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This week we learn about the biggest beer in the land as Matt catches up with Hugh Jellie, Marketing Manager at the Great Northern Brewing Co. In under 10 years, Great Northern went from launch to becoming the highest-selling beer in the country and in many ways it has also changed the face of beer marketing by coming to reflect some major social shifts that have taken place in Australia. Check out the Pure Blonde commercial from around 15 years ago and compare it with the Great Northern Fathers...
This week the team discuss Queensland's rules on takeaway alcohol, Lion's paid parental leave and the latest concerning trend, beer in pouches! 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! Restaurant and Catering Association ‘bewildered’ by Qld Bill Wild Life Brewing to expand after $200k raise One Year On… Sauce Brewing Co. Cairns Lion offers full parental leave to workers IBA adopts...
Today we speak with Ryan Nilsson-Linne, head brewer at Port Macquarie’s Wicked Elf Beer. Wicked Elf, once known as Little Brewing, is a brand that traces its origins back to the days when beer from small breweries was boutique. Despite having a national presence through the early 2010s and a reputation for great beer, the business went into receivership in 2016, being purchased by its current owner in 2017. In May 2021 Ryan joined the business and has started to raise its profile. With Wicked El...
This week the team discuss Queensland takeaway reforms, the ethics of zero alcohol and the ACCC requests submissions on the Stone and Wood takeover. 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! Queensland takeaway reforms sideline beer ACCC asks for submissions on Stone & Wood takeover Spinifex raises $2m in biggest beer CSF raise BrewDog Australia confident as losses narrow CUB z...
In this conversation we meet Clinton Schultz and Lozen McDiarmid-Schultz from Sobah and hear about their background and how they came to be in the non-alcohol sophisticated beverage industry. We discuss what’s driving alcohol free beer, whose drinking it and why, and whether it has a long-term future. We look at the alcohol free movement, the anti alcohol movement and Australia’s drinking culture and also business and crowd sourced funding. It’s a powerful chat about some topics that are very re...
If you listened to this weeks Brews News Week "Don't Mention The War" you would have heard us considering a special Below The Fold on Stone and Wood. Here's an explanation of where we're at.
This week the team have decided to provide a Stone and Wood free zone for Brews News Week. We're discussing the possibility of doing a whole "below the fold" episode on the topic tomorrow. News for this week includes a new venue for Matso's, Broo's land sale delays and VB's vaccination campaign. 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! Queensland venue for Good Drinks brand Matso’...
In this episode, brewing veteran Phil Sexton offers a candid perspective on the Australian craft beer industry, prompted by the Stone & Wood sale. He delves into the inherent pressures for businesses to grow, the constant need for capital, and the inevitability of sales, challenging traditional notions of "craft" and "independence." Sexton also reflects on his pioneering work with Matilda Bay and Little Creatures, including a fascinating anecdote about almost bringing Starbucks to Australia. He concludes with insights into Matilda Bay's current revival and the evolution of classic beers like Redback.
In this episode, the team receive breaking news about the sale of Stone and Wood to Lion. You'll hear their live, unfiltered reactions to the 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! Lion acquires Stone & Wood parent Fermentum Green Coast lager labelling The Gatherer moves to Two Birds $30m redevelopment for Little Creatures Fremantle Lion invests $6m in de-alcoholising ...
This is an archive conversation. As Covid is playing havoc with our scheduling, we found this very old, but still relevant interview with BrewDog’s James Watt from September 2011. We have been joking - or maybe half joking - about the post craft world we increasingly inhabit. As craft beer growth slows, the market becomes increasingly crowded and commercial realities of running a business seem to be ever more stark, some of the battle cries of the early craft beer movement are giving way to what...
This week the team discuss the latest news including Feral closing the original Swan Valley brewpub and we hear from a listener on tap contracts. 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! Feral to close original Swan Valley brewpub Private label boosts Endeavour Group Mighty Craft bullish despite losses Revenues fall at Broo despite production investment New brewery for former Grum...
This week we jump into the way, way back machine and visit a time before craft beer was even a thing. Back to when you could write a book that took beer much more seriously than most books about beer, but still categorise it in terms of 'session', 'premium' or 'weirdo' beer. I speak with Ben Canaider, who together with fellow wine writer Greg Duncan Powell, wrote a book called Slabs Stubbies and Six-Packs A Tasting Guide. If you've re-discovered beer in the last decade, or turned 18 in that time...
This week the team discuss nostalgic lolly themed beers, how the Aussie beer market has bolstered growth for Orora and we hear from Nick Boots on the new launch. 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! “Juice” IPA and Pastille Sour Ale face ABAC Beer market bolsters Orora growth Sobah and Spinifex launch crowdfunding campaigns Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by...
This week we go back and visit Matt King and Glenn Wignall, who with their friend, Trent Evans, have been quietly building The Grifter brewery in Sydney’s inner west. We visited the guys back in January 2018 and we’d invite you to go back and listen to that chat first if you haven’t already to learn the background to the brewery, which we don’t cover too much in this episode. One of the things that struck me during that earlier conversation was just how quietly The Grifter team got on with what ...
Welcome to the first ever special edition of Below the Fold. Below the Fold is the part of our weekly beer news podcast where we step beyond the headlines and discuss some of the stories or beer events of the week in a little more depth and with a little more opinion than just the news story. Listeners will know that we have been discussing the PR-driven aspects of the zero alcohol drinks category. Last week Matt went on a bit of a tear about a media release received from San Drinks that stated ...
This week the team discuss rice lagers, 15 years of Burleigh Brewing and the quarterly reports from Coles Liquor. 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! Rice lagers go craft 15 years of Burleigh Brewing Coles Liquor quarterlies First beers set to be brewed at Mountain Culture Pink Boots and Gage Roads team up for scholarships Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by...
This week we catch up with Dave Phillips, as he was announced as Chief Operating Officer at Shipyard Brewing in Portland, Maine. It was an interesting announcement, given to the Australian industry, Dave is best known for his tourism roles here. We have spoken with Dave before, both in his role as founder of Dave’s Brewery Tours which became Dave’s Travel and Events, and also as the eventual owner of Sydney Beer Week. It turns out that Dave has invested in similar tourism and travel businesses a...
This week the team discuss Little Creatures 21st birthday release and share their thoughts on whether zero alcohol beer is becoming a "gateway drink". 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! Little Creatures launches Pacific Ale Zero alcohol dispute over “gateway drink” claims 4 Pines becomes beer partner of Cricket Australia Colonial signs deal with Cricket Victoria Broo’s prope...
This week a long-awaited chat with Peter Philip from Wayward Brewing . Peter is no stranger to readers of Brews News, or listeners to this podcast through his role as Chair of the Independent Brewers Association. As an industry focused publication, that has possibly overshadowed his role as founder of Wayward Brewing Company, one of the earlier breweries to Sydney’s Inner West. Today we rectify that to speak to Peter about building a brewery from nomad to powerhouse in nine years. It's a wide ra...
This week the team discuss the dark arts of marketing, the IBA's code of conduct and Broo's first quarterly profit. If you'd like to record a "boom" from wherever you are in the world please send through to producer@brewsnews.com.au . 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! Venue strategy focus at Good Drinks No-alcohol marketing test for Heineken 0.0 Social media age-gating in t...
This week the team discuss Dry July as demand for alcohol free beverages explodes and sadly announce BrewCon is cancelled. 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! BrewCon 2021 cancelled New dates for Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show Mighty Craft to launch zero-carb beer Batch Brewing partners with Lion for NSW beer Dry July and the challenge of zero alc CUB chief executive step...
This week we talk about beer, making it, owning a business that makes it and even not drinking it as we speak with Dan Dainton from Dainton Beer. You can read more about his background here , but this chat really digs a little deeper into the evolution of Dainton Beer from Clare Burnett’s recent article . We talk industry changes, crowd funding, business evolution and more. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt , who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us f...
This week the team discuss expansion plans for Brick Lane, Dainton and Bridge Road on top of the rest of the weekly 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! Brick Lane expansion project set to triple capacity Melbourne venue for Bridge Road Brewers Dainton Beer moves to next phase Brewing co-operatives creating radical communities Brewing industry diversity survey launched O...
Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast, Brewers Perspective. Brews News created the first Australian beer podcast way back in 2011. As Brews News has evolved we discuss the news of the week and also the backgrounds of industry people, probing their experiences in the industry. If you haven’t heard it, you may well be interested in the industry news and insights those shows contain. Very regularly we get asked to tackle topics that are quite niche and quite technical. The topics are often ...
This week the team discuss the redundancies at Asahi, ground rules for charity beers and much more. 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! Redundancies confirmed at Asahi following CUB deal E.g. Pirate Life’s John Phinney joins Newstead Moon Dog to launch seltzer dispensers Industry plea for NSW support in latest lockdowns Good Land launches in Gippsland Ballistic launches new b...
This week Matt speaks with Andrew Wilsmore, CEO of Alcohol Beverages Australia. Regular podcast listeners will know of our frustration with some of the “facts” spread by what can only be described as the anti-alcohol lobby and the strategies they employ to do so. Given alcohol is so easily demonised it was interesting to see that the ABA is the body charged with putting the positive case for moderate consumption - and we stress moderate - and also some of the messaging they were using. We though...
This week the team discuss old vs new views on alcohol free beers, Bintani's take over of HopCo and the breweries who have never known "normal". 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! Bintani Australia acquires HopCo East Coast Canning invests in digital can printing The breweries that have never known ‘normal’ Green light for Brewmanity brewery Brewing professionals sought for ...
Stomping Ground has been on the expansion track with a brewery at the Melbourne airport and also last week’s opening of the Morris Moor brewery in Moorabbin. Of course, both have been impacted by COVID so we discussed how they managed these, as well as the idea behind the growth strategy. Enjoy the conversation. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt , who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the fie...
This week the team discuss the $5m grant for Aussie brewers, DrinkWise puts a spotlight on older drinkers and Broo voids liquidation of Mildura home. 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! $5m grant bonanza for Australia’s breweries Broo avoids liquidation of Mildura home Helios Brewing invests in customers and business Talent ages and packaging in the ABAC spotlight DrinkWise a...
This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast, Australian Brews News senior journalist Clare Burnett talks to Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen, co-founders of Two Birds Brewing . The Melbourne brewery is celebrating 10 years in the business this year, and it has been a big one for the team, after Two Birds agreed a deal which saw the business become part of the Fermentum group , owners of Stone & Wood Brewing. We talked about Two Birds through the years, the changes they have seen in the ind...
