Radio Brews News
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 50: Derek O'Donnell, Australian Beer Company
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Prime Minister celebrates our 50th Episode by skolling a beer to a chanting rugby crowd. Our guest this week is Derek O’Donnell, the ...
Episode 49: GABS and Vale
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With the Great Australian Beer Spectacular nearly upon us, we catch up with Steve Jefferies, the mastermind behind what’s now been called one of the...
Episode 48 - Brad Rogers
12 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt flies solo from his holiday location to post an interview with Brad Rogers from Stone & Wood. Brad talks about the new brewhouse for th...
Episode 47: BeerBud's crowd funding and Pete Brown
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this very non-Easter but extremely good Radio Brews News we catch up with Mark Woolcott from beerbud.com.au who explains his company's latest be...
Episode 46: Brendan Varis (CBIA) and Cam Pearce (Coopers)
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week you’ll find out why Stella Artois wants you to buy a lady from the developing world a drink. Altruism or cy...
Episode 45 - beer writer Stephen Beaumont
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome a new microphone for Pete, a new producer for the show and, most importantly, our guest influential Canadian beer writer Stephen ...
Episode 44: Tim Lord & Richard Adamson
17 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Tim Lord from Hop Products Australia about the 2015 hop harvest and what t means for the Australian beer industry. As often...
Episode 43 - Anton Szpitalak from Brewpack
17 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt & Pete quickly dissect the washup from the Hottest 100 countdown and then chat about the recent media interest in tp contracts. You ca...
Episode 42 - Hottest 100 Countdown
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast of our first ever live broadcast, of the 2014 Hottest 100 Countdown. Broadcast from Queensland's Fortitude Brewing, Matt is joined by bre...
Episode 41: RBN Wears out the Crown Part II
23 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week we play part two of Matt's interview with CUB about the revitalisation attempts for the Crown brand and Tim Ovadia is joined by CUB's Chief ...
Episode 40: RBN Wears the Crown
13 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Radio Brews News, Matt & Pete discuss the recent controversies about craft beer getting big, hipsters and its growing pains. We als...
RBN...A year in review
30 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Matt & Pete finally catch up to discuss the year that was, and also play an interview recorded earlier in the year with the Editor of All About Beer m...
Yeastie Boys seek love money for European expansion
17 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past 6 months Brews News has received at least one request to promote a crowd funding scheme covering everything from a "precision tool for y...
RBN…Crafty’s book and Richard’s gin
30 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, to discuss his new book 150 Great Australian Beers, as well as Mr Young Henry, Richard A...
RBN…We give a XXXX about branding
14 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Radio Brews News. This is a slightly shorter podcast with one interview, this time with Jack Mesley, Marketing Manager with XXXX. While f...
RBN...once in a Blue Moon
24 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the title, we're getting kind of regular here at Radio Brews News. Once again Matt is not joined by usual co-host Pete Mitcham. Pete’s on a...
RBN...my definition is this
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode Two of the current season, Matt flies solo and catches up with Dave Bonighton, chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association, about the new ...
RBN has the gift of the GABS
26 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As some special bonus content, Matt & Pete snatched some time to catch up over a beer between sessions of last weekend’s Great Australasian Beer Sp...
RBN put the Pod in Podcasting
08 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Radio Brews News after our very long hiatus. Pete Mitcham and I see the podcast as one of the most important things we do through the...
RBN recorded live at GABS 2013
01 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
It's great to be back with Pete and in this episode we record live at the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular. While Pete was busy hosting the Craft B...
Radio Brews News live from GABS 2013
24 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of Radio Brews News, we catch up quickly with Guy Greenstone live at the Great Australian Beer Spectapular....
RBN gets Crafty...and Miro
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith, and his Good Beer Week colleague Miro Bellini. Planning for Good Beer Week 2013 is well underw...
RBN and the Monk
05 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Steve Brockman, co-head brewer at The Monk in Fremantle, and Education and Events Officer at the Western Australian Brewers...
RBN talks beer with Brad
22 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Brad Rogers, co-owner and head brewer at Stone & Wood, Chair of the Craft Beer Industry Association and recently named Ch...
RBN acts the Goat
06 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As Mountain Goat's Cam & Dave prepare to launch their 15th anniversary tour, we catch up with co-founder Cam Hines to talk all thing Goat. We speak wi...
RBN and Jade from the Wheaty
01 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we finally catch up with Jade Flavell from Adelaide's - and arguably one of the Australia's - best craft beer hotels, the Wheatsheaf....
