you enjoyed this episode on Stone & Wood, go back to Season One, Episode Three and check out my interview with Janice McDonald, who was the first head brewer at Little Creatures. It'll give you some fantastic insights into Australian independent brewing in the decades prior to Stone & Wood's arrival.Thank you to the companies that have sponsored the Drinks Adventures podcast as of this year. The support of our major partner Bintani Australia and other brands makes the show viable, so I'm very grateful for it and I'm sure our listeners are too.I know some listeners enjoyed the weekly giveaways we had throughout season one. We're still going to be doing those whenever we can but you'll have to keep an eye on my Facebook page for announcements of those competitions.Tracklisting:Wayne Jones – Under CoverJosh Lippi & The Overtimers – St. FrancisNo Regular Play – Where They LaySilverlining – Sticky SnailsSilverlining – DevocionWe Lost The Sea – A Gallant GentlemanThe 126ers – End of SummerFollow James Atkinson on Facebook here, Instagram here and Twitter here.Theme music ‘Sandbox’ by Rudists.

Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing joins Matt and Pete as a special guest, with perfect timing as discussions take place around women in beer advertising. This weeks stories include: Townsville Brewery and Bintani launch The Big Wet Beer In Cider festival Lion banishes blokes and banter in Hahn Ultra Crisp beer campaign The growing prominence of mid-strengths, fruit sours and even low bitterness juicy IPAs Pirate Life brews beer for MCG members Tooheys Extra Dry commercial Want to learn more about marketing? Here are Zoe's podcast recommendations: Mumbrella Back of House (listeners will recognise the first guest they had on their podcast!) MarCast Seize the Yay Coffee Pods with Holly Ransom Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world's best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing joins Matt and Pete as a special guest, with perfect timing as discussions take place around women in beer advertising. This weeks stories include: Townsville Brewery and Bintani launch The Big Wet Beer In Cider festival Lion banishes blokes and banter in Hahn Ultra Crisp beer campaign The growing prominence of mid-strengths, fruit sours and even low bitterness juicy IPAs Pirate Life brews beer for MCG members Tooheys Extra Dry commercial Want to learn more about marketing? Here are Zoe's podcast recommendations: Mumbrella Back of House (listeners will recognise the first guest they had on their podcast!) MarCast Seize the Yay Coffee Pods with Holly Ransom Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. 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.

On a special Breaking News edition of Beer is a Conversation, we chat with Cryer Malt's David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins, Vice President of Sales for North and South America for Yakima Chief Hops about the announcement that Cryer Malt is the new distribution partner for the US hop supplier.   Listeners will know from our many conversations with Jason Perrault and other representatives of Yakima Chief Hops that Bintani has been the company's Australian partner. The sale of a major interest in Bintani to US-based Rahr Corporation led to a contract dispute between the two partners. While now settled, Yakima Chief Hops has now partnered with Cryer Malt in Australia.   Matt Kirkegaard discusses the background to the change with David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins and finds out what the partnership means to both company's and also to Australian brewers.   We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.   If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts 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.

On a special Breaking News edition of Beer is a Conversation, we chat with Cryer Malt's David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins, Vice President of Sales for North and South America for Yakima Chief Hops about the announcement that Cryer Malt is the new distribution partner for the US hop supplier.   Listeners will know from our many conversations with Jason Perrault and other representatives of Yakima Chief Hops that Bintani has been the company's Australian partner. The sale of a major interest in Bintani to US-based Rahr Corporation led to a contract dispute between the two partners. While now settled, Yakima Chief Hops has now partnered with Cryer Malt in Australia.   Matt Kirkegaard discusses the background to the change with David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins and finds out what the partnership means to both company's and also to Australian brewers.   We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done.   If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

In this week's news and discussion, Pete and Matt have a look at : The update to the Bintani court case The pending sale of Foghorn Brewhouse in Newcastle Little Creatures big influence on the beer scene and as a training ground for new brewers Pondered over how our invitation to catch up with good friend Greg Koch got lost in the mail

In this week's news and discussion, Pete and Matt have a look at : The update to the Bintani court case The pending sale of Foghorn Brewhouse in Newcastle Little Creatures big influence on the beer scene and as a training ground for new brewers Pondered over how our invitation to catch up with good friend Greg Koch got lost in the mail

This week in a busy week of beer news, Pete and Matt discuss: The Independent Brewers Association today announced a merger with Melbourne's Good Beer Week. Lion adds, Coopers loses Brooklyn GABS spreads its wings further adding Brisbane to its schedule for 2019 Bintani and YCH in lawsuit Newstead shows how to manage a product recall

This week in a busy week of beer news, Pete and Matt discuss: The Independent Brewers Association today announced a merger with Melbourne’s Good Beer Week. Lion adds, Coopers loses Brooklyn GABS spreads its wings further adding Brisbane to its schedule for 2019 Bintani and YCH in lawsuit Newstead shows how to manage a product recall

