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Annie Ward, Director of Operations at Aether Brewing, joined Peter Gleeson on 4BC Drive as Queensland's biggest and quirkiest independent brewers prepare to come together this weekend for the annual GABS Festival.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BEER SPEC-TAP-ULAR - This weekend from ICC in Sydney is the GABS Festival and managing director Mike gave us the lowdown on the craft beer festival! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With GABS Festival fast approaching, Papa unveils a surprise GABS fit, the boys discuss one of the best beer weeks on the calendar Good Beer Week and Panfa and Weg detail their paddle recommendations while Papa just randomly insults and makes his feelings known for no reason. IT'S GABS WEEK BABY!Become a Friend Of The Show and support us on our Patreon! If you're listening on Spotify or  Apple Podcasts, please be sure to rate, subscribe and leave us a review.  It's free and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast!

This week we discuss the fun that can be had at the upcoming GABS Festival, the boys F@#k, Marry & Kill some barrel aged beers. Paco let's us taste his salty bbq balls and delicious Bbq sauce in Paco's Kitchen and we answer questions from our fans. So step inside the bubble where the beers are cold and the banter is juicy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lee-stone51/message

This week the team chats all things beer packaging and whether a tax break would be a good or a bad thing for the industry. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Endeavour to hold EGM as shareholders await accounts Black Hops invests $3m in packaging expansion Brick Lane delivers fresh growlers to Dan Murphy's GABS Festival is back for 2021 Australian breweries push for tax break similar to wine industry Our Partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops' new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level. Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.  We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don't help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

This week the team chats all things beer packaging and whether a tax break would be a good or a bad thing for the industry. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Endeavour to hold EGM as shareholders await accounts Black Hops invests $3m in packaging expansion Brick Lane delivers fresh growlers to Dan Murphy’s GABS Festival is back for 2021 Australian breweries push for tax break similar to wine industry Our Partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. Cryer Malt is proud to team up with Yakima Chief Hops to bring the very best Pacific Northwest hops to Australian and Kiwi brewers. Yakima Chief Hops’ new proprietary hop Talus™ is bursting with big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus rinds, dried roses, pine resin, tropical fruits and sage. Rumoured as the new Queen of Hops, Talus™ is available through your mates at Cryer Malt, so contact them to start taking your brews to the next level. Support for this episode comes from Ska Fabricating. Ska Fabricating builds reliable, automated packaging line equipment that is hand-crafted to make life easier for breweries and their production teams. If you are a brewer looking for the best way to get your product out of your taproom and into the hands of your customers, Ska Fab has you covered. With a wide range of depalletizers, custom conveyance, date coding, rinsing and drying systems, and more, Ska Fab specializes in helping breweries of all sizes get their beer from keg to can. To find out more about how Ska Fab can help you sell more beer, visit www.skafabricating.com today.  We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Brewers, if you are still applying self-adhesive labels to your bottles and cans, and believe that this is a sustainable solution for your packaging needs, you may want to call Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging and discuss your options with them. The team at Rallings will walk you through the various options available to you, that are more sustainable than applying self-adhesive labels which don’t help the environment at all. Whilst they do produce self-adhesive labels for many breweries, there is a much better way to ensure that your carbon footprint is lower than what you are currently doing by utilising pre-sleeved cans. Give the guys a call on 1300 852 235 to find out more. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a Brews News bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

In this special edition, we catch up with GABS Beer Festival and Spectacular Enterprises General Manager, Mike Bray, and Festival Director, Craig Williams. It's no secret that 2020 has been a brutal year for events. We wanted to catch up with Mike and Craig for a while to find out how they were travelling and what the plans were for 2021, and to get Mike's thoughts on acquiring the business just months before the pandemic. However, during the course of the chat they drop a few announcements and so we have brought the release of this episode forward to release it as a special edition to coincide with their releasing the news themselves. Even without the news, it's a great chat about events and managing the COVID year, as well as the Hottest 100 and can design awards. GABS Festival 2021 Event Dates: GABS Brisbane: Sat 17 April GABS Sydney: Fri 7 - Sat 8 May (introducing a new Friday session) GABS Melbourne: Fri 21 - Sun 23 May (concluding Good Beer Week) GABS Auckland: Sat 3 July More information can be found at gabsfestival.com Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

