Radio Brews News

John Stallwood - Nail Brewing

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with brewer John Stallwood from Nail Brewing. This conversation is equal parts conversation and oral history about the craft be...

Brews News Week #309 Stop Trying To Make Fetch Happen

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss concerns over inaccuracies in ABV and share how they'll celebrate National Local Day. Please subscribe and leave us a revi...

Cameron James - Southern Highlands Brewery

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we go to Bowral to chat with Cameron James from Southern Highlands Brewery. Southern Highlands hadn’t really featured on our radar apart ...

Brews News Week #308 Inquisitive Badger

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the real challenge of recruitment post Covid and more losses as Broo extends ALM deal.  Please subscribe and leave us a r...

Matt Hennessy - Collective Arts Brewing - Canada

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have a postcard from Canada as we catch up with brewer Matt Hennessy who’s currently brewing with Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, ...

Brews News Week #307 Gold Standard Recall

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the latest results for Mighty Craft and Good Drinks and a product recall for cider. Please subscribe and leave us a review...

Peter Howes - Newstead Brewing

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we meet Peter Howes who, for want of a better description, is the Patriarch of the Howes family that owns Brisbane’s Newstead Brewing. Ne...

Brews News Week #306 The Milk Bar

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss BrewDog's equity crowd fund and the latest news in zero alcohol beer.  Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple P...

Peta and Brennan Fielding - Burleigh Brewing Company

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This conversation has been 15 years in the making, as we chat with Brennan and Peta Fielding, founders of Burleigh Brewing Company. Burleigh is a fas...

Brews News Week #305 Keep Refrigerated

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team can't keep their chill as the discussion turns to exploding beer cans. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts ...

Andrew Carson - Hilltop Hops

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Beer is a Conversation we talk hops. But not hops in Tasmania, Victoria or Yakima...Hops in Brisbane as we speak with Andrew Carson from ...

Brews News Week #304 Professionalisation Of The Industry

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss Mighty Craft's new customer rewards model as well as the latest on Broo and the other big stories of the week.  Please su...

Sabrina Kunz - Brewers Guild of New Zealand

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Beer is a Conversation we cross the Tasman to talk beer - and the brewing industry - with Sabrina Kunz, the executive director of the Bre...

Brews news Week #303 Popularity Contest

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team debrief from the Hottest 100 and discuss the issue of labelling local.  Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts...

GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers live countdown 2021

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week's special edition is the podcast version of our GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers live countdown episode, recorded on 23 January 2021 at Brisban...

Ed Bott - BrewDog

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we meet BrewDogs new Australian General Manager Ed Bott. When BrewDog recently announced its Australian equity crowd fund we were surprised ...

Brews News Week #302 Below The Fold

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team try out a new format for the show. Let us know what you think by emailing [email protected]. Please subscribe and leave us...

Charlie Hodgson - Helios Brewing

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we feature Charlie Hodgson, head brewer at Brisbane’s Helios Brewing. Apart from having a long and varied career to discuss, Charlie also...

Brews News Week #301 Back To School

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're back for 2021 with a big news week as Fermentum snaps up Two Birds and Broo's China deal collapses. Please subscribe and leave us a review on ...

Jayne Lewis and Jaime Cook - Fermentum snaps up Two Birds Brewing

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We start 2021 looking at brewery buy outs, in this case the purchase of Two Birds Brewery by Fermentum, the group of companies best known through its ...

Christmas Eve eve

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is the recording of our live Christmas Eve eve show. We have some a great chat with Neil 'Pops' Whittorn who has just retired from Stone & Wood a...

Ben Kraus - Bridge Road Brewers

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with Ben Kraus, currently in quarantine in Adelaide after recently returning with his family from Austria, much later than he'd ...

Brews News Week #300 The Triple Ton

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss BrewDogs equity fundraising, lockdown drinking habits and corporate taxes. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Appl...

Michael Bannenberg - Redux

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we revisit this important chat Pete and Matt had with Michael Bannenberg. Banners, as he’s better known, spent 28 years working with ad...

Brews News Week #299 Beer Adjacent

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the new Lord Howe Island Brewery, Corona shortages and are joined by a very special guest.  Please subscribe and leave us...

James Brindley - Lion

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak with James Brindley, Managing Director of Lion Beer Australia. James started with Lion way back in 1994, just two years after the ...

Brews News Week #298 It's Capital

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss all the big news about Capital Brewing and some big industry appointments.  Please subscribe and leave us a review on Ap...

Scott Hargrave and Stirling Howland - Balter

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, what happens when your brewery is bought out as we catch up with Balter’s Scott Hargrave and Stirling Howland. This week marks the first...

Brews News Week #297 Shake It Off

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team delve deep into tap contracts and anti-competitive behaviour, as well as VB's partnership with Volley and an update from New Zealan...

Brews News Week #296 Brews News Brewing

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The week the team discuss the latest big moves for Mighty Craft and Moo Brew celebrates 15 years in the business.  Please subscribe and leave us a r...

Adam Gibb - White Brick Brewing

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Beer is a conversation we hear about what happens when your dream of owning a brewery doesn't go to plan. Passionate homebrewer Adam Gib...

Brews News Week #295 It's A Long One

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss refermentation issues with big and small brewers, a new hop launch and much more.  Please subscribe and leave us a review...

Peter Lalor - The Australian

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we meet The Australian’s chief cricket writer Peter Lalor. Peter has been a reporter for more than 30 years and is an award winning journa...

Brews News Week #294 Marketing People Will Tell You Anything

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  This week the team discuss the results of the Beer Cartel survey, the worldwide growth of zero alcohol beer and much more. Please subscribe and l...

Paul Brown - Deep Creek

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we head across the ditch to visit Deep Creek Brewing in Auckland. Deep Creek recently launched a series of collaborations with Australian ...

Brews News Week #293 Symphony of Ideas

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the biggest brands in brewing are making waves.  Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcasting ...

Antonia Ciorciari - Great Northern

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we head to the Great North and chat with Great Northern’s brand ambassador Antonia Ciorciari. October marks 10 years since the launch of ...

Brews News Week #292 Disco Phase

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss where the gains in the U.S. seltzer market are coming from and who wins in BWS local listing campaign. Please subscribe an...

John Holl - Beer Writer and Podcaster

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we Drink Beer and Think Beer, as we chat with US beer writer and podcaster John Holl. Regular listeners will know that the Brews News team ...

Brews News Week #291 It Is Til It Isn’t

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the latest in hop news and a big craft brewery takes a stand on a controversial social issue.  Please subscribe and leave...

Luke Scott joins Sou' West Brewing

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we chat with Luke Scott who has just announced that, after 13 years, he is leaving the Prickly Moses brewery in Victoria’s Otways. Luke l...

Mike Bray and Craig Williams - GABS Festival

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition, we catch up with GABS Beer Festival and Spectacular Enterprises General Manager, Mike Bray, and Festival Director, Craig Will...

Brews News Week #290 Good Sports

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How will the 2020 federal budget affect brewers? The team discuss this in detail along with the rest of the weeks news.  Please subscribe and leave ...

Danielle Allen - Two Birds Brewing

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we chat with Danielle Allen - co-founder of Two Birds Brewing. We have spoken to Danielle’s business partner Jayne Lewis a number of times...

Brews News Week #289 Placebo Buzz

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the latest in low alcohol beers and some cool ideas to come out of the Covid-19 crisis.  Please subscribe and leave us a ...

Caolan Vaughan - Stone & Wood

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Stone & Wood launched a new beer under its main brand, the first since Cloud Catcher in 2014, and we catch up with head brewer Caolan Vaugha...

Brews News Week #288 Bingo

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss a big brewer falling foul of ABAC and a government PR fail. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or ...

Jamie Fox - Marketing Expert

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk Fat Yaks, Big Helga’s and Barking Ducks as we speak with Jamie Fox who was CUB’s Marketing Manager for craft a decade ago as Aus...

Brews News Week #287 Starbucks of Beer

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team ask; is it too early for beer advent calendars? And where will BrewDog pop up next? Please subscribe and leave us a review on App...

Dave Padden - Akasha Brewing

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Akasha announced a major rebrand with all the social media noise you would expect from such a move. In this conversation we catch up with co...