Craft Brew News - 11/9/18Via Brewbound https://www.brewbound.com/news/last-call-yakima-chief-hops-faces-lawsuit-greg-koch-on-the-big-screenYakima Chief Hops Accused of Breaching ContractMelbourne-based ingredient supplier Bintani Australia has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Yakima Chief Hops that accuses the broker of refusing to sell it hops, the Capital Pressreported.However, Yakima Chief Hops claims Bintani first breached its supply contract by selling a stake to a competitor, Brewers Supply Group, which is owned by the Rahr Corporation.Nevertheless, Bintani argues in the lawsuit that the sale did not violate its agreement with Yakima Chief Hops. Instead, it claims that Yakima Chief Hops breached the contract by terminating “for cause” last September and has since started soliciting Bintani customers. A terminated agreement could cost the company more than $20 million, as Bintani buys 71 percent of its hops from Yakima Chief Hops, according to the lawsuit.Bintani is seeking an injunction to block Yakima Chief Hops’ termination of the supply agreement.Total Wine, New Seasons to Offer Alcohol DeliveryTotal Wine & More is partnering with Texas-headquartered Delivery Solutions to provide same-day home delivery to customers nationwide, according to a press release.“The goal is to make compliant, nationwide delivery available out of the box for retailers,” Delivery Solutions founder Arshaad Mirza said, via the release. “Our orchestration middleware along with our growing delivery partnerships, makes plug and play last mile delivery possible.”Total Wine & More operates 190 stores in 23 states. A timetable for implementation was not shared.Meanwhile, another grocery store chain, New Seasons — which operates 21 stores in Oregon, Washington and Northern California — announced its own alcohol delivery service in Portland, Oregon, via Instacart.Finally, in September, grocery store chain Meijer extended its alcohol delivery service to 40 stores in Ohio, Supermarket News reported. Meijer also offers beer and wine delivery in Michigan.Craftworks Holdings Acquires Logan’s RoadhouseColorado-headquartered Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries — which owns the Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch brewpub chains as well as Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom — has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based chain Logan’s Roadhouse, according to a press release. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.The three chain restaurants will be part of a newly formed holding company, CraftWorks Holdings, which will be led by current Logan’s CEO, Hazem Ouf. The company now operates 393 restaurants across 40 states and Washington, D.C.“By creating CraftWorks Holdings, we have laid the foundation for a premiere restaurant & brewery holding company to provide long-term growth opportunities for our brands, team members and franchise partners and established a platform that is well positioned for future growth and acquisitions,” Ouf said, via the release.Michael Potorti is the Host of Craft Beer Storm and Founder/Brewer at Beara Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, NHStone Brewing Founder in DocumentaryAn advance screening of “The Beer Jesus From America,” a documentary featuring Stone Brewing co-founder Greg Koch and his quest to open a brewery in Germany, will be held at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, on Sunday, November 4. After the showing, Koch and filmmaker Matt Sweetwood will take part in a Q&A session.“This film stands as not just a glimpse into the trials, challenges, roadblocks and occasional triumphs of the project, but the story of following your heart and challenging convention,” Koch said, via a press release.Subscribe to Craft Beer Storm Podcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/craft-beer-storm/id1438117278?mt=2Michael Potorti is the Host of Craft Beer Storm and Founder/Brewer at Beara Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, NHMichael PotortiFounder/BrewerHost of "Craft Beer Storm" Podcastmichael@craftbeerstorm.commichael@bearairishbrew.com*** Come visit our brewery for some delicious local craft brew! ***Beara Brewing Co.2800 Lafayette RoadPortsmouth, NH 03801 www.bearairishbrew.com Like us onInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bearairishbrew/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BearaIrishBrewingCo Twitter: https://twitter.com/BearaIrishBrew Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beara-brewing-co-30776075/**LISTEN to our Craft Beer Storm Podcast and share with a friend**Craft Beer Storm Podcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/craft-beer-storm/id1438117278?mt=2Craft Beer Storm You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp3PVuCGmywNWlGFh0N0ukg?view_as=subscriberCraft Beer Storm Podcast Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/craft-beer-storm-WdbK0LCraft Beer Storm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craftbeerstorm/Craft Beer Storm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerstorm/

This week on Brews News Week we welcome Pete back after a break and talk about the news of the week, including: Bintani announces a partial sale to US supplier Rahr. Lion announces job cuts, blames craft beer. Broo loses another $4-million, but confident. We also wish Kerry Claydon well as she treks to Everest basecamp to raise funds for MND & Me. You can donate here.   And also our Letter of the Week this week goes to Chris Howell who shared this ABC podcast with us.

This week on Brews News Week we welcome Pete back after a break and talk about the news of the week, including: Bintani announces a partial sale to US supplier Rahr. Lion announces job cuts, blames craft beer. Broo loses another $4-million, but confident. We also wish Kerry Claydon well as she treks to Everest basecamp to raise funds for MND & Me. You can donate here.   And also our Letter of the Week this week goes to Chris Howell who shared this ABC podcast with us.

This week's Beer is a Conversation guest is Belgin Kose, Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific for Cargill, owners of Joe White Maltings. Belgin has held this role for 18 months and over that time she has been driving a project that is being launched this week at BrewCon: Signature Malt. This initiative will see Joe White maltings assess malt coming in from every region after harvest and with the help of Bintani choose the best barley of the year, and then match it with the most appropriate malt house in their network to malt that parcel of barley with the aim of giving brewers a malt and the technical information about it they will need for great brewhouse performance.   In addition to learning about how Joe White is working to bring the sexy back to malt, Belgin is also Belgian and speaks eloquently about the simple beauty of beer and the romance of Belgian beer culture, something that seems very relevant in our discussion about malt. Enjoy the conversation.

This week’s Beer is a Conversation guest is Belgin Kose, Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific for Cargill, owners of Joe White Maltings. Belgin has held this role for 18 months and over that time she has been driving a project that is being launched this week at BrewCon: Signature Malt. This initiative will see Joe White maltings assess malt coming in from every region after harvest and with the help of Bintani choose the best barley of the year, and then match it with the most appropriate malt house in their network to malt that parcel of barley with the aim of giving brewers a malt and the technical information about it they will need for great brewhouse performance.   In addition to learning about how Joe White is working to bring the sexy back to malt, Belgin is also Belgian and speaks eloquently about the simple beauty of beer and the romance of Belgian beer culture, something that seems very relevant in our discussion about malt. Enjoy the conversation.

Welcome to a special podcast from the Australian Brews News team. Thanks to Bintani,  we ran a live broadcast of the last two hours of the GABS Hottest 100 craft beers of 2017. We broadcast live from Balter, who ended up being named #1 in the poll. We chose Balter early in the voting process, well before the results were known, which turned out well for the show. While we managed to keep the show pretty on track despite a number of planned and unplanned guests dropping by the studio, good order was lost a little towards the end once the winner had been announced. We were very surprised to have Mick Fanning and then Joel Parkinson drop by to join us, Joel having raced in having left a wedding to celebrate with the team at Balter. Despite a few occasional rough edges, the podcast does capture the excitement of the countdown, the surprise as the results were announced and also how important the GABS Hottest 100 has come to be to the Australian beer industry.  Don't let any brewer try and tell you that they don't care about the results. We would like to thank Balter for their generosity in making the boardroom available, and for the time they gave us especially as it became clear that we were in for an exciting finish.  We'd also like to thank our co-hosts Kerry Claydon and Steve ‘Hendo' Henderson for joining us for the broadcast. Thanks also to our guests: Balter's Scott Hargrave, who - as you will hear - was so generous with his time we had to shoo out the door so he could actually celebrate the result rather than be stuck in the studio Stone & Wood's Jamie Cook who happened to be on the coast and made the effort to join us in the studio and happened to be there as the final results were announced. Pirate Life's Michael Cameron who joined us from a very hot carpark in South Australia Feral's Brendan Varis who called in from WA Dave Padden who accepted our call while he was pulled over on a highway. And also to Steve Jeffares, one of the founder of the Hottest 100 and the GABS Festival and Phil Meddings from Bintani, both of whom had their interviews put on hold as we were happily gatecrashed by a couple of excited world champion surfers. Finally, thank you to Bintani - who will bring the right ingredients to your brewery, just as they do with Balter - for sponsoring the show. We genuinely could not have done it without them.

Welcome to a special podcast from the Australian Brews News team. Thanks to Bintani,  we ran a live broadcast of the last two hours of the GABS Hottest 100 craft beers of 2017. We broadcast live from Balter, who ended up being named #1 in the poll. We chose Balter early in the voting process, well before the results were known, which turned out well for the show. While we managed to keep the show pretty on track despite a number of planned and unplanned guests dropping by the studio, good order was lost a little towards the end once the winner had been announced. We were very surprised to have Mick Fanning and then Joel Parkinson drop by to join us, Joel having raced in having left a wedding to celebrate with the team at Balter. Despite a few occasional rough edges, the podcast does capture the excitement of the countdown, the surprise as the results were announced and also how important the GABS Hottest 100 has come to be to the Australian beer industry.  Don’t let any brewer try and tell you that they don’t care about the results. We would like to thank Balter for their generosity in making the boardroom available, and for the time they gave us especially as it became clear that we were in for an exciting finish.  We’d also like to thank our co-hosts Kerry Claydon and Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson for joining us for the broadcast. Thanks also to our guests: Balter’s Scott Hargrave, who - as you will hear - was so generous with his time we had to shoo out the door so he could actually celebrate the result rather than be stuck in the studio Stone & Wood’s Jamie Cook who happened to be on the coast and made the effort to join us in the studio and happened to be there as the final results were announced. Pirate Life’s Michael Cameron who joined us from a very hot carpark in South Australia Feral’s Brendan Varis who called in from WA Dave Padden who accepted our call while he was pulled over on a highway. And also to Steve Jeffares, one of the founder of the Hottest 100 and the GABS Festival and Phil Meddings from Bintani, both of whom had their interviews put on hold as we were happily gatecrashed by a couple of excited world champion surfers. Finally, thank you to Bintani - who will bring the right ingredients to your brewery, just as they do with Balter - for sponsoring the show. We genuinely could not have done it without them.