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This week the team discuss the pallet shortage impacting brewers, Cryer's KeyKeg partnership and the opportunities in beer merchandise. 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! Pallet shortages impacting Australia’s brewers Cryer expands with KeyKeg partnership Major brewers team up for Victorian CDS bid “Overwhelming demand” for Mighty Craft beer brand Unrealised opportunities in beer merch say industry experts Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. Support for this epi

This week on Beer is a Conversation, we meet Ben Holdstock, Co-founder and Head of Product with Heaps Normal. Regular listeners will know that we have a fascination with the alcohol-free beer category, trying to understand what it is, what its potential is and what it means for the broader beer world. 2021 has been a year that has seen unprecedented media coverage of the alcohol-free sector, and Heaps Normal has been at the forefront of that attention. The brand has certainly won plenty of accolades for the quality of its beer, but as we know the liquid - as the marketers call it - is only one part of the equation. Heaps Normal has also certainly capitalised on the media’s interest, and the retailer rush to embrace the category. With Heaps Normal successfully completing a Series A funding round and raising $8.5 million, on a valuation of more than $50 million, I wanted to catch up with Ben to find out a little more about where he saw the AF market going and whether the growth - and the hype - can continue,

This week the team discuss the corrections at the Indies Awards - including a chat with the IBA, Heaps Normal's big fund raise, and consumer voting opens for GABS Hot 100. 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! IBA announces corrections to Indies trophies Heaps Normal raises $8.5m Bridge Road launches employee ownership scheme Prancing Pony focuses on local with pop-up Investment in consumers at GABS Hottest 100 Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. Support for this ep

Today we chat with Annelies Nijskens and Jimmy Van Eetvelde from Madocke Brewing. A Belgian couple, Annelies came to Australia for a school, exchange at 17 and always wanted to return. The couple had an engineering firm in Belgium but Jimmy found something a little disheartening about making something well and with pride, only to have it hidden in a cupboard of behind a false wall. He decided he wanted to make beer instead. Annelies persuaded a reluctant Jimmy to up their life and move to Australia, with Jimmy only agreeing if he could make beer...the result is a Belgian brewery on Queensland’s Gold Coast. It’s been a long year 2021, and there has been a lot happening in this post-craft world of ours. And in a lot of ways, this was the conversation I needed right now. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest bre

This week the team discuss the global freight crisis, Lions acquisition of Stone & Wood and the Indie Awards are being contested. 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! Lion completes Stone & Wood acquisition 2021 Indies results revealed & Indies awards contested, audit underway Global freight crisis challenging the brewing industry WABA combats keg theft with latest campaign NSW “secret shoppers” to probe alcohol deliveries Nominations now open for GABS Hottest 100 Nominations open for GABS Hottest 100 New Zealand Southern Bay Brewing assets for sale Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New

This week, we speak with co-founders of Slow Lane Brewing Alex and Yvonne Jarman. Slow Lane first opened the doors in Botany in January this year and the local brewpub has gone from strength to strength. Most recently, the team won Champion Packaged Beer and Best NSW Beer at the 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show for its Threefold Belgian Tripel. In this chat, we discuss growing as a brewery during COVID, the appeal of specialised breweries, and juggling working life in a brewery with family time. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer is a Conversation rece

This week the team reveal some of the history of the podcast and discuss the new network to link brewers with breweries and how seltzer marketing is facing ABAC. 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! Australian Brewers Network to link brewers and breweries Australian breweries win at International Brewing Awards Queensland Government caves to hotel lobby over four-packs Beverage precinct set to support Queensland brewers Southern Bay owed $765,000 to creditors Seltzer marketing faces ABAC Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on soc

This week we catch with one of our favourite interviewees, Dr Tim Cooper. Quite apart from being the Managing Director of the 159-year-old Coopers Brewery, Tim is one of those rare interviews that actually engages with the premise of a question and tries to actually provide an answer. Believe us when we say that is quite a novelty in news interviewing. For the listener, it means you will get much more out of a conversation with Tim Cooper, than you might expect. In this episode we discuss Coopers 2021 results and hear whether Tim thinks Coopers was too slow in moving to cans, how Coopers can manage to stay relevant to new generations of beer drinkers, and also would Coopers ever consider buying a craft brewer. Spoiler alert, the answer is "yes, but..." As you’ll hear, this conversation went over time and even then there were at least half a dozen threads to the conversation that I would have loved to pursue, but just couldn’t for time. Even so, there is plenty that we do discuss. Our partners Radio Brews

This week the team discuss the 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show winners, Hawkes' new production brewery and some disappointing results from the beer diversity survey. 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! Hawke’s launches production brewery in Marrickville Triple1Three launches crowdfund MD steps down at Lion Little World Beverages 38% respondents experienced abuse says beer diversity survey Currumbin Valley set to expand after state grant 2021 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Show winners revealed Meet the new Gage Roads Fremantle head brewer Victoria’s Social Bandit Brewing Co. up for sale Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews New

