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There's a special edition of The Crafty Pint Podcast this week as we come to you from the Australian International Beer Awards.The country's biggest annual beer competition, which is now into its fourth decade, took place at the Melbourne Showgrounds on May 15, where hundreds gathered to see which beers and brewers would be heading home laden with trophies.As soon as the last trophy had been handed out, with Champion Australian Beer going to the unheralded Wedgetail Brewing from WA, Will and James grabbed a couple of the trophy winners for a quick chat as they celebrated, then headed next door to reflect on this year's results.There was much to discuss, with a colourful blend of the familiar and fresh-faced, repeat winners and newcomers, and a great night overall for local brewers, with Aussies claiming the vast majority of the beer and cider trophies on offer.We were joined by a special guest too: Guy Southern has been covering the WA beer scene for The Crafty Pint for many a moon now while also building a career across the state's drinks industry. He won Best Media for 2025, flying in from Perth to collect his trophy, which was handed to him by last year's winner, Will. After the break, we also take a peek behind the scenes at this year's judging. We joined Kirrily Waldhorn, a long-time host and judge at the awards who now oversees competitions for Melbourne Royal, and Emily Usher, a brewer at Mountain Goat, as the 2,000-plus entries were being put to the test.And, while in celebratory mood, we want to remind people to get nominations in for their Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month and the "Have You Done A Rallings?" campaign showcasing good beer citizens.Start of segments: From start – Guy Southern 14:20 – Mick Neil and Stef Constantoulas – Philter 17:37 – Grace Fowler – Reckless Brewing 21:17 – Kirrily Waldhorn – Melbourne Royal 30:23 – Emily Usher – Mountain GoatRelevant links: AIBA 2025 Results Philter Brewing Reckless Brewing Nominate a Brewery of the Month Nominate a good beer citizen KlippakanTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

"There's so much more than just drinking a beer. It's about the environment, the culture, and sharing it with friends."Most people in their very early 30s are probably just about working out what they want to do with their lives. In Steph Howard's case, she's already off to start a new career having left an indelible mark on the beer industry on both sides of The Ditch.For many, the young Kiwi has been the face of Cryer Malt, then Barrett Burston – certainly once David Cryer had sold his business and returned to his epic collection of comic books – and an everpresent at industry events not just in Australia and New Zealand but across the globe.After landing a job with David straight from uni, Steph swiftly moved from someone who didn't drink beer to someone intricately involved in the craft beer scene as it evolved from the fringes. A baptism of fire showed this was someone who would most definitely swim not sink, making her recent announcement that she was moving back to New Zealand and into the dairy industry one that caught many in the beer world by surprise.In the midst of packing her bags, Steph joined us to reflect on her decade in the beer world, the changes she's witnessed, the friends she's made, and the people that inspired her over the years.Before we join Steph, Will and James chat about TWØBAYS' remarkable success at the World Beer Cup, the latest example of a brewery opening an experience-led space – Chalky's from Bucketty's, HPA's 2025 hop report, and Pint of Origin, which runs from May 9 to 18.Start of segments: 13:02 – Steph Howard Part 1 36:42 – Steph Howard Part 2Relevant links: Steph Howard's New Heights David Cryer – 30 and Out Cryer Malt TWØBAYS World Beer Cup Win Bucketty's Open Chalky's Pint of Origin 2025 Beer Cocktails Roxset AustraliaTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

“People attract people. It's that simple. Nobody wants to sit in an empty room.”If you've visited The Lincoln – a 171-years-and-counting-old corner pub on the edge of Melbourne's CBD – at any point in the past decade, there's a good chance you'll have enjoyed the experience. After all, as we like to put it: they do everything excellently, all the time – and the team has a bulging trophy cabinet that suggests we're not alone.As they prepare to showcase the Tasmanian beer scene once again for the Pint of Origin festival, we sat down with Iain Ling, who bought the pub with wife Stella in 2014, for a chat about what goes into running a great pub and creating the sort of community that has evolved at The Lincoln.We also delve into the backstory of one of the Melbourne hospo scene's true characters – one that took in club promotion, fine dining and high-end retail in England before he moved to Australia, where he ran Movida Aqui prior to becoming a publican.It's a conversation that goes as deep as it does wide, covering Tetris ninjas, kissing frogs and the challenges of surviving and thriving in the industry on the one hand, to the joy that comes from packing a venue with punters in what he believes is a golden era for pubs, albeit one that's threatened by sky-high taxes and rocketing prices.Before Iain shares his hard-earned wisdom, Will and James reflect on the glorious career in beer of Evan Cray, who this month switched craft beer for Tabasco after being a central, yet humble, figure in the rise of beer in Melbourne since he was old enough to drink it.We also look forward to Pint of Origin, which launches on May 9, as well as the festival's "Pining for a taste of home" competition that started this week.Start of segments: 9:14 – Iain Ling Part 1 39:27 – Iain Ling Part 2Relevant links: The Lincoln Pint of Origin 2025 Pining For A Taste Of Home Competition Craft Beer Heroes: Evan Cray Klippakan 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.

"The nature of our brewery definitely comes across in our beers. I like to think of our brewhouse and fermenters as the terroir."Bruny Island is quite unlike anywhere else in Australia and, fittingly, Bruny Island Beer Co is a truly unique operation too.The brewery's story began in 2003 when Nick Haddow founded Bruny Island Cheese Co; in the years since, he's become a well-known champion of Tasmania, its produce, and the art of making cheese with integrity.In 2016, Nick launched the brewing wing of the venture with Evan and Steph Hunter, who have since moved to the mainland and helped launch Bendigo Brewing. As with the cheese, Bruny Island beers have a focus on place, utilising local ingredients and eschewing more common styles.These days, brewing is headed up by Luke Rutland, a former Stone & Wood brewer, who is joined in the brewhouse by several brewers, including Amy Beavan. While in Hobart for the CIBD convention, we caught up with Nick, Luke and Amy to learn more about their stories, the cheese, the beer, and what life is like on beautiful Bruny Island.Ahead of the main interview, James and Will reflect on Fox Friday and the group's associated businesses, Carwyn Cellars and the Moonah Hotel, entering voluntary administration as well as our feature shadowing Aussie brewers at the NZ hop harvest. You'll also discover the identity of our latest Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month.Start of segments: 7:54 – Bruny Island Beer Co Part 1 26:38 – Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month 29:57 – Bruny Island Beer Co Part 2Relevant links: Bruny Island Cheese Co Bruny Island Beer Co Fox Friday Enter Voluntary Administration Where The Cash From First Guardian Went Beer Travel - Québec City From Beer To Bine at Clayton Hops Pint of Origin 2025 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.

In Episode 280 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we are talking about the origins and style characteristics of the Japanese Rice Lager. We also do our last tasting session of Cigar City Brewery El Catador Club Modern Prometheus featuring a blend of maple bourbon barrel aged imperial stout, apple jack barrel aged imperial stout and bourbon barrel aged imperial stout. Now grab a beer and enjoy the show! If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft and for all our links visit tapthecraft.com/linktree. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft You can follow Denny on Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Untappd at @K9Hops and on our Facebook page. Find more links at tapthecraft.com/linktree. Discord server at tapthecraft.com/discord BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:Kirkland Signature Helles LagerCrux Fermentation Project Bochi Bochi Japanese Rice LagerCigar City Brewing El Catador Club Modern PrometheusYellowhammer Brewing Miracle Worker Tripel Tactical Brewing Chocka Moa (Strawberry kiwi sour)Jim Dandy Brewing Moonbean Hazy DIPA Jim Dandy Brewing Love & Oats Oatmeal StoutJim Dandy Brewing Robber's Roost Rye Fremont Brewing Kush - Chronic IPALINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:For The Love Of Japanese Rice Lagers – Part I written by Mick Wust and found on the Crafty Pint website

"A lot of customers are very concerned about their carbon footprint."For all the challenges faced by the beer industry, it's one that continues to forge ahead in many areas, not least when it comes to sustainability.Whether the focus is powering breweries, recycling or reusing ingredients, supporting organic and regenerative farming practices, or creating new and innovative ways of cutting waste, the brewing industry and those with which it shares a symbiotic relationship are often hotbeds for fostering sustainable practices.It's an area we've covered extensively on The Crafty Pint and, in this episode of our podcast, Craig Williams brings together a panel of pioneers from different businesses helping drive industries in a more eco-friendly direction.He's joined by George Wade, co-founder of UK-based Zevero, which helps breweries calculate their carbon emissions, Tom Field, founder of Sydney-based Bearhug Pallet Wraps, and Jonathon Buntz, from Ecogrip, producer of 100 percent Australian-owned and manufactured recycled plastic can holders.As well as exploring the genesis for each of their businesses and how they're helping customers operate in a more sustainable manner, they discuss the benefits to brewers, the challenges of persuading more businesses to implement new sustainability measures in tough economic times, and how business owners can take their first steps in this direction.Prior to the panel discussion, Craig is joined by James at Moffat Beach Brewing's Caloundra Production House (where they'd recorded a future show) to look back at another big week in beer – and that was before the news about Fox Friday's voluntary administration broke.The Akasha-Wayward unification and rebirth of Molly Rose from liquidation, plus a recent post by Phil Cook on his Beer Diary site, spark a discussion about independence, its meaning and relevance, while Craig offers insight on Steve Jeffares' takeover of the former Deeds Brewing site, after working with him on GABS for four years.We pump up the launch of the Pint of Origin program ahead of the festival's return on May 9, and in the middle of the show shout out the latest winners in the Have You Done A Rallings? campaign celebrating good beer citizens – nominate yours here.Start of segments: 17:12 – Sustainability Panel Part 1 34:12 – Have You Done A Rallings Winners 38:49 – Sustainability Panel Part 2Other relevant links Zevero's Starter Sustainability Kit For Brewers Bearhug Pallet Wraps Ecogrip Nominate a Brewery of the MonthTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.NB We mention a travel article on Québec in the intro, but publication has been pushed back due to the breaking news regarding Fox Friday.

"Balance is key for me in beer. I really love when a brewer can execute the balance between malt, hops and yeast."Dave Macgill is a brewer whose name will be well known to many in all parts of the Australian beer industry. For many years, he was head brewer at Tasmania's Moo Brew, just one of three people to hold the reins at the pioneering brewery across its 20-year history.These days, you'll find him at Deep South Brewing Co, the North Hobart brewery he launched in 2021 with some old mates. While visiting Hobart earlier in the year, Will and Craig caught up with Dave to chat about the Deep South story, his time at Moo, and his continued passion and optimism for the beer industry.Before the interview, James and Will talk about The Crafty Pint's recent Beer By Design features focusing on trends and the artists who bring beer cans to life, our Brew & A with Becky Centeno, and the Pint of Origin 2025 festival program launch.As ever, don't forget to submit your entries for our Have You Done A Rallings? celebration of the country's good beer citizens, as well as your nominations for Bluestone Yeast's Brewery of the Month.Start of segments: 8:05 – Dave Macgill Part 1 26:48 – Dave Macgill Part 2Relevant links: Beer By Design: The Artists Beer By Design: The Trends Brew & A: Becky Centeno Pint of Origin 2025 Dave Heads Deep South Deep South Brewing Co 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.

In an industry with no shortage of hop lovers, Tom Shellhammer's interest in the wondrous plant goes further than most. The Professor of Fermentation Science at Oregon State University is an internationally-recognised expert in hops chemistry who frequently travels the globe to provide his insights into all things hops. Indeed, as this podcast goes live, Tom is spending a multi-month sabbatical in New Zealand in order to better understand the industry there. Taking advantage of his time Down Under, we caught up with him during the Chartered Institute of Brewing and Distilling's 2025 Asia Pacific Convention in Hobart. There, Will and Craig chatted to Tom about his fields of interest, including how terroir and the moment within harvest that hops are picked can impact the flavours and aromas brewers are able to elicit from different varieties.Ahead of the main interview, James and Will chat about some sobering recent news, with Molly Rose appointing liquidators and Currumbin Valley closing the doors of their Gold Coast operation for good. We also discuss the IBA's hopes and plans for the upcoming Federal Election, Pink Boots' mentorship program, and reveal the latest winner of our Have You Done A Rallings? campaign celebrating good beer citizens.Start of segments: 13:45 – Tom Shellhammer Part 1 38:44 – Have You Done A Rallings? 41:33 – Tom Shellhammer Part 2Relevant links: Liquidators Brought In By Molly Rose Currumbin Valley Closes Indie Beer's Campaign 2025 Pink Boots Mentorship Meet The Hop Doctor Nominate a good beer citizen Nominate a Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month The Crafty Pint's beer club: The Crafty CabalTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

On March 21, 2025, The Crafty Pint team MC'd and recorded The High Country Hop Technical Symposium in Beechworth.Over the coming months, we'll share some of the presentations and panels from the day outside of our usual podcast schedule. First up: the team from the Independent Brewers Association, whose keynote presentation contains plenty of eye-opening data on the state of the industry and a call to arms ahead of the 2025 Federal Election.You can read more about their Campaign 2025 – and how you can get involved, whether you work in beer or just enjoy it – in the accompanying article below. Indie Beer's 2025 Election Campaign Campaign 2025

“Any job where it's reasonable for you to have a beer in your hand when you're doing it is a pretty good deal.”Those words could be spoken at any brewery opening; in this case, however, they come courtesy of Crafty podcast guest Matt Stewart.Matt is a Melbourne-based comedian, podcast host, and history-travel-beer guide known as The Beer Pioneer. The last of those is a television show that first aired in 2021 and saw Matt track the path of William Buckley while visiting breweries along the way. Season Two – Up The Guts – is available now on YouTube; it follows John McDouall Stuart's journey from the bottom to the top of Australia.As well as hosting a show about beer, Matt has long loved trying new beers, frequently visiting new breweries and posting about them via his Paddlegram posts.Ahead of the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, during which Matt is performing his new show Bad Boy, we chatted to him about his love for beer, career in comedy, and the common ground between the two.Ahead of the main interview, James and Will talk about Voyager Craft Malt's impressive showing on the world stage, and the growing number of hop waters on the local market. You'll also discover who's been named Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month.Start of segments: 7:54 – Matt Stewart Part 1 43:18 – Bluestone Brewery of the Month 45:53 – Matt Stewart Part 2Relevant links: Crafty article on The Beer Pioneer The Beer Pioneer's YouTube Channel Matt's MICF 2025 Show Do Go On Podcast More Global Success For Voyager I Feel It In My (Hop) Waters 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.

