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This week the team discuss the award for the beer awards, beer equipment bargains, and flaws in the tax system. 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 Peer Nominations Open for Indies Beer awards wins itself an award BrewDog  Bargain Hunting Choose Your Fighter Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. Brews News Brewer Database

This week we return to beer labels and branding trends as we again chat with Isaac Arthur from US design consultancy Codo Design.  We last spoke with Isaac in 2021, and wanted to go back to speak with Isaac as Codo has released its annual Beer Branding Trends Review, which is an incredibly rich resource for the brewing industry. I don’t think I am overstating it to say that in the incredibly competitive beer market, branding is increasingly the most important element in getting a consumer to choose your beer on shelf, and so I wanted to go back to Isaac to hear where he sees the industry is at and where its going. Isaac is very generous with his insights, and this podcast is well worth a listen, as is reading the 2023 Trends publication. Isaac also has a podcast and plenty of resources available on his website. 2023 Beer Branding Trends Review Newsletter & Podcast Beyond Beer Handbook How to Design Better Merch [Newsletter] Alcohol & Minors: What is our Responsibility as Designers? [Newsletter] If you like w

This week the team discuss the current economic challenges facing the industry and recent brewery closures. 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 to close Two Birds Brewing  Wicked Elf Beer to Close Tallboy and Moose announce ownership transition Pregnancy Labelling bites hard for breweries Mark Haysman to Step Down from Mighty Craft Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and

This week the team discuss the Perth Royal Beer Awards and the latest ABAC adjudications. 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 Latest ABAC Adjudications Perth Royal Beer Awards IBD launches Beