The Beer Healer Interviews

Have you been to the supermarket lately? Once upon a time, the displays at the ends of the aisles were filled with chocolates and coca-cola, but these days there is a new player creeping into that space, non-alcoholic beer. And I am not talking about the stuff that you used to pick up next to the non-alc champagne that you drank at the Christmas table as a kid. Old brands in that space like Holste...

There is a point that craft breweries get to in their growth trajectory, the one where the founders have realised that they need a little bit of extra funding to fully realise their potential. That'w where we find Akasha Brewing Co right now. Founded in 2015 in Sydney's Five Dock, Akasha has helped spearhead Australia's blossoming love affair with high quality, hop-forward beer, rapidly becoming o...

Tasmania has a bit of a history with lagers...both of the big guys down have battled for 100 odd years to see who is best. More recently, Tasmanian drinkers have rediscovered their love of lager, brewed by the new wave of craft breweries in this state, and they are liking what they are tasting. I guess that's why a brewery such as The Albert can afford to model their whole business plan on them......

The Northern NSW region has a deep brewing history...it's the birthplace of a little brewery called Stone and Wood, you might have heard it? But a few minutes south of that brewery, in Balina, is another one that has now been kicking around for about 4 or 5 years, Seven Mile Brewing...have you heard of that one? Started by a father and son duo in 2017, this is a truly family-run brewery, which sou...

One thing I know for sure is that this craft beer industry we love so much doesn't stand still for long. Venues that start off small, blow up, styles that were once a must-have on the tap list have been replaced with the next big thing. And, as breweries mature, they tweak their business models and plans, often resulting in a re-brand. All-Inn Brewing has been around since 2012, a little suburban...

150 Episodes...Whaaat? How did that happen? When I finished the episode with Aaron, I thanked him for his open and honest chat, and for shedding a light on the other side of starting a brewhouse...the food. Often on these podcasts, we focus on the beer, because that is what we all love. But we also love food, and for brewpubs, you aren't going to be too successful if you can't serve both. So anywa...

Thanks to the wonders of the interwebs, two dudes who love beer, but were 4000km from each other, we able to catch up and talk about their love of...well a lot of different things, and then we got on to the beer! Tyler Little from Froth Craft Brewery is an all-around great dude, and I thoroughly enjoyed finding out about his journey from British Columbia, Canada to Exmouth, Western Australia...a l...

An old mate of mine used to say, "every day is a school day", and this episode proved it to me once again. On this episode, I have invited Sean Johnson, mead maker at Erosion Meadery and Brewery in Western Australia, to give us a crash course in Mead, Mead 101 if you like Until I did this interview, I had absolutely no clue about Mead. How about you? To be honest I thought it was just so...

It was gonna take a special guest to get me to put down my beer, change out of my boardies and get back into the studio...that person is Denham D'Silva from Barossa Valley Brewing. This bloke is an energetic and charismatic craft beer lover who started his journey back in the 90's in the USA. Fast forward 30 years and he has experienced all the ups and the downs that this industry can throw at you...

She is one of the new breed of talented young beer lovers who are entering the craft beer industry, bringing fresh new ideas and a positive attitude that is rather infectious. The industry is getting older, and so are the people who work there. Change is coming fast for this industry, and I, for one, think that if the industry's future is in the hands of people like Bronte O'Donoghue, everything i...

I love hearing beer drinkers argue about which state or region has the best craft beer in the land. Marrickville, Margaret River, Collingwood, Hobart, South Coast NSW, The Gold Coast, Adelaide Hills...every state has a craft beer mecca these days, and it gets me bloody excited! Personally, I feel like, in recent times, Victoria has really been shouting loudly about having some of the best beer aro...

All I have to tell you about this one is that I was lucky enough to get a tour of Hamish's Rocky Ridge Farm Brewery and I recorded our conversation to share with you. Hamish is a bloody ripping bloke, and I just let him share his thoughts and stories from the last two years...and then he shared a few details on some of the fun stuff he has coming up! Buy Rocky Ridge Beers Here Click here to see th...

If you have been listening for a while, you know I am a proud Tasmanian and I like to be able to tell the stories from down this way when I can. This one has been coming for a little while, the boys and I have had a bit of back and forth, trying to align our schedules. But, with a cancellation in my ultra-busy weekend social calendar, I was able to find my way to the "Valley of Love" to...

I was so happy to get a message from Nigel Ayling this week. He asked if he could jump on the podcast and record a Short Cut to tell everyone about a project he is involved with. You may know him as the founder of the Facebook Group, We Love Craft Beer, but in his working life, he is a marketer and always looking to get involved with beer-related projects. His latest project is the South Coast Ale...

Hop Products Australia and Beer Cartel have teamed up again for another mixed 12 pack of amazing beers, made with some of the best breweries in the land! This time, instead of featuring a single hop (Eclipse last time), they are showcasing a new hop technology, LUPOMAX. LUPOMAX pellets come in a whole heap of different varieties (click below for more details) and the brewers have had a blast desig...

Language warning, loud laughter warning, stupidity, and fun warning...geez this interview was a blast. A few of the OG's of Black Flag, Steve, John and Simon grabbed a few tinnies and their own personal fluffer/bar man and sat down to tell their story with me. I think this was the perfect storm for me with these interviews...a few lads that don't take themselves too seriously want to tell their st...

This conversation started months ago at GABS festival in Melbourne. Right before I made a quick escape as the city went into its 50th lockdown, I met a bloke by the name of Nathan Munt and he was peddling some pretty cool beers at his 3x3 in Geoffs Shed. If I remember correctly, it was his Barrel Aged Belgian Tripel that I tasted that day, which was delicious, and I made a mental note that I neede...

Dollar Bill Brewing has just released a new series of beers...in cans!!! They call them the Storm Series and after taking one look at the labels on the cans, I was straight onto them to tell me more about it. It's been a while since I spoke with Ed & Fiona Nolle. In fact, it was at GABS, just after they won 2021 Champion Aussie Beer! They are great people, making great beers, and luckily for m...

Ladies and Gents, we're back in the studio for another episode of the Pro, The Protege & The Hack. The last time the 3 of us got together to talk about beer, was back in May as we did a follow-up to our Christmas special. So yeah, we have been kind of shit at keeping up a regular recording schedule. To be honest, Ben and I kinda blame Dave for that, he nearly died this year, but that's a poor...

The stories about the awesome craft beer industry I share on this podcast are wide and varied. For the most part, they are celebrating what is awesome about the industry or sharing stories of people chasing their dreams and having a great time doing that. This episode with Brad Bown from Left Barrel is a little different. It's one of how things aren't always easy, especially with a pandemic and bu...

When a few sample tinnies of D5 turned up from Todd at Dainton, it jogged my memory that I hadn't had the team on the podcast. I'm hopeless like that, I need an assistant to help me plan out the year - otherwise, I am like Dory from Finding Nemo..."a shiny guest over here, great let's chat"...forgetting that I had been arranging a chat for weeks with someone else. For that, I am sorry Da...

So I kinda put my foot in my mouth at the end of the RGBM interview, so I just had to apologise and explain myself! Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine What Is a Reub Goldberg Machine? bike2brewery.tumblr.com 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a reg...

So in 2014, Anna and Billy rode their bikes from Anchorage Alaska down to Costa Rica. Along the way they sampled beers at 150 breweries and dreamed up what would become their uber-cool, hyper-local brewery in Tarrawanna. Their story is interesting, amazing, and a lot of fun...I'm not going to tell you more here, just have a listen for yourself. Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine What Is a Reub Goldberg...

Exciting times are ahead for Moffat Beach Brewing. Marketing Director, Craig Williams, tells me it's more than just the shiny new can designs they have released! Check out the new designs here 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episo...

Well, this one was going to be a quick chat about the new LG IPA Sunday Road put out to say thanks for the local community support in lockdown, but it could have almost been a full episode! After the old blokes taled through their challenges with computers and what they used in the past, the chat got on track and we covered a lot of ground, including: •The geography of the Syndey LGA's •Getting th...