Radio Brews News

There are a wide range of topics that we love to discuss with brewers on Radio Brews News. One of those is the point at which classic styles and innovation and novelty clash. Regular listeners would have heard Matt's recent conversation with Bentspoke Brewing’s Richard Watkins when he released his Flanders Red Ale, Flemm. There was a time - and not that long ago - when this style of beer was the e...

This week Pete tracks down Bobby Henry the Beverage Manager for Australian Venue Co. Aus Venue Co, which oversees a portfolio of more than 150 venues across the country and another dozen in New Zealand, has been hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 restrictions. Bobby goes into detail about the plans and practices that have seen them survive the lockdown and the lessons they’ve learned as a resul...

This week sees controversy over the name "Colonial", keg shortages in WA, and finally some good news for NSW venues.  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! Colonial praised for crisis response NTIA welcomes NSW Government Liquor Act NSW Government backs IBA Keg shortages despite...

This we catch up with Alli Macdonald, Lead Brewer with Malt Shovel Brewers and also Australian President of the Pink Boots Society. Like many craft brewers who found their inspiration to do what they do in the early 2000s, Alli had her beer epiphany when she travelled through Europe and discovered beer that was different to what she knew at home in Australia. Through a role with the Royal Agricult...

This week we see Lion become the victim of a cyber attack and new laws for online alcohol delivery could change the status quo. 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! Cyber attack hits Lion Broo asked to explain share price spike Large brewers call for excise freeze not ‘distortio...

This week we meet new Independent Brewers Association General Manager Kylie Lethbridge. Kylie has recently stepped into her new role with the IBA, starting just as the hospitality shutdowns commenced. We talk about the challenges of starting a new job with an industry organisation in a time of crisis for that industry, and also what she sees the key issues facing the association are post covid-19....

This week the team discuss questions raised over competition after the Asahi acquisition, and the latest Alcohol and Drug Foundation campaign. 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! Lockdown easing but brewers remain cautious Anti-alcohol lobby adopts DrinkWise campaign concept As...

This week’s conversation could have covered almost any topic in beer, and could easily have been a series in itself.  Dermot O’Donnell has been brewing for more than 50 years, since starting at the Courage Brewery in 1967. He has worked in the UK for Bass Charrington, as well as locally at Lion, CUB, CCA and more recently at St Andrews Beach Brewery in a consultancy role. He was involved in develo...

The news discussed this week includes: The ABC corrects a story on alcohol consumption, but you might have missed it What are the impacts on the alcohol industry...we discuss the duelling reports. Are we drinking more or less? Winners revealed for AIBA 2020 Isolation Edition Lion partners with US seltzer brand White Claw Night Time Industry urges flexibility Rolled-up, not stirred: bankers pitch m...

This week is our first on location conversation since isolation began. We head to Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to chat with Matt and Sharynne Wilson. In this conversation we learn how a Sydney couple working in the money markets decided to move their family to the Sunshine Coast after chancing upon an ad for a failing beachside coffee shop while reading the paper in bed one Saturday...

This week on the podcast the team discuss the lockdown winners and losers as well as how breweries in tourism hot spots will return to normal. 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! Breweries in tourist hotspots face slow return to ‘normal’ Pirate Life “probiotic” complaint dismis...

This week a chat on a crackly phone line with Allan Tilden from Eumundi Brewing on Brisbane’s Sunshine Coast. It’s always fascinating to learn the pathways that lead people into brewing and what it is that fires their enthusiasm for the job and Allan’s path was fascinating, including nine years making rock candy that saw him become a master confectioner before discovering his passion for making be...

A big week in the brewing industry as the team look at 4 Pines small business grant, trademark battles and new research from FARE. Full stories linked below.  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! Surprise as 4 Pines scores small business grant Positioning hard seltzers as brewer...

This week, a cracker of a chat with one of the great characters of Australian craft beer, Willie the Boatman's Pat McInerney. This conversation covers how Pat forwent his dreams of documentary filmmaking for the lure of the money of reality television before realising his dream of opening his own brewery. We also learn the importance of local and community to a craft brewery and some of the surpri...

This week we see the release of the 2020 HPA hop report and the IBA faces it's own challenges during lockdown. 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! CUB launches vodka seltzer Galaxy booms as HPA releases 2020 hop harvest report Owen Johnston - HPA's 2020 Hop Report Endeavour and...

This week we hear from Bentspoke's Richard Watkins and it's all about delicious barrel aged Flanders Reds. Beer is in a really interesting place right now. If you look at the early generation of craft brewers, many were inspired by travels through Europe, especially Belgium. Later, it was hop forward beers that inspired brewers and beer drinkers alike. Hop forward gradually morphed into hop driven...

This week we look at how equity crowdfunding campaigns are doing one year on as well as the weeks beer news. More stories below. 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! Little Creatures goes big with home brewers Don’t jump on the virtual events bandwagon says expert Vale: Keith M....

This week we head across to Perth to chat with Andy Scade from Lion's Bevy Brewing. We learn how Andy went from putting the caps on his dad's home brew to making his own as a young art student before falling in love and deciding that a career in brewing was calling him. This discussion tracks the history of the modern craft beer movement, looking at how we can better engage people in beer. Enjoy t...

Today for the last episode we check in with early guests on The Antidote, Scott from Wolf of the Willows Brewing and Jayne Lewis from Two Birds Brewing to see how the last five weeks has gone, how they're travelling and their plns post COVID-19. With so many breweries streaming brewer chats, we didn't want to take away from their efforts so have paused regular episodes, but will be back as needed...

As we settle into the "new normal", we take a look at the impact on alcohol sales and payment terms in the brewing 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! Big brewers back venues as alcohol sales decline Takeaway alcohol restrictions lifted in WA Watchdog condemns big bus...

Today on The Antidote podcast we caught up with Stone & Wood Brewing General Manager Nick Boots about how Australia's largest independent craft brewery is coping with the shut downs, especially with a cross border work force. Then we chatted with Steve Blick who is running the company's direct-to-drinker operations to hear how their online business has scaled up in the face of the crisis.

While the lockdowns have stopped us from getting out and about to chat with brewers, it has made it possible for us to catch up with some of the people we have had on our list for some time. This week we speak with General Manager of Fermentis, Stephane Meulemans. Interestingly, the head of this yeast company has spent 15 years working in the hops industry, as well as opening a Belgian craft brewe...

Today on The Antidote we catch up with Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours to hear how his travel-based business is adapting to manage the lock downs, and also how the Sunshine Coast industry is rising to meet the COVID-19 challenge.

Today on The Antidote podcast, we catch up with Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn to hear how she is adapting to an immediate future with no beer events. We also head across to Canada and speak with beer writer Stephen Beaumont to see how breweries are faring there. You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.

This week, a warning that future tax breaks may not be everything you wish for. 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! This weeks stories: Adapt or die: Evolution will help breweries survive Brewers Association Releases Annual Growth Report for 2019 Our partners Radio Brews News i...