As a special Grand Final Eve eve treat we have an interview for you all! We've been meaning to get Evin on the podcast for a couple of months to discuss Bright's Paktech Recycling Initiative. For a multitude of reasons it got delayed until we managed to catchup over Zoom this week. It worked out in our favour as we were able to have a far more wide reaching chat than we were initially intending. Evin is a seriously passionate guy & it comes across really well. In this chat we cover a wide range of topics from sustainability & recycling, staff injuries, Bright's evolving position in the market through 15 years of operation, COVID's impact on the business & so much more. We hope you enjoy!

Beer O'Clock Australia

All Things Bright Brewery with Evin Craney

 Show Notes Intro Year of the Local is back! Lockdown for the forseeable future Bonsai Brewhouse Update News (3:25) Great Australian Beer Festival & BeerFest Merge Royal Adelaide Beer & Cider Awards Wrap Up (Results Link) Broo Land Sale Blocked by Development Victoria VCGLR & ABAC Sign an MOU New Glarus Brewing in Court with Original Shareholders Mountain Culture Be Kind Rewind Named in World Top 5 IPA's Germans Evacuate Beer Before Afghani Refugees Events As predicted here, Blobfish Cancelled & Refunds Issued BrewCon 2021 Cancelled Darker Days Rescheduled (again) for October 2... NZ Got Beervana Done Just! Brewery Closures Bale-Worker is Selling Their 250L Kit (Listing Link) Brewery Openings Mountain Culture Production Brewery Deep South (North Hobart) Bridge Road Brunswick to Open 2022 Sailors Grave Opening Cellar Door at Orbost Tasting Paddle (27:38) Matilda Bay Alpha is Back! Colonial Back in Sport with Cricket Victoria Stone & Wood IG Hacked Balter Cull Strong Pale Ale Rocky Ridge Add Pilsner to their Core Range Deeds Fried Chicken! Home Brewing Banned at Australian Antarctic Base Giant Coors Can Stolen in Canada What We're Drinking (35:10) Non Alcohol Beers Hop Nation Rattenhund Range Culaccino Fixation The Fix Hawkers Hazy IPA Holgate Sour Brett Kick Sleight of Hand La Sirene Beyond Peach Bonza Dark Ale Ranking of Lagers (47:28) As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month This month we add Toña (Nicaragua). The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent’s (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Taiwan Beer (Taiwan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Bud Light (USA - Domestic) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Windhoek (Namibia) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Snow (China – Internal) Cantina (El Salvador) Lasko (Slovenia) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA - International) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Zywiec (Poland) Mythos (Greece) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Toña (Nicaragua) Lav (Serbia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract) Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 31 - COVID Delays & Nicaraguan Lager

 If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult... This episode we were able to catchup between lockdowns & managed to bring back two of our most loved segments; the cellar - this time raiding Dylan's cellar - & the desert island 6-pack, where we pick our favourite Victorian Brewpubs. There's also the usual stuff like outdated, only minorly this time, news from around the brewing world and the ranking of lagers. There is plenty of good content so get stuck in! Show Notes Intro Year of the Local half kicked back off Locked down again... (And then again since recording!) News (2:57) Beer Industry Diversity Survey (Link Here) Upflow Receive Amazon Grant Brewers Benefit from Manufacturing Modernisation Fund East Coast Invest in Drink to Can printing Asahi Announce Job Losses VB to be Delivered by Electric Truck Broo Survive Liquidation Bid Events Darker Days, a casualty of VIC Lockdown 5 Blobfish postponed until September Brewery Closures None this month! Plenty up for sale; Beach Hut (VIC), Cockies (VIC), Three Rivers (WA) & Mudgee (NSW) Brewery Openings Good Land Brewing got 1 Weekend in before their first Lockdown hit... Deeds Brewery Taproom is Open! Brewmanity Opening Brewery in South Melbourne late 2021 Stomping Ground Morris Moor Opened Newstead Open at Brisbane Airport Bowden Brewing Finally Open After 6 Years in Planning! Tasting Paddle (26:00) Barth Haas Top 40 Brewers (List Here) Wisdom Teeth Removal May Increase Taste (Link Here) Craft'd are Back! Eagle Brewing Rebrands as Five Peaks Brew Co Bintani Purchase Hop Co & Sole NZ Hops Distributor in Australia Ranking of Lagers (33:54) As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month This month we add Bud Light (USA). The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent’s (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Taiwan Beer (Taiwan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Bud Light (USA - Domestic) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Windhoek (Namibia) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Snow (China – Internal) Cantina (El Salvador) Lasko (Slovenia) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA - International) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Zywiec (Poland) Mythos (Greece) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Lav (Serbia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)   Dylan's Cellar (41:08) A Special One Today! A side by side of Stockade's Old Money (2017) & Rockafella (2017). Thumbs Up(ish) Desert Island 6-Pack (47:13) Victorian Brewpubs! The cross overs this month were: West Side Ale Works Dylan’s 5 individuals; Moon Dog OG, Bridge Road, Bodriggy, Bells Beach, Hop Nation Noz’s 5 individuals; Mr Banks, Mitta Mitta, Future Mountain, The Foreigner, Stomping Ground Honourable Mentions The Mill, Noodledoof, Molly Rose, Burnley, Bad Shepherd, Boatrocker, Red Hill, Two Rupees Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 30 - Bud Lights & a 4 Year Old Stout

