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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.
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This week Dan chats with Steve (Hendo) Henderson on the topic of beer quality. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to access all episodes of the Operation Brewery Podcast. Mentions (in order) Black Hops Ambassadors Facebook Group Beer Cartel Industry Survey Revel Brewing Podcast Rockstar Brewing Beer30 Brewery Management Software AIBA Awards IBA Recall Guidelines Interview with Jamie ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY S03E03 – Beer Quality with Steve (Hendo) Hendersen appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.
A lot of great stories come out of the Australian International Beer Awards each year and none more so than this week’s guest. Pete Mitcham recently caught up with Kris Domagala, who brews with our good friend Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson at little known Melbourne Brewery, Brownstone Microbrewery. Brownstone surprised many - including Kris - when it was awarded the Gary Sheppard Trophy for best new exhibitor and a Gold medal for Kris’ pale ale at the recent awards. Craft brewing is an industry that inspires many a homebrewer to say, I want to do that, and in many ways Kris typifies the journey that many of them are on in following their passion. A programmer and app developer by profession, Kris has immersed himself in the beer world as a long-time member of the Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers club, where he also served as Brewmaster, not to mention won awards for his brews. He has stewarded at the Qld Amateur Brewing Championship and the AIBAs, and done work experience at breweries in Qld and his new hometown of Melbourne. He recently put his programming career on hold and divides his time brewing at Brownstone and working the bar at Stomping Ground while he makes plans his own brewery. Enjoy the conversation.
This week on Radio Brews News, Matt and James are joined by fan favourite Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson. We announce the winner of the Goose Island gift pack and get your opinions on the news of the week, including: packaged on dates, Two Birds Brewing’s Trail Blazer Australian Lager and proposed changes to the beer excise.
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.
Operation Brewery is back! If you missed last season, we focused on how we were going about building our brewery. It's been 7 months since then and things are a bit different. This season, Road to the AIBA's will document our journey to improve the beer we make and work towards the big night for beer in Australia, the AIBA's in May. On episode 1 we catch up with good mate and beer legend Steve (Hendo) Henderson about what we have planned. The post OPERATION BREWERY S02E01 – Making beer well with Hendo from BrewCult appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.