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.

Beer tourism was back on the cards in 2024 in a big way – locally, at least, as we noted in our Year in Beer 2024 wrap. A number of new ale trails popped up, with those in WA's South West, Newcastle and the enhanced Inner West Ale Trail joining well-established ventures in places such as the NSW South Coast and Collingwood.Already in 2025, they've been joined by the Brookie Trail, which formalised the unofficial trek between the breweries of Brookvale. Not only is it the country's newest at time of writing, it has to be the easiest to take on: many of the venues are within easy eyesight of each other.To find out how it came about, what it's all about, and to learn more about beer businesses can work in harmony to bring visitors through all of their doors, we paid a visit, catching up with Freshwater Brewing co-founder Jonny Bucknall and 7th Day Brewery GM Joel Ridzuan (who had to travel an arduous 60m from brewery door to brewery door).As well as picking their brains about Brookie, beer tourism, and how they got the trail off the ground, we delve into their stories, the diversity the area's breweries bring, the challenges of operating as a small beer business in 2025, and what the local Macca's carpark needs to do to qualify for the trail.Prior to the main interview, we reflect on another tough few days in the beer industry. First, Brisbane pioneers Newstead Brewing closed their doors for good suddenly after trying to navigate years of endless unforeseen challenges; days later, Konvoy Kegs was placed into receivership after their main lender cut off funding.Rather more upbeat is the tale out of WA, where the founders of Funk Drinks Co. – best known for their ciders – have launched their first beer brewed with grains grown on their farm and malted locally too, while expressions of interest are now open for Sydney Beer Week, and you can still nominate for our second Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month.Start of segments: 9:17 – Jonny & Joel Part 1 31:00 – Rockstar Brewery Academy 37:36 – – Jonny & Joel Part 2 Relevant links: Crafty's Year in Beer 2024 Freshwater Brewing 7th Day Brewery The Brookie Trail Newstead Closes For Good Konvoy Kegs Go Into Receivership Funk Farmers Go Paddock To Pint Sydney Beer Week Nominate a Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month Rockstar Brewer AcademyTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

TWØBAYS weren't the first gluten-free brewers in Australia, but they've certainly done their bit when it comes to putting Australian gluten-free beer on the map, not least when their Session Ale was named best GF beer on the planet at last year's World Beer Cup in the States.Before achieving that prestigious high, they'd already become the first indie brewer to breach the macro-booze citadel that is the MCG – a move that has opened more doors for them – and set about changing people's perceptions as to what beers brewed without barley and a range of other malts typically used in brewing can be.Ahead of their 2025 Free The Taps event, at which some of the country's best beer venues are hosting TWØBAYS tap takeovers during Coeliac Awareness Week, we joined founder Richard Jeffares and head brewer Kristian Martin at the brewery's Dromana home.As well as hearing about Richard's journey from coeliac diagnosis relatively late in life to brewery owner via tours of GF breweries in the US, we discuss the ethos driving the business, the challenges of brewing with atypical ingredients, and their lofty – yet entirely reasonable – goals for the future.Before we get to Richard and Kristian, we discuss Labor's latest election promise to the beer world, Slipstream's success at this year's Royal Queensland awards – plus our “Slays Beer” feature on the young brewer behind their green Pandan-Monium beer, the recent openings of Rocky Ridge Duncraig and the new Bracket Brewing, Bright's move into the heart of Melbourne, the closing of entries for this year's Australian International Beer Awards and more.We also celebrate more good beer citizens with the second winner in our "Have You Done A Rallings?" campaign: Russell Steele, from Easy Times Brewing in Brisbane.Start of segments: 15:47 – Richard & Kristian Part 1 42.48 – Have You Done A Rallings? 46.14 – Richard & Kristian Part 2Relevant links: TWØBAYS' World Beer Cup Gold Free The Taps Labor Boost Their Election Promise Slipstream's Awards Success John Nguyen Slays Beer Bracket Brewing Are Back Rocky Ridge Duncraig Opens Bright Buy PAs In Carlton Have You Done A Rallings? The High Country Hop 2025To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

“Citra is like salt – you kinda need it… but also we have a lot contracted so we need to get through it!”Banks Brewing hold a place in many Aussie beer drinkers' hearts, not least as one of the country's finest brewers of all things hop-forward and hazy. Yet the Seaford brewery launched by Chris and Penny Farmer back in 2016 has – usually without fanfare – pioneered many other styles and techniques over the years.These days, West Coast pilsners are at the very top of both Chris and Penny's list of favoured beers; we wrote about them alongside Cali IPAs in late 2024, yet they released their first all the way back in 2018. That beer was inspired by one of many fact-finding missions (holidays?) to the States, and a fondness for studying what's happening in other beer cultures is often behind their desire to keep pushing forwards.We sat down with the couple at their brewery, one that's much-changed from its earliest days. Then, they only ever envisaged having a tiny, winery-esque cellar door before they realised very eager drinkers wanted more, which has led to Banks – formerly Mr Banks – evolving and expanding ever since.We discuss building a business alongside a young family, the beers that showed them who they were as a brewery, the beauty of collaborations, forging new outlets, constant renewal, and their brush with a Hollywood icon.Before we get to that, however, we discuss the moment Albo seemed to offer hope for small producers in an election promise only to dash those hopes once the details were revealed. And Will talks about a good news story from the Central Coast, where Six String have this week opened their new venue ready to host live music once more.We also reveal the first winner of the Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month: Cypher Brewing in Canberra.Start of segments: 9:30 – Chris & Penny Part 1 32:24 – Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month 37:58 – Chris & Penny Part 2Relevant links: Banks Brewing Labor's Promise Too Little, Too Late Six String's Big Move Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month Cypher Brewing Have You Done A Rallings? OPM DesignTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

"I think we got tagged early on as a hype brewery. We're not afraid to say that we were."In the words of Willie Nelson, we're on the road again for this episode – or at least we were – as our chat with James McCall and Carla Naismith of Shapeshifter Brewing is the last of the shows we recorded in Adelaide at the tail end of 2024.James founded the brewery with Kevin Mulcahy after the pair met on a brewing course run by SA legend Stephen Nelsen. They launched their first beers before opening a brewery and quickly made a name for themselves on the back of some banging oat cream IPAs.These days they brew and welcome punters to their brewpub home in Findon – part of a brewery circuit in Adelaide's west – and continue to experiment with new styles, techniques, and ingredients, with a particular fondness for hops.As well as delving into their stories and the evolution of Shapeshifter, we discuss some of the issues still impacting many in the beer and hospitality negatively, as well as steps that can be taken to make it a more inclusive and welcoming industry.Prior to the main interview, Will and James discuss the week's news, including Sydney Brewery's acquisition of Rocks Brewing from liquidators, the inspiring tale of the mates behind Auslan Beers, and the continuing mainstream media coverage of the unfair excise tax system and its impact on brewers, venues, retailers and drinkers alike.Funnily enough, it was podcast regular Craig Williams – back here with Hendo for some more Rockstar Brewer Academy advice – who landed on the TV news and Sunrise off the back of a viral video he shot about beer's “fifth ingredient” with his Blackflag Brewing hat on.Don't forget to get your nominations in for the Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month and, if you're in Sydney on February 26, James is hosting an Ale Trail Blind Tasting Face-Off at Hopsters. Just ten tickets left when this show was uploaded – ticket link below.Start of segments: 10:12 – James & Carla Part 1 32:13 – Rockstar Brewer Academy 38:21 – James & Carla Part 2Relevant links: Shapeshifter Brewing Brew & A: Carla Naismith Sydney Brewery Take Over Rocks Auslan Beers Beer Tax on TV Ale Trail Blind Tasting Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month The High Country Hop Rockstar Brewer Academy FOBOHTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

Terms like “legend”, “iconic” and “trailblazer” get bandied around a lot, probably rather more than they should. Yet we doubt there would be anyone in the Australian beer industry who would quibble if we applied any – or all – of them to Jade Flavell and The Wheaty, the Thebarton pub she's been running for more than two decades.We sat down with Jade to reflect on her time in hospitality, and her passion for good beer (and whisky), “thinking drinking”, and celebrating independence.That we joined her in the band room at the rear of the pub was highly appropriate too: the discussion of independence covered more than beer and hospo and took in the huge challenges facing independent music venues in the face of their own version of the multinational brewing and booze retail behemoths.The conversation stretches back to Jade's early days in Adelaide pubs, alongside the two mates with whom she'd take over Wheatsheaf Hotel – Trotty and Liz, and examines how drinking culture has come a fair way in the decades since yet still has distance left to run. Jade takes us through the transition from rundown, rotting pub to groundbreaking beer venue then award-winning brewpub, and to becoming The Wheaty's “benevolent dictator” following Trotty's passing and Liz's decision to leave the business.And she tells us about her intention, as guardian of the pub, to find a way to ensure it remains a home for great drinks and live music when the time comes to pass the baton.Prior to the chat with Jade, and rather contrary to those discussions of independence, we kick off the show talking about the recent departure from Balter of Scotty Hargrave, head brewer and a founding member, five years after the sale to CUB, as well as the new brewery for students at Bendigo TAFE.This week also sees us announce the first winners in our “Have You Done A Rallings?” campaign to highlight good beer citizens across Australia, and launch another campaign celebrating the country's brewers. Brewery of the Month is presented by Bluestone Yeast, and you can find out more – and nominate your favourite breweries – via the link below.Start of segments: 8:58 – Jade Flavell Part 1 35:29 – Have You Done A Rallings? 40:21 – Jade Flavell Part 2Relevant links: The Wheaty Crafty's Advent Calendar – Wheaty Jade Keeping Live Music Alive Scotty Leaves Balter Bendigo's New Brewery Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month Have You Done A Rallings?To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

“This country has been crippled in the way politicians handle affairs … Well, someone needs to step up at some point and have the courage to recognise that we are now at a breaking point.”Anyone paying attention to craft beer in Australia over the past decade will be aware of two things. One, that Hawkers have consistently put out some of the best beers of any brewery in the country over that period. And, two, that founder and outgoing CEO Mazen Hajjar is one of the sharpest and most outspoken commentators on the industry.Both were among the reasons we invited him to be a guest on the podcast: Hawkers turn ten this month while the beer and hospitality worlds are experiencing existential threats from multiple directions. Since we extended that invite late last year, he's found himself in the eye of the news too after merging his brewery with White Bay in Sydney to form Social Drinks Group. The move provided more ammunition for what was always going to be a fascinating, wide-ranging, and occasionally fiery chat – one in which we addressed the issue of excise tax and a lack of support from the Federal Government just days before it blew up again on the back of the latest bi-annual tax hike and accompanying comments and directives from the Treasurer and ACCC respectively. The latter part of the interview is where Mazen really builds up a head of steam, taking on not just excise tax but other hot topics, including the abandonment of indie brewers by the homebrand-hawking retail duopoly, tap contracts, the inequities of the country's various container deposit schemes, and the lack of support for local producers from the government. He also expresses hope, however, even as he acknowledges that much of the industry is at breaking point, while reflecting on his decade at the helm of Hawkers, lessons he brought with him from his home country of Lebanon, and educating drinkers through experimentation.He also takes us inside the merger with White Bay – how it came aboutand is their attempt to carve out a future in a much-changed landscape – while sharing his experience of going through voluntary administration, as well as his future plans.Prior to joining Mazen, there's a longer-than-usual intro as Will and James discuss the fallout from the most recent rise in excise tax, its coverage in the media, and how the calls for change seem to be coming from more quarters and getting ever louder in this election year.Hendo is back with more tips on brewing efficiently, and we look ahead to the reopening of Tiny Mountain in Townsville after the brewery was bought from Lion by a Queensland-based hospo group.Start of segments: 22:27 – Mazen Hajjar Part 1 50:00 – Rockstar Brewer Academy 55:34 – Mazen Hajjar Part 2Relevant links: Hawkers & White Bay Merge The Exploding Cost Of Brewing Beer IBA response to the Treasurer's comments on excise tax IBA's Save Indie Beer Campaign Tiny Mountain To Reopen The Crafty Pint's Brewery & Venue Directory Rockstar Brewer AcademyTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