In this special edition, we catch up with GABS Beer Festival and Spectacular Enterprises General Manager, Mike Bray, and Festival Director, Craig Williams. It’s no secret that 2020 has been a brutal year for events. We wanted to catch up with Mike and Craig for a while to find out how they were travelling and what the plans were for 2021, and to get Mike’s thoughts on acquiring the business just months before the pandemic. However, during the course of the chat they drop a few announcements and so we have brought the release of this episode forward to release it as a special edition to coincide with their releasing the news themselves. Even without the news, it’s a great chat about events and managing the COVID year, as well as the Hottest 100 and can design awards. GABS Festival 2021 Event Dates: GABS Brisbane: Sat 17 April GABS Sydney: Fri 7 - Sat 8 May (introducing a new Friday session) GABS Melbourne: Fri 21 - Sun 23 May (concluding Good Beer Week) GABS Auckland: Sat 3 July More information can be found at gabsfestival.com Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

​With these unprecedented times (ding) forcing many of us to pivot (ding), we're continuing to "work" from home! As Dan Andrew's roadmap (ding) is slowly but surely opening up Victoria we had the opportunity to get into the "2020 limited edition GABS festival beer mixed six pack." (Try and say that quickly 10 times!)    As we mention in the episode, some of these beers are definitely not what we would purchase ourselves but what a range and they couldn't be any more different if they tried.   The beers we tasted in this episode were: SAMBO Salt and Vinegar Sour - Your Mates Brewing Lost in the Fog XPA - Modus Operandi Strawberries & Cream Milkshake IPA - One Drop Brewing Mega Golden Stout Time - Big Shed Brewing Popcorn U-Copia Ale - Bright Brewery https://www.gabsfestival.com/ instagram.com/aussiebeerexplorers facebook.com/aussiebeerexplorers twitter.com/Ozbeerexplorers aussiebeerexplorers@gmail.com aussiebeerexplorers.com

This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast we chat with designer Matt O'Connor. Matt's design for Little Bang Brewing's Face Inverter Citrus Super Sour recently won the inaugural GABS Festival can design awards. As can design generates increasing interest and awareness, we were interested in learning more about how Matt came to design for Little Bang and how he approaches the challenges of starting with a shiny silver cylinder and making it something that captures the personality of the brewery and the beer while grabbing the beer drinker's attention. You can find Matts work on his Website, Instagram and Twitter. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast we chat with designer Matt O’Connor. Matt’s design for Little Bang Brewing’s Face Inverter Citrus Super Sour recently won the inaugural GABS Festival can design awards. As can design generates increasing interest and awareness, we were interested in learning more about how Matt came to design for Little Bang and how he approaches the challenges of starting with a shiny silver cylinder and making it something that captures the personality of the brewery and the beer while grabbing the beer drinker’s attention. You can find Matts work on his Website, Instagram and Twitter. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. and this is Brews News Week. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

Join us for this chat. recorded during a livestream with Craig from GABS Festival. He tells us about the situation with the festival, and what steps they'll be taking to keep us safe. 

Join us for this chat. recorded during a livestream with Craig from GABS Festival. He tells us about the situation with the festival, and what steps they'll be taking to keep us safe. 

It had been a little while since we'd been in a room together, so fair warning, this is the least "beery" episode we've done. We covered a bit of beer stuff, starting with the AIBA's, before we talked through the Dan Murphy's GABS Festival 6 Pack & spoke about our upcoming fun day with Hop On Brewery Tours. Then the non-beer stuff began with the NBA Playoffs, the Game of Thrones finale and a bit of heavy metal stuff. If you don't want to listen to the NBA & Game of Thrones stuff, you can pretty well skip from minute 19 to 39 as we did waffle on a bit. Either way, we hope you enjoy our conversation.

