Radio Brews News

This week we discuss all things hospitality as we chat with Sarah Turner- Beer Education & Experiences, Community & Culture Developer at 4 Pines Brewing Co. Having spent 13 years at 4 Pines, Sarah was a very early hire at the brewery when it was one of the foundational breweries in Sydney. Coming from a background in pubs, Sarah played a significant role in establishing 4 Pines as a hospitality ve...

This week the team discuss breweries impacted by the floods, Batch and Bucket Boys, and whether beer and sports should mix. 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! Batch acquires Bucket Boys Vic Pils wins best beer at Royal Queensland Beer Awards Breweries impacted by floods + Two...

Due to the floods in South East Queensland and Northern NSW we are bringing you an abridged version of Brews News Week. Join Matt for a short update on this weeks news. 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! Brisbane breweries impacted by floods Two Mates gofund.me Better Beer def...

This week, Better Beer as we speak with the person behind that brand, Nick Cogger. Better Beer has become something of a Piñata for craft beer drinkers, particularly since its top 10 finish in this years’ GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers, for a beer that doesn’t fit more traditional definitions of craft. But even in his mid 30s Nick is no newcomer to the world of beer, with almost two decades in the i...

This week the team discuss how retailers are maintaining their performance through covid and rising aluminium prices. 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! COVID bites but retailers maintain performance Mixed results at crowdfunded beer businesses Navigating the challenges of rec...

This week, we speak with Nat and Callum Reeves, founders of Kaiju Beer. Since launching in 2013, the Kaiju brand has seen considerable growth with the expansion of its canning line last year and most recently with opening its first Melbourne brewpub. During this chat, we discuss why the team chose a brewpub model, the journey to opening the new venue and the challenges that came with it. We also b...

This week the team discuss changes to Good Beer Week and BrewCon, disputes over covid drinking, and your perceptions around beer ABV strength. 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 rearranges Good Beer Week and BrewCon Brewery consolidation in spotlight: US report Lion owner...

In an announcement today, the Independent Brewers Association has made the difficult decision to postpone and rearrange both Good Beer Week and BrewCon this year. Good Beer Week, which was set to be held in May, is being cancelled, whilst BrewCon, the major brewing industry conference set to be held in Queensland, is being rescheduled for August 2023.

This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast, we talk to Lauren Jack, chief operating officer of Brisbane's Ballistic Beer Co. which has been growing under the umbrella of the Mighty Craft portfolio. With five venues now under the Ballistic banner, Lauren discusses the challenges of a multi-venue model and growing a business in a pandemic. At the end of 2021, she was also appointed as a directo...

This week the team discuss the relationship between beer and spirits, Lion's new CEO and New Zealand's hottest 100 beers. 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! Lion announces new CEO Whisky distillers acquire Lion’s West End brewhouse Clayton Hops invests in new hop processing pl...

This week the team discuss GABS latest hot 100 lists, Black Hops second equity crowdfund, and we get an update from the UK with Matt Curtis. 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! GABS releases all Hottest 100 lists Black Hops’ second equity crowdfund raises $2.2 million Endeavour...

This week, we chat with chef Paul West, host of River Cottage Australia and advocate for sustainability. He is also the host of the ABC’s Big Brew Challenge which will air on Tuesday, 8th February. Guided by Australian brewer Samara Fuss, the Big Brew Challenge will see three teams of craft beer enthusiasts compete over 3 weeks for their beer to be crowned champion. During the chat, we discuss the...

This week the team discuss the GABS Hottest 100 and are joined by Mike Bray to see what will be new with the awards next year. 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! GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of 2021 announced Coca-Cola to sell interest in Australian Beer Co. IBA bullish...

As one of the original craft brewers, Ben has been a frequent guest on this podcast over the last 12 years. In many ways, both Bridge Road and Brews News have grown up together, shaped by the ever changing industry in which we operate. When I am asked which breweries in Australia really exemplify the craft beer or indie ethos, Ben and Bridge Road are always in that list. Which is why it’s interest...

Sabrina Kunz and Clare Burnett join Matt Kirkegaard as the team countdown GABS Hottest 100 beers of 2021. View the full list here. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This week the team discuss the ethics of 'buy now pay later' schemes, and wine is after a share of the beer market - should we take it as a compliment? 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! Buy-now-pay-later for alcohol “ethically questionable” GABS Hottest 100 celebrations ABAC...

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! This week the team discuss a branding stoush between Brick Lane and Better Beer, and the 2021 Brewing in New Zealand report findings. 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! Brick Lane in brand battle Mighty Craft acquires 100% of Jetty Road Brew...

This week the team discuss brewer tax contributions as revealed by the ATO, ABAC complaints spiking in recent years, and they reflect on the year that was 2021. 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! Brewer tax contributions revealed by ATO NSW trophy changes hands in 2019 Indies...

This week on Beer is a Conversation, we spoke to Richard Adamson, newly-announced chair of the Independent Brewers Association. The IBA, like the industry itself, has faced many challenges in the past year not only in relation to COVID-19 but also with issues of diversity in the industry, skills shortages and labelling controversies. We spoke to Richard to find out his aims and focuses for the IBA...

This week we catch up again with Mighty Craft CEO and Managing Director, Mark Haysman. We first spoke to Mark way back in February 2019 shortly after the business, then named Founders First, announced that it had invested in Newcastle’s Foghorn Brewhouse. In that conversation Mark introduced the craft beer accelerator’s vision and outlined its unique model. That conversation spurred a lot on inter...

This week the team discuss the pallet shortage impacting brewers, Cryer's KeyKeg partnership and the opportunities in beer merchandise. 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! Pallet shortages impacting Australia’s brewers Cryer expands with KeyKeg partnership Major brewers team up...

This week on Beer is a Conversation, we meet Ben Holdstock, Co-founder and Head of Product with Heaps Normal. Regular listeners will know that we have a fascination with the alcohol-free beer category, trying to understand what it is, what its potential is and what it means for the broader beer world. 2021 has been a year that has seen unprecedented media coverage of the alcohol-free sector, and H...

This week the team discuss the corrections at the Indies Awards - including a chat with the IBA, Heaps Normal's big fund raise, and consumer voting opens for GABS Hot 100. 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 announces corrections to Indies trophies Heaps Normal raises $8.5m...

Today we chat with Annelies Nijskens and Jimmy Van Eetvelde from Madocke Brewing. A Belgian couple, Annelies came to Australia for a school, exchange at 17 and always wanted to return. The couple had an engineering firm in Belgium but Jimmy found something a little disheartening about making something well and with pride, only to have it hidden in a cupboard of behind a false wall. He decided he w...

This week the team discuss the global freight crisis, Lions acquisition of Stone & Wood and the Indie Awards are being contested. 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! Lion completes Stone & Wood acquisition 2021 Indies results revealed & Indies awards contested, audit underway G...