This week the team discuss the focus on pokies and suggest a rebrand for the beer industry. 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Matso’s sells pokies to focus on beer Hairydog acquires Boozebud Major DrinkWise Campaign launched ahead of state of origin Beer Needs a TV Makeover - John Holl Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of hi ..read more

This one is rustic ...Sabrina and Matt catch up in Melbourne the morning after the Australian International Beer Awards to discuss the news of the week...but our producer Jo is away, so we have uploaded it unedited and raw. Apologies for the quality! We discuss the 30th AIBA's, Mighty Craft and the increasing focus on alcohol warnings ..read more

This week we have a slightly different conversation as we meet Tim Maxwell and Alastair Gillespie from the Lord Howe Island Brewery. The brewery was announced in 2020, when I spoke with then Lion Managing Director James Brindley who, together with Chuck Hahn, told how Lion was working with the Maxwell family to build a brewery on the island. That caused a bit of a kerfuffle on the Island, as many locals - including the competing Lord Howe Island Brewing Company - were unaware of Lion’s involvement.  It turned out that due to their enthusiasm for the project, I probably put too much emphas ..read more

This week the team share their disgust over Blackflags Barely Legal brew and share the other news of the week. Content warning: This episode contains some swearing and some topics that might not be suitable for young ears. 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Blackflag - Barely Legal Behemoth and Kaiju to share trademark Fortitude Brewing Recall Pacer Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our ..read more

This week the team share their disgust over Blackflags Barely Legal brew and share the other news of the week. Content warning: This episode contains some swearing and some topics that might not be suitable for young ears. 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Blackflag - Barely Legal Behemoth and Kaiju to share trademark Fortitude Brewing Recall Pacer Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our ..read more

This week we have a special panel discussion recorded live at the recent Craft Brewer Conference in Nashville. 2023 has been a pivotal year for the brewing industry here, and the current state of the market was a significant topic of discussion at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference. A strong Australian contingent was in Nashville attending the event and immediately after the conference closed, I was interested in hearing the immediate impressions from some of those that were in attendance. It was a very informal, spontaneous group that I chatted with, but it’s still a group of senior industr ..read more

This week the team discuss the fact that no growth could be the new normal for craft and where new growth could come from. 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved No growth the ‘new normal’ for craft New initiative for Cicerones launched in Australia  New Hop Varieties for Clayton Hops Expressions of Interest for Brewlab on the Gold Coast People Moves DrinkWise and Queensland Hotels Associ ..read more

This week the team discuss Endeavours Q3 results, the toughest ever alcohol marketing code and whether AI is coming for the brewing industry. 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Lion ends Bevy, rebrands as Little Creatures Endeavour Releases Q3 Results Toughest ever Alcohol Marketing Code  IBA Seeks Judges for Indies Young Henrys and Solotel join forces to raise funds for Farmers for C ..read more

This week the team discuss 14 day payment terms for small suppliers and how healthy is alcohol really? 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! Leave us a voicemail that we can share on the podcast brewsnews.com.au/get-involved Endeavour Group makes 14-day payment terms permanent for small suppliers Moderate Beer Consumption Is Associated with Good Physical and Mental Health Status and Increased Social Support From Slate: Pour One Out The boozy story of how we decided alcohol w ..read more

And this week we don’t just learn about beer, we learn about potato crisps as we meet brewing quality consultant Clare Clouting. Until recently Clare was with Good Drinks Australia where she had worked as Quality Assurance Manager and Operations Systems Manager. Recently she founded Athena Business Solutions with the aim of assisting food and beverage businesses produce safe, high quality and compliant products through education and easy to use tools, food safety coaching and consulting. We begin by learning a bit about Clare and had she came to work in quality, coming to beer via Frito Lay, w ..read more