Excited to welcome back my friend and Melbourne singer-songwriter BATTS on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! weekly entrepreneurship podcast for the 4th time, as she prepares to hit the road for her east coast of Australia for the launch of her much anticipated and highly-imaginative NASA-inspired debut album called ‘The Grand Tour’.   Connect with BATTS online: Download/Stream 'The Grand Tour' Here: https://batts.lnk.to/TheGrandTour Current Tour Dates: June 7th - QPAC Concert Hall - Supporting Sharon Van Etten - Brisbane June 11th - Hamer Hall - Supporting Sharon Van Etten - Melbourne Album Tour June 13th - The Grace Emily - Adelaide - Buy Tickets June 22nd - The Vanguard - Sydney - Buy Tickets June 28th - Howler - Melbourne - Buy Tickets Download Hot & Delicious podcast episode #53 BATTS Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/53-batts-music-aka-tanya-batt/id923799010?i=1000357941114 Download Hot & Delicious podcast episode #83 BATTS Music - Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/83-tanya-batt-part-1-aka-batts-music/id923799010?i=1000371407283 Download Hot & Delicious podcast episode #84 BATTS Music - Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/84-tanya-batt-part-2-aka-batts-music/id923799010?i=1000371817484 Download Hot & Delicious podcast episode #108 recorded live Meredith Music Festival (JammoCast) with BATTS, Olaf Scott from Aussie soul band Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins, and feminist film director Melanie Scammell: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/108-bondi-beach-radio-show-launch-hot-delicious-rocks/id923799010?i=1000379023129 Website: http://www.battsmusic.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/battsmusic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/battsmusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BATTSMUSIC   Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerlovin/ Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwilkinson1/ Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more. https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords 'Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog: http://hotndelicious.com/   For social media strategy, content/photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com   Neil Degrasse Tyson Startalk podcast: https://www.startalkradio.net/   GABS Festival:   Shoutouts to the people at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular!   GABS Festival showcases the best Australian and New Zealand craft breweries and cider producers and features hundreds of beers and ciders – including up to 180 ‘Festival Beers & Ciders’ made just for the event.   GABS Festival  2019 - Sydney - Saturday 1st June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Auckland - Saturday 29th June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/auckland-event-info

8 Reasons To Go Booze-Free May-Be   On this week’s special edition BOOZE-FREE MAY-BE* episode, I share the Top 8 highlights and Top Tips I’ve experienced thus far on my alcohol-free* month of May around: Journaling. Sleep. Mobile Phones In The Bedroom. Endorphins, Energy and Mindset. Ways To Treat Yourself and Be Kind To Yourself. Saving Money. Interpersonal relationships, Dating and not putting up with people’s bullshit. Setting & Kicking Goals.   We also feature theexclusiveaudio from our livestream interview recorded101 Tokens founder,Benny Wallington on: Joy. Being a small business owner and working different hours and a different kind of life. Snorkelling and banana bread and activities that can get you out of your own head. Flow states, sports where the stakes are high and getting out of your own head. The process of given up alcohol and my first 10 days booze-free.   Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwilkinson1/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerlovin/ Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more. https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords   'Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog: http://hotndelicious.com/   For social media strategy, content/photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com   GABS Festival:   Shoutouts to the people at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular!   GABS Festival showcases the best Australian and New Zealand craft breweries and cider producers and features hundreds of beers and ciders – including up to 180 ‘Festival Beers & Ciders’ made just for the event.   GABS Festival  2019 - Melbourne - Friday 17th - Sunday 19th May: https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Sydney - Saturday 1st June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Auckland - Saturday 29th June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/auckland-event-info   Podcast to listen to: Hot & Delicious. 213 Benny Wallington (101 Tokens) x Booze-Free May-Be* https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/213-benny-wallington-101-tokens-x-booze-free-may-be/id923799010?i=1000437216065 179 Jaymz Clements (NBA 'Straya podcast founder/host & entertainment industry writer/editor/broadcaster) https://podcasts.apple.com/ai/podcast/hot-delicious-rocks-planet/id923799010?mt=2 175 Murray Valeriano (USA stand-up comedian & host of the All Things Comedy ‘Road Stories’ podcast)- Live from Los Angeles, I am proud to call this son of a preacher man from Memphis (Tennessee), via New Jersey, my friend and on today’s show we chat about landing on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East, performing for American troops at a non-existent military base in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa and ‘Comedians on Safari’ where Californian comedians book stand-up comedy tours around surfing safaris, We also discuss Murray Valeriano’s latest hour-long show on religion, which is bound to raise a few eyebrows in the USA where religious belief still hold so much sway and power, being inspired and motivated by his Academy Award nominated wife Mary Zophres, who is one of the best costume designers in Hollywood, on movies such as La La Land, True Grit and Catch Me If You Can and much, more more. https://hotndelicious.com/2018/03/27/murrayv/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/175-murray-valeriano-usa-stand-up-comedian-host-road/id923799010?i=1000407215599 Roadstories Podcast Murray Valeriano https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/roadstories-podcast/id268649970 The Joe Rogan Experience - diverse range of guests including Elon Musk, Russell Brand, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, UK comedian Eddie Izzard, Travis Barker from Blink-182 and many more. One of my recent faves is episode  #1284 which is Joe Rogan’s interview with author and journalist Graham Hancock about the ancient civilisations, archaelogy and the Ice Age  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272?i=1000436110838 NBA Straya with Jaymz Clements - a music industry writer for Rolling Stone and a bunch of other high profile publications. NBA ‘Straya is a daily NBA podcast based out of New York City and Australia, covering all things NBA with a dash of ‘Straya thrown in from the NBA frontlines.  https://nbastraya.com/category/podcast/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nba-straya-thursday-feb-22-episode-63/id1313092126?i=1000403398984&mt=2 https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sulp MMA Hour with Luke Thomas - Mondays and Thursdays. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mma-fighting/id320642139https://www.mmafighting.com/mma-hour   Connect with Benny Wallington (101 Tokens) online: https://www.101tokens.com/ 101 Tokens App https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1325579246 https://www.instagram.com/101tokens/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/101tokens/   Vote For The Planet  https://www.facebook.com/events/2420452798230881/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1556835256274347 https://www.futuregiving.co/climate http://fuckgiving.co/climate   Connect with One Wave founder Grant Trebilco online: https://www.instagram.com/granttrebilco/ http://onewaveisallittakes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/onewaveisallittakes/ https://www.facebook.com/ONEWAVEISALLITTAKES