 As I said last month, with any luck, one day soon, you'll see a Beer O'Clock post that isn't just a new podcast episode... Lots of stuff is going on behind the scenes, 5 or 6 posts are nearing completion, which will hopefully turn into a rush of posts in the not too distant future. Hopefully you enjoy the episode! If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult... This episode is more timely than some of our recent efforts. There is a mountain of news to get through, due to the length of time between recording our news segments. We discuss our various Good Beer Week shenanigans as well as some of the beers we've enjoyed recently & add the national beer of Serbia to our Ranking of Lagers.   Show Notes Intro Back in lockdown here in Melbourne Year of the Local is kicking back off in June! Check out the interview with Annelies from Madocke if you haven't already!   News (3:31) Coopers caved to our relentless pressure! Stout is in CANS! Good Beer Week returns triumphantly! COVID scare at The Palace between GABS Sessions Beer Thread & Boatrocker follow CBC in Facebook Oblivion Beer Thread is Dead is the revival page. (Link) Sexism Issues in the brewing industry exposed by Brienne Allan Brienne's Instagram: @ratmagnet Graining In Podcast Episode with Brienne (link) Crack the Ceiling Podcast (link) AIBA Winners Check out all the winners here. Changes to Excise Tax for craft brewers Endeavour Brewing disasters behind the scenes Young Henry's crowdfunding for solar panels Is this the end of Broo? 2021 HPA Hop Report (link) FSANZ want Nutritional Labelling on beer packaging Brick Lane announce huge expansion plans Events Darker Days is Back! Brewery Closures 7 Cent finally announce the end Brewery Openings Ramblers Ale Works opening any day! Deeds are opening July 1st Good Land Brewing in Traralgon also opening later this month Alice Springs more than doubling capacity Grimbergen opening onsite for the first time since the French Revolution Huge Sailors Grave plans for far Eastern Victoria Tasting Paddle (46:27) Stuart Irvine steps down as Lion CEO Cryer Malt distribution centre opening in Derrimut Joe White re-opening their Canvan Malting Facility Asahi Super Dry announced as Official Beer of the 2023 Rugby World Cup Bright team up with the RSPCA for Doggobrau What We're Drinking (48:31) Good Beer Week Wrap Up Pint of Origin Crawl The Lincoln (TAS), The Catfish (NZ), Belle's Hot Chicken (Spicy Wings), The Rainbow (Sydney), Beermash (Scandinavia), The Park (QLD), The Cherry Tree (Regional VIC), The Local Taphouse (UK) Stomping Ground Into The Wood, Moon Dog X Chin Chin, Fixation You Need Vegies @ Green Mans Arms, Beer vs Pig One Drop New Zealand Pilsner Saison Dupont Original & Cuvee Dry Hopping Styrian Wolf Fixation 30666 3 Ravens X Pink Boots Freya De Struisse Cuvee Delphine Trillium Daily Serving Cans Garage Project XO33 Garage Project Fugazi Ranking of Lagers (1:08:19) As we're in lockdown we're only doing one this month This month we add Lav from Serbia. The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent’s (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Taiwan Beer (Taiwan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Windhoek (Namibia) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Snow (China – Internal) Cantina (El Salvador) Lasko (Slovenia) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Zywiec (Poland) Mythos (Greece) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Lav (Serbia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract) Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! 

Episode 29 - A Good Beer Week & A Bad Little Lockdown

I hope those of you who have been able to get to Melbourne have enjoyed the triumphant return of Good Beer Week. We've got a special interview for you today with one of the country's up and coming breweries, that many of you outside the Gold Coast will never have heard of; Madocke. Special thanks to Dylan for conducting this interview in my absence & to Annelies for giving up some of her evening to have a chat. Her story (& husband Jimmy's) from Belgium to one of the most unusual breweries you've seen to a soon to open brewery & taproom in Ashmore is one of the most unique in an industry where stories often seem to be cut from the same cloth. With the opening of their new facility I think people beyond the Gold Coast will soon be hearing a log more about these fantastic people making wonderful beer! Check Madocke out on: Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/madockebeer Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/madockebeerbrewingcompany/?hl=en Website here: https://www.madocke.com.au/ Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Belgian Beer: From a Garage to Ashmore with Annelies Nijskens (Madocke)

 Show Notes Intro Lots of Housekeeping Apologies for the missed Ranking of Lagers, we'll set that right in due course. Aussie Beer Pods is back!   News (3:22) Good Beer Week Calendar Launches Craft Beer Crew Zucc'd! We've already spoken to Matt, check out the last episode in the feed if you want more info! Bright Brewery launch Paktech Recycling Beer Trails for Melbourne & Sydney Inner West in Sydney & Collingwood in Melbourne VB's Solar Exchange Program ABAC Stands Up For Itself Ballistic Acquire Whitsunday Brewing & Bargara Brewing Bright Recall Hits the Mainstream Froth is No More! Beer Festivals Return to Victoria Brewery Closures None this month! Brewery Openings Your Mates Second Site Black Hops Open AWOL - their Barrel Aged Facility Year of the Local Keeps Expanding! 73 to go at time of recording Getting back into it soon! Tasting Paddle (33:25) ABInBev Dump Beer into the River in Liege Vic Government Grants for Small Producers Brisbane Getting a Dog House NZ Hop Oils Colonial Ditch Essendon   What We're Drinking (31:57) Pirate Life Hazy Mosaic Sobramesa The Unicorn Balter Eazy Hazy Other Half Drop Jack's Abby Drop Carwyn's 3 Fonteinen Partner Bar Launch Alpha Delta Hawkers Kylie   Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Footy References & Full Glasses

As many of you would be aware, Australia's largest craft beer focussed Facebook group was shut down without warning earlier this month. We're joined by the founder of Australian Craft Beer Crew (CBC), Matt Brown, to talk us through the origin of CBC and update everyone on what's happening with CBC. Please help Matt out by liking the page: https://www.facebook.com/CraftBeerCrewAu And by joining the new group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/australiancraftbeercrew Special thanks to Matt for giving up some of his evening to have a chat, he was a wonderful guest, incredibly passionate about the industry & we can only wish him all the best with his endeavours to resurrect the wonderful community he had built. If you've got this far, firstly congratulations, secondly, I have a favour to ask. Dylan, myself & a few like minded individuals are doing a 24 hour video game stream over the 1st & 2nd of May to raise money for Berry Street, a charity that does wonderful work with Australia's young & vulnerable. We would love for you to join us on the day over at https://www.twitch.tv/totallyrealrobot & to donate to a great cause at https://www.mycause.com.au/page/249300/peak-performance-2021. Thanks for the indulgence guys, I really hope you've enjoyed the episode.  

Craft Beer Crew (CBC) Update with Matt Brown

 This episode is very much a classic Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast; it's late, it's long, there's minor technical difficulties (hopefully not too noticeable) & it's pretty good (if we do say so ourselves!). There's a whole heap of very outdated news, we discuss the Hottest 100 results & talk about some new beers & breweries we've visited, what a joy being able to do that again! Due to being a bit time poor we remotely add just one lager to our Ranking of Lagers segment. Hope you enjoy! Show Notes Intro Simon Hargreave's Top 5   News (2:04) Bentspoke's Crankshaft take out top spot in the Hottest 100 Two Birds sold to Fermentum Hop Crop Disaster in New Zealand Dollar Bill's Cellar Door Knocked Back Again AIBA Entries Open Heaps of new categories Microstar & Kegstar Merge Brewsvegas Organisers "Pause" 2021 Event Bridge Road's High Country Hops is On! Brewery Closures Harrington's (NZ) Boekamp (TAS) Brisbane Brew Partners (QLD) Broo Record More Losses & China Deal Collapses Brewery Openings Madocke Moving From The Garage To Ashmore Sobah Planning Brewery & Taproom Epic Taproom in Auckland Tasting Paddle (33:25) Shelter Brewing on Archdaily (link) Co-Conspirators Brunswick Brewpub Edging Closer King River Doubling Their Capacity   Hottest 100 (31:06) Does advertising/campaigning for votes diminish the significance of the Hottest 100? 7 brewers claim 39 spots in the 100 Total votes announced for the first time 1,950 beers received at least 1 vote Social media reception Balter performance vs other bought out breweries Discussion of select interesting beers   What We're Drinking (52:46) Sobramesa Fermentary & Blendery Exit Session Ale Bodriggy Hawkers Future Mountain Balter CryoMofo Deeds Fiery Gates of Helles Mountain Culture Email List Verdant Brewing Uraidla   Ranking of Lagers (1:02:24) Back to one lager again... At least is was by choice this time! This month we add Zywiec from Poland. The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent’s (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Taiwan Beer (Taiwan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Windhoek (Namibia) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Snow (China - Internal) Cantina (El Salvador) Lasko (Slovenia) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Zywiec (Poland) Mythos (Greece) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)   Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 25 - The Late Hottest 100 and Ballarat Blues

 Show Notes Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast! This episode is basically an audio version of our Golden Pints Awards, which we aim to do every year. Basically we run relatively quickly through 9 awards & then spend the best part of an hour discussing the main award; Australian Brewery of the Year. Hope you enjoy!Best COVID Pivot (1:48) Best Media (5:37) Best Retailer (9:06) Best New Brewery (11:46) Best Australian Bottled Beer (15:00) Best Australian Canned Beer (18:15) Best International Beer (21:11) Best International Brewery (23:32) Best Australian Brewery (28:18) Top 20 Breweries The Mill La Sirene Mountain Culture Mr Banks Range Deeds Wildflower Exit 2 Metre Tall One Drop Bacchus Fixation King River Molly Rose Stomping Ground Hawkers West Side Ale Works Hop Nation Boatrocker Stone & Wood Top 9 (54:00) Top 5 (1:05:15)   Hope you all enjoyed our wrapup of the clusterfuck of a year that was 2020. Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month with regular programming! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

2020; At Least The Beer Was Good...

 If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult... This episode is very much a classic Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast; it's late, it's long & it's pretty good (if we do say so ourselves!). There's a whole heap of outdated news that we get our teeth stuck into, we talk about finally being able to get back to beer events as well as some of the great new beers available last month. Finally we finish off by clearing some beers out of my fridge that have been there since early-March, by adding 3 beers to our Ranking of Lagers & also cracking a cellar beer. Hope you enjoy! Show Notes Intro Lots of housekeeping this month   News (3:42) Melbourne is Open Again The Indies - Select Award Winners Beer Cartel Survey Results Lion/Stone & Wood Tap Contract Situation Fosters to "re-launch" in Australia New Venue Wrap Range, Abbotsford Tap Room Zymurgy West, Hop Nation X Navi Collaboration Garage Project Australia HPA launch Eclipse Hops with mixed 12 pack Little Bang release 12,000 Hazy's Shortages of Corona over the festive season Shelton Brothers Go Bust Behemoth Complete Another Crowd Funding ABAC Finds Mainstream Audiences are Unfamiliar with Beer Styles Peter Lalor Top 20 Tasting Paddle (33:25) Capital & Bentspoke to Pour Beers at Manuka Oval Crafty Cabal Re-Launched Lion's Lord Howe Island Brewery Announced VB Advent Calendar & Volley Collaboration Snuggo Dog Treats Brett Sutton knocked back at Bright Brewery Sailor's Grave on Visit Victoria Ad Black Arts, Weihenstephaner & Killer Sprocket All Launch Cans Blackhearts & Sparrows Cantillon Allocation Allagash Arrives in Australia Stone & Wood Pacific Moonshine Smiling Samoyed Win Award with 11 Month Old IPA From Previous Episodes GABS SummerFest Happening in QLD Mornington New Core Range is an Alcohol Free Beer Can Shortages Broo Take Delivery of Their First CUB Delivery Urban Alley Lose Urban Ale Appeal Coopers Sales Spike   What We're Drinking (48:15) Cantillon Event @ Mr West Westside Ale Works Canvent Wolf of the Willows New Brewpub Super Fresh Hawkers Melbourne Cup - La Sirene Day Bacchus Cans   Ranking of Lagers (1:02:04) Back to three lagers! This month we do Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Windhoek (Namibia) & Snow (China). The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent’s (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Windhoek (Namibia) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Snow (China - Internal) Cantina (El Salvador) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)   Noz's Cellar (1:18:27) The Rare Barrel Sourtooth Tiger Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Ginger 5.7% ABV Aged Approximately 2 years Thumbs Up   Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 23 - Kinda In, Kinda Out, All Good!

