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Matt and Pete take a dive into the biggest beer news story for quite some time - the sale of CUB, as well as some breaking local stories.  QLD fire levy “case-by-case” says government Is Coopers the Dunlop Volleys of beer? Launches XPA. Or does it need some star power? CUB snapped up by Asahi in $16bn deal ACCC takes note and craft brands remain in wake of CUB sale Radio Brews News is proudly pres...

When news broke that CUB has been purchased by Asahi for $16 Billion the comments and questions came thick and fast. Some things were clear, if the sale went ahead Asahi would become the worlds third largest brewing company. What was not so clear was the fate of the various company layers within the CUB network. Questions and opinions soon began circulating as to the future of CUB's craft brands l...

Radical changes to ice cold beers and second hand drinking catch the boys attention this week as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week. Radical change to the iconic VB can Pilsners Are an Elegant Outlier to the Craft Beer Hype Machine 'Second-hand drinking' damage is more common than you may think Better margins see publicans invest in craft beer despite lure of pokies Rules tightened on alcohol h...

This week we have a very timely conversation with Harry Jenkins, independent chair of the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code scheme (ABAC). This conversation had been booked for some weeks but happened to be recorded the day before the news come out about ABAC’s Jedi Juice ruling so we weren't able to canvas that specifically. We did discuss the ABAC code generally, its aims and objectives, and...

Thanks to Bintani this is a special edition of Radio Brews News, live from the West Australian Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference. Two Birds co-founder, Jayne Lewis, opened the conference with her keynote. Jayne eschewed the usual keynote update and platitudes by addressing some of the important issues the industry has been tackling and she address them head on, but in a very supportive...

This week Matt and Pete discuss the big ideas. Have we reached peak beer here in Australia and why is ABAC copping so much hate? Have We Reached Peak Beer? Happy 21st birthday ABAC: Here’s twenty-one times you’ve been labelled a failure Growth plans in the works as FogHorn invests in wholesale Stomping Ground to open airport brewery Beer is a Conversation: Shawn Sherlock Beer is a Conversation: Ma...

A Baltimore-born, Brooklyn raised, Israeli soldier/homebrewer marries and settles in Melbourne and finds himself the Head Brewer in his friend’s business venture – a revamped Docklands pub tucked quite literally beneath the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel. Whilst it sounds like the opening to a convoluted Hollywood movie plot, it is, in fact, the story of Shaya Rubenstein from Urban Alley Brewing. The...

Which brewer is taking part in Dry July? Find out as Matt and Pete discuss Brews News Week. Bintani launches 2019 vintage Signature Malt NE-IPA’s Quest for “Juicy” Has Led Us Toward Increasingly Undrinkable Beer, and “Hop Burn” is the Culprit AB InBev launches RateBeer marketplace Woolies set to offload Endeavour Drinks Brewers give their verdict on excise changes Dry July Australian Craft Beer Su...

This week on Beer is a Conversation we visit Gage Roads Brewing and meet co-founder John Hoedemaker and Chief Strategy Officer Aaron Heary. As a publicly listed brewery, we probably know more about Gage’s business than almost any other brewery but at the same time John and Aaron keep a low profile personally and we have long wanted to talk to them to hear the Gage story of its evolution. Gage Road...

Bintani has launched the 2019 vintage of its premium Signature Malt produced with Joe White Maltings.   We wanted to dig a little bit deeper into all things malt and learn the reasons behind the creation of Signature malt and why this year was such a good year for Tasmanian malting barley. A product such as Signature Malt has implications right along the supply chain from the farmer, to the maltst...

Today we learn that listening to Brews News Week is great for your fitness. So jog along as Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week. Board changes at the IBA Beer excise changes set to come into effect Is market concentration actually good for craft brewers? North of Nowhere Pale Ale 'Completely wrong': alcohol retailer BWS partners with Dry July Bintani launches hops selection trial Real Men o...

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. Today we have a couple of shorter interviews with some of the unsung members of the brewing industry. People who generally let their beers do the talking and are quite relu...

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry. Today we have a series of shorter inte...

Matt finally backs BrewDog! And some sage words of warning for those wanting to rip off Belgium Monks. Plus all the big Aussie beer stories of the week. Coopers Brews XPA Belgium monks forced to sell prized beer online to beat resellers Share sale at non alcoholic Sobah boosts expansion plans Hop-on, hop-off brewery tour service launches in Sydney WA bus route revives ailing beer tourism Hear mark...

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. GABS offered a great opportunity to be more candid with our guests and discuss a wide range of issues affecting the brewing industry. Today’s guests are very senior members...

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. In just a few weeks changes will come into force that will see brewers able to use much smaller keg sizes without an excise penalty. There has been much discussion about wh...

A fun chat this week as Pete and Matt debate whether a stamp collection counts if it has not been "licked and sticked" as well as the big news stories of the week: Australia’s Glen Fox new Charlie Bamforth ABAC finds against another craft brewery Craft contributes ‘disproportionate’ number of jobs to Aussie brewing industry FARE takes aim at "Ethical Vodka" Radio Brews News is proudly presented by...

This is a special edition of Brews News, live from GABS in Melbourne. Thanks to Bintani, Brews News was able to take our mobile studio to GABS and capture some great discussions with a wide range of people in the beer industry. We do a lot of conversations, but there’s something about having a live studio at GABS that just saw the guests relax and talk in a way that they don’t always do when a mic...

This week we meet Dr Glen Fox, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland. We often overlook what we have in our own backyard and Dr Fox is a great example. While we have regularly had international experts on the podcast, I was unaware of the research that was going on here in Australia un...

During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place. Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions. This panel hosted by co-founder of Totem Marketing Zoe Ottaway, was an informa...

Will Pete be convinced of shower beers? Which brewery needs to delete their social media feed? And who has been described as "as punk as the GoGos"? These stories and more as Pete and Matt discuss Brews News Week. Southern Bay backtracks over ‘tone deaf’ social media blunder Lion, Carlton United Breweries and Diageo donate State of Origin ad time to Drinkwise ABAC dismisses Carlton Zero ad complai...

During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place. Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions. This panel, held just hours before the Australian International Beer Awards pr...

This week we have a special edition of Beer is a Conversation featuring BrewDog co-founder Martin Dickie. BrewDog is an interesting case. Makers of undeniably good beer, they are unquestionably savvy businesspeople and hype-generating geniuses. They have also secured almost £70 million - that’s almost $128 million to you and me - from more than 107,000 investors around the world in a way that enab...

Anything but "disappointing", this episode contains the good, the bad and the ugly responses breweries have to backlash, how to win online beer ratings and much more: Brewery apologizes for Crips and Bloods inspired beers Great article on trademark infringement Chorlton Brewing Co's response on Twitter Australia's Ultimate Top 50 Beers (2019) How to Win Untappd (or any Online Beer Rating) Statemen...

During the recent Good Beer Week in Melbourne, the Cryer Malt trade hub at BeerDeluxe was once again a focus for the brewing industry with a number of important trade discussions taking place. Thanks to Kegstar, Brews News was able to be there to record some of these panels and we are proud to present these discussions. This panel, hosted by Brews News’ journalist Megan Sahli, was presented by The...