For the best expert analysis served with a dash of opinion and plenty of banter, be sure to tune in to The Crafty Pint's GABS Hottest 100 Video Podcast on countdown day! Kicking off from 2.45pm AEDT on January 25, the Crafty team will guide you through the pointy end of the countdown, with deep dive trends and insights, interviews with brewers and beer lovers, wild chat, hot takes, listener comments, and more than a little random beer trivia. Yep, it's the world's oldest tradition… ranking beers and trying to make it sound like this is a serious thing we should be doing with our time. You can subscribe to The Crafty Pint Podcast on YouTube for the full video experience, and catch up with an audio replay later on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

It's time to hit the road again after hosting the GABS Hottest 100 Countdown livestream as Will and James call into Noodledoof in Victoria's west.Founders Sam Rudolph and Alex Carr launched the brewpub and distillery with their partners in late 2019 – just before you-know-what hit – in Koroit, a small town a short drive inland from the western end of the Great Ocean Road.In the years since, they've gone on to create a genuinely distinctive operation in a region that was pretty much barren land for local craft beer before they came along.With Sam still making his way back from a beer festival in Melbourne on the day of our visit, we sat down with Alex to hear how the former homebrewing housemates from Adelaide ended up reuniting as brewers and distillers.We find out how they turned a former mechanics in the town's main street into a community hub, where the unique name comes from, and why they've been determined to create a brand like little else in Australia – certainly among breweries found so far from any major cities.Alex tells us about their mission to work with and celebrate local producers, foraging for native ingredients in the rich ecosystem of nearby Tower Hill whose Gunditjmara name, Koroitj, gives their adopted home its name, and creating unique spirits such as a wonderful potato vodka that pays homage to the Irish community that settled in the area in the mid-19th century.The show features great insights and inspiration for those looking to build a community around a regional brewery, and the rewards that can come from sticking to your beliefs.We also hear from Anne Gigney, founder and co-director of The Distillers Institute, ahead of March's IBD Convention in Hobart.Prior to the chat with Alex, we reflect briefly on this year's Hottest 100 results, the eye-catching merger between Hawkers and White Bay, and our feature on globe-trotting Aussie brewer Nick Galton-Fenzi.Start of segments: 10:54 – Alex Carr (part one) 30:16 – Ann Gigney 38:11 – Alex Carr (part two)Relevant links: Noodledoof GABS H100 of 2024 Livestream GABS H100 of 2024: Analysis Hawkers & White Bay Merge Aussie Exports: Nick Galton-Fenzi Have You Done A Rallings? The High Country Hop IBD 2025To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

We return to normal programming – temporarily at least ahead of our GABS Hottest 100 Countdown livestream – for Episode 028 of The Crafty Pint Podcast, featuring one of the interviews we recorded on the road in South Australia in late 2024.That said, it's arguably a little harsh to refer to Loophole Brewing as normal. Sure, it's a brewery that makes beer, but there's more to distinguish Loophole from your run-of-the-mill breweries than most. The entire operation is off grid. It's based on the grounds of a winery (but is no token beer brand designed to offer a modicum of choice at the cellar door). They grow barley they've used in their beers. They've won trophies for beer-wine hybrids and beer featuring local saltwater, and fermented the winery's grapes with nothing but Brettanomyces.In short, there was plenty to talk about when we pulled up at Cape Jaffa Wines – the first to plant vines on this stretch of the Limestone Coast – half an hour north of Robe.We were there to catch up with Tom O'Reilly, head brewer and also the man who designed and built the brewery for the Hooper family, the pioneers who saw the potential for producing wine in the region back in the 1990s.As well as discussing the brewery and winery's innovative and sustainable approach and regular cross-pollination of ideas and ingredients, we chat about Sunlight Liquor – Tom's mead brand, making a positive impact on the wider beer industry, the importance of educating drinkers, and how a mishap on his first night shift at Stone & Wood led to the creation of a Molly Rose favourite.Prior to the chat with Tom, we look at some of the positive news stories of the past week, including the imminent arrival of a Bridge Road bar at Melbourne Airport – hot on the heels of a Stone & Wood bar opening at Sydney Airport, the acquisition of Port Mac brewery Moorebeer by its long-term head brewer, and the arrival of Subculture Brewing in Brunswick.We've enjoyed a great start to our campaign shining a light on good beer citizens, "Have you done a Rallings?", while applications are now open for this year's Young Henrys IWD Brewing Scholarship supporting women and non-binary individuals aiming to get into the industry too. This week's episode also features a new segment featuring Steve "Hendo" Henderson of Rockstar Brewer with tips on brewing better beer.Start of segments: 12:43 – Tom O'Reilly (part one) 29:43 – Rockstar Brewer 35:28 – Tom O'Reilly (part two)Relevant links: Loophole Brewing Cape Jaffa Wines Bridge Road Brewers Land At Melbourne Airport Brewer Buys Brewery Who Brews Subculture Beers? Young Henrys IWD Scholarship Have You Done A Rallings? GABS H100 Countdown Livestream Rockstar Brewing Academy The High Country Hop IBD 2025To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

The Crafty Pint Podcast is back for 2025 after a most enjoyable break; we hope all our listeners and viewers had a great festive period too.Our first show of the year is a little different to most. We still reflect on the stories we've covered since the start of 2025, including the news that KAIJU! have become the latest brewing company to enter voluntary administration almost a year to the day after Wayward Brewing did the same, heralding Aussie craft beer's toughest 12 months.However, there's no main guest this time around. Instead, we look ahead to some of the notable upcoming events we're involved in, as well as announcing a new campaign through which we hope to shine a light on the good deeds taking place throughout the beer and hospo industries.In terms of events, The Catfish's QI: Beer Edition on January 18 features both podcast producer Matt Hofmann as MC and Crafty founder James Smith as a panelist. Then, a week later, we're hosting the live countdown of the GABS Hottest 100 via YouTube, while we also look ahead to the 2025 IBD Asia Pacific Convention in Hobart in conversation with convention chair Brendan Flanagan.The aforementioned new campaign has been created in partnership with the team at Rallings. You can find out what it means to have “done a Rallings” from the person who came up with the concept in the second half of the show. Or you can get straight on with nominating anyone you know who's done a good deed – big or small – in the wider beer world via the link below.We'll feature the best stories from those nominations in future shows – and there's prizes up for grabs for both the nominee and the person or business that nominates them.Start of segments: 7:46 – Discussion of recent news 19:01 – Brendan Flanagan – IBD 23:44 – Preview of GABS Hottest 100 Live Countdown & "Have you done a Rallings?"Relevant links: KAIJU! Enter VA Dash & Smash – Inside The World Of The Aussie Beer Milers Ten Lessons From Ten Years – Cupitt's Estate Catfish QI: Beer Edition (Jan 18) GABS H100 Live Countdown Nominate A Good Beer Citizen IBD Asia Pacific Convention 2025 Sign Up For The Next Brewing Course At Bendigo TAFE To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

The final episode of The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024 series is a double-header with a triple dose of guests. After completing the full set of states, it's the turn of ACT and the Northern Territory.There have been notable anniversaries, not least in the capital with both BentSpoke Brewing and Page Bottler marking ten years in 2024, plus expansions, acquisitions, new openings, and the roller-coaster tale of Tumut River Brewing Co – one that's ended on a high with former staff now the new owners.Joining us to cast an eye over the past 12 months are Mat Farrington, Tim Rasheed and Kyle Pearson.Mat is the founder of CanBEERra, which he launched nine years ago to capture the goings-on in the beer world across the wider Canberra region. As well as offering insight into some of the newer operations, he's been mighty impressed with Cypher Brewing and their weekly tinnie releases of the past 12 months, plus the manner in which both To All My Friends and Herbert's at Evatt have shown how to operate as top-notch craft beer venues.Tim opened Page Bottler a decade ago and now crams more great beer per square metre into his store than you'll likely find anywhere in Australia. He brings two decades in booze retail to the table as he offers his thoughts on where the local / indie beer world sits and how breweries backing their own identity rather than overreaching is the way to go.And Kyle is the driving force behind Alice Springs Brewing Co and, as of a few weeks ago, the new owner of Beer Garden Brewing in Port Lincoln. He reflects on 2024, in which the brewery enjoyed the triumphant launch of their Territorian sub-brand and have put down deeper roots locally, as well as the reasons behind buying a second brewery 16 hours' drive from Alice. He also casts an eye over 12 months in which all of the NT's brewers have enjoyed successes, including One Mile's huge Territory Bar-BQ Festival in October, despite a drop in tourism.Start of guest segments:3:50 – Mat Farrington17:30 – Tim Rasheed28:18 – Kyle PearsonThe Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au.Relevant links:The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024: The National Picture: https://craftypint.com/news/3646/year-in-beer-2024-the-national-pictureCanBEERra: http://www.canbeerra.com/Page Bottler: https://craftypint.com/bottleshop/1106/page-bottlerAlice Springs Brewing Co: https://craftypint.com/brewery/544/alice-springs-brewing-coTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

We head to Queensland for the penultimate podcast of our Year In Beer 2024 series. As with much of the local beer industry, it's been a challenging time for many in the state. A number of craft beer venues have closed or changed hands, the most high profile of which was Brewski, whose owners Ant and Matt joined us for an earlier show before rocking up with their new My Beer Dealer in Fortitude Valley. Talking of high profile, the voluntary administration and, ultimately, sale of Black Hops Brewing to a new ownership team was among the most talked-about of all the littered the past 12 months in Australia. But, even here, the changes that brought led to an unexpected opportunity for two of the guests on this episode: Phil Sharp and Daniel Venema of Hiker Brewing. They took ownership of Black Hops Brisbane and converted it to their second home, a move they hadn't expected to make for a couple of years yet. However, such a decision feels very in keeping with the brewery's fine start to life. The founders discuss the lean and mean, community-centric ethos that's brought them to this point, the opportunities for smaller, locals-focused breweries to step in as the new pokie-free pub, their fondness for Working Title's beers, and how they were the real winners of the GABS Hottest 100 of 2023. We kick off, however, with Brisbane-based Crafty Pint writer Mick Wüst for his take on the past 12 months: the trends he's witnessed, the beers he's enjoyed, and what he's been up to, which has included publishing a second book and completing a third (both on spirits, following his first on beer). From there, we head to the Sunshine Coast where Craig Williams sits down at the home of Josh Donohoe, founder of Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours. A renewed focus on beer tourism is something we wrote about in the national trends article that launched this series and it's cropped up in other episodes, but few are as well versed as Josh. Not only has he been running tours in the region since the days when they had just a handful of breweries, but he's played a central role in the Craft Beer Capital tourism marketing campaign, even travelling with the region's brewers to sing the Sunshine Coast's praises in New Zealand. Start of guest segments: 2:40 – Mick Wüst 14:16 – Josh Donohoe 26:33 – Phil Sharp & Daniel VenemaThe Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au. Relevant links: The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024 Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours Mick's Gin Drinker's Toolkit Hiker BrewingTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

Our final podcast episode before Christmas touches down in New South Wales for a look back at the Year In Beer there in the company of a trio of guests. First up we have Nemesia Dale-Cully – better known as Meesh to most. She's enjoyed a number of roles in the local beer world, first in Adelaide before moving from running Shapeshifter's venue to take over the hospitality side of things at Wildflower, and is also involved in Pink Boots Society Australia.Joining her for a chat with Will and James is another of our Sydney-based writers. We brought Benny onto the show as guest host a few weeks ago, and now it's a chance to meet Jason Treuen. As well as writing for The Crafty Pint, he's part of the team that brought the Inner West Ale Trail to life and a keen homebrewer. From there, we head north to chat to Nick McDonald, co-founder of Bucketty's Brewing, one of the many breweries that call the Northern Beaches home and as bluntly honest a guest as we've had on the show to date. Across the two conversations, we cover everything from the challenges of running small breweries in 2024 and renewed interest in beer tourism to the importance of community and the theatre of pouring beer. We also discuss trends, the standout breweries, beers and events of the past 12 months, and Jason's banana hefeweizen IPA...At the start of the show, given it's in our standard Thursday slot, we also go over the news of the previous week, with a focus on the IBA's announcement that there will be no BrewCon or Indies awards in 2025 as well as WA's one-man Evil Mega Corp.Start of guest segments: 10:42 – Jason Treuen & Nemesia Dale-Cully 39:42 – Nick McDonald The Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au.Relevant links: The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024 Wildflower & Mountain Culture launch Village Inner West Ale Trail Launches Bucketty's Brewing No BrewCon or Indies in 2025 Evil Mega Corp's No-Scale Ambition To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