Kerri Glasscock has been the director and CEO of the Sydney Fringe Festival since 2013. It’s the largest independent arts festival in NSW, Australia. She is also a director of City Recital Hall, and has operated the artist-run Venue 505 in Surry Hills since 2004.   Kerri Glasscock is the co-chair of the City of Sydney’s new Nightlife and Creative Sector Advisory Panel. The panel was set up earlier this year to provide advice about supporting a thriving, diverse and safe nightlife.   Sydney Fringe Festival 10 year anniversary and held from September 1st - 30th.   She is down to earth, a woman that makes things happen and one of the most inspiring people that I have spoken to in quite some time! Let’s get into the show!   Connect with Kerri Glasscock (Sydney Fringe festival director & CEO) online: https://sydneyfringe.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SydneyFringeFestival/ https://www.instagram.com/sydneyfringe/ https://twitter.com/sydneyfringe https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerri-glasscock-6482413a/   Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwilkinson1/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerlovin/ Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more. https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords 'Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog: http://hotndelicious.com/   For social media strategy, content/photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com   Come drink craft beer and cider with me at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular!   GABS Festival  2019 - Melbourne - Friday 17th - Sunday 19th May: https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Sydney - Saturday 1st June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-event-info GABS Festival  2019 - Auckland - Saturday 29th June: https://www.gabsfestival.com/auckland-event-info

This week we go a touch over the Cook Limit but it's worth it as we hear from Craig Williams on how Gabs Festival went in Brisbane. And the big news stories of the week are: The one alcoholic drink you should avoid if you're trying to lose weight The shocking beer consumption of 19th century England What's in a name? Understanding the re-categorisation of bitter CSIRO can't justify pro-alcohol research Stone and Wood Brisbane to open by spring Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world's best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

This week we go a touch over the Cook Limit but it's worth it as we hear from Craig Williams on how Gabs Festival went in Brisbane. And the big news stories of the week are: The one alcoholic drink you should avoid if you're trying to lose weight The shocking beer consumption of 19th century England What’s in a name? Understanding the re-categorisation of bitter CSIRO can’t justify pro-alcohol research Stone and Wood Brisbane to open by spring Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

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

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

We are still suffering from 2017's edition of GABS but struggle on and give our wrap up of this year's festival. The very exciting trip to Bright's Darker Days festival that we will be going on (and that you can join!) can be found here. Beers Colonial Rye 'N Gose Sling Wayward Funky Hoppy People 8 Wired Cosmic Chaos Chur (aka Behemoth) Chocolate Fish Milk Stout Links GABS 2017 Festival Variety Pack Best of GABS showcase: Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle Majority stake of The Bruery bought by private equity firm CBIA to become the Independent Brewers Association (IBA) Class action brewing on tap contracts Medhurst & Sons closing down in June Beer Recommendations Adrian: Akasha Lupulin Fog Tom: Moon Dog Beer Can Brad: Wayward's Festival of the Puss Liam: Hargreaves Hill / Royal Albert Hotel Gen-X Non-Beer Recommendations Adrian: Get Out Brad: T2 Trainspotting Liam: Another Dirty Room! Tom: The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi