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This week, we return to the High Country Brewery Trail to visit Beechworth’s ‘other’ brewery Billson’s.  A recent addition to the Beechworth tourism scene, Billson’s is very much a labour of love for exercise physiologist-turned brand consultant-turned brewery owner Nathan Cowan. It is built above a natural spring, from which water is sourced for all the beverages produced on site. Operating as a...

This week, a warning for brewers thinking of using cartoons on their labels, and how the Coronavirus is affecting the beer 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! Craft Brewers Conference issues coronavirus update Lost and Grounded Brewers disagrees with Portman Group fin...

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 changin...

Are cans really greener than bottles? The team discuss this and much more on Brews News Week. 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! HPA marks first phase completion of $35m expansion Gage Roads signs on with Western Bulldogs Divided opinions over online alcohol study How to go gr...

This week, we continue our series featuring breweries of the Victorian High Country Brewery Trail affected by the January bushfires, visiting Wangaratta and chat with Grant Jones from Malt Shed Brewing. We learn of the background of the business as three mates, lovers of all things malt, decided what the community needed was a brewery. You’ll hear the origin and focus of the brewery, the challenge...

Jimmie Gold guest hosts the podcast with Matt and Pete to discuss the news of the week.  ‘Disproportionate’ warning labels to cost $100 million Electronic nose identifies beer quality More than 200 brewers join Resilience Beer efforts Sydney’s All Hands sold for $20m Royal QLD Beer Awards Festival 7 March The Dorito Effect Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in...

This week, we start a series that is very close to the hearts of us here at Brews News. Late last year and through January the country experienced catastrophic fires. The response from both here and abroad has been - and continues to be - incredibly generous. However, the impact on the communities involved is often hidden, especially in areas not directly damaged by flames, but were still very aff...

The whole crew is together this week as Matt, Pete and Clare discuss all the big stories for the week:  Dismay over Pirate Life’s inclusion in local festival Trade mark cancelled after Melbourne brewers’ legal battle IBA increases focus on traineeships South Australia funds brewing traineeship pilot Hawker’s equity crowd fund Flagship February Matt’s essay £96 a bottle: the exotic beer that is as...

This week Matt chats with Sam Holloway, the Bay Area Distinguished Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Portland. He is also a beer lover and in addition to being on the board of a brewery, developed Crafting A Strategy an online, digital curriculum that gives brewing entrepreneurs the tools, wisdom, and knowledge to go out and improve the world, one community at a time,...

This week Pete is joined by Brews News Senior Journalist Clare Burnett, and there's lots to cover.  Jamie Cook steps down as IBA chair ATO figures reveal brewers’ tax contributions Entries now open for AIBA 2020 Registrations open for WA Beer Week 2020 Gage Roads ‘changing gears’ in 2020 as revenues rise ABAC dismiss trio of complaints Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over...

We recently saw the GABS Hottest 100 beers of 2019 revealed. It was the biggest year yet for the national poll, but as it has grown, so has the discussion and debate about the results. This year seemed to see the antipathy towards the results reach new levels as many of the social media beer cognoscenti decried what they regard as pedestrian beers gaining high positions in the results. Another bug...

Coming to you from the road this week, Matt and Pete debrief the hottest 100 countdown. Pacific Ale back on top in GABS Hottest 100 Australian Brews News visits Victorian High country breweries Ryefield Hops rallies industry after drought devastation Brewsvegas 2020 launches Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing...

While he wouldn’t be known outside of his home town, this week’s guest is something of a Brisbane beer identity. Since starting in craft beer about a decade ago, Jimmie Gold has worked at some of the city’s pioneering beer venues and craft breweries. Over that time he has really come to impress with his thoughtful approach to hospitality and also managing the challenges that come in working in the...

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 Boo...

This week Matt and Pete are joined by Australian Brews News Senior Journalist Clare Burnett. Make sure you tune in live for our countdown of the GABS Hot 100 on Saturday.  GABS Hot 100 Countdown Registrations open for GABS 2020 Craft Beer & Cider Festival Beer InCider taking expressions of interest to sell the event. Email: martin@beerincider.com Alcohol advertising watchdog reports record number...

This week we catch up with BrewDog's Australian top dog Calvin McDonald. Regular listeners will know that BrewDog has been a close study for Australian Brews news and on this podcast as we watched the business explode and try to match the hype and the antics with the output and the execution of what is a global craft beer phenomenon. As you'll hear, the hospitality side of the venue has exploded o...

Next week we're live streaming from Hemingways for the GABS Hottest 100. Listen live here. This weeks topics: Support local, breweries urge as bushfire closures continue Industry rallies for resilience IWSR: Wine Consumption in US Declines for First Time in 25 Years ABAC advises breweries to audit social media Queensland brewers have say on new licences Every six pack of beer contributes to climat...

This week we catch up with Gage Roads’ Chief Strategy Officer Aaron Heary. Midway through last year we had a conversation with Gage Roads co-founder John Hoedemaker and Aaron about the origins and history of the publicly listed brewery. It was a really well received episode and one that received an unusually high response at the time, with many of you saying how interested you were to hear that hi...

We're back for our 10th year of podcasting! Here's what's making news at the beginning of 2020. Looking Ahead: Beer Pros Predict The Next Decade Of Industry Trends (US)  ABAC warns against ‘milkshake’ in latest findings Brewpubs should sound good too GABS Hottest 100 Live Countdown BrewDog Is Opening the World's First Alcohol-Free Craft Beer Bar Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt....

We kick off our tenth year of covering the Australian brewing industry through a podcast with Adam Trippe Smith. Adam joined the brewing industry after a background in corporate finance, corporate development and M&A with Ernst & Young, Diageo and APN News & Media. In 2007 he co-founded McLaren Vale Brewing Company, and after leaving went on to found Australia’s first keg lease company Kegstar in...

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's a wrap. Our final Brews News Week for 2019. Here's what's making news: Social media posts again before ABAC New Belgium’s employee owners have voted in favour of selling the brewery to Lion’s global craft division, Lion Little World Beverages. CUB donates water to Queensland and NSW farmers FARE attacks Uncle Dan’s Revised Limits on Safe Alcohol Consumption Radio Brews News is proudly prese...

This week Matt speaks with brewer Dean McLeod. Dean has a varied history in the Aussie brewing scene with names like Colonial Brewing, Lord Nelson, Malt Shovel, Little Creatures and White Rabbit under his belt, before moving to Canada. Matt catches up with Dean to see what he's up to now and how the Canadian beer scene compares. Enjoy the conversation. Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Crye...

It's the penultimate episode of Brews News Week for 2019. Here's what's making news.  ACCC raises competition concerns over Asahi-CUB deal Malt Shed owners put brewery up for sale IBA showcases independence Beer volume decline to hit big brewers say analysts Brewing training launched by Queensland high school Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cry...

Pete joins Matt in Brisbane to discuss a huge week in Aussie beer news.  Balter announces sale to CUB ABAC upholds complaints about historic social posts Scale up without selling out says Founders First CEO Hat-trick year for Bright Brewery at Victoria Tourism Awards 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 b...