We enter the second half of our Year In Beer 2024 series by heading across the Bass Strait to find out what's been happening in Tasmania.Unlike much of the country, the beer industry in the southern state has survived the year relatively unscathed. And just like much of the country, it's also seen the renewed interest in lager styles we've been writing about for a while now continue to grow.Joining hosts James and Will first is Matt Fielding, one half of the Science Made Beerable team; we had hoped to chat to the not-for-profit's co-founder Kelsey Picard too, but Kelsey was back home in New Zealand leaving Matt to hold the fort, which he did with aplomb. With Matt based in Hobart, we took a trip north to catch up with our second guest, Scott Seymour. We first crossed paths with Scott in Bendigo when he was one of the early driving forces behind Bendigo Beer's efforts to encourage the regional city to embrace craft beer.He's since moved to Tassie after falling in love with the island on a family holiday, going on to open a trio of beer businesses in the north of the state: Penguin Beer Co, Island State Brewing, and The Pier.As well as filling us in on how 2024 has been for them and their hopes and plans for 2025, they reflect on the beer scene across the state, suggesting some top beer spots for visitors to the state, highlighting a couple of newcomers to the scene, heaping praise upon Spotty Dog Brewers and their enviable location, and doffing a cap to 20 years of Two Metre Tall.Start of guest segments: 1:34 – Matt Fielding 13:05 – Scott Seymour The Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au. Relevant links: The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024 Science Made Beerable Penguin Beer Co To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

The third of our Year In Beer 2024 podcasts finds us on home turf as we turn our attention to Victoria. It's undoubtedly been a tough year for many there, something that became very apparent when we started totting up the voluntary administrations, sales and closures from the past 12 months. Hospo trade has been down and suffered accordingly too, yet there's also been much to enjoy and plenty to celebrate, from great beers, new breweries and venues, to successful events and more.Joining Will and James to cast an eye over the year are Cherry Murphy and Jimmy Krekelberg. Cherry spent ten years with Blackhearts & Sparrows, many of those as the indie retail chain's beer buyer, curating their range, hosting diverse events, and putting together a number of fascinating collaborations.Jimmy is the founder and head brewer of Good Land Brewing in Traralgon, a brewery he founded after plying his trade at a number of breweries overseas. While his lager is their biggest seller, he's garnered a reputation as a brewer of some seriously out there and creative beers too, from voluptuous smoothie sours to hefty imperial stouts.As part of their chat about the year in beer in Victoria, Will and James also discuss this week's opening of Sailors Grave's Dunetown home in Gippsland, three years after they unveiled their plans.Start of guest segments: 23:32 – Cherry Murphy 33:41 – Jimmy Krekelberg The Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au.Relevant links: The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024 Sailors Grave Dunetown Good Land Brewing To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

For the third instalment – and second podcast episode – of our Year In Beer 2024 series, we head west to catch up with two of the people behind one of the state's brightest new breweries and the brothers who run a business that's been watching the state's craft beer scene grow for two decades.The first of those are Terri and Trav Moore, part of the team behind Phat Brew Club, which has risen in next to no time from homebrew competition winners to pro brewers without a home to operators of one of Perth's largest and liveliest brewpubs. They've enjoyed yet another banging year in 2024 and are set to open a second venue in 2025.The brothers are Jose and Nelio Pestana, founders of one of WA's finest indie retailers of top-notch booze, Copper & Oak. They opened their first store more than 20 years ago, saw the way the market was heading early, now operate a second store and have a third on the way.As well as selling one of the widest selections of beer in WA, they're arch-collaborators who've released a series of consistently excellent beers with some of the state's finest. Full disclosure: Crafty Pint contributor Guy Southern is part of the Copper & Oak team these days and picked up one of the outfits' three major awards in the past two years.Prior to catching up with our guests, Will and James pick the brains of both Guy and our writer in the South West, Jono Outred. Across the three segments, we discover what's been going down in WA over the past 12 months – the noteworthy trends, the hottest breweries, the most delicious beers, and more – as well as looking ahead to 2025.NB There was an internet connection issue that kicked in towards the end of the chat with Terri and Trav that affected their video; the audio is fine throughout, however.Start of each segment: 1:36 – Jono and Guy 17:03 – Terri & Trav 32:03 – Jose, Nelio & Guy The Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au. Relevant links: The Crafty Pint's Year In Beer 2024: The National Picture Phat Brew Club Copper & OakTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

As 2024 comes to a close, The Crafty Pint Podcast is hitting the road, taking a trip across Australia as we try to make sense of how this dramatic year has impacted people in different parts of the industry. Our annual Year In Beer article explored the national trends and tumultuous nature of making and selling beer in 2024, but how do things look at the state level?To find out, we're asking people from across the industry how they've navigated the past 12 months: their standout moments, plus the beers, breweries, venues and events they loved most. We also ask them to look ahead to 2025: who and what to look out for, as well as their hopes and wildest dreams for the future.First up, James and Will drove from Melbourne to Adelaide for conversation with long-term Crafty Pint writer Matt King, who's been covering the South Australian scene for us for a decade. He recently decided to call it a day when it comes to beer writing to focus on his job and family so the chat doubled up as a trip down Memory Lane through that decade spent covering beer in SA. (Before anyone asks: sorry, we won't be burning fuel to make it to every capital city for this series!)Following Matt, we're joined by Briony Liebich and Steve Brockman. Briony runs Flavour Logic where she specialises in teaching sensory skills to brewers and anyone else in and around the industry, while Steve is an experienced brewer who switched from Brightstar Brewing to work for AMSAT Character Malts in 2024. The chat with the first of our guests starts at 9:00. Prior to that, James and Will chat about our Year In Beer: The National Picture article. The Crafty Pint's 2024 Year In Beer series is proudly presented by Mogwai Labs, leaders in liquid yeast solutions. For the perfect pitch every time, visit mogwailabs.com.au.Relevant links:Year In Beer: The National PictureFormer Staff Return Tumut River Brewing To Its RootsFOUND.Subiaco OpensUraidla win at the Indies Suburban Scoop SA's Best Beer TrophyFlavour Logic's website AMSAT Character Malts' website

“I think the thing that's really important for consumers and the industry writ large to know is how many forces are currently at play that are going to make being a small brewer more challenging.“We call this the death by a thousand cuts.”If 2023 was a rough year for the indie beer world, 2024 has been worse – brutal doesn't seem too harsh a term to describe the conditions faced by many in the industry. And those challenges have also been faced by the Independent Brewers Association (IBA), the body representing Australia's indie brewers.In the face of a major drop in income, they've been forced to tighten their belt in terms of what they've been able to offer. And, as with many businesses in beer and hospo, have reduced the size of their team. At the same time, faced with such challenges, they've kept fighting the fight on as many fronts as they can – “we're small but scrappy” is how they put it.So, before we switch to a series of state by state by territory podcast episodes reflecting on the year in beer, we invited IBA CEO Kylie Lethbridge and head of industry development Sabrina Kunz to join us on the show.As you can imagine with the indie beer world fighting battles on so many fronts, it's a seriously wide-ranging conversation. We start by looking back on a year in which VAs, closures and business restructuring have dominated many of the headlines but during which there have been new arrivals, expansions and growth too.We discuss the major uptick in honest, respectful coverage of the beer world by mainstream media, the challenges and opportunities when it comes to state and federal governments, building long-term relationships and partnerships around the country, the biggest issues on the table for 2025, and how to build consumer awareness and support for the industry.The chat with Kylie and Sabrina kicks off at 7:40. Prior to that there's just the briefest of intros as we had to record this week's early prior to hitting the road for SA before dawn on Wednesday for a sold-out event at The Wheaty and a bunch of podcast recordings you'll get to enjoy over the coming weeks and months. We discussed the return of one of craft beer's key figures, Phil Sexton, to brewing alongside son Harry with the launch of Keeper Brewing at the former home of Temple, as well as our upcoming event with Molly Rose. Thanks to show sponsors FOBOH and The High Country Hop. Relevant links: That's A Keeper: Sexton Family Turn Temple Into A Shrine To PilsThe Molly Rose Story – Distilled: Independent Brewers Association website: https://independentbrewers.org.au/ To 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.

What does it mean to be a sustainable business or to brew in a sustainable manner? Can beer really do good, or are such claims just there to make marketing departments feel better about themselves? And, if so, how can they have a positive impact on the world around them, from their local community to the drinkers who buy their beers?Such questions – and helping people find the right answers to them – have occupied James Perrin throughout his career in beer. It's one that started with Lion in New Zealand, brought him to Stone & Wood in the midst of their rapid growth, and continues to this day in many ways.He's still involved in a Northern Rivers brewery too, albeit a rather smaller one. He left Stone & Wood after the sale to Lion / Kirin, and these days is part of the team running Spangled Drongo, a brewery which makes a donation from every beer sold to help protect the natural habitat around them.He also works with businesses looking to be better global citizens in and outside beer, both in Australia and overseas, and has helped some – most recently Jervis Bay Brewing Co – gain B Corp status.James is a wealth of knowledge on all things sustainability and has developed a model of six ways in which businesses can look to have a positive impact. He joined us on the show to explain his approach, discuss various programs and certifications in this space, and to highlight examples from the beer world that have impressed him.He talks passionately about the importance of authenticity in making connections with consumers, and is a firm believer that indie beer businesses occupy a role within communities through which they can make changes for the better and inspire others to follow suit.The chat with James starts at 16:17Prior to that we welcomed another guest, who joined James for the preamble. With Will making his way back to Australia from Bali, Benedict Kennedy-Cox stepped up to the oche.Benny has been writing for The Crafty Pint for a few years now, often combining beer with another passion of his: travel. He was in Melbourne so dropped into the studio to discuss the week's news, share some of his favourite experiences on the road, including getting abused by a waiter in Köln, and offer insight into the sustainably-minded businesses he's written about for us.There also a heads-up for our forthcoming lager-centric event at The Wheaty.Relevant links:Going Green: Sustainable Brewing: https://craftypint.com/news/1767/going-green-sustainable-brewingSpangled Drongo Brewing: https://craftypint.com/brewery/865/spangled-drongo-brewery Jervis Bay Secure B Corp Status: https://craftypint.com/news/3588/better-every-day-jervis-bay-become-a-b-corp James Perrin's website: https://www.jamesperrin.com.au/ Ryefield Hops' Certifiably Sustainable Growth: https://craftypint.com/news/3376/ryefield-hops-certifiably-sustainable-growth Frogs Hollow's Off-Grid Brewery: https://craftypint.com/news/3590/going-green-frogs-hollows-off-grid-brewery Mitta Mitta Brewing: https://craftypint.com/brewery/398/mitta-mitta-brewing-co Ten Lessons From Ten Years: Wolf of the Willows: https://craftypint.com/news/3614/ten-lessons-from-ten-years-wolf-of-the-willows Planned vs Rogue: https://www.youtube.com/@PlannedvsRogue Upcoming lager event at The Wheaty: https://craftypint.com/event/13508/exploring-the-ever-larger-world-of-lagerSun Tap Decals: https://www.suntapdecals.com.au/ To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

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In Episode 015 of The Crafty Pint Podcast we head overseas for the first time. Our destination is a tiny brewery most people won't have heard of, where we're joined by a guest with whom many will be very familiar. The tiny brewery is Shortjaw Brewing, located in Westport: a town on the sparsely populated west coast of New Zealand's South Island. The guest is the man who, along with his partner Emma, decided to take over the site of a 30-year-old, twice-liquidated brewery during the early period of the COVID pandemic and bring it back to life. Luke Robertson is far better known in beer circles – at least outside Westport and surrounds – from his time in Australia. This is mainly due to Ale of a Time, the blog that spawned a podcast of the same name, both of them home to sharp, witty and occasionally caustic observations of, and commentary on, the wide world of beer. That was just one of many roles in the Australian beer world for Luke, who helped deliver major events such as Good Beer Week and BrewCon for the Independent Brewers Association, while writing – mostly on beer – for high profile publications not just in his adopted home but overseas, notably for Good Beer Hunting. Thirty months on from pouring the first Shortjaw beer for guests, he joined us to reflect on his change of direction – or putting his money where his mouth is, as he puts it: how he's approached building a customer base for a regional brewery in one of the most remote parts of the planet, his fondness for creating beers that represent the place in which they're brewed, and some of the highs and lows that come with launching a brewery in the toughest climate for beer in decades. The chat with Luke starts at 11:05. Prior to that, we interrupt Will's holiday in Bali to go behind the scenes of his deep dive article into the experiences of working at beer's sinking ships. Over a period of months, he spoke to former employees at a number of businesses across Australia that have been through administration, ceased operating, or changed hands over the past couple of years, and the picture they paint is far from pretty. We also discuss the reaction to the article since its publication on Monday, with comments received from outside Australia and beyond the beer world too. You'll find links relevant to the episode below: Shortjaw Brewing: https://shortjaw.co.nz/ Ale of a Time: https://aleofatime.com/ From Beer Blogger To Brewery Owner: https://craftypint.com/news/2799/from-beer-blogger-to-brewery-owner Working Inside Beer's Sinking Ships: https://craftypint.com/news/3605/working-inside-beers-sinking-ships Brew & A ft Charlie Claridge: https://craftypint.com/news/3609/brew-and-a-charlie-claridge-esker-beer-co Sun Tap Decals: https://www.suntapdecals.com.au/ To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