Show Notes Intro Ben Duval - Collaborational (0:36) Inspiration Pairing the Breweries/Curating the Beers COVID - Challenges Plans for next year Collaborational Beers Discussion (14:00) We chose to approach this by looking at the brewery pairings, what we thought they would produce & what they ended up producing - rather than just providing tasting notes for every beer. Sailors Grave - Arizona Wilderness (US) Ocho - Stillwater Artisinal (US) Mismatch - Track (UK) Felons - Firestone Walker (US) Edge - Beer Here (Denmark) Boatrocker - De Molen (Netherlands) Otherside - Garage Project (NZ) Deeds - Outer Range (US) Hawkers - Bale Breaker (US) One Drop - Cascade (US) Mr Banks - Interboro (US) Awards (26:02) Top 5 Festival Beers Most Diappointing Most Surprising Best Can Artwork People's Awards Canvent (40:38) Logistical Nightmare More Packs, More Boxes, Unforseen Challenges Brewery Selection Replacing Beer 2 Why they had to make the call to pull it See what could've happened had they not made that call! Hawkers turning a replacement around in less than a week! Mini Can of Barleywine to kick off the Canvent The decision behind the 2 boxes What could've happened! Photo Credit: Worst Beer Blog/@olhelter  Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!    

Carwyn Collaborational & Canvent 2020 with Ben Duval

 Show Notes Intro VB Perfume Update Congratulations to The Beer Healer on winning Aussie Beer Pods News (2:45) Victoria has a path out of lockdown! Vic Brewers excluded from Hospitality Grants Lion to close the West End Brewery Behemoth to Expand Again GABS officially deferred to 2021 New Venue Round Up Mountain Goat launch in Newtown (Sydney) Lost Palms opening in Sherwood (Brisbane) Semi Pro sold to Black Hops, to become Black Hops Brisbane Balter launch The Big Slab BrewDog hunt for Australian bar locations Rise of Non-Alcohol Beers Local Luvva Campaign Winners Tasting Paddle (26:47) Barth-Haas Hop Report Released (link) Fall & Rise Brewing under new management Club Brewing a COVID casualty Pirate Life collaborate with Dilmah 4 Pines join 1% For The Planet Dollar Bill Cellar Door edging closer Indies to be broadcast online Wilson Brewing hit Worst Beer Blog Mornington Peninsula social media backlash Cascade opening Hobart Airport Bar Tinnies win more awards What We're Drinking (44:28) Two Bays Red Ale Garage Project Easy As Stone & Wood East Point Molly Rose Springtime Wolf of the Willows XPA Wolf of the Willows Homage La Sirene Single Barrel 142 Exit IPA/Double IPA Accompanied by a brand refresh discussion Liberty C!tra Slow Lane Old Russet Mountain Culture Matching Pyjamas Black Hops Flash Bang Ranking of Lagers (1:04:01) This month we add Lion from Sri Lanka into our master list. It's got over 80% of the market share in Sri Lanka! The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent's (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Heineken (Netherlands) Lion (Sri Lanka) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Cantina (El Salvador) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract) Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back later this month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 21 - Hopefully We'll Be Out Soon!

