Warren and Davydd are joined by the team from Fremantle's Otherside Brewing to taste some great beers and to hear all the stories behind them.  You can order the tasting pack that accompanies this episode here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/otherside-8-pack We discuss what makes the WA beer scene so unique [it's not just an unholy love of Swan] and why craft beer was invented twice in Fremantle. We get advice for anyone wanting to enter the beer industry as both a rep or a brewer and find out what's with all the hot air balloons ..read more

Davydd is joined by Grace and Jarrod from Bathurst's Reckless Brewing for a chat about their amazing journey in beer and the super tasty things they pour! You can grab a tasting pack of 7 great Reckless Beers from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/reckless-7-pack We hear how Grace ended up on a 40 hec brewing system less than a week after she started out, and of the different things she learned at the breweries she was with before starting Reckless. She tells us what it was like to be a woman starting out in the beer industry and what ingredients b ..read more

Davydd and Warren are joined by Gerard and Matt from Range Brewing for a chat about their rise to brewing stardom! You can buy the tasting pack which accompanies this podcast from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/range-brewing-5-pack We hear about their love of lagers and the time in England that started their love of the style as well as their famous IPAs. We learn about the differences in what Melbourne beer drinkers look for [hint it's stout in summer] and their efforts to perfect non-alcohol beers. And ChatGPT threatens to make our hosts redundant ..read more

Davydd is joined by Vince from North Carolina's DSSOLVR Brewery to taste some of their amazing beers and to hear all the secret stories behind them. This episode contains a special code that will get you free delivery when you purchase these beers for delivery from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/dssolvr-4-pack We discover how a love of home brewing led to him leaving the world of IT and to heading up his own brewery and discuss all things hops as the first 2 beers on the tasting line up contain 9 hops between them. What role did Australia's Mountain Cultu ..read more

Davydd is joined by Simon from Ocean Reach to hear all about his fantastic beers and his journey from home brewer to owner of one of Victoria's favourite breweries. A very limited number of tasting packs containing the beers discussed in this episode is still available in our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/ocean-reach-9-pack We hear all about his favourite [and least favourite] toys in the brewery, new techniques he's experimenting with and which styles are his favourites to brew and drink. And Davydd gets more than a little distracted by penguins ..read more

For our final podcast release of 2022 Davydd is joined by Matt Wilson, founder/owner and head brewer at Moffat Beach. We hear all about the rapid rise of one of Australia's most exciting breweries with all of the excitement and challenges that such a rise brings, particularly during COVID. We learn about Matt's varied career before he moved into hospitality, what each of his previous jobs taught him, and how those lessons helped him transition from keen home brewer to a professional with 2 facilities! Matt explains why entering brewing competitions was an important part of his development and ..read more

In the third of our three episodes from the Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival [make sure you get along there next year!] we are joined by Blackmans, Bonehead and Sobremesa. Luke from Blackmans shares his boundless enthusiasm for introducing new people to craft beer and also the  City of Geelong that inspires their new Pivot City Lager. Can we declare 2022 to finally be the Year of the Lager? And just which of the many quotes he comes up with would make the best t-shirt? Then even though we were supposed to be packing up Anthony from Bonehead drops past bringing Casey who brings not jus ..read more

Warren and Davydd are joined by Richard Adamson, co-founder of legendary Sydney brewery Young Henrys!  We learn all about his personal development as a brewer and then the giant leap to setting up a brewery that has gone from a one suburb operation to sharing great beers around the country. We have a detailed [but fun!] discussion about local government planning issues, get an insight into their many collaborations, and hear all about their distilling business too! Which beer have they had in barrels for 10 years and just why were there two goats in their coolroom ..read more

It's the second of our three episodes featuring interviews from the Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival and again a big thanks to Shane and the team for bringing us along that day! Davydd chats with Jacqui from Coconspirators about the brewery's birthday plans and the new core range beers before Clint from Pocket Beagles predictably crashes the party and starts talking can designs and the time that he had his shorts ripped off him at a beer festival. Urban Alley introduce their brewery and a fun line up of beers including the highest ranked Australian Aussie Pale Ale from the World Beer Award ..read more

Warren and Davydd are joined by Julian from Lost Watering Hole in Lancefield on their very first day of being a brewpub! We learn all about what it takes to set up a venue like the Lancefield Hotel and why Julian thinks that's a better approach than brewing beers to put into bottleshops. We discuss the differences in beer culture between Australia and Germany and the potential that Australia has as a beer market. There's plenty of free advice for home brewers and would be pros as Julian wears his other hat from "The Brewery Mentors".  And of course we discuss branding and design as we exa ..read more