RBN has heard you...and we're fixing it
07 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In a special release Radio Brews News podcast Pete sides with VB while Matt puts on the tin foil hats and sees shadows on the grassy knoll as the th...
RBN and the threesome
01 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pete get busy and line up three interviews for this week's show. First we catch up with New Zealand Brewer's Guild Beer Writer of the Year Ph...
RBN puts its Crown on
27 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we catch up with Vincent Ruiu, General Manager, Global and Craft Brands, from Carlton and United Breweries to break the news that Crown Lage...
RBN gets associated
17 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
And Radio Brews News rides again and in this instalment Pete takes over and catches up with Matt Bebe of the Craft Beer Industry Association. Between ...
RBN meets the Henderson kid
08 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What can you say, two weeks in a row and all because you wanted to hear it. This week after we have a bit of a chat about stuff that wanders all over ...
RBN gets the band back together
02 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pete put their differences and grievances aside and get the band back together and back to their roots in a Simon & Garfunkel sort of way and...
RBN takes time with Tim
23 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we meet up with Dr Tim Cooper, Managing Director of Coopers Brewery, this year celebrating its 150th anniversary. But first we catch up with...
...gets all green and itchy with Scott Vincent
12 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head to Port Melbourne to speak with Matilda Bay's Scott Vincent. But then we get serious about our beer, announcing the details for the ...
...puts the R in Newcastle
05 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we head down to Newcastle and meet up with Corey Crooks, publican of The Albion Hotel and the driving force behind last year's Newcastle Cra...
...reprises Greg Koch on grey imports
26 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The gremlins hit the recording this week and a great interview with Jade Flavell from the Wheatsheaf and Steve Jeffares from the Local Taphouse was ru...
...feels a Professor coming on
10 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Another almost regular episode of your favourite beer podcast created by guys called Pete and Matt. Today we again catch up with Professor Charlie Bam...
...gets almost regular
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Well, we’ve started the year well with two podcasts in two weeks and it’s a great one…if we say so ourselves. This week we interrupt Pete’s ho...
Radio Brews News kickstarts 2012
19 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
After a long break, Matt and Pete get their act together and get a new show out. The first show of 2012 just features the lads talking previewing the ...
Radio Brews News gets its Yeastie on
19 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Roll out the barrel and sit down, or have a long list of chores ready to do while you listen, it's a long one this week. First of all we catch up with...
Radio Brews News finally goes Feral
11 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Radio Brews News we have a quick catch up with Simon Coghlan, one of the team behind the Ballarat Beer Festival that is being held for th...
Radio Brews News goes a-myth busting
05 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Radio Brews News, we meet British beer writer and historian Martyn Cornell. Martyn is the creator of the Zythophile site through which he wri...
Radio Brews News enters the parallel universe
20 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt & Pete chat with parallel beer importer, Sean Neylon, who runs the website saveonliquor.com.au and have a robust discussion about the i...
Radio Brews News goes to the top of the hops
23 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Radio Brews News goes straight to the top of the hops…or at least the top of Hop Products Australia, speaking with Managing Director Tim Lord. In t...
Radio Brews News talks beer
04 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Radio Brews News Pete and Matt are joined by Steve Jeffares from the Local Taphouse and Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn to talk abo...
Radio Brews News meets a real professor
21 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we meet Professor Charles Bamforth. Professor Bamforth has been in the brewing industry for 32 years, including 13 years in research, 11 ...
Radio Brews News talks tap contracts with Chuck Hahn
30 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In a wide ranging discussion with Malt Shovel’s Dr Chuck Hahn, we take a stab at the thorny issues of tap contracts, some new Squire beers and the h...
Radio Brews News gets a bird in the hand
23 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Radio Brews News Episode 4 is now available online here and on iTunes. It was recorded on 21 June 2011. Due to your feedback, Matt has learned how to ...
Radio Brews News tackles craft beer
17 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
There were some sound quality issues, but the discussion on looking at what is craft beer was fascinating and rather than re-record and risk losing so...
Radio Brews News takes out a contract
03 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode of Radio Brews News is a long one and we take a look back at Good Beer Week with James ‘The Crafty Pint’ Smith, as well as have...
Radio Free Beer
13 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first edition of Radio Brews News in which beer gurus Pete 'Prof Pilsner' Mitcham, James 'The Crafty Pint' Smith aka and Kirrily ‘T...