This week we speak with Eden Pink, senior brewer at Prancing Pony Brewery. First joining the brewery around five years ago, Eden has risen through the ranks and now has a beer named after her. In this chat, we hear how Eden has progressed throughout her career, what her experience has been like working at Prancing Pony, her thoughts on where the industry is heading and how the industry can work towards being more inclusive of everyone. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug,

This week the team discuss Lion's purchase of Bells Brewery in the US, a new chair for the IBA and expansion planned for Coopers after record sales. 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! Lion buys Bells Brewery New chair for the IBA ACCC will not oppose Stone & Wood sale to Lion Expansion after record packaged sales at Coopers Cheeky Monkey rebrands again Indigenous programme for drinks industry launched Entries open for 2022 Royal Queensland Beer Awards Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer ex

This week we catch up with Scott Shomer, co-founder of Helios Brewing. Earlier in the year, we spoke with head brewer, Charlie Hodgson, as he celebrated his 20th anniversary in the industry. In this chat, we look at some of the brewery’s various achievements of late, including its win of the Lord Mayor’s Sustainability in Business award and its recent collaboration with BrewDog. We also discuss how Helios strives to be sustainable as a business and how the industry can move towards implementing more sustainable processes. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer

This week the team recognise a milestone for the Independent Brewers Association, and discuss Konvoy Keg's plans for expansion and updates on the Coca-Cola situation. 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! Craft beer association marks first decade Coca-Cola to exit beer in Australia, sell Feral Konvoy raises $30 million to fund expansion Mighty Craft $5.8m raise “Middle ground” for Qld takeaway proposals Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. We thank Rallings Labels a

This week the team discuss Coca Cola's decision to exit the Australian beer market, Southern Bay Brewing is placed into liquidation and news on Young Henry's algae project. 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! Coca-Cola to exit beer in Australia, sell Feral Southern Bay Brewing placed in liquidation Young Henrys takes algae project to the next level Paper or plastic? The labelling compromise Stomping Ground wins GABS Can Design Awards Mighty Craft optimistic as lockdowns lift ATO extends packaging concessions Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.c

This week we catch up with Scott and Renae McKinnon from Wolf of the Willows. We have spoken to Scott once or twice before but never Scott & Renae together about the back story to Wolf of the Willows. Today we discuss what led them to start as a nomad brewery in 2014, their inspiration and progress to taking over the site of the failed Albatross brewing just as COVID hit last year, how they survived the last 18 months and what it's like as a married couple running a brewery at the best of times, and particularly through a global pandemic. It’s a great chat with two wonderful people and we hope you enjoy it. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is

The Radio Brews News team discuss the Stone & Wood sale and its implications.

This week the team discuss Grogan's big pay cut, Newcastle's plans for a crowdfunded brewery and Two Bays wins Australian Small Business of the Year! Content warning: This episode contains a discussion on alcohol addiction. If you'd prefer to skip this discussion, it happens between 29.18 to 37.53. 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! Grogan takes a pay cut as director leaves Broo Share consolidation at Good Drinks Newcastle distillery plans crowdfunded brewery The Mighty Hunter Valley to sell but Foghorn stays on Sale and leaseback for Jetty Road Two Bays named Small Business of the Year WineDepot acquires Kaddy Registrations open for Good Beer Week 2022 Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excelle

This week the team discuss the new database for physical breweries, the findings of an ABAC survey, and the perception of pollies in pubs on freedom day. 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! Database of physical breweries launched BrewDog adds pasteuriser to expand NoLo range ABAC survey explores alcohol advertising perceptions ACCC consults on “competitive detriment” areas New CEO for CUB Lion managing director steps down Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to www.nzaletrail.com or @nzaletrail on social media to find the best beer experiences in New Zealand. We th

This episode features a panel discussion we recorded this week looking at how to establish the value for a brewery, proudly presented by HPA. Our Expert Panel: Peter Bishop | Managing Director HLB Chessboard Peter has a depth of experience in private equity, agribusiness, health and services. He regularly acts as lead adviser to boards through corporate transactions. HLB Chessboard provides strategic advice to assist business owners with making business decisions in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and valuation services. Paul Fraser | Queensland Director of the CBRE Hotels Investment and Brokerage team. Paul Fraser specialises in all asset classes across the hospitality industry. Paul’s core focus is across large style pub / tavern and accommodation style assets across the state. With over $200 million in transactions over the last 24 months (26 transactions) Paul’s market share in the Pub and Hotel space has been unrivalled in Queensland. Matt Vitale | Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bircha

This week the team discuss the ACCC's stance on beer market competition, Sobah's crowdfunding success, and the rugby league players who decided to launch their own beer. 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! IBA calls out beer market competition to ACCC Sobah Beverages raises $1 million The Mill Brewery opens second Victoria site Beerfarm gets $900k NSW grant ACT and NSW lower CDS supplier costs Voting opens for 2021 GABS Can Design Awards Rugby players launch beer Article from National Liquor News guide-to-beer-glassware Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner and proud sponsors of Brews News. Mailbag brought to you by the New Zealand Ale Trail. Head to w