 Show Notes Intro Thanks again Clare! Wayne's Website: https://pijiu.wombathole.com News (3:05) Carwyn Collaborational Goes Virtual Little Bang Wins Inaugural GABS Can Design Award Cavalier For Sale Black Arts Brewing New Home New Openings Galore1 Modus Operandi Opening a Second Brewery in Newcastle Philter Open In Marrickville Gage Roads Open Their First Hospitality Offering at Victoria Quay Mainstream Craft Beer Coverage Two Wins for Blasta Brewing Royal Perth Beer Awards Keg Theft Convictions BrewDog Go Carbon Negative Aldi Contributing Trees to the BrewDog Forest Marketing Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-i-made-brewdog-famous-alex-myers/id1486335987?i=1000459861674 Stone Brewing Sue Everyone! Tasting Paddle (23:04) Colonial X Taylor Made Collaboration Lion joins Wear It Purple VB Perfume Launches Two Bays Red Ale A Local Beer & Burnley Sustainable Collaboration Queensland Artisan License Passed - Refer to Brews News for an indepth breakdown Lark Release 2020 Wolf Edition Stomping Ground BBQ Sauce Konvoy Purchase Red Kegs NZ Behemoth to Brew Heart of Darkness Beers in NZ SEABrew Conference 2020 Cancelled Lifestyle Asia Article What We're Drinking (33:41) Coopers Hazy IPA Mr Banks City Limits Garage Project x Modern Times Easy As La Sirene Single Barrel 14 Blackmans Needs More... Two Metre Tall Forth King River Brew Club Deeds Best Coast Vol 2 Fixation Best Buds German Classics Schneider Weisse, Augustiner, Yearly Aldi Drop Pirate Life Zappa Green Flash Rayon Vert (2012) You Haven't Had (49:07) Rothaus Tannenzapfle One of the quintessential German Pilsners Brewery Deep Dive - Bucket Brewery (53:14) Independent Brewery from Kempsey, NSW They brew an Adambier! We purchased a mix case of their beers & ran through them! Ranking of Lagers (1:24:58) This month we add Cisk from Malta to the list as well as Pabst Blue Ribbon, which we're calling the contract macro lager The history of both beers are quite interesting & worth listening into The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent's (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Heineken (Netherlands) Cisk (Malta) San Miguel (Philippines) Cantina (El Salvador) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract) Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. Check out the new website at the other URL. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll see you all next month! Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 20 - News, New Brews & A Rural Brewery

  Show Notes   News (1:45)   ABAC Strikes Again Dainton Bounty Hunter Amazon becomes an ABAC signatory Coopers Launch a Hazy IPA IBA postpone BrewCon to 2021 Announce two key staff rendundancies WABA launch Drink West Drink Best campaign Australian Alcohol Excise Paused BWS Launch "Local Luvva" Tasting Paddle (15:15) Deeds Brewing Kill Off Quiet Deeds Australian Cider Awards Cancelled Michelle Colgrave Wins Award For Ultra Low Gluten Grain Kebari Broo Losses Down *I can't do maths - the excise on that carton is more like $24 Behemoth/Chur Open Their Brewpub "Churly" in Auckland Hop Nation buy Mornington Production Brewery from Tribe Seltzer Chat - 4 Pines, St Andrews Beach, Moon Dog & Hop Nation Beer Cartel Survey Is Out - Vote Before August 30th. (Link here)   What We're Drinking (32:12)   Mr Banks Party Tide Nomad Salute  Future Mountain Radio Kaliningrad 8 Wired Flat White in Nitro Cans Deeds Doppelbock Modus Operandi Doppelator Molly Rose Crowd Goes Mild Smart Brother Brewing   Interview (41:05)   Clare Burnett Senior Journalist at Brews News https://www.brewsnews.com.au/ We again look at COVID & its impact of different parts of the industry Clare has excellent oversight over the whole industry & is QLD based so can provide us Victorians with a look into the future   Brewery Deep Dive - Slow Lane (1:12:42)   New Brewery from Botany NSW Focus on European Yeast Driven Beers We review 4 of their 5 beers to date Botany Weisse, Refectory, Thirsty Miner, Foundation   Ranking of Lagers (1:24:58)   This month we add 333 from Vietnam to the list The colonial history of this beer is really interesting The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent's (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Heineken (Netherlands) San Miguel (Philippines) Cantina (El Salvador) 333 (Vietnam) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru)   That's all we have for this month, thanks again for tuning in guys. Thanks again to Clare for joining us - we really enjoyed the chat & I hope you guys enjoyed the insight Clare provided. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll see you all next month!   Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!  