The craft beer era has given rise to thousands of stories, but none like that of Moon Dog.Founders Karl van Buuren and brothers Josh and Jake Uljans announced themselves to an unsuspecting beer world in the manner of a custard pie to the face – well before custard pie beers were a thing – and have never stopped evolving and innovating. Neither have they lost focus on keeping two words – "delicious" and "fun" – at the heart of everything they do. After a few years of ever more outrageous releases, they opened their first venue in Abbotsford on the site of their first brewery (and schoolmates Josh and Karl's home for 14 months) before introducing a core range, growing fast, and taking over neighbouring buildings in Abbotsford as they became available.Arguably just as outrageous as their early beers was what came in 2019: Moon Dog World, a vast venue in Preston that saw them convert a warehouse into a tropical paradise complete with waterfall, lagoon and Wall of Warnie.Since then, they've embraced the arrival of hard seltzers in Australia, with Fizzer becoming one of the biggest brands in the country, and explored other avenues within the world of RTDs, while expanding their portfolio of megavenues. Indeed, the last of these was the main reason we sat down with Josh and Karl this week.We joined them at Doglands, a 1200-capacity venue on the concourse of Marvel Stadium that was set to welcome people headed to Travis Scott's show later that night. It arrives hot on the heels of Moon Dog Wild West in the former Franco Cozzo building in Footscray, and just weeks (they hope) before they open in Frankston.Our chat covers Moon Dog's evolution from craft brewer to multi-beverage producer and entertainment provider, the challenges and benefits of running vast venues, the importance of remaining true to yourself and your brand – whatever you end up doing, building and retaining great teams, and having fun along the way.The conversation with them begins at 10:20.Prior to that, we discuss stories from the week just gone, including the heartwarming tale of the changing of the guard at the Sunshine Coast's oldest brewery, where the owners' youngest daughter has taken up the reins, and the launch of a new Beer Cocktails series on The Crafty Pint.You'll find links relevant to the show here:A Curran Affair: Sunshine Coast's Oldest Brewery Passes To The Next Generation: https://craftypint.com/news/3602/a-curran-affair-sunshine-coasts-oldest-brewery-passes-to-the-next-generationBeer Cocktails with Matt at Melville: https://craftypint.com/news/3604/beer-cocktails-with-matt-at-melville-simcoe-smashSpangled Drongo Brewery: https://craftypint.com/brewery/865/spangled-drongo-brewery Bearhug Pallet Wraps: https://craftypint.com/business/1428/bearhug-pallet-wraps Be A Pint Of Origin Venue In 2025: https://craftypint.com/news/3591/be-a-pint-of-origin-host-venue-in-2025The Gin Drinker's Toolkit Launch: https://craftypint.com/event/13493/gin-drinkers-toolkit-book-launch--gin-party--milton-commonOur breaking story on Moon Dog's plans for Docklands: https://craftypint.com/news/3219/marvel-ous-moon-dog-to-open-vast-docklands-brewpub Building Moon Dog's World: https://craftypint.com/news/2198/building-moon-dogs-worldSun Tap Decals: https://www.suntapdecals.com.au/ To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

There are few brewers anywhere in Australia with a pedigree to match that of Shawn Sherlock. For the past decade, he's been at the helm of FogHorn Brewery in Newcastle; prior to that he was at Murray's Brewing, helping the business grow from its roots in the Pub With No Beer in Taylors Arm (population: 133) to one of the country's envelope-pushing craft beer pioneers selling 1.5m litres per year at the time he moved on. Even before that – when he was lecturing courses in Australian history in his hometown of Newcastle – he was an avid homebrewer; indeed, we can probably thank the Howard administration's swingeing cuts to Arts funding for kickstarting one of the finest brewing careers of the modern era. As we were preparing to launch The Crafty Pint Podcast, Shawn was taking full control of FogHorn from Mighty Craft, the "craft beer accelerator" no longer involved in craft beer, which had bought into the business when his original partner was moving on. It meant we were keen to bring him onto the show to chat about his experiences working within different brewery ownership models – which he does. That he is on the show this week is also in part due to his role in the creation of Brewcastle, an ale trail guide to Newcastle's best beer (and spirits) spots; FogHorn was the first new brewery to open in the city a decade ago and has since been joined by many others. Over the course of the episode, we trace his career from its very start through the creation of many beers that were ahead of their time to his position today as a much-respected figure in the local beer community. He offers thoughts on the sort of business models that can succeed, what matters if you want to survive in brewing, and even gives some insight into creating great stouts, something he knows plenty about – he's got a few trophies as proof. 14:05 Start of the conversation with Shawn. In the intro, we discuss a number of this week's stories and new beer releases; below are all relevant links: Range open Rays in Camp Hill: https://craftypint.com/news/3596/range-open-a-second-suburban-bar-rays-in-camp-hill Slipstream Social House opens on the Sunshine Coast: https://craftypint.com/event/13484/slipstream-social-house-opening-party Doglands to open in Melbourne's Docklands: https://craftypint.com/news/3597/moon-dog-to-open-doglands-next-to-marvel-stadium-in-coming-days Copper & Oak win WA Liquor Retailer of the Year: https://www.facebook.com/copperandoak/posts/pfbid02JDqmLAJn1Zs1CNoj3SqfsZjqE9Zuy6tVz9WjgavvrWkAiWZQkkkLRepq9R4hCeUNl Black Arts to close: https://craftypint.com/news/3598/black-arts-brewers-and-blenders-to-close Brew & A: Ted Carey: https://craftypint.com/news/3594/brew-and-a-ted-carey Aussie Exports: Emma Elmslie: https://craftypint.com/news/3600/aussie-exports-emma-elmslie-shining-peak-nz Green Gully Brett There Be Rock: https://craftypint.com/beer/10999/green-gully-island-beer-teri-grisette-24-and-brett-there-be-rock Newcastle Becomes Brewcastle: https://craftypint.com/news/3599/newcastle-becomes-brewcastle-with-launch-of-new-ale-trail Shawn takes full control of FogHorn: https://craftypint.com/news/3472/foghorn-founder-takes-full-control-of-brewery-as-mighty-craft-exit-craft The creation of the Auld Bulgin' Boysterous Bicep: https://craftypint.com/news/423/never-mind-the-molluscs To register for a WSET course with a 10% discount: https://craftypint.com/wset-beer-qualifications--australia To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

When choosing guests for The Crafty Pint Podcast, we favour people we know have good stories to tell (which, in fairness, doesn't discount many people working in beer) and a particular area of knowledge, expertise or insight to share with listeners and viewers. In the case of Amanda Baker – Bakes to most – they were high on our priority list but leapt to the top when Will spotted something odd going on with the Instagram account Lost Palms, the Gold Coast brewery at which they work. Everything the brewery had posted in seven years disappeared overnight to be replaced by a series of stark, mysterious posts. Attention captured, Will suggested we get Bakes on straight away, which technically meant they were coming on for a discussion around social media, marketing and branding. But, as anyone who knows Bakes knows, we were never going to pin them down to something as straightforward as that. So, settle in for a chat that, yes, looks at the new approach Lost Palms are taking and what sparked the change, but also examines branding more widely – not least as they're involved in the launch of new energy drink SAYG. A year on from Bakes' appearance in one of our most widely read and discussed articles of 2023, Chronically Crafty, which explored working in beer with a chronic medical condition, we reflect on the impact that had and how to keep those discussions going. Meanwhile, Bakes' recent trip to North America, where they stayed with meme legend, Wort Wrangler, brewed collabs with Seek Beer Co and Dominion City, forced themselves onto the Jester King workforce, and met up with Ren Navarro, the founder of Beer Diversity (now B.Diversity), sparks a conversation about community and diversity in beer. Essentially, it's a few episodes rolled into one, with a preamble in which we discuss the phenomenal number of Oktoberfests in Australia this year, New South Wales' first off-grid brewery, Mick Wüst's deep dive into life in a sensory lab, and opening registrations for Pint of Origin 2025. Links relevant to or referenced in the show: Going Green: Frogs Hollow's Off-Grid Brewery: https://craftypint.com/news/3590/going-green-frogs-hollows-off-grid-brewery A Yeast For The Senses: Life In A Sensory Lab: https://craftypint.com/news/3573/a-yeast-for-the-senses-life-inside-a-sensory-lab Be Part Of Pint Of Origin 2025: https://craftypint.com/news/3591/be-a-pint-of-origin-host-venue-in-2025 Save 10% On Registrations For WSET's Beer Courses: https://tinyurl.com/j4eyfrty Lost Palms' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostpalmsbrewingco/ SAYG: https://www.sayg.com.au/ Chronically Crafty: https://craftypint.com/news/3252/chronically-crafty-managing-health-in-the-beer-industry Wort Wrangler: https://www.instagram.com/wortwrangler/ Ren Navarro: https://bdiversitygroup.com/about-ren To find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

We're pretty sure we've never seen anything close to the number of Oktoberfests taking place at breweries and bars around Australia as we're witnessing in 2024. So, as they started to ramp up, we sat down with Nathan Munt, co-founder and head brewer at King River Brewing, and a man who loves celebrating classic German and Belgian beer styles all year round. He launched the brewery with his wife Brianna in the heart of the idyllic King Valley in the Victorian High Country back in 2016, with a lineup featuring an Altbier, Kolsch, and a style that had first made him fall in love with beer: a Belgian tripel called Waiting For Godot, for reasons explained in this episode of The Crafty Pint Podcast. As well as sharing the story of how he went from a lover of food and wine to filling a garage with brewing equipment before swapping the world of banking for brewing trophy-winning beers, he discusses life running a small regional brewery, the joys of touring the High Country, sticking to his guns and brewing the styles he loves even as most of the industry was ignoring them, and his desire to see Kolsch properly understood and enjoyed in Australia. (Even if the pale ale he finally gave in and brewed five years after launching King River is now their best-seller...) Links relevant to or referenced in the show: Felons Brewing To Open Waterfront Venue In Manly: https://craftypint.com/news/3587/brisbane-based-felons-to-open-another-waterfront-venue-in-manly Jervis Bay Brewing Co Become A B Corp Business: https://craftypint.com/news/3588/better-every-day-jervis-bay-become-a-b-corp Behind Bars with Tristan Jallais of Natural Wine & Liquor: https://craftypint.com/news/3579/behind-bars-natural-science-wine-and-liquor King River Brewing on The Crafty Pint: https://craftypint.com/brewery/352/king-river-brewing Brew & A: Nathan Munt: https://craftypint.com/news/2942/brew-and-a-nathan-munt Muntoberfest 2024: https://events.humanitix.com/muntoberfest-2024/ticketsTo find out more about supporting the show or otherwise partnering with The Crafty Pint, contact craig@craftypint.com.

