The Beer Healer Interviews

Welcome to the roaming Beer Healer at the 2021 Great Australian Beer Spectapular, Live from the Melbourne Convention centre. You all know I love bringing these conversations to you each week, so imagine how excited I was to be able to walk into a hall full of potential guests. Armed with my homemade roaming microphone and my iPhone, I wandered around and grabbed anyone who would talk to me. I mana...

It's only been six months since I last got together with the lads, Dave Padden and Ben Miller, for a chat about all things brewing. Where did the time go? What have the boys been up to? And could I find the remaining listener questions to ask the lads? Well, it was a challenge, but we managed to get through it, and here it is. Part 2 of our listener question fuelled Christmas Special, and it was a...

Where do you start when trying to describe this brewery, and turn that into a snappy episode title? To be honest, I wasn't sure, so apologies for the generic titles. You see, Spinifex Brewing is Aboriginal and Veteran owned, making beers with native ingredients in their home state of Western Australia, supporting our returned Veterans and looking to take Fosters' mantle as the most well known Auss...

I was pretty fortunate to be able to get DJ on as a guest, and as they say good things come to those who wait. Dj and his wife, Harriet, have been so busy with their little brew pub in the Blue Mountains, as it takes the Aussie craft beer world by storm! In a little over 12 months, the brew pub concept that was designed to give DJ and Harriet the work life balance they craved by moving out of the...

I think everyone is aware of how Your Mates Brewing, the "Overnight Success", rose to prominence in the Hottest 100 beers a few years ago. The two boys from the Sunny Coast, Matt and Christen, were all of a sudden the next big thing in craft beer, but also a bit of a target for ridicule and jealousy. Whichever point of view you have on how Larry surprised the industry, you have to admire...

What if I told you that not all non-alcoholic beers are created the same...some even taste great! In a world where the focus on self care and wellness is increasing, there are product of all shapes and size popping up to capitalise on a consumer market that is very quickly expanding. One such product is that of non alcoholic craft beer. I'm not talking about that watery crap that Carlton or Heinke...

Sometimes on these interviews it takes a little bit of time to warm up, feel each other out, and then get into the conversation...on this one with the One Drop team, we just seemed to click. Well, except for the first few minutes where technology let us down once again...this seems to be a re-occuring theme. Anyway, like the pro's we all are 😂🤣, we were able to get past the dodgy tech and into a...

Better late than never!!! I missed International Womens Day, but the story is still great! Co-Conspirators, the brewery that appears to be taking on the world, but it still run by 4 people...yep, just two couples...Jacqui Sacco, Tim Martin, Maggie and Deon Smit. They met at a home brew club and liked each other enough to decide to chase their craft beer dream together. It's a great story, and Jacq...

This chat with Charlie Hodgson goes in many different directions, he is a really interesting bloke. I've heard from real journalists that using silence in an interview can be a very powerful tool to get people to open up to you. On this episode, the 6 second delay that Charlie and I had to navigate was the silence that allowed Charlie to just open up and talk about his career, both the good and th...

Joining me on this episode are the two co-founders of Batch Brewing...Andrew Fineran, who joined me from Marrickville, and Chris Sidwa all the way from New Jersey. Batch Brewing should be pretty familiar to you all, this isn't the first time they have appeared on this podcast, and they are from one of Australia's most popular craft beer hotspots, Marrickville. What you may not know about Batch how...

Im heading back out West for another great craft beer story, and I am bloody excited about it. It's no secret that I love the WA beer scene, the beers are awesome, the people even better, and the fans are amazing...I'm talking to you Perth Beer Snobs and South West Craft beer Bogans...thanks for your support The left side of the country is big and brown, perfect for growing grapes. I know, I know,...

This episode almost didn't happen! Recording proved to be a bit of a challenge, there were many technical glitches, false starts, and times when we really weren't sure if we were going to end up with any kind of finished product. But, we persevered, and I am so glad we did, cos this is a bloody fun chat. Many thanks to Ned and JC for working through the issues!! In this episode we discuss: •hype b...

This is another one of those episodes when I get to dive into a story about a brewery that I know very little about, Sunday Road Brewing. What do you know about Sunday Road brewing? Have you tried their beers, have you visited their tap room...where is their tap room? Well, for those of you who are either shit at geography, like me, or don't really know Sydney...as the crow flies, Sunday Road is a...

On a scale of 1 to 10, how "into" beer are you? My guests on this podcast, Dylan Kelly and Henry Tier are definitely 10/10. They are beer enthusiasts, who started home brewing, turned pro, and then started a business that aims to make it easier for more people to join the home brewing revolution. Yep, these guys brew professionally for 4Pines during the day and in their "spare"...

I'm hoping that Jester King Brewery needs no introduction for you, listeners. But just in case, this is how they describe themselves... Jester King is a brewery, kitchen, farm & event hall on a beautiful 165 acre ranch in the Texas Hill Country. We make food & drink uniquely tied to a time, place & people. We're a welcoming place for people of all ages to enjoy community, fun & hos...

This chat with Allagash Brewing Marketing Director, Jeff Pillet-Shore was just what I was looking for to finish off the year. Allagash has been around since 1996 and is one of the OG's of the USA craft beer scene. It was started by one man with a dream who would lend his hand at anything to get the brewery up and running...welding, jack hammering, electrical, it didn't matter, and Rob Todd found a...

The Pro, Protégé & The Hack Christmas Party is in full swing...one of us is hungover and the other two clowns are half cut and ready to go! Thank you to everyone who has supported the show this year, we have loved bringing it to you. On this episode, the boys answer your questions, and we give away some prizes! The boys have been getting high on their own supply prior to this issue, so as you...

You have just gotta hear the story about Clark's Chinese friend...it is epic! In this episode, we head overseas to talk about a brewery located in a little town called Decora, Iowa. Pretty much smack bang in the middle of this USA, Decorah is home to less than 10,000 people...and one brewery, Toppling Goliath. You may not be familiar with the name of the town, but I am tipping you know about Toppl...

Its not gonna come as a surprise to you that because of Covid, some in the craft brewing community are doing it pretty tough. It's also not going to be a surprise to you that during these tough times, the community is rallying together in whatever way they can to help ensure the industry gets through this. I heard a story this past week about one brewery working with a few others on a bit of a col...

In case you hadn't heard, HPA has released a new hop they think is gonna be something pretty bloody special. It's called Eclipse and it just might be the best hop since Galaxy...big call, hey!! Anyway, with the release of the new hop I thought I would record an episode that not only gave you all a bit of background about the hop, but also advice on how to introduce it (or other new hops) into your...

Another great tale of a bloke following his brewing dream, and taking the Gypsy Brewing route. This one has a few twists and turns, via Western Australia and London, and then back to South Australia to eventually set up a Tap Room in an old sex shop warehouse. It's a story of achieving great things due to great relationships...Little Bang,. Big Shed, Clare Valley, SA Tafe, neighbours, friends and...

More bonus content for ya! It seems that Wild Ales, blending and barrel ageing is a hot topic in craft beer right now. Names like Wildflower Brewing & Blending, Garage Project, Dollar Bill Brewing Pty Ltd, Jester King Brewery and Casey Brewing and Blending are on the tip of the tongues of the pointy end of the craft beer market. Will Tatchell from Van Dieman Brewing released 3 Wild Ales this w...

Everywhere you go in this craft beer industry, you meet people, have a chat, and very quickly realise that if you are also from the industry, there are about 3 degrees of separation between people. Everyone knows someone who has worked for the Goat, James Squire, Feral, Little Creatures or Matlida Bay. In this case, we have a brewery on the Balmain Peninsula filled with people who have spent time...

A bit of bonus content for you... This is a quick interview I did this week with a new Tasmanian Gypsy Brewer, Steve Tully from 22 Paces Brewing. Steve was launching his new beer, a very tasty XPA, at Hobart craft beer hotspot, Preachers. Want to help spread the craft beer gospel? •Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube •Rate, Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts...click link on phone and...

This one is for those who are fascinated by science, love the magic of time in barrel, or want to learn more about the art of wild ales. It's a longer episode, but I think you will like it! For this episode, I invited Troy Casey from Casey Brewing and Blending in Glenwood Springs Colorado to tell us about the art of brewing and blending Wild Ales. Troy and his wife, Emma, established Casey in 2013...