Episode 19 - Clare Burnett of Brews News & Second Wave Shenanigans

Episode 18 - Show Notes  Melbourne is back in COVID-19 lockdown & so is the Beer O'Clock Australia Podcast. Hopefully the podcast brings you more joy than lockdown... Hope everyone out there is coping with the constantly evolving situation we all find ourselves in. We've got a bumper episode for you all this week! If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we'll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we'll talk about some beers that we've been enjoying over the last month & we'll crack something interesting from my cellar. This month there was a heap of news to get through, highlighted (lowlighted?) by the recent mainstream coverage of Blackhearts & Sparrows decision to stop stopping Colonial Brewing beers because of the connotations of the name. We feature our first ever interview on the podcast, with Dan Taranto from The Otter's Promise talking about the impact of COVID-19 on his business. We also managed to slot a Ukrainian lager into the Ranking of Lagers as well as discussing Range Brewing at length. Hope you all enjoy! Show Notes News Items (2:00) Colonial Brewing dropped by Blackhearts & Sparrows fallout White Brick Brewing & Byron Bay Brewing's venue close Marmite supplies in the UK struggling due to shortage of used Brewers Yeast Lion cyber security issues Distillers struggling after shifting to hand sanitizer production GABS dates moved again Deeds Taproom finally approved! The Tasting Paddle (22:23)Cantillon Australia Drop Catchment Brewing hit Worst Beer Blog Tired Hands brewing their take on Furphy & S&W Pacific Ale QLD launch their TAFE brewing course Funk Estate rescued from administration Dollar Bill sign up to Black is Beautiful Broo placed in ASX trading halt again! Canadian barley soaring in China after Australia/China tariff kerfuffle New hop varieties link (here) What We're Drinking (29:54) Blackhearts x Stomping Ground Bramble OnBlackberries, Raspberries & Silvanberries Stomping Ground New ReleasesResinator, Hatchpot, Upside Down Mr Banks Feels SeriesCitra, Idaho, Mosaic Mr Banks Lager Life Bentspoke Flemm Modus Operandi Hazy Series Garage Project x Trillium Sunrise Valley Bridge Road Jimmy's Bake Shop Mountain Goat Hazy Pale Interview (51:11) Dan Taranto from The Otter's Promise https://www.otterspromise.com.au/ Boatrocker Variations on a Theme IV Mountain Culture Zero Mississippi Ranking of Lagers (1:09:30) This month we add Lvivske from Ukraine The largest brewery in Europe being in Ukraine is one of many fascinating facts about Ukrainian beer that gets discussed in this segment The new rankings are as follows: Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) Tennent's (Scotland) Carlsberg (Denmark) Quilmes (Argentina) Kingfisher (India) Gullmack (Norway) Lvivske (Ukraine) Sapporo (Japan) Birra Moretti (Italy) Corona (Mexico) Steinlager (New Zealand) Heineken (Netherlands) San Miguel (Philippines) Cantina (El Salvador) Stella Artois (Belgium) Tusker (Kenya) Budweiser (USA) Skopsko (North Macedonia) Tiger (Singapore) Karlovacko (Croatia) Singha (Thailand) Red Stripe (Jamaica) Bintang (Indonesia) Vonu (Fiji) Cusquena (Peru) Brewery Deep Dive (1:19:07) Range Brewing The biggest hype brewery in the country at the moment Limited releases only Based in Brisbane, opening a taproom in Abbotsford Call Your Friends 2.0, Mustard, In the Evening, Little to the Left, Wait, What? Noz's Cellar (1:30:40) Petrus Cherry Chocolate Nitro Quad 8.5% ABV It's as dumb as it sounds! So there we have it guys, thanks for sticking around if you've got this far. As we said in the ep, if you're able to like/comment/subscribe to our podcast on your app of choice that would be greatly appreciated as it lets more people find the show. We'd love your feedback on our interview with Dan as well as if ther is anyone else you'd like us to try and get on the show. We're hoping to touch base with a few more people from different parts of the industry to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on them. As usual; angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com if you have any feedback, comments or questions. Until next time... Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world! 

Episode 18 - The Otter's Promise & Lockdown Sequelitis

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