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James Perrin is a Sustainability & Impact Specialist, B Corp Consultant, Founding Director of the Ingrained Foundation, and Podcast Host. He works with individuals, businesses, and not-for-profits to deepen their impact, and I specialises in developing strategies and implementing projects that are relevant and meaningful for a more beautiful world.  At the time of this podcast recording James was the Sustainability Manager for Stone & Wood.  You can find this conversation in full at Episode 9 of the One Wild Ride Podcast.    Links Connect with Pru on Instagram Connect with Pru on LinkedIn See all episodes at theownerscollective.com  

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Steve Blick from Stone & Wood. In a past life, Steve was a school teacher, but now he educates grown ups about beer as the head of Direct to Drinker at the independent brewery.Links from the episode:Stone & WoodBathing Ape BAPEThe Accent GroupShoe Dog by Phil KnightDirect to Drinker: The Stone & Wood Story | #064Questions answered in the podcast:What is the weirdest thing you've ever bought online? Who is your favourite retailer? Which retail fad do you wish was history?Can you recommend a book or podcast that our listeners should immediately get into? Finish this sentence. The future of retail is… About your co-host: Steve Blick from Stone & WoodSteve has spent the last ten years at Stone & Wood in various roles, primarily in the Sales & Marketing space. He has enjoyed learning from the founders and getting involved in building the business. Over the last couple years they've been putting a fair bit of effort into connecting with drinkers online and building an e-com offer that is relevant. Turns out people are happy to jump online and get a carton of beer delivered fresh from the brewery to their front door.You can contact Steve at LinkedInAbout your host: Nathan Bush from 12HIGHNathan Bush is the founder and lead strategist at eCommerce consultancy, 12HIGH. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia's Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.Please contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Steve Blick from Stone & Wood. In a past life, Steve was a school teacher, but now he educates grown ups about beer as the head of Direct to Drinker at the independent brewery.Links from the episode:Stone & WoodBathing Ape BAPEThe Accent GroupShoe Dog by Phil KnightDirect to Drinker: The Stone & Wood Story | #064Questions answered in the podcast:What is the weirdest thing you've ever bought online? Who is your favourite retailer? Which retail fad do you wish was history?Can you recommend a book or podcast that our listeners should immediately get into? Finish this sentence. The future of retail is… About your co-host: Steve Blick from Stone & WoodSteve has spent the last ten years at Stone & Wood in various roles, primarily in the Sales & Marketing space. He has enjoyed learning from the founders and getting involved in building the business. Over the last couple years they've been putting a fair bit of effort into connecting with drinkers online and building an e-com offer that is relevant. Turns out people are happy to jump online and get a carton of beer delivered fresh from the brewery to their front door.You can contact Steve at LinkedInAbout your host: Nathan Bush from 12HIGHNathan Bush is the founder and lead strategist at eCommerce consultancy, 12HIGH. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia's Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.Please contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Steve Blick. In a past life, Steve was a school teacher, but now he educates grown ups about beer as the head of Direct to Drinker at Stone & Wood. In today’s chat Steve dives into the complexities of running a website off the back of two different platforms, how a subscription offering has changed how they interact with drinkers and how the majority of the Stone & Wood team own part of the brewery. Links from the episode:Stone & WoodCUB Bold ExcelifyAramex Signet (sponsored)Shopify & J B Hi Fi (sponsored)Questions answered:What are the unique challenges of selling beer online?How and why did you start a subscription element to the business?How does your employee share programme work?This episode was brought to you by… SignetBanana skin, pumpkin, dodgy avocados… and eCommerce packaging. Our friends at eCommerce packaging supplier, Signet, are helping retailers reduce their carbon footprint with their new range of compostable mailers. Made from plant-based materials, the mailers will break down to organic fertiliser once composted - both at home or in industrial disposals. Talk about giving back to the planet! Signet has over 5,500 packaging solutions that help leading eCommerce businesses step up their packaging game. Visit signet.net.au to find out more. Shopify PlusThink Shopify Plus if just for ‘simple retailers’? Well let me tell you - JB Hi Fi is no simple business. But when their old site crashed for two hours during Black Friday, doing nothing was simply not an option. Shopify Plus was selected as the eCommerce partner to help facilitate the fast growing $5b retailer. However, with over 200 dispatch locations, a reliance on a web of API’s and the ability to handle tripling growth - it wasn’t an out of the box implementation. But the results spoke for themselves. JB Hi-Fi cruised through a record Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2019 without a hitch, have reduced average page load time by 15% and were even able to redeploy three techies who’s job was to watch the servers to make sure they don’t go down! JB Hi FI - not just smashing prices but smashing eCommerce. To read more of B Hi-Fi’s story and see other case studies visit the customers sections on shopify.com.au/plus.About your host: Nathan Bush from 12HIGHNathan Bush is the founder and lead strategist at eCommerce consultancy, 12HIGH. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.About your co-host: Steve Blick from Stone & WoodSteve has spent the last ten years at Stone & Wood in various roles, primarily in the Sales & Marketing space. He has enjoyed learning from the founders and getting involved in building the business. Over the last couple years they’ve been putting a fair bit of effort into connecting with drinkers online and building an e-com offer that is relevant. Turns out people are happy to jump online and get a carton of beer delivered fresh from the brewery to their front door.You can contact Steve at LinkedInPlease contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Steve Blick. In a past life, Steve was a school teacher, but now he educates grown ups about beer as the head of Direct to Drinker at Stone & Wood. In today’s chat Steve dives into the complexities of running a website off the back of two different platforms, how a subscription offering has changed how they interact with drinkers and how the majority of the Stone & Wood team own part of the brewery. Links from the episode:Stone & WoodCUB Bold ExcelifyAramex Signet (sponsored)Shopify & J B Hi Fi (sponsored)Questions answered:What are the unique challenges of selling beer online?How and why did you start a subscription element to the business?How does your employee share programme work?This episode was brought to you by… SignetBanana skin, pumpkin, dodgy avocados… and eCommerce packaging. Our friends at eCommerce packaging supplier, Signet, are helping retailers reduce their carbon footprint with their new range of compostable mailers. Made from plant-based materials, the mailers will break down to organic fertiliser once composted - both at home or in industrial disposals. Talk about giving back to the planet! Signet has over 5,500 packaging solutions that help leading eCommerce businesses step up their packaging game. Visit signet.net.au to find out more. Shopify PlusThink Shopify Plus if just for ‘simple retailers’? Well let me tell you - JB Hi Fi is no simple business. But when their old site crashed for two hours during Black Friday, doing nothing was simply not an option. Shopify Plus was selected as the eCommerce partner to help facilitate the fast growing $5b retailer. However, with over 200 dispatch locations, a reliance on a web of API’s and the ability to handle tripling growth - it wasn’t an out of the box implementation. But the results spoke for themselves. JB Hi-Fi cruised through a record Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2019 without a hitch, have reduced average page load time by 15% and were even able to redeploy three techies who’s job was to watch the servers to make sure they don’t go down! JB Hi FI - not just smashing prices but smashing eCommerce. To read more of B Hi-Fi’s story and see other case studies visit the customers sections on shopify.com.au/plus.About your host: Nathan Bush from 12HIGHNathan Bush is the founder and lead strategist at eCommerce consultancy, 12HIGH. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.About your co-host: Steve Blick from Stone & WoodSteve has spent the last ten years at Stone & Wood in various roles, primarily in the Sales & Marketing space. He has enjoyed learning from the founders and getting involved in building the business. Over the last couple years they’ve been putting a fair bit of effort into connecting with drinkers online and building an e-com offer that is relevant. Turns out people are happy to jump online and get a carton of beer delivered fresh from the brewery to their front door.You can contact Steve at LinkedInPlease contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This week's special edition is the podcast version of our GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers live countdown episode, recorded on 23 January 2021 at Brisbane's Easy Times Brewery.   Guests featured include Richard Watkins, from winning brewery BentSpoke, Stone & Wood's Nick Boots and Brick Lane's Paul Bowker, and Easy Time's Curran McCarthy.   This special edition was made possible with the support of Cryer Malt, Yakima Chief Hops and Barrett Burston. 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 strives for innovation, quality and transparency through their 100% grower-owned network of family hop farms. Their hops are available through your mates at Cryer Malt. 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.

We start 2021 looking at brewery buy outs, in this case the purchase of Two Birds Brewery by Fermentum, the group of companies best known through its ownership of Stone & Wood. In this episode, we chat with Two Birds Co-founder Jayne Lewis and Stone & Wood co-founder Jamie Cook to hear about the background to the purchase, a little about the challenges breweries face in the current climate and also Stone & Woods plans to build a new brewery...potentially funded by an IPO. Enjoy the conversation. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. 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 our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.  If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This is the recording of our live Christmas Eve eve show. We have some a great chat with Neil 'Pops' Whittorn who has just retired from Stone & Wood and we also hear from some of the brewers he has worked with and mentored over the years....and the usual beer chat you would expect. It's live so please take the audio and the cross-talk as you find it. Thanks to the team at Stone & Wood Brisbane for hosting us and for Pops for joining us.

This week the team delve deep into tap contracts and anti-competitive behaviour, as well as VB's partnership with Volley and an update from New Zealand. 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!   Lion targets 'big' Stone & Wood with contracts Victoria Bitter partners with sneaker brand Volley Kegstar launches IoT keg tracking Konvoy launches ‘world-first’ tracking technology 3 Ravens boosts green credentials with funding Mainstream audiences have “no clue” about beer styles: ABAC Behemoth crowd funding goes ahead strongly Anti-competitive behaviour in the ice-cream industry 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. Rallings Labels, Stickers and Packaging are able to not only supply Labels for your cans or bottles, but they can also supply printed or blank cartons, can trays, tap decals, barcodes and shrink sleeves already applied to empty beer cans, ready for filling. The guys often get asked where would the brewery buy a shrink sleeving machine to apply the sleeves to the cans, but this is not the case. The cans come to your door, palletised and ready to fill.  Nothing more to do. Give them a call on 1300 852 235 to discuss further. 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 Deb Lieu Bakes cookie 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 Stone & Wood launched a new beer under its main brand, the first since Cloud Catcher in 2014, and we catch up with head brewer Caolan Vaughan to find out all about the beer. As you'll learn, there's a lot more to this beer than you'll read in the media release. Apart from the chat about the new beer, we learn about Caolan's career and inspirations and also take a look at the beer market and where we’re at. 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.

Trace talks with James about the founding & humble beginnings of Stone & Wood. They talk philanthropic ventures, their "green feet" program, the "ingrained" initiative and the "brew life" equity share hold for the employees. James tells Trace about the sustainability the Stone & Wood implement & discuss big business moving towards sustainable ventures globally. A fascinating look at the brewing world, Check it out!

This week the team discuss how Covid-19 shutdowns have affected the casual hospitality industry and share their thoughts on the new Sunly Seltzer. 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! Changing landscape for casual workers in hospitality Being local keeping New Zealand brewers alive Dollar Bill signs up to Black is Beautiful global initiative Stone & Wood launch Sunly Seltzer Opportunities arise amid COVID crisis WSET to branch out into beer qualifications 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. 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.

Co Founder of renowned beer company Stone & Wood Ross Jurisich believes in a strong company culture, a healthy work life blend & freedom to explore.

This week, we continue our swing through the High Country Brewery Trail and return to Beechworth and Bridge Road Brewing. Bridge Road Brewery’s founder Ben Kraus has been a regular guest through the life of this podcast, but as we discussed last year he planned over a couple of years to set the business up so he and his family could move to his partner Maria’s home Austria and live there for two years. And this conversation is the first time we have spoken with with Bridge Road’s CEO Donald Mace. After our recent chat with Fermentum’s Ben Summons and Stone & Wood’s Nick Boots, business transition is something of a current theme on Beer is a Conversation, and in this conversation we discuss with Donald how Bridge Road managed the process of letting its founder step away from the business. We also learn a little more about Donald himself and discuss the importance of breweries such as Bridge Road to their community. Enjoy the conversation with Donald Mace from Bridge Road Brewers. 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. This special series was also made possible with the assistance of Konvoy Kegs who assisted us to get to the High Country so we could tell their stories. Congratulations to Konvoy for launching into New Zealand this week too. 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 speak with with Ben Summons and Nick Boots. Over the last few months Stone & Wood founder Jamie Cook has retired from the business and Ben Summons has stepped up from managing director of Stone & Wood into the role of CEO of the Fermentum group of companies, the overarching business. Nick Boots has in turn been promoted from Stone & Wood’s head of sales to General Manager. The changing of the guard comes at a significant time for the business, as the industry faces crowding at the smaller end of the industry, and takovers at the larger end. Overseas, the largest craft breweries have run into headwinds, the craft beer segment is fragmented with a rapid proliferation of styles and competition from other categories and new and emerging categories such as hard seltzer. As you’ll here both Ben and Nick have extensive careers in and out of the beer industry, including time at CUB overlapping with founders Brad Rogers, Jamie Cook and Ross Jurisich. All in all there was a lot to talk about including the origins of craft beer and whether Stone & Wood represented a lost opportunity for CUB, the opportunities and challenges facing Stone & Wood, and the challenges they face as the next generation of managers, the changing beer market and staying disciplined in in a time of change. Enjoy the conversation. 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.

Over the next three hours - yes, it’s a long one - you will hear Pete Mitcham and Matt Kirkegaard, joined by Hemingway’s Brewing head brewer Anthony Clem and Cryer Malt’s Queensland & Northern Territory Sales Manager, Fergus Seppanen reveal the results live. We chat with a cavalcade of brewery representatives, including Brendan Varis and Will Irving from Feral, Scott Hargrave from Balter, Nick Boots from Stone & Wood, Christen McGarry from Your Mates and Mazen Hajjar from Hawkers as well as GABS new owner, Mike Bray and the man who pulls it all together, Craig Williams. We sincerely thank our presenting partners Cryer Malt, Yakima Chief Hops and Barrett Burston Malting. without whom we could not have gotten the team in one room to create the show. Yakima Chief Hops; a 100% grower-owned global network of family hop farms, known for their innovative products, including Cryo Hops® Pellets, the concentrated lupulin of whole leaf hop cones, processed at sub zero temperatures! Now available through their supply partners Cryer Malt Australia. We also thank Hemingway’s in Cairns for having us along and being such generous hosts. If you happen to be in Cairns or Port Douglas, you’re missing out on a great experience if you don’t go and visit the breweries and drink the beers that are actually from up there. Our live stream was produced by Jon Guarna. Now, settle in and listen to the Radio Brews News team call the last two hours of the countdown and discuss all the results…

Welcome to a special Beer is a Conversation, our last for 2019. A live chat with Stone & Wood co-founder Brad Rogers recorded at Brisbane’s My Beer Dealer. It’s fair to say that Brad is a legend. If it wasn’t just for creating Pacific Ale, arguably the most influential new beer of the last twenty years, Brad would still be revered as a brewer. This is a wonderful, long chat with Brad about so much that is going on in the beer word at the moment, but also about the beers that he is creating at his Stone & Wood side project Forest for the Trees. As with the previous Live from My Beer Dealer, this was a rare podcast recorded with beer in hand. Regular listeners will know that we avoid the sip and discuss style podcast, and so parts of the chat about the specific beers have been edited out for the podcast listeners benefit. Thanks to Antoinette, Matt and Les at My Beer Dealer for hosting us - and congratulations on your first year. We will be recording more live chats there, so please let us know how the live chat translates to podcast so we can continue to improve how we do it. As always it’s a fascinating and epic conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 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. 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.

Balter Brewing Co has been acquired by Carlton and United Breweries as Australia’s big brewers engage in another wave of craft acquisitions. The sale, announced today for an undisclosed sum, sees the Currumbin-based brewery join 4 Pines and Pirate Life in the existing CUB stable. If the Asahi acquisition of CUB is allowed to go ahead, they also join Green Beacon which was acquired by Asahi back in August. Balter was launched in 2016 and its beers have since been the recipient of a host of awards under the stewardship of head brewer Scott Hargrave, a former brewer at Byron Bay and Stone & Wood. Balter brewed 4 million litres of beer in 2018. Founders include Bede Durbidge, Josh Kerr, Sean Ronan, Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning, brand director Stirling Howland and CEO Ant Macdonald, along with Hargrave. All will be remaining with the business following sale completion.  Read more.

Beer is a Conversation is our weekly sit down with some of the people who make the beer industry the interesting and dynamic industry it is and through these conversations we dig a little deeper into the stories behind the business of beer and brewing. And this week’s conversation is a deeper dive on steroids as we chat with Stone & Wood’s Jamie Cook. Jamie is no stranger to Radio Brews News, if just as the namesake for the Cook limit. But more importantly he has been a frequent guest through his roles as a founder of Stone & Wood, and of the Craft Beer Industry Association and now Chair of the Independent Brewers Association board. For all of those conversations, we haven’t talked much about Jamie himself. Last week Jamie turned sixty and this week he has issued a statement saying that many years ago he made a promise to himself that he would use that milestone to reset his priorities to give more time to himself, his family and adventure whilst winding back from a day to day working life. As such he has announced that he will be stepping back from his role as CEO of Fermentum - the overarching business behind Stone & Wood - retiring to the role of Chair of the Fermentum Board in December this year. Jamie has had a long history in the brewing industry, and his career has spanned some of the most interesting periods of Australian brewing...before he even co-founded Stone & Wood. If you are fascinated by brewing history and the evolution of the current craft beer revival, or if you are a student of the business of brewing, this is a fascinating conversation with one of the giants of the Australian industry. Enjoy the conversation. 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.

In this 2 part episode, we chat to a giant of the Australian craft beer scene, Stone & Wood. In part 1, we talk Head Brewer Caolan Vaughan about their annual winter release Stone Beer and everything behind this unique style. In part 2, we chat their Creative and Community Manager Jasmin Daly about Festival of the Stone and how this all ties in to the amazing work Stone & Wood does for the community, both through the brewery and their Ingrained foundation. To purchase Stone & Wood beers, head here: http://bit.ly/stoneandwood

Stone & Wood began when three mates chose to set up in Byron Bay in 2008 with a shared vision of building a conscious business and creating a village brewery for the locals. Ten years in and they’re still fiercely independent, community-focused and have brought their brewery dreams to life. We chat to the companies Sustainability Manager, James Perrin, about their initiatives and strong focus on local support, as well as, what it means to be a ‘conscious business’ a ‘conscious consumer’, and the power we have in our hands everyday to shape the future we want to live in.

This week, the two of us riff on cans vs bottles, IP theft and cultural appropriation. Then we have a chat with Sam Martin about Stone & Wood's new Counter Culture project. It's good times, as always. 

Welcome to a new year. Same Ale of a Time, same great content... except for this episode which is different. Recorded at the Stone & Wood Invitational it features two panel chats. The first about wild and sour beer with Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood and Forest for the Trees, Richard Watkins from Bentspoke, and Will Tatchell from Van Diemen. The next is about native Australian ingredients and features Eddie Brooks from Brookies Gin, and Craig Eulenstein from Stone & Wood. 

This is a big episode. It's a milestone, not only for the show at Episode 50 but running an episode with Stone & Wood had been a personal objective of mine since early on in the program. Jamie Cook is an incredible man and when we were down for the episode, he showed us the hospitality that Stone & Wood and Northern NSW are famous for. There's an absolute abundance of value in today's show and insights that we've never had before. So sit back and relax - or grab a pen - and enjoy.

Matt and his guest co-host Paul Hadfield interview their mate and training partner Judge. Judge explains the origins of NORG (Night Owl Running Group), membership status and the unusual application criteria. Judge confesses to a beer before NORG and explains his unattainable goals for UTA50 this year.The boys critique another beer on the Stone & Wood scale while discussing the optimum amount of beverages to indulge in the day before a long run.

Matt and his guest co-host Paul Hadfield interview their mate and training partner Judge. Judge explains the origins of NORG (Night Owl Running Group), membership status and the unusual application criteria. Judge confesses to a beer before NORG and explains his unattainable goals for UTA50 this year.The boys critique another beer on the Stone & Wood scale while discussing the optimum amount of beverages to indulge in the day before a long run.

This week on Brews News Week, Pete and Matt discuss the beers news of the week. Under the  microscope this week is: The US Brewers Association is again revisiting the definition of ‘craft’, with a view to changing the definition of independence. Some people say that “Craft beer” means anything Boston Beer wants it to. But non-beer products are becoming an increasing part of brewer’s portfolios. Stone & Wood co-founder Brad Rogers has started brewing under his own brand, Forest for the Trees, launching with a Saison. Endeavour Brewing launches crowdfunding campaign Pete also pays tribute to Dr Ian Davis, founder of FightMND who died this week after being a campaigner for MND research and a huge inspiration for many. Brewmanity and Cavalier both have beers raising money for this disease. Seek them out this week and have one in Ian’s memory.

This week we catch up with Richard Watkins from Bentspoke to learn a bit about Canberra's beer scene, gluten free malt, and what Bentspoke have been up to lately. Also a bit of banter with the two of us kicking it over a beer at Whitehart in Melbourne - where we talk hemp beer, festivals, and new projects from Stone & Wood.  http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/  

This Good Brews Week, Pete and Matt discuss the beer news of the week, including: Stone & Wood adds Packaged On dates to its beers... and why that is news. Beer Cartel have created a list of Top 50 beers to add to all of the other 'best' lists...but does it help? The growing discussion around mental health in the beer industry, and how it's reported. 

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This week, a little late due to eyesight issues, we talk all about Stone & Wood and then a little about branding. It's full of hot takes. 

This week on Radio Brews News Pete, Matt and James are live from Byron Bay after a trip to Stone & Wood. They discuss Stone & Wood’s trademark appeal, another brewer who has trademarked the colour of beer and the Queensland Government’s plan for craft beer. 

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.

This week on Beer is a Conversation we meet brewer Neil Whittorn. Neil, known to some as Pops, has been a brewer for over 45 years, starting at CUB in 1971. He has brewed for Matilda Bay and currently brews and mentors the brewing team at Stone & Wood.

This week we catch up with one of the founders of Stone & Wood, Jamie Cook. In a very wide-ranging conversation, we hear about Stone & Wood's year of growth, how they are managing the brewery's growth both from a production and organisational culture perspective, their successes during 2016, decision to appeal the court loss against Thunder Road. We also have a fascinating chat about the state of the market including some keen insights into where the beer market is, where it is heading and the opportunities this provides to small brewers. Among the insights offered are Jamie's views that while conscious consumers provide great opportunities for small independent brewers, there are four four challenges in the market, being clutter, price compression, quality and big dollar and we discuss these at length, including the critical question of value equation in a tight market. A fascinating discussion.

This special edition of Radio Brews News features a discussion panel that took place back in May during Good Beer Week called Brewers and Growers. It features an expert panel of guests, including Rupanyup farmer and Grain Producers Australia chairman Andrew Weidemann, Owen Johnston from Hop Products Australia and a great panel of brewers including Grant Wearin from Modus Operandi, Andrew Ong from 2 Brothers, Sean Simons from White Lakes Brewery and Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood. The panel looked at the issues facing both growers supplying the craft beer sector, and the ingredient needs of craft brewers. The panel was chaired by Katherine McLean from the Craft Beer Industry Association. It's a open discussion with plenty of forthright opinions from the panel and especially from the floor. Australian Brews News was honoured to get to present the discussion, and it is a great listen.

This week we catch up with beer writer, brewer and now beer Forefather, Willie Simpson. Beer Forefather Willie Simpson[/caption] If you read about beer in the era before blogs, Willie was most likely the person whose words you read. Willie has been writing about beer since the late 80s and more recently been brewing it at his brewery, Seven Sheds, in Railton Tasmania. Willie joins us to talk about his recent collaboration with Stone & Wood for their Forefather series of beers, joining Phil Sexton in those ranks. Willie also gives us his thoughts on the current beer scene andall that went before. Willie's collaboration beer, inspired by Geoff Scharer's Burragorang Bock, is described as having a rich malt flavour that hints of chocolate and dark fruits, lagered for six weeks to make sure the finish is super smooth. In the pre-ramble, we discuss the Australian Craft Brewers Conference and the Craft Beer Awards, as well as Thunder Road's win in the Federal Court. In the post-ramble, Matt takes a potshot at Dan Murphys' / CUBs' hamfisted beer and food match ads that are less about actually trying to find a beer that matches a dish to elevate the enjoyment of both than shilling beers that go with everything only because they don't have enough flavour to clash with anything. In doing so, they manage to undermine efforts to actually educate about beer and food matching. Send us your feedback, or leave a voice mail by calling (07) 3040 1508, that we'll play on our next show. Also, if you like the show and you want to help us to help keep it going, develop it further, you can become a site patron. Head on over to our Patreon page and sponsor the show to the tune of $5 or $10 per month. 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's episode is a reply of our live countdown of the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2015, recorded on Australia Day 2016. The recording quality isn't great as we picked up some refrigeration compressor noise as we recorded at Brisbane's Green Beacon Brewery, but the conversation was excellent. Matt is joined by Australian Brews News editor James Atkinson and we cross to Pete Mitcham at The Local Taphouse, St Kilda. During the long show we speak with Michael Cameron from Pirate Life, Corey Crooks from The Grain Store, Jaron Mitchell from 4 Pines, Brendan Varis from Feral Brewing and Ross Jurisich from Stone & Wood. 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 catch up with Tom Delmont, the face of Fixation Brewing Co, Stone & Wood's specialty IPA brand. Tom has long been a fixture on the Melbourne beer scene, leaving a career as an etymologist to become Mountain Goat's first Road Goat. he is a passionate advocate for more hops and IPAs. 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 take a look at the latest crowd-funding campaign, this time to pay for a new venues taps and also speak with brewer Scott Hargrave about his soon-to-open Gold Coast brewery. Adelaide bar-in-development NOLA has taken to crowd-funding site Pozible to raise funds to pay for the taps in their venue. In their words: "We want to give people the opportunity to help us stick it up the big guys. We want the people to help us support the Australian craft beer market by allowing us to provide a venue free from constraints." We chat with Managing Director Oliver Brown to find out more about the campaign and discuss whether crowd-funding for things such as taps is appropriate or whether it should be seen as the cost of doing business. You can find out more about the Tipping for Taps Pozible campaign here: www.pozible.com/project/199047 Then we catch up with Scott Hargrave, head brewer  of the soon-to-open Balter Brewing, possibly more famous at the moment for its shark-punching co-owner Mick Fannning, but we speak with Scott about the beers he has planning and the idea behind the brewery. We also chat with Scott about his love of brewing and his career that has seen him go from concreter to Sunshine Coast, Stone & Wood and Byron Bay breweries. Apologies for missing a week having been so regular, recording and production schedules worked against us this week. We will be back again next week. Don't forget to send us your feedback, or leave a voicemail 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.

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This week we chat with Jamie Cook who, while these days better known as a founder of Stone & Wood Brewery, has many years of experience working for Australia's two largest brewing companies as well as as a marketing consultant. Jamie is one of our favourite industry watchers and while the conversation inevitably comes back to Stone & Wood's approach to business, the conversation looks at issues of craft, provenance, beer bubbles and the future of beer. (We had teed up this interview some weeks ago for this to run today, and it is a coincidence the brewery features in our feed several times today.) The interview kicks off looking at the new English United Craft Brewers group's proposed definition of 'craft beer', which currently reads: A craft brewer is: Authentic: Brews all beer at original gravity. Owns and operates a craft brewer based (HQ) in UK Honest: The place where the beer is brewed is clearly listed on the label of the beer. All ingredients are clearly listed on the label of the beer. All the beer is brewed at a craft brewery. Independent: Less than 25 per cent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (for equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer. 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 Matt flies solo from his holiday location to post an interview with Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood. Brad talks about the new brewhouse for the Murwillumbah brewery, how they are managing the Galaxy hops shortage, the next incarnation of their annual stone beer and he also takes us through the six beers in their Beer of the World release. 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

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Listen to the recap of our Hottest 100 Beers show LIVE from The Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst as we count down the top ten beers in Australia for 2014! With special guests from Stone & Wood, Riverside, Fortitude Valley, 4 Pines and more!!

This mega-sode features James Davidson from Bright Brewery, a chat about Sydney Craft Beer Week, and our annual catch up with Jamie Cook from Stone & Wood. Check it out!

We're back in the saddle! We talk GABS, Solstice party, Stone & Wood's amazing Stone Beer, some beautiful single malts and more! Hang in there for the long haul, this show's a doozy!

The boys from Stone & Wood sat down with us to talk about their beginnings, the beer business, hops, and Sydney Craft Beer Week. Enjoy this special episode!

This week we catch up with Brad Rogers, co-owner and head brewer at Stone & Wood, Chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association and recently named Chief Judge of the Australian International Beer Awards. We speak with We talk about Brad’s career and how he got into brewing, the Sanctuary Cove brewery, the evolution of Stone & Wood Brewing and how the changing market has made them reconsider their business model, we put some reader question to Brad and also ask what the Lion takeover of Little World Beverages means for Stone & Wood. In addition to being co-owner and head brewer at Stone & Wood, Brad is also Chair of the recently formed Craft Beer Industry Association, as well as just being named as Chief Judge at the Australian International Beer Awards. Brad updates us on both of those, and outlines how beer enthusiasts can join the CBIA.