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Today on The Antidote podcast, we check in with Pete Brown to hear how the UK industry is faring through COVID-19, as well as about his own isolation book project, which you can follow here. You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the podcast later via your favourite podcast app.

Today on The Antidote we catch up with Corinna Steeb from Prancing Pony Brewery and also with Karen Stanley from Stanley Law to hear about the restrictions that Prancing Pony was hit with just before Easter. We hear how they are dealing with it, and a glimmer of hope that common sense will prevail. Then we speak to Dave Padden from Akasha Brewery and hear how a recent focus on packaged beer has so...

Today on The Antidote, we caught up with New York-based beer writer, author and podcaster John Holl to hear how things are going in his backyard and also how the broader US industry is responding to COVID-19. It's a longer chat than normal, but a moving, inisghtful and also funny insight iinto the US situation. You can listen live from 5pm AEST via MixLR (link on brewsnews.com.au) or download the...

Good news from ABAC this week as it reports packaging complaints are down in 2020 and we take a look at some positive adaptations the industry is making. Full 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! ABAC packaging complaints down in 2020 IBA rallies industry as big r...

Today on The Antidote podcast we catch up with Wade Curtis to learn about the variety of measures Ballistic Beer has implemented across its venues to survive the current crisis. We also check in with Daniel Emery from The Welder's Dog Tamworth to have a very uplifting chat about their Bunker Boxes that have gone ballistic for them and may even outlast the shutdowns. You can listen live from 5pm AE...

Today on The Antidote podcast, we checked in with Craig Basford to see how things are going at Big Shed Brewing Concern. They had not long opened the new shed when they were hit with a different directive every day and we learn how they have adapted.  Then we caught up with with Jon Atherton from Brisbane Distillery to learn the not-too-gentle art of turning your business around and making 10,000...

This week, something a little different as not only do we step away from the current COVID-19 situation for some regular programming, but we also have Brews News’ senior journalist Clare Burnett taking the microphone and visiting her local brewpub Brendale Brewing to chat with owner Ryan McCausland. The interesting thing about this conversation is that Brendale Brewing is barely on Brisbane’s craf...

Welcome to episode 11 of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today werevisit Corey Crooks from Newcastles Grainstore. It's been more than two weeks since we checked in on Corey and over the weekend he announced that they were pressing pause on the Grainstore for a little while to catch thei...

  Welcome to episode 10 of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we catch up Fran Gangemi from the Keep Our Venues Alive campaign to hear about the data they are collecting and their campaign for support for the nighttime industries, including breweries, affacted by the shutdowns. You c...

This week we have some great tips for breweries moving to online sales as well as some fun April Fools stories.  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! We also discuss: Industry responds to Asahi’s $16bn CUB acquisition Guidance for breweries on online sales Radio Brews News is pr...

Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we catch up with Moo Brew head brewer Dave MacGill and The Beer Healer Chris Lukianenko to check in on all things beer in Tasmania at the moment. We also hear of their plans to celebrate all things Tassie beer this weeken...

  Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we catch up with Steve Finney from Otherside Brewing to hear about their Plan C for the current situation. We also check in on marketing expert Zoe Ottway to see how she's faring and also for her tips for breweries to e...

Welcome to episode seven of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we catch up with an old friend, drinks writer and host of the James Atkinson - Drinks Adventures podcast, James Atkinson. We also hear from Broadsheet Brisbane Editor-at-Large Matt Shea on how the wider hospitality commun...

This week, we have our last conversation recorded during our swing through the High Country Brewery Trail with a visit to Bright Brewery. We visited the High Country Breweries in late January after the fires, figuring that by April, the fires would be largely forgotten outside of the areas affected. Who would have predicted what would have happened instead. At the time it was breweries in the many...

  Welcome to episode six of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we hear from Simon Strahan from DrinkWise about being mindful of how we're drinking during the stress of the crisis, but also why the importance of the messages the industry sends at the moment is very important. You can...

Welcome to episode five of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we hear from Hop Products Australia's Owen Johnston about how they are managing the hop harvest in Tasmania and Victoria during the lockdown, and then from Voyager Craft Malt's Stu Whytcross about the impact that drought,...

This week we discuss how the beer industry is coping with new legislation and we welcome Kylie Lethbridge to the IBA.  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! We also discuss: Our most recent episode of The Antidote Gage Roads packaged beer boost New IBA Chair - Kylie Lethbridge Ot...

  Welcome to episode three of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we have a powerful conversation with The Grainstore's Corey Crooks about the impact shutdowns are having on his Newcastle-cased craft beer venue, and also get some very timely and important business advice from on how b...

Welcome to episode three of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we chat with Tim Fishwick from soon-to-open (crisis permitting) White Bay Brewing Co, to find out how their plans to open have changed as a result of the current situation, and how they're managing their final stages. We...

Welcome to episode two of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current coronavirus emergency. Today we chat with Scott McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows, whose drive-thru bottleshop makes him feel like a kid with a lemonade stand...but is succesfully bringing much needed cash. We also speak with Richard Kelsey from Beer C...

This week, we head to Tropical North Queensland and visit Lion’s newest brewery, Tiny Mountain and catch up with head brewer Dave Mullins. As with many craft brewers, Mullins began his journey as a teenage homebrewer a hobby he continued as he worked in his first career as a design draughtsman before taking a job at the pioneering Brisbane brewery Oxford Brewing Co where he worked for a year until...

Welcome to the first episode of The Antidote, Radio Brews News' daily check in with the Australian brewing industry to see how it is managing the current  coronavirus emergency. We hope our conversations will be your antidote to the uncertainty and isolation that current conditions can bring. In our first episode we chat with Bintani's Phil Meddings about maintaining ingredient supply at the momen...

This week we look at some of the positive changes businesses are making to adapt to current economic and social challenges. Read more about our biggest 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! IBA asks for government ‘survival package’ CUB launches raft of traineeshi...

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 y...

On the Brews News Week podcast, small brewers are leading the way with innovation by being greener about their waste products and the COVID-19 virus causes the IBD convention to be postponed.  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! IBD Asia Pacific postpones convention Startup aim...