The 2024 Indies awards took place in Perth for the first time on August 2, and The Crafty Pint was there to enjoy the celebrations that took place a few hours after the WA Beer & Brewing Conference.The following morning, we sat down with new Independent Brewers Association chair Callum Reeves, also co-founder of KAIJU! Beer, for a wide-ranging chat about the awards, his new role, the challenges facing indie brewers – including insight on the impact of bi-annual excise tax hikes, new partnerships and key goals for the IBA.There's also reaction from some of the Indies winners on the night, a look back at our event with FOUND., and a look forward to upcoming Crafty events featuring Phat Brew Club and Rocky Ridge.If you'd like to find out more about partnering with The Crafty Pint Podcast, contact craig@craftypint.comLinks referenced in or relevant to the show:Indies 2024 winners: https://craftypint.com/news/3538/uraidla-win-champion-beer-at-the-2024-indies-with-a-ripa-of-a-beerMax Bowering Slays Beer: https://craftypint.com/news/3532/max-bowering-slays-beerEpisode 002 featuring Lindsay Astarita: https://craftypint.com/news/3534/episode-002-lindsay-astarita-of-stomping-groundWA Craft Beer Strategy: https://www.wabeer.com.au/wa-craft-beer-strategy/IBA's call to the Federal Government on excise tax: https://craftypint.com/news/3540/the-iba-asks-how-much-more-can-we-pay-for-beerFOUND.'s plans for Subiaco: https://craftypint.com/news/3443/found-taking-over-former-golden-west-site-in-subiacoBoundary Island: https://craftypint.com/news/3168/who-brews-boundary-island-beersAlice Springs: https://craftypint.com/news/3233/alice-springs-brewing-co-five-years-in-five-beersPhat Brew Club event: https://craftypint.com/event/13346/pre-froth-town-frothies--feedPoint Break Brewery International: https://www.blackmansbrewery.com.au/point-break-brewery-invitational/

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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)

Docket Adambier update Crafty Pint 2023 Year in Beer - https://craftypint.com/news/3308/the-year-in-beer-2023 “2023 has proven to be by far the toughest for the beer and hospo world in the 13-plus years we've been covering it on The Crafty Pint.” “expect to see more voluntary administrations, sales, consolidation and closures in the year ahead.” on VAs “ big and small, and other creditors who have been weathering losses too. And that can and will have a knock-on impact beyond those businesses themselves, for example then it comes the terms or prices they have to impose on their other customers.” ABAC Guide for Digital Marketing - https://theshout.com.au/abac-launches-guide-for-digital-alcohol-marketing/ - Full guide here - http://www.abac.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Best-Practice-for-Responsible-Digital-Alcohol-Marketing-approved-24-November-2023.pdf “o actively selecting interests or keywords that are weighted towards adults (e.g. insurance)” “UGC within digital platforms controlled by alcohol and alcohol alternative marketers (including UGC shared or endorsed by an alcohol marketer or a brand tag that results in a post appearing on the marketer's account) is within the scope of the ABAC Code (refer Part 1).” Point 13 on influencers is worth discussing. The best influencer beers - https://craftypint.com/news/3310/getting-blind-with-crafty-influencer-beers Good Beer Week Canceled Again - https://brewsnews.com.au/good-beer-week-to-take-a-breather-in-2024/ Birchal Capital Raise - https://storage.googleapis.com/birchal-uploads/8561a3d2-273b-4c5a-a779-f155dfe11bba/8561a3d2-273b-4c5a-a779-f155dfe11bba.pdf Hendo Reacts HR 1 - https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSN4Q34mv/ HR 2 - https://www.tiktok.com/@ronnydoitche/video/7308913667246968107?lang=en HR 3 - https://www.tiktok.com/@mariovibes956/video/6980471113465761030?lang=en 12 questions https://www.facebook.com/groups/bossandthebrewer/posts/1124389812278065/ Extra notes Capitano in Carlton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOHnSL7ZCg Klaus ftw

Docket Strong results for Metcash, esp bottle shops - ​​https://theshout.com.au/strong-half-year-result-for-metcash-liquor/ Crafty Pint's Local Beer Day - https://craftypint.com/news/3307/local-beer-day-join-us-for-a-nationwide-celebration ABV Awards - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ImqjUHmIr9DLsEwRdmEKBRT9S49tMdLO Voting open for GABS Hottest 100 - https://theshout.com.au/voting-open-for-gabs-hottest-100-2/ - Live vote https://gabshottest100.com/au/ ALD IPA - https://www.beerandbrewer.com/pop-up-pub-from-aldi-to-showcase-new-ald-ipa/ Good Drinks Rider Lite removes Electrolyte claim - https://brewsnews.com.au/good-drinks-rider-lite-update/ Is the Craft Beer Boom done - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-02/craft-beer-industry-under-pressure/103098096 Hendo Reacts HR1 - https://www.tiktok.com/@the_pour_decision/video/7306008916746358018?_r=1&_t=8hnC3cEy6ew HR2 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160132388767967&set=gm.3616963438577718&idorvanity=2269787796628629 12 questions https://www.facebook.com/groups/bossandthebrewer/posts/1120706429313070/

Docket Mighty Craft Grift Continues - https://www.mightycraft.com.au/investor/ They currently have no Chairman after the current one didn't get voted back in. Share price sitting at 1c, under $5m market cap. They've hired a New MD - getting paid $32k / month. Not the same person as the interim CEO. See announcement https://wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/MCL/02739036.pdf FY revenue - $82.5m FY profit - who knows based on their 'EBITDA' and 'Underlying EBITDA' being more or less made up numbers. According to the update $6m loss in 'Underlying EBITDA'. $3.7m in bank, explains a 6 month contract for an MD, that might be as long as they can drag it out for. Trying to sell Better Beer or Spirits business. Everything across the portfolio is down. Better Beer up for the year but down for the quarter so possibly trending downwards as well. Speaking of grifts - ABAC update and Hard Solo is dead - https://brewsnews.com.au/hard-solo-to-be-renamed-hard-rated/ & https://brewsnews.com.au/abac-rules-hard-solo-appeals-to-minors/ Jetty Road sale - https://craftypint.com/news/3290/former-cub-boss-leads-group-buying-jetty-road-from-mighty-craft Crafty Pint looking for influencer beers - should we nominate Adambier? https://craftypint.com/news/3287/help-us-get-blind-influencer-beers Brewski turns 10 - https://craftypint.com/news/3288/brewski-ten-lessons-from-ten-years Bye bye sierra nevada - https://www.beerandbrewer.com/sierra-nevadas-local-availability-to-be-heavily-reduced/ Hendo Reacts Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 12 questions https://www.facebook.com/groups/bossandthebrewer/posts/1109578210425892/

I've sat down and had a few beers with this episode's guest on a few occasions, both in my hometown and his. And each time I have, I remember our conversations with a smile on my face, but I also don't really remember our conversations as well as I should. Perhaps it's my memory, or maybe it's the beers? I don't know.Anyway, all I know is that this dude has a job that many beer lovers, me included, would kill for. His name is Will Ziebell, and he gets to schmooze his way around industry events, breweries and bars, drinking beer, talking about it with other cool like-minded people, and then writing about it for all of us other beer lovers to enjoy.I take that back, this bastard does all of that just to rub our noses in the fact that he has an awesome beer job, and we don't. Ok, well, I don't, and he does. Maybe it's just me who is insanely jealous of this bloke?Obviously, I am the bigger person because I have invited him on to MY award-winning podcast to share his life stories as a History Graduate turned award-winning beer writer!  Lead writer for Australia'sit's most-read craft beer publication, The Crafty Pint, Will Ziebell.Read Will'sback catalogue of articles here

You may know him as Social Media influencer, Schoonerversity, or maybe have read an article or two of his over at Australia's favourite online craft beer hub, the old Crafty Pint, where he has been writing articles for the last 5 or so years. He is a freelance copywriter, a gun for hire in the craft beer industry, and he is soon to release his very first book…The Beer Drinkers Toolkit.Mick Wust is his name and he has sent me an advanced copy of his ripping new book, so I thought I would get him on the poddy so that I can throw a few questions at him that came to me as I was thumbing the pages of his book.If you want to pre-order his book, go here

Will Ziebell is the senior journalist at The Crafty Pint and has been covering the ebbs and flows of Australia's craft beer industry since 2016. Today he joins me to enlighten us on the culture of craft beer and its place here in the land down under. https://craftypint.com Follow Over a Glass https://www.instagram.com/overtheglasspod  Host Shanteh Wale https://www.instagram.com/shantehwale/?hl=en Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Executive Producer Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Will Ziebell is the senior journalist at The Crafty Pint and has been covering the ebbs and flows of Australia's craft beer industry since 2016. Today he joins me to enlighten us on the culture of craft beer and its place here in the land down under. https://craftypint.com Follow Over a Glass https://www.instagram.com/overtheglasspod  Host Shanteh Wale https://www.instagram.com/shantehwale/?hl=en Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Executive Producer Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Links Facebook Group join here Sponsor - All in Brewing Topics Lion sells UK's Magic Rock and Fourpure - https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2022/08/09/lion-sells-uks-magic-rock-and-fourpure/ 2022 the strangest year yet - https://craftypint.com/news/2958/2022-craft-beers-strangest-year-yet “Beer sales are down, with some retailers telling The Crafty Pint they're facing their harshest ever trading conditions in an economy that feels fundamentally different to any other year. ” “If it was summer, I'd be concerned, but I'm not concerned yet,” Nick says (from Warners At The Bay).Gage Roads FY22 results (see link here):$8.4m EBITDA$1m profit just from the Freo venue - $1.5m in first 6 months - potential $3m per year19m litres, 13m for Good Drinks (up 16%)Crowdfunding update:Liquor loot (Whiskey Loot) EOI - https://www.birchal.com/company/liquorloot - $10m revenue in 3 yearsDainton - $30m valuation, $550k raised, $7m revenue (same as last year), $18k profit, “To date, our activities have been primarily funded by one of the Company's founding shareholders (Kevin Wayne Dainton). The founding shareholder has loaned funds of $1,405,924 in total to the Company. ”, “These exceptional circumstances have undoubtedly had a negative impact on our FY22 result and we expect a return to much stronger revenue and EBITDA growth in the current and future financial years.” Invest $10k 20% discount. Future Magic - $2.7m valuation, $125k raised of $200-$800k goal, 3 Ravens - $10m valuation, $390k raised of $500k-$2m goal, negative balance sheet, $114k loss (4.6% loss), $2.5m revenue down from $3.06m revenue (2019 revenue numbers) Lion to brew Swan Draft at Little Creatures - https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2022/08/09/lions-swan-draught-returns-to-wa/Sydney Brewing wins every award ever - https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2022/08/08/sydney-brewery-wins-big-at-2022-sydney-royal-awards/ Coopers new branding - can fermented? https://theshout.com.au/coopers-unveils-new-look-packaging/ Lager-focused Perentie Brewing announce $6M brewpub (with Burleigh Brewing partnership) - https://www.beerandbrewer.com/lager-focused-perentie-brewing-announce-6m-brewpub/

In this episode, I talk with Jessie Jungalwalla from Craft Instinct. Follow the latest developments via Facebook and Instagram.Follow Brienne @RatmagnetRead Her Story and Our Story at The Crafty Pint.If you are affected by any of the topics discussed in this podcast, please use the links below to seek guidance and assistance:Lifeline 24 hour support or call 13 11 14Drinkwise Support ServicesA list of organisations, websites and services that offer alcohol support, counselling and information. This list also includes research centres that focus on alcohol.The Chosen Brew is a podcast for people, passionate about beer, to talk us through the six beers that changed them. Their chosen brews. Expect choices to be full of nostalgia, emotional wanderings and plain old loyalty as the guests tell their story through the beers that they treasure.Follow The Chosen Brew on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Log on to the website at: www.thechosenbrewau.comThe Wheel of Sport my other podcast of the greatest sports stories ever told. Guests are given the following guidelines:- Each beer choice has to have been commercially available at some point.- Although this is essentially a quality beer podcast, choices can be any beer, however mainstream. ​- Guests will choose their favourite drinking vessel from which all their beers will be consumed.- Also, guests will choose their ultimate beer snack to go alongside their choices. ​- Talking about the beers that didn't quite make the six is encouraged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is all about starting the conversation about listening, respecting and treating everyone in the same manner.The craft beer industry has been shaken up recently, and with good reason. The social media posts from here and abroad, and articles published on the Crafty Pint and other sites, highlighting the way that our female colleagues in the industry have been treated now and in the past got me thinking. Can I, should I do something to help with this podcast of mine and not only celebrate the good stuff, but highlight the other issues we need to have a conversation about. The answer is yes, so here we are.As you will hear on this episode, I got off to a little bit of a rough start, but we got there in the end...we had a conversation.Thank you to Lindsy & Tif for joining me on this episode, I really hope this helps the cause.If you want to hear more from Linds & TIf, check out their new podcast, Crack The Ceiling.Want to help spread the craft beer gospel?Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTubeRate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts...click link on phone and scroll to bottomOr Follow/Subscribe on you favourite podcast player

In this episode, I chat with well-known figure within the Australian Craft Beer Industry, James Smith, who was the founder of Good Beer Week and online magazine & new resource, The Crafty Pint. Originally from the UK and working for a newspaper over there, James and his wife then moved over to Australia in 2008.  After being introduced to a few people in the brewing industry, he started to realise that there was a few breweries and a small craft beer scene developing in Australia around the time but had very little media coverage on it. In 2010 he then launched Crafty Pint, and only a few months after that Good Beer Week, which was a week long of events related to craft beer. In modern day, crafty pint is an industry leading news publication for the craft beer scene in Oz, and Good Beer Week has grown to be come a National Event being taken over by the Independent Brewers Association.In our chat we discuss the media options available to new and established breweries that they can take advantage of to get their name out there and create a bit of buzz about their beers. We talk about the rise of craft beer in relation to social media and much more.EPISODE LINKS:Crafty Pint Good Beer Week Visit us at www.buildmeabrewery.com.au and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when episodes launch plus exclusive Brewery Building Content.Also like and follow us on FacebookBuild Me A Brewery Facebook PageBuild Me A  Brewery Discussion Group

I know what you are all thinking out there in the community...F%$K You Corona Virus!It's a strange time we are currently living in, and our little world of Craft Beer, there will be many tough times to come. To help combat this, the Crafty Pint have started the #keeplocalalive campaign to see if we as a community can help out the people working in the industry.I caught up with James, and my old mate, Will Tatchell from Van Dieman Brewing over lunch this week to find out more about the campaign and how this pandemic is affecting business.https://craftypint.com/keeping-local-alive

We hit the road and brought you Step Brewers LIVE at Tipplers Tap Fv. We had some amazing ideas and stories from our guests, Mick (Crafty Pint), Ally (Range Brewing) and Benny (Fox Friday), all while sipping on the biggest and best lineup of Tasmanian beers to ever leave our home state for Crafty Pint's Pint of Origin!Check us out on socials @stepbrewersContribute to our Patreon! - https://bit.ly/2QkjkJg

James from the Crafty Pint joins us to have a chat about the bushfire relief fundraisers.  https://craftypint.com/news/2289/beer-for-bushfire-relief

Dave and Luke are joined by Chris Menichelli of Slowbeer, and Will Ziebell of the Crafty Pint - and a rad live audience, to talk award our favourite beers and breweries for the end of the year. 