Brews News Week #286 Under Embargo

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss Queensland's long awaited 'artisan licence' and how Victoria's pubs are faring through Covid lockdowns.  Please subscribe...

Matt O'Connor - Designer

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Beer is a Conversation podcast we chat with designer Matt O’Connor. Matt’s design for Little Bang Brewing’s Face Inverter Citr...

Brews News Week #285 Zero to Hero

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team have some strong views on zero alcohol beer and the contrasting fortunes of Founders First and Broo. Please subscribe and leave us...

Andy Scade and Mike Morgan - WABA

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak with Andy Scade and Mike Morgan, the President and Secretary of the West Australian Brewing Association. WABA as it is known, was ...

Brews News Week #284 Etymology Today

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's a big week in the beer world as the team tackle a triple bunger. ABAC, Broo and BrewDog - all making headlines this week. Please subscribe and l...

Tony Harper - Wine Writer

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss brettanomyces with restaurant critic and wine writer Tony Harper. That might be a surprising topic for brewers with barrel-aging...

Brews News Week #283 Boozy Hipsters and Purists

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the latest ruling from ABAC, the importance of local and what's next for hazy beers.  Please subscribe and leave us a rev...

Ruth Barry - Brewer

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we catch up with brewer Ruth Barry to learn about her enthusiam for yeast. After getting into home brewing in her early twenties and discov...

Brews News Week #282 The Kardashians of Beer

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team get together to discuss the big news on Broo and whether bitter beers are facing their demise. Please subscribe and leave us a rev...

Mark Haysman - Founders First

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Matt chats with Mark Haysman, CEO of craft business accelerator Founders First. We first spoke with Mark in February last year when Founder...

Adam Ferrier - Redux

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we jump into the wayback machine to talk a little bit about beer branding. This is a redux version of a conversation we had back in 2015 wi...

Brews News Week #281 Have Some More Thoughts

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's a big week in beer news as debate overshadows a breakthrough in gluten-free barley and excise rises are paused for the first time in 37 years.  ...

Phil Dempster - Burra Brewing

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest is Phil Dempster from Burra Brewing, named not as a nod to Australia’s iconic avian alarm clock but rather a contraction of its home...

Brew News Week #280 Road to Damascus

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss the popularity of Reschs, the right way to recall a beer and how indie beer can boost your venue. Please subscribe and lea...

Sean Ryan - Killer Sprocket

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Pete visits local Sean Ryan from Killer Sprocket. The bearded heavy metal funnyman has been brewing for almost a decade but has only recentl...

Brews News Week #290 Complete Pants

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss some hot topics including; pregnancy labels, inclusive advertising and government funding for breweries. Please subscribe ...

Brad Merritt and Lein Jenkins - Hard Road Brewing

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Pete snuck into Hard Road Brewing before the Victorian Government again made it all illegal and pulled up a barstool with co-founders Brad M...

Brews News Week #278 Blackbeerd

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss how breweries are marketing themselves in the climate of Covid-19 and why you shouldn't ask your consumers to just refriger...

Braden Beggs -Project Brewing

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Pete catches up with Braden Beggs at Project Brewing. A keen homebrewer with a mechanical and process engineering background, Braden i...

Brews News Week #277 Take Three

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team overcome some recording difficulties to bring you the news of the week including the latest on tap contracts and the best and worst...

Peter Meddings - Bintani

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we chat with Peter Meddings who is stepping back from his job at Bintani - a company that he founded 25 years ago to supply brewing ingredie...

Brews News Week #276 Doesn’t Matter Till It Does

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the team discuss the latest on pregnancy labelling and when independence matters to the average consumer.  Please subscribe and leave us ...

Dale and Sue Messina - Bojak Brewing

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Newcomer to the beer scene, Bojak Brewing in Melbourne’s outer south east, is making its mark and showing that an honest beer and food offering pair...

Brews News Week #275 It's Extra, Not Instead Of

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss how Covid-19 shutdowns have affected the casual hospitality industry and share their thoughts on the new Sunly Seltzer. Pl...

Special Bonus Edition: Style and Substance

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are a wide range of topics that we love to discuss with brewers on Radio Brews News. One of those is the point at which classic styles and innov...

