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In this BreweryPro podcast, we explore employment issues surrounding the brewing industry including staff shortages, employment practices, training and the availability of qualifications, and how to attract a brewer to your business. During the chat, we speak with Nick Leach, founder of Brewstaff and Ryan Fullerton, brewer at Catchment Brewing Co about these issues as well as some potential soluti...

As the 2022 Australian harvest draws to a close, beer drinkers will be getting to experience the release of 2022 green hop ales. Interestingly, brewing with fresh hops is still a relatively recent development - or at least recently rediscovered development in brewing - but one that has great potential to educate beer drinkers about provenance and also the agricultural nature to beer. But there is...

Welcome to this Brewery Pro podcast looking at digital transformation. This chat was part of Cloud Culture’s recent beer tasting Zoom event which showcased how Bright Brewery’s digital transformation helped it navigate the impacts of COVID-19. The event was hosted by Matt Kirkegaard from Brews News and featured a beer tasting with Bright Brewery’s founder, Scott Brandon.

In this episode of Brewer’s Perspective, our hosts Marcus Cox and Anthony Clem are joined by brewer consultant, Justin Fox. Justin has had an extensive career, first working as a technical brewer for Lion and head brewer for Colonial Brewing. He has also assisted with recipe development for breweries such as Hawke’s Brewing. Most recently, he worked as head of sales, products and development for B...

In this episode of Brewer’s Perspective, our hosts are joined by Diarmaid O'Mordha, quality and sustainability manager at Endeavour Drinks Group. During this chat, our expert panel breaks down the topic of product recalls and how it impacts the industry as a whole. They also discuss whether recalls should be accepted as part of doing business as a craft brewer. If you have questions for our hosts...

In this Brewery Pro podcast, we speak with CODO Design co-founder Isaac Arthur. CODO Design is an Indianapolis-based branding firm which has worked with many breweries on their marketing and branding, including a number in this part of the world. In Australia, packaging and design was recently showcased in the GABS Can Design Awards. During this chat, Isaac breaks down how important design is in t...

Welcome to this BreweryPro podcast looking at Lupomax, a concentrated Hop product from Haas. This is sponsored content, but as always at Brews News, we aim to make this content worth your time to listen to. In this conversation, we hear HPA's Sales & Marketing Manager Owen Johnston discuss Lupomax's purpose and uses with John I Haas' Sensory Program Manager Jeff Daily and Brewing Solutions Special...

In this episode of Brewer’s Perspective we’re joined by Scott Janish, co-founder of Sapwood Cellars, a brewery specialising in hazy hop-forward ales and barrel-aged sour beers in Columbia, MD. Scott is also a beer researcher and blogger at ScottJanish.com and author of the The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor. During the chat we discuss modern IPAs, hopping techniques and new adva...

Welcome to this Brewery Pro podcast. This is part of Hop Product Australia's 2021 Virtual Harvest program. The opportunity to brew with green hops only comes around once a year and each beer is unique! Join HPA's Owen Johnston for a Q and A with Scott Overdorf, Co-founder and Head Brewer at Hobart Brewing Co to discuss the challenges of brewing with green hops and how to overcome them.

In this episode of Brewer’s Perspective we’re joined by Richard Watkins, Co-Founder and Head Brewer at BentSpoke Brewing Co. During the conversation, we discuss recipe development and how brewers can plan for a beer’s ultimate purpose from the first stages of conception and planning. Crowned three times as Australian Champion Brewer, Richard also believes he is Australia’s longest serving craft br...

In this episode of Brewer’s Perspective we’re joined by Olivia Paris, People & Culture leader – Supply Chain at Lion and Richard Adamson, co-founder of Young Henrys and head of the IBA’s People Project Group. During the conversation, we break down the various pathways into the brewing industry and how people can utilise tools like education and training. We also touch on the importance of diversit...

Welcome to this Brewery Pro podcast. This is part of Hop Product Australia's 2021 Virtual Harvest program. Today, hear Owen Johnston's presentation on forward contracting. Forward contracts are a critical part of securing your future hop supply and protecting your brewery from market volatility. He looks at the importance of forward contracts from the perspective of a hop grower and a brewer, as w...

In this episode of Brewers Perspective we’re joined by Jordan Hynes, Operations Manager at Bintani and Owen Johnston, Sales & Marketing Manager at HPA to look at storage and handling of brewing ingredients to ensure they meet specifications and contribute to great beer. During the conversation we discuss topics including understanding Certificates of Analysis and you can find HPA’s guide to COAs d...

This week, on Brewer’s Perspective, Marcus and Anthony discuss how breweries can implement sensory training programs to improve upon their beer. Our guest is Tina Panoutsos, Senior Manager of Beer Knowledge at Carlton & United Breweries. With three decades in the brewing industry in roles across Quality, Education, Brewing Innovation and Sensory & Consumer Science, Tina has specialised in understa...

Welcome to this Brewery Pro podcast. This is part of Hop Product Australia's 2021 Virtual Harvest program. Today HPAs Owen Johnston chats with Simon Whittock, who has been in charge of HPAs breeding program since 2007. They go behind the scenes to see what it takes for a hop to climb the ranks from an experimental variety to a commercial success. At 7:20 hear a special Q and A with Mark Goldsmith,...

This week, on Brewer's Perspective, Marcus and Anthony discuss how to ensure that good beer from the brewery gets into packaging in the same quality and stays that way into the marketplace. Our guest is Simon Lew, Packaging and Production Manager at 4 Pines Brewing Co. Prior to joining 4 Pines, Simon worked for 3 Ravens Brewery, Tooborac Hotel and Brewery and Thunder Road Brewing. Meanwhile, at 4...

Welcome to this BreweryPro podcast looking at quality assurance in hop production, part of Hop Product Australia’s 2021 Virtual Harvest program. In this episode, HPAs Simon Whittock gives a presentation on HPA's latest sustainability initiatives. He discusses how HPA considers the economic, environmental and social impact of every decision, and are taking shared responsibility for a better world b...

In this first episode of Brewer's Perspective co-host Anthony Clem chose today’s guest, Aron McGarrity, Senior Account Manager, Food & Beverage, with Ecolab. Anthony wanted to speak to Aron about what he has learned in his many visits to breweries about what brewers can to in the brewhouse to make the job of cleaning and sanitation easier. As you’ll hear, this isn’t an ad for cleaning chemicals, m...

Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast, Brewer's Perspective. Brews News created the first Australian beer podcast way back in 2011. As Brews News has evolved we discuss the news of the week and also the backgrounds of industry people, probing their experiences in the industry. If you haven’t heard it, you may well be interested in the industry news and insights those shows contain. Very re...

Welcome to this Brewery Pro podcast. This is part of Hop Product Australia's 2021 Virtual Harvest program. Today HPAs Owen Johnston chats with Quality Manager Peter Hamilton and Lab Co-ordinator George Webster on the topic of Quality Assurance, covering what the certifications mean, and the steps taken to guarantee quality in the final package. At 21.46 hear a special Q and A with Nathan Calman -...

In this BreweryPro podcast we look at data from the packaging line. We speak with James Magee, CEO of manufacturing software company OFS about a report the company released recently, the Craft Brewers Benchmark study that found that craft brewers can only run their packaging line for 12 minutes before it stops. It also found that most craft brewers spend 46% of their time on the packaging line doi...

This podcast is part of Hop Product Australia's 2021 Virtual Harvest program. Today you'll hear from Simon Whittock, who has been in charge of HPAs breeding program since 2007. He shares his thoughts on how hop growers and brewers can work to maximise fruity flavours and aromas in beer by better understanding several key classes of hop compounds and how they behave through the brewing process. Sta...

Hop Products Australia has completed its 2021 hop harvest. HPA picked 675 hectares totalling1,526 metric tonnes of hops. They saw an increase in acreage harvested, but a decrease in yield and saw a significant increase in tonnage in Galaxy, Vic Secret and newcomer Eclipse, but a decline in Ella that will see issues around contracted volumes. This year was also notable for the end of classic alpha...

Welcome to this BreweryPro episode looking at hop harvest and selection. As southern hemisphere hop growers reach the midpoint of their hop harvest, discussion often turns to hop selection.  Brewers who have been fortunate to visit US farms are often invited to participate in selection, choosing the lots that they want to purchase. In Australia Hop Products Australia goes a different way, aiming f...

Brews News ran a story last week detailing the concerning results of a pilot study by Queensland Health. The study saw an analysis of the abv of 25 craft beers and compared the results to the ABV declared on the label.  Eighty per cent of the samples fell outside the allowable variation. We understand anecdotally that these results have been replicated more widely in informal testing by other bodi...