In this episode, I talk with James Smith from The Crafty Pint the most influential craft beer website in Australia. We covered a whole range of topics affecting the beer industry and even squeezed in James' six epiphany beers. This episode was recorded live at Burnley Brewing. The Chosen Brew is a podcast for people, passionate about beer, to talk us through the six beers that changed them. Their chosen brews. Expect choices to be full of nostalgia, emotional wanderings and plain old loyalty as the guests tell their story through the beers that they treasure.Follow The Chosen Brew on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Log on to the website at: www.thechosenbrewau.comThe Wheel of Sport my other podcast of the greatest sports stories ever told. Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/wheel-of-sport/Guests are given the following guidelines:- Each beer choice has to have been commercially available at some point.- Although this is essentially a quality beer podcast, choices can be any beer, however mainstream. ​- Guests will choose their favourite drinking vessel from which all their beers will be consumed.- Also, guests will choose their ultimate beer snack to go alongside their choices. ​- Talking about the beers that didn't quite make the six is encouraged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is another one where I tip the cap to those who helped to shape the craft beer industry for all of us to enjoy. The Australia Craft Beer scene is littered with stories of people leaving safe and secure jobs to try something new, to start new business, follow a new career path and generally throw caution to the wind to follow their craft beer dream.James Smith is one of those people…although he has kind of been pursuing his dream of spreading the craft beer gospel since he began his career as a freelance writer with the Age. James has done a lot of things in the industry…founded Good Beer Week, written two and a half books on the great beers of Australia, and probably most importantly, runs arguably to most influential craft beer website in Australia…The Crafty Pint.In this episode, we chat about:How things began for Crafty;Great beer experiences;Taking pain killers for a back injury that make you write great books;The recent poll to award the best new beers of 2019; andHow working in the industry and loving beer might be a recipe for over indulging;A legend of the industry who does love a chat...enjoy!https://www.facebook.com/BeerHealer

We visited Beechworth for Bridge Road's annual High Country Hops festival. Head brewer Ben Kraus and MC from Crafty Pint and New South Ales joined us for a chat about this year's celebration of the hop harvest.

A few of my earlier podcasts featured marketers who provided insight and advice on the tricky practice of taking an amazing liquid to the consumer and getting them to hand over their hard earned cash to drink it. This podcasts were very popular, and so I decided to invite another experience marketer on to have a chat about the industry and answer a few questions from some of my social media followers.One time drummer in a rock band, Jessie Jungalwalla, spent time in Canada working as a graphic designer for Big Rock in Vancouver, eventually working her way up to running events and experiences for them. She is a certified cicerone, a home brewer and a huge fan of craft beer, so when she returned home to Australia it seemed only natural that she would find a way to combine her passion for craft beer with her design skills.Jessie company, Craft instinct, is a brand development and design service specialising in the craft beverage industry. They have worked with well known brands such as The Crafty Pint, Blackmans Brewery and Pink Boots Australia.Jessie was such a delight to talk with, she has an infectious laugh and knows her stuff!Enjoy!PS - She has a new website in development, but if you are looking for Jessie, you can find her at http://www.craftinstinct.com/https://www.facebook.com/BeerHealer

Very excited to welcome back the bogan vs boutique segment for episode 14!   This episode we taste: Mornington Lager - Mornington Peninsula Brewery https://mpbrew.com.au/beer/lager/ Pale Ale - Exit brewing https://www.exitbrewing.com/core-range Hair of the dog XPA - Old Wives Ales http://oldwivesales.com/beers/hair-of-the-dog Jedi Juice NEIPA - Hop Nation https://hopnation.com.au/collections/beer/products/jedi-juice-neipa?variant=7524151427133 Cluster 8 Double IPA - Bentspoke Brewing Company https://www.bentspokebrewing.com.au/on-tap/ Black Brute - Rocky Ridge Brewing https://www.rockyridgebrewing.com.au   Bogan vs boutique Mornington Lager (German style lager) - Mornington Peninsula Brewery https://mpbrew.com.au/beer/lager/ Vs Lowenbrau Original - Löwenbräu Brewery/ABInBev https://udh.pl/en/production/lowenbrau/?#   Here's a link to the Crafty Pint article we mention that discusses copyright issues: https://craftypint.com/news/1857/The_Big_Issue_Copyright_Or_Wrong   instagram.com/aussiebeerexplorers facebook.com/aussiebeerexplorers twitter.com/Ozbeerexplorers aussiebeerexplorers@gmail.com  

Heyyooo it's our end of your wrap up and we recorded it from the Espy in Melbourne, and dragged in some fancy guests - Will Ziebell (the Crafty Pint) and Ian McNally (Chosen Brew Podcast). Like last year, we all arrived with a list of names we wanted to discuss for our four categories: beer of the year, brewery of the year, most improved brewery, and one to watch for next year. Will your favourite get up? Tune in to find out!

On Brews News Week host Pete Mitcham and Brews News Founder Matt Kirkegaard, discuss the attention-grabbing beer stories of the week.   This week we  are again joined by Zoe Ottway from Totem Marketing, we are also joined for the first time by Fiona Sproles from Adelaide's Dusty Cowgirl Designs.    Fiona is a former in-house designer for Little Creatures and her Dusty Cowgirl Designs continues to do graphic design and copy writing across the Little Creatures, White Rabbit and other craft brands for Lion.  In the week that Coopers announced a nearly 10 per per cent decline in sales, we get our crack marketers to discuss Coopers woes.   In pushing the Cook Limit this week we also discuss: CUB's history of getting history wrong and whether the true history of a brand is more valuable than a marketing version DME goes into receivership Queensland's craft beer strategy Melbourne listeners, we will be recording our 200th Episode live at The Local Taphouse at 3pm on Sunday 9 December. We will be joined by a number of special guests including James Smith from the Crafty Pint, Luke Robertson from Ale of a Time and trademark expert James Omond, We have 15 tickets for listeners who would like to join us for some great chat, good fun and some beers. If you'd like to come along, email us. First come, first served.

On Brews News Week host Pete Mitcham and Brews News Founder Matt Kirkegaard, discuss the attention-grabbing beer stories of the week.   This week we  are again joined by Zoe Ottway from Totem Marketing, we are also joined for the first time by Fiona Sproles from Adelaide's Dusty Cowgirl Designs.    Fiona is a former in-house designer for Little Creatures and her Dusty Cowgirl Designs continues to do graphic design and copy writing across the Little Creatures, White Rabbit and other craft brands for Lion.  In the week that Coopers announced a nearly 10 per per cent decline in sales, we get our crack marketers to discuss Coopers woes.   In pushing the Cook Limit this week we also discuss: CUB's history of getting history wrong and whether the true history of a brand is more valuable than a marketing version DME goes into receivership Queensland's craft beer strategy Melbourne listeners, we will be recording our 200th Episode live at The Local Taphouse at 3pm on Sunday 9 December. We will be joined by a number of special guests including James Smith from the Crafty Pint, Luke Robertson from Ale of a Time and trademark expert James Omond, We have 15 tickets for listeners who would like to join us for some great chat, good fun and some beers. If you'd like to come along, email us. First come, first served.

With our live podcast coming up for WA Beer Week at The Dutch Trading Co, we thought it might be time to put out some content from our last live event! Crafty Sucks 1 was hosted with our good friends at Caboose and we were lucky enough to have an epic line up of brewers to talk to. Crafty Sucks 1 – Part 1 features James Smith of The Crafty Pint, Jackson Purser of Indian Ocean Brewing and John Spesh Stallwood of Nail Brewing. To buy tickets to our event, Crafty Sucks 2, go here: www.wabeerweek.com.au/event/crafty-sux-episode-ii/ www.facebook.com/events/318531732061715/ To learn more about Dutch Trading Co, go here: thedutchtradingco.com.au/ www.facebook.com/dutchtradingco/ www.instagram.com/thedutchtradingco/ To learn more about WA Beer Week, go here: www.wabeerweek.com.au/ www.facebook.com/wabeerweek/ www.instagram.com/wabeerweek/ To learn more about The Crafty Pint, go here: craftypint.com/ craftycabal.com/ www.facebook.com/thecraftypint/ www.instagram.com/craftypint/ To learn more about Indian Ocean Brewing Co, go here: http://www.themarinamindarie.com/indian-ocean-brewery/ https://www.facebook.com/indibrew/ https://www.instagram.com/indibrew To learn more about Nail Brewing, go here: https://nailbrewing.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/nailbrewing/ https://www.instagram.com/indibrew

This week we have one less host (Dave) so roped in two special guests. Will from the Crafty Pint, and Topher from Wildflower. We shoot the breeze about all sorts of things, from Coopers, to lambic in hip hop, to nerdy beer things.    http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/

In this episode we sit down with one of our all time favorite beer lords, Joel Beresford! Joel keeps himself busy as an owner of a multi-award winning (No1 in the country!) craft beer bar, Dutch Trading Co and by distributing some absolutely legendary beers under his banner, Shogun Empire. He's also a major sponsor of this podcast! Joel talks about everything WA Beer Week with us and we explore some of the events that Dutch Trading Co are putting on as the flagship venue of WA Beer Week. The highlight will obviously be our second live event, Crafty Sucks 2 with James from The Crafty Pint and a panel of industry superstars! True to stye, we also find out some weird habits of Adam and Tim... To buy tickets to our event, Crafty Sucks 2, go here: https://www.wabeerweek.com.au/event/crafty-sux-episode-ii/ https://www.facebook.com/events/318531732061715/ To learn more about Dutch Trading Co, go here: http://thedutchtradingco.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/dutchtradingco/ https://www.instagram.com/thedutchtradingco/ To learn more about WA Beer Week, go here: https://www.wabeerweek.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/wabeerweek/ https://www.instagram.com/wabeerweek/ To learn more about The Crafty Pint, go here: craftypint.com/ craftycabal.com/ www.facebook.com/thecraftypint/ www.instagram.com/craftypint/

This week on Beer is a Conversation we have a chat with one of the great characters of the Australian brewing industry, Tom Delmont. We have had Tom on the show before about how he became brand ambassador for Mountain Goat, introduced the man who would become The Crafty Pint to Australian beer and founded Fixation Brewing. We recorded this episode the day before Fixation's Melbourne home, The Incubator, opened it's doors and we speak to Tom this time about why his brewery needed a home, how they will manage the relationship with their client pubs and whether they are competitors and also the evolution of IPA in all its forms. Enjoy the conversation.

This week on Beer is a Conversation we have a chat with one of the great characters of the Australian brewing industry, Tom Delmont. We have had Tom on the show before about how he became brand ambassador for Mountain Goat, introduced the man who would become The Crafty Pint to Australian beer and founded Fixation Brewing. We recorded this episode the day before Fixation’s Melbourne home, The Incubator, opened it’s doors and we speak to Tom this time about why his brewery needed a home, how they will manage the relationship with their client pubs and whether they are competitors and also the evolution of IPA in all its forms. Enjoy the conversation.

Marie-Claire Jarratt is the award-winning creator of New South Ales and writer for The Crafty Pint. A keen observer of the Australian beer scene, she joined us for a discussion about recent issues in the industry. Sydney Beer Week Details for our Sydney Beer Week events... yes, that's right, we're doing two this year! Live at the Royal Albert: our traditional Monday of Beer Week event, with special guests, great beers, prizes and giveaways (also: Frankie's afterwards) Style Roulette Live: in collaboration with Bucket Boys, we bring you the first ever live version of our Style Roulette series, where you get to roll the dice to pick a style, help pick a beer of that style from the Bucket Boys fridges, and discuss it with our resident beer experts Beers Chorlton Mango Sour BentSpoke Crankshaft Hargreaves Hill Sazerac Ale Links Boutique breweries boom on a wave of craft beer popularity in Australia The Big Issue: Sexism Grown Local event at Bloodwood Grumpy Donuts Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Non-Beer Recommendations MC: Wacaco Minipresso Adrian: Stocard Liam: Happy Valley Beer Recommendations MC: Philter IPA Adrian: Akasha Black IPA Liam: Batch Elsie's Other Udder

This episode features our good friend, lovely human and distinguished beer writer, James Smith of The Crafty Pint. Author of 150 Great Australian Beers & The Great Australian Beer Guide, contributor to James Halliday's Wine Companion magazine (for beer), Co-Founder and (former) Festival Director of Good Beer Week and Founder of The Crafty Pint. James has the kind of resume that suggests he shouldn't be spending time hanging out with people like us, but low and behold, life works in mysterious ways sometimes. We talk about sleep walking, beer judging, beer media, big dumb beers, The Crafty Pint and we make James plug his awesome membership program, The Crafty Cabal! Learn more here: https://craftypint.com/ https://craftycabal.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thecraftypint/ https://www.instagram.com/craftypint/

This week on Good Brews Week Pete and Matt are joined by Marie Claire Jarratt to dissect a very big week of beer news. In a week that has seen excise concessions to brewers in the budget, medals won at the World Beer Cup and the launch of the Independent Brewers Association's Independence Seal we look at the news, the reaction and discuss what it all means. Marie Claire, or MC as she is better known, is a full-time craft beer enthusiast whose side hobbies include writing about beer, including her blog New South Ales and The Crafty Pint and completing her PhD in experimental quantum physics. For her writing MC won the very first Champion NSW Beer Writer Award in 2016. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out in a number of ways. You can sponsor the show, either by a small monthly contribution or through a one-off donation. You can also review us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service.  Tell us what you think about what's going on in the beer industry by emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au. All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener, and our good friends at Beer Cartel have come on as sponsors of our letter for the week. We will choose an email, a tweet or a comment each week and Beer Cartel will send you a mixed six-pack plus a Brews Bews bottle opener.  

This week on Good Brews Week Pete and Matt are joined by Marie Claire Jarratt to dissect a very big week of beer news. In a week that has seen excise concessions to brewers in the budget, medals won at the World Beer Cup and the launch of the Independent Brewers Association’s Independence Seal we look at the news, the reaction and discuss what it all means. Marie Claire, or MC as she is better known, is a full-time craft beer enthusiast whose side hobbies include writing about beer, including her blog New South Ales and The Crafty Pint and completing her PhD in experimental quantum physics. For her writing MC won the very first Champion NSW Beer Writer Award in 2016. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out in a number of ways. You can sponsor the show, either by a small monthly contribution or through a one-off donation. You can also review us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service.  Tell us what you think about what’s going on in the beer industry by emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au. All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener, and our good friends at Beer Cartel have come on as sponsors of our letter for the week. We will choose an email, a tweet or a comment each week and Beer Cartel will send you a mixed six-pack plus a Brews Bews bottle opener.  

This week we reflect on our time at Good Beer Week and share our panel discussion from the Cryer Malt Trade Hub, where we discussed the future of craft beer with some industry heavyweights. Our panel includes Sierra Nevada founder, Ken Grossman, Craft Beer Industry Association chair Peta Fielding, Epic Beer founder Luke Nicholas and The Crafty Pint, James Smith. Special thanks to Phoenix Beers for making Ken Grossman available for the panel and providing Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for the audience, as well as CUB for providing Goose Island Midway IPA. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience.  

Today there was no Dave, so instead we asked Tom Delmont from Fixation and Will Ziebell (Froth Magazine and Crafty Pint) to join the show. Tom told us all about Fixation, fresh IPAs and we talked punk rock, plans for a Fixation brewpub, as well as getting some tips on how to be a beer rep. Then Will told us tales of history. We learned about Melbourne buildings and breweries, the Rum Rebellion, and the Emu Wars. What a bloody show.   http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/

This week we have two guests in an extravaganza of a show. Greg from Craft and Co and FB Propack; and James from the Crafty Pint. We learn about how they both ended up doing what they are doing. Plus we talk about buyouts, IPA releases. All the usual guff. Also Dave forgot to bring me beers, ruining my day.  Full deets:  http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/

This we we catch up with James Smith, better known to craft beer drinkers as the Crafty Pint. We learn about his plans for world domination, or at least the ever expanding reach of his awesome Australian craft beer resource and his lack of interest in selling out to News Corp. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.  

This we we catch up with James Smith, better known to craft beer drinkers as the Crafty Pint. We learn about his plans for world domination, or at least the ever expanding reach of his awesome Australian craft beer resource and his lack of interest in selling out to News Corp. Don't forget that the Good Beer Week program is now available and tickets are on sale. Australian Brews News are proud media partners of the event and present the Beer Geek stream of the program. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. Download the audio or subscribe below.  

This week we meet BentSpoke's Richard Watkins to celebrate his brewery's first birthday and hear his thoughts on the small brewing industry gained over twenty years. We then catch up with brewing educator and consultant Vincent Costanzo from Costanzo Brewing Consultants to learn about some of the issues affecting beer quality that anyone thinking of becoming a brewer should be considering.If you want to know more about Vince's courses, you can find a listing here. Finally we catch up with James Smith, the man behind The Crafty Pint and the Festival Director of Good Beer Week to hear how things went at this year's festival - one of the world's great beer weeks. James also discusses his decision to step back from his role as festival director. We also announce the winners of our Steve Hindy and Adam Ferrier book giveaways. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. ___________________________________________________________________ Radio Brews News is proudly supported by and also by

This week we meet BentSpoke's Richard Watkins to celebrate his brewery's first birthday and hear his thoughts on the small brewing industry gained over twenty years. We then catch up with brewing educator and consultant Vincent Costanzo from Costanzo Brewing Consultants to learn about some of the issues affecting beer quality that anyone thinking of becoming a brewer should be considering.If you want to know more about Vince's courses, you can find a listing here. Finally we catch up with James Smith, the man behind The Crafty Pint and the Festival Director of Good Beer Week to hear how things went at this year's festival - one of the world's great beer weeks. James also discusses his decision to step back from his role as festival director. We also announce the winners of our Steve Hindy and Adam Ferrier book giveaways. Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh. ___________________________________________________________________ Radio Brews News is proudly supported by and also by

This week Radio Brews News interviews Micah Rees from Core Brewing Concepts. Two weeks ago website The Crafty Pint published a story titled Brewer Beware, outlining issues that a number of brewers have had with a brewing equipment supplier, Core Brewing. This followed a warning posted on social media by one of the brewers affected. We initially intended to run this podcast featuring interviews with a number of the affected brewers, together with this interview with Micah Rees.  However, as we spoke with the brewers, the story was rapidly developing as more affected brewers came to light. In light of that we have decided to run this interview alone and will follow up with brewers in later episodes. Needless to say, versions of key events are disputed. ___________________________________________________________________ Radio Brews News is proudly supported by and also by  

This week Radio Brews News interviews Micah Rees from Core Brewing Concepts. Two weeks ago website The Crafty Pint published a story titled Brewer Beware, outlining issues that a number of brewers have had with a brewing equipment supplier, Core Brewing. This followed a warning posted on social media by one of the brewers affected. We initially intended to run this podcast featuring interviews with a number of the affected brewers, together with this interview with Micah Rees.  However, as we spoke with the brewers, the story was rapidly developing as more affected brewers came to light. In light of that we have decided to run this interview alone and will follow up with brewers in later episodes. Needless to say, versions of key events are disputed. ___________________________________________________________________ Radio Brews News is proudly supported by and also by  

We spoke to James Smith, known as the Crafty Pint, he is one of the founders of Melbourne's Good Beer Week, recently published author, founder of Australia's "craft beer rising" and busy family man. We find out how and why he started the Crafty Pint website and got some insight into both Good Beer Week 2015 and Craft Beer Rising.Full show notes here:http://wp.me/p1biTa-Z7

In a special two interview show recorded during Beervana in Wellington, Luke speaks to Kelly Ryan from the Fork and Brewer, Darren Robinson from Doctor's Orders, and James Smith of the Crafty Pint. Lots of chat about what Kelly is up to and the famous beers he has brewed. Also Darren has new packaged beers coming out and James has a new book out. Some good conversation about Wellington, Beervana and NZ and Australian beer.

In this episode we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, to discuss his new book 150 Great Australian Beers, as well as Mr Young Henry, Richard Adamson, to talk about his plans for gin. Being Radio Brews News, and beer being a conversation, we talk about these things and many, many more, including Good Beer Week, tap contracts and Crafty's mum. Got some thoughts on this episode? You can post them in the comments section down below, on our Facebook page, or email us. If you like the show rate us on iTunes and help others find us. Finally, if you are reading this in our daily email digest, you can hear the episode here. Radio Brews News is proudly presented by: If you've never been to Beervana — you might be wondering what one is. If you have been — you're probably queuing up outside the August 2014 event already. Australia's number one craft contract brewer. Brewpack specializes in offering growing craft breweries a home for their packaged and keg beer. Thinking about craft contract brewing, think Brewpack.   We help home brewers take their creativity to the next level, whatever that is.  

In this episode we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, to discuss his new book 150 Great Australian Beers, as well as Mr Young Henry, Richard Adamson, to talk about his plans for gin. Being Radio Brews News, and beer being a conversation, we talk about these things and many, many more, including Good Beer Week, tap contracts and Crafty's mum. Got some thoughts on this episode? You can post them in the comments section down below, on our Facebook page, or email us. If you like the show rate us on iTunes and help others find us. Finally, if you are reading this in our daily email digest, you can hear the episode here. Radio Brews News is proudly presented by: If you’ve never been to Beervana — you might be wondering what one is. If you have been — you’re probably queuing up outside the August 2014 event already. Australia’s number one craft contract brewer. Brewpack specializes in offering growing craft breweries a home for their packaged and keg beer. Thinking about craft contract brewing, think Brewpack.   We help home brewers take their creativity to the next level, whatever that is.  

This week we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, and his Good Beer Week colleague Miro Bellini. Planning for Good Beer Week 2013 is well underway and it for venues and breweries wanting to get involved, now is the time to get your nominations in. James and Miro talk about the back ground to Good Beer Week and look ahead to next years event. more information and details: www.goodbeerweek.com In our continuing series of sound issues, James and Miro were indeed sitting in the midst of a flock of Rosella's lending either a Tippi Hedren or outdoorsy feel to this episode, depending on your point of view. VB #1 Brand by value article in Drinks Weekly. Details and bookings for Prof's Barley's Angels BBQ event: Local Taphouse Blog This episode is brought to you by Monday2Sunday Brewhaus. Contact them at info@monday2sunday.com.au. Advertisement This episode is brought to you by Monday2Sunday Brewhaus. Contact them at info@monday2sunday.com.au. Next class: Basic All Grain Mash Class Cost - $565.00 excl GST Running over a weekend, this is a great introduction into Mash Brewing. 
If you've had some experience in using malted barley, half and half or BIAB (Brew In A Bag) method, you would greatly benefit from participating in this course. 
 The course will feature all the basic components involved in crafting a traditional and wholesome beer. It will feature hands-on training and all-grain beer and brew development with Master Brewer Vincent Costanzo, along with Brewhaus system training with James McKay, as well as a beer tasting - faults and evaluation class. Our first course is now taking bookings for the 8th December 2012. These courses are limited to 5 brewers per class, so get in quick! www.monday2sunday.com.au

This week we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, and his Good Beer Week colleague Miro Bellini. Planning for Good Beer Week 2013 is well underway and it for venues and breweries wanting to get involved, now is the time to get your nominations in. James and Miro talk about the back ground to Good Beer Week and look ahead to next years event. more information and details: www.goodbeerweek.com In our continuing series of sound issues, James and Miro were indeed sitting in the midst of a flock of Rosella's lending either a Tippi Hedren or outdoorsy feel to this episode, depending on your point of view. VB #1 Brand by value article in Drinks Weekly. Details and bookings for Prof's Barley's Angels BBQ event: Local Taphouse Blog This episode is brought to you by Monday2Sunday Brewhaus. Contact them at info@monday2sunday.com.au. Advertisement This episode is brought to you by Monday2Sunday Brewhaus. Contact them at info@monday2sunday.com.au. Next class: Basic All Grain Mash Class Cost - $565.00 excl GST Running over a weekend, this is a great introduction into Mash Brewing. 
If you've had some experience in using malted barley, half and half or BIAB (Brew In A Bag) method, you would greatly benefit from participating in this course. 
 The course will feature all the basic components involved in crafting a traditional and wholesome beer. It will feature hands-on training and all-grain beer and brew development with Master Brewer Vincent Costanzo, along with Brewhaus system training with James McKay, as well as a beer tasting - faults and evaluation class. Our first course is now taking bookings for the 8th December 2012. These courses are limited to 5 brewers per class, so get in quick! www.monday2sunday.com.au