Bobby Henry - Australian Venue Co.

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week Pete tracks down Bobby Henry the Beverage Manager for Australian Venue Co. Aus Venue Co, which oversees a portfolio of more than 150 venues...

Brews News Week #274 Heard it from a Rep

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week sees controversy over the name "Colonial", keg shortages in WA, and finally some good news for NSW venues.  Please subscribe and leave us ...

Alli Macdonald - Malt Shovel

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This we catch up with Alli Macdonald, Lead Brewer with Malt Shovel Brewers and also Australian President of the Pink Boots Society. Like many craft b...

Brews News Week #273 What's The Tea?

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we see Lion become the victim of a cyber attack and new laws for online alcohol delivery could change the status quo. Please subscribe and ...

Kylie Lethbridge - IBA

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we meet new Independent Brewers Association General Manager Kylie Lethbridge. Kylie has recently stepped into her new role with the IBA, st...

Brews News Week #272 Imitation is Flattery

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team discuss questions raised over competition after the Asahi acquisition, and the latest Alcohol and Drug Foundation campaign. Please...

Dermot O'Donnell - Industry veteran

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s conversation could have covered almost any topic in beer, and could easily have been a series in itself.  Dermot O’Donnell has been...

Brews News Week #271: We're all Glycerones now

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The news discussed this week includes: The ABC corrects a story on alcohol consumption, but you might have missed it What are the impacts on the a...

Matt & Sharynne Wilson - Moffat Beach Brewing Co

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week is our first on location conversation since isolation began. We head to Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast to chat with Matt and Sh...

Brews News Week #270 Found Anecdote, Research Ends

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast the team discuss the lockdown winners and losers as well as how breweries in tourism hot spots will return to normal. Please...

Allan Tilden - Eumundi Brewing

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week a chat on a crackly phone line with Allan Tilden from Eumundi Brewing on Brisbane’s Sunshine Coast. It’s always fascinating to learn th...

Brews News Week #269 Confounding Variables

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A big week in the brewing industry as the team look at 4 Pines small business grant, trademark battles and new research from FARE. Full stories linked...

Pat McInerney - Willie the Boatman

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a cracker of a chat with one of the great characters of Australian craft beer, Willie the Boatman's Pat McInerney. This conversation covers...

Brews News Week #268 The End is Nigh

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we see the release of the 2020 HPA hop report and the IBA faces it's own challenges during lockdown. Please subscribe and leave us a review...

Richard Watkins - Bentspoke

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hear from Bentspoke's Richard Watkins and it's all about delicious barrel aged Flanders Reds. Beer is in a really interesting place righ...

Brews News Week #267 Local Connection

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we look at how equity crowdfunding campaigns are doing one year on as well as the weeks beer news. More stories below. Please subscribe and...

Andy Scade - Bevy Brewing

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we head across to Perth to chat with Andy Scade from Lion's Bevy Brewing. We learn how Andy went from putting the caps on his dad's home br...

The Antidote #20 - 24 April

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today for the last episode we check in with early guests on The Antidote, Scott from Wolf of the Willows Brewing and Jayne Lewis from Two Birds Brewin...

Brews News Week #266 The Distance Between Us

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we settle into the "new normal", we take a look at the impact on alcohol sales and payment terms in the brewing industry. Please subscribe and lea...

The Antidote #19 - 22 April

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Antidote podcast we caught up with Stone & Wood Brewing General Manager Nick Boots about how Australia's largest independent craft brewer...

Stephane Meulemans - Fermentis

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While the lockdowns have stopped us from getting out and about to chat with brewers, it has made it possible for us to catch up with some of the peopl...

The Antidote #18 - 20 April

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Antidote we catch up with Josh Donohoe from Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours to hear how his travel-based business is adapting to manage t...

The Antidote #17 - 17 April

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Antidote podcast, we catch up with Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn to hear how she is adapting to an immediate future with no beer events. We ...

Brews News Week #265 Be Careful What You Wish for

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a warning that future tax breaks may not be everything you wish for. Please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your fa...

The Antidote #16 - 15 April

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Antidote podcast, we check in with Pete Brown to hear how the UK industry is faring through COVID-19, as well as about his own isolation ...