Podcasts about sydney beer week

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.

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This week the team discuss Sydney Beer Week and the alcohol consumption rates in Australia. Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting app. It costs nothing and helps other beer lovers discover the podcast! Sydney Beer Week to Return Apparent Consumption of alcohol in Australia Cancer Warnings Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Cryer Malt - Supplying the best ingredients to Australian and New Zealand brewers for over 30 years. Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. Brews News Brewer Database Mailbag is brought to you this week by Beer Fans.

Today we meet Liam Pereira, recently appointed Head of Hospitality and Community at Sydney's White Bay Beer Co. Liam has had an incredibly varied career in the brewing industry. From pulling pints in London to working in a hotel bar with early craft beer aspirations, to working in bottle shops, to being a co-owner of Dave's brewery tours and Sydney Beer Week to working at Batch brewing and now his latest position White Bay Beer Co, he has seen a lot. His career has spanned and also mirrored the formative years of craft beer. Liam was drawn to the passion and excitement of the industry's early days but is also seen it mature and confront a myriad of challenges. This podcast really looks at what people in the industry have learnt throughout their careers and Liam is one of those people that can really talk about some of the lessons that are to be learnt comma and that he has learnt himself. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia's leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innovative hop products that can help breweries of all sizes become more efficient, more sustainable, and more profitable. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This week we catch up with Dave Phillips, as he was announced as Chief Operating Officer at Shipyard Brewing in Portland, Maine. It was an interesting announcement, given to the Australian industry, Dave is best known for his tourism roles here. We have spoken with Dave before, both in his role as founder of Dave's Brewery Tours which became Dave's Travel and Events, and also as the eventual owner of Sydney Beer Week. It turns out that Dave has invested in similar tourism and travel businesses across the US, in addition to his role at Shipyard, and we have a great chat about business models in the beer industry as the market matures and what he has learned about business watching the industry change. 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 week we catch up with Dave Phillips, as he was announced as Chief Operating Officer at Shipyard Brewing in Portland, Maine. It was an interesting announcement, given to the Australian industry, Dave is best known for his tourism roles here.We have spoken with Dave before, both in his role as founder of Dave's Brewery Tours which became Dave's Travel and Events, and also as the eventual owner of Sydney Beer Week.It turns out that Dave has invested in similar tourism and travel businesses across the US, in addition to his role at Shipyard, and we have a great chat about business models in the beer industry as the market matures and what he has learned about business watching the industry change.Our partnersRadio 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 showReviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting serviceEmailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

Thanks to Kegstar, this is a special live edition of Radio Brews News. During the recent Sydney Beer Week the Independent Brewers Association hosted a discussion panel looking at labelling guidelines to assist brewers with negotiating the mandatory requirements and also what they need to be aware of regarding the ABAC code and also retailer requirements. In addition to Independent Brewers Association chief executive officer, Alexis Roitman, the session featured a great panel of Radio Brews News regulars including Diarmaid O'Mordha Group Quality & Sustainability Manager at Endeavour Drinks Group, Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing and Steve Henderson from Rockstar Brewer. It's was a valuable session for anyone involved in the brewing industry and we are proud to have been asked to share it.

Thanks to Kegstar, this is a special live edition of Radio Brews News. During the recent Sydney Beer Week the Independent Brewers Association hosted a discussion panel looking at labelling guidelines to assist brewers with negotiating the mandatory requirements and also what they need to be aware of regarding the ABAC code and also retailer requirements. In addition to Independent Brewers Association chief executive officer, Alexis Roitman, the session featured a great panel of Radio Brews News regulars including Diarmaid O'Mordha Group Quality & Sustainability Manager at Endeavour Drinks Group, Zoe Ottaway from Totem Marketing and Steve Henderson from Rockstar Brewer. It’s was a valuable session for anyone involved in the brewing industry and we are proud to have been asked to share it.

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hotel, it's our yearly live episode for Sydney Beer Week. For this edition, we were joined by Old Devil Moon owner and Cicerone study guide writer Chris Cohen, Philter head brewer Sam Füss, and Nowhereman owner Reece Wheadon. Beers Philter mixed selection Nowhereman Fresh AF Double IPA Rocky Ridge Holy S**t It's A Mid! Mandarin Edition Feral Tropical Hog

During the recent Sydney Beer Week we were fortunate to work with Kegstar to present this discussion panel looking at the future of beer festivals and beer events such as the very beer week we were attending. Events such as these were a great route to market for brewers in the early days of craft beer and also provided beer drinkers with a place to try all of the new and novel beers that were coming onto the market. But in the current market of the ever present tap takeover, with keg rotation a staple of craft beer bars and with every state having a craft beer week, and with every postcode seemingly wanting its own festival, has event fatigue set in? Our panel of Danielle Allen and Kerry McBride from Two Birds Brewing, Dave Phillips from Dave's Brewery Tours and Sydney Beer Week and Marty Keetels from Beer InCider take a look at the issue from both sides of the fence. What do brewers look for in a beer festival and what brings them back, and also what beer festivals do for the brewers and the beer drinking public. Enjoy the conversation.

During the recent Sydney Beer Week we were fortunate to work with Kegstar to present this discussion panel looking at the future of beer festivals and beer events such as the very beer week we were attending. Events such as these were a great route to market for brewers in the early days of craft beer and also provided beer drinkers with a place to try all of the new and novel beers that were coming onto the market. But in the current market of the ever present tap takeover, with keg rotation a staple of craft beer bars and with every state having a craft beer week, and with every postcode seemingly wanting its own festival, has event fatigue set in? Our panel of Danielle Allen and Kerry McBride from Two Birds Brewing, Dave Phillips from Dave’s Brewery Tours and Sydney Beer Week and Marty Keetels from Beer InCider take a look at the issue from both sides of the fence. What do brewers look for in a beer festival and what brings them back, and also what beer festivals do for the brewers and the beer drinking public. Enjoy the conversation.

This Brews News Week, Pete and Matt discuss what happened in the beer world including: The Independent Brewers Association has launched guidelines to assist brewers with labelling.  A Twitter exchange between a State Government backbencher and Opposition Leader has prompted a new campaign to showcase local beer across WA. While last year's launch of Heineken 3 promised beer drinkers they could “Have it all“, Heineken's latest release forces drinkers to make some big choices...but they don't want to talk about them. Also, we'll be on the road in two weeks and you can join us at Sydney Beer Week for a live chat asking the question, “Have beer weeks had their day?” Admission is free but you can book here.

This Brews News Week, Pete and Matt discuss what happened in the beer world including: The Independent Brewers Association has launched guidelines to assist brewers with labelling.  A Twitter exchange between a State Government backbencher and Opposition Leader has prompted a new campaign to showcase local beer across WA. While last year’s launch of Heineken 3 promised beer drinkers they could “Have it all“, Heineken’s latest release forces drinkers to make some big choices...but they don’t want to talk about them. Also, we’ll be on the road in two weeks and you can join us at Sydney Beer Week for a live chat asking the question, “Have beer weeks had their day?” Admission is free but you can book here.

We chat (and chat and chat) to John from Bucket Boys about their unique business model, plans for the future, and our upcoming collaborations. 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 [SOLD OUT!]: 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 Wildflower x Mike Bennie Foudre Beer #1 Links Bucket Boys x Sessionable Advent Calendar Beer Recommendations Adrian: Stone & Wood Sticky Nectar Hazy Mango IPA Liam: Deep Creek Steam Funk Saison John: Weißenoher Eucharius Pils Non-Beer Recommendations Adrian: LP's Quality Meats John: The Rewatchables Liam: Ozark, The Hypothetical Institute

Nine Fingers Brew is one of Sydney’s exciting new Inner West craft beer breweries and cofounder & head brewer, Dave Anderson is such an inspiring guy!   A home-brew fanatic from a young age, after losing his finger in an circular saw accident on a construction work-site Dave was determined to take life by the horns, created his own construction business and after winning multiple awards for his home-brews, turned his hand to bring his brewery dreams to life!   Determined and centred, this wonderful chat with Dave Anderson illustrates that we can and should have multiple careers across this lifetime of ours, how we can be so much more than one dream and learning how to pivot when things don’t quite go the way we expected.   We chat beer, we drink beer, talk about Sydney Beer Week, the upcoming Sydney launch of their latest beer Waltzing Ma Pilsner & much, much more!   Let’s get into it!   Connect with Nine Fingers Brew online: https://www.instagram.com/nine_fingers_brew/ https://www.facebook.com/ninefingersbrew https://www.ninefingersbrew.com/   Download the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! weekly iTunes entrepreneurship podcast:  http://bit.ly/hotndelicious   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

It's the return of Style Roulette, and we go a bit wild with some Brett beers. We discuss the advent of the American Wild Ale category, and have a closer look into the curious type of yeast known as Brettanomyces. 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 Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie-Vous Français Orval Trappist Ale Bruny Island Second Breakfast Links Style roulette: 28A - Brett Beer BJCP 2015 Style Guidelines Brettanomyces Saccharomyces cerevisiae International Trappist Association Leicestershire monks brew Britain’s first Trappist beer Bucket Boys x Sessionable Advent Calendar Beer Recommendations Brad: Wildflower Good as Gold Blend #1 Adrian: Garage Project Chocolate Beer Liam: Jester King Spon Non-Beer Recommendations Brad: Bodyguard Adrian: Octopath Traveler Liam: Optus Sport

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

A chat with graphic designer, Ruby Ph [IG, YT], about the process of coming up with our awesome new logo, and about the things she likes to see in terms of design in the beer world. Sydney Beer Week Details for our Sydney Beer Week events are now online! 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 Rodenbach Grand Cru Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Ruby's Beer Design Picks Odd Culture Kasper Ledet / To Øl Wildflower Brewing & Blending Beer Recommendations Ruby: Dugges x Stillwater Tropic Thunder Adrian: North x Verdant Triple Fruited Gose Tom: Hawkers Pilsner Non-Beer Recommendations Adrian: Farm Aid Fest (September 15 at the Royal Albert Hotel), Extra Life (November 3 on Twitch) Tom: Holedown Ruby: Special Books by Special Kids, Coles Hazelnut & Cocoa Bites

This week on Beer is a Conversation we catch up with Dave Phillips and Liam Pereira from Sydney Beer Week. Dave is the name behind the growing multi-faceted beer tours and events business that is Dave's Events, while Liam is the General Manager of one of those events, Sydney Beer Week. This was the first year that Dave's has managed Sydney Beer Week, so we check in with Dave and Liam to find out the background to taking over Sydney's week of beer and how the event went. And congratulations to the team at Dave's Events which last night won the Gold Award at the NSW Tourism Awards for Tour & Transport Operators. 

This week on Beer is a Conversation we catch up with Dave Phillips and Liam Pereira from Sydney Beer Week. Dave is the name behind the growing multi-faceted beer tours and events business that is Dave's Events, while Liam is the General Manager of one of those events, Sydney Beer Week. This was the first year that Dave's has managed Sydney Beer Week, so we check in with Dave and Liam to find out the background to taking over Sydney's week of beer and how the event went. And congratulations to the team at Dave's Events which last night won the Gold Award at the NSW Tourism Awards for Tour & Transport Operators. 

For our annual Sydney Beer Week live recording, we were joined by industry stalwart, AG from Victoria's Mornington Peninsula Brewery, and Benny from the Beer Farm in WA. Thanks to the Royal Albert Hotel for hosting us once again and an extra big thanks to everybody who showed up and helped raise money for Lifeline. Beers Feral Watermelon Warhead Beer Farm IPA Mornington Peninsula Jiffy Squid Beer Farm Belgian Sour Feral BFH Links Feral Brewing acquired by Coca-Cola Amatil Radio Brews News interview with Brendan Varis The Bickford's Group acquires Vale Brewing Beer Recommendations Brad: State of Brews Tasmania at the Empire Hotel Liam: Hair of the Dog Breakfast AG: Dainton Cherrywood Smoked Baltic Porter & Saffron in My Rye Benny: Batch A Currant State of Infusion & Grifter C-Boogie Adrian: Wildflower Waratah Tom: Mountain Goat Double Steam Ale

It was announced in late 2016 that Dave's Events (sister company of our sponsor, Dave's Brewery Tours) was taking over Sydney Craft Beer Week. A while later, they dropped the C and it became simply Sydney Beer Week. In this episode, Adrian chats to SBW team members Dave Phillips, Shonna Mulley, Ben Janeczko, and Mr. Craft Beer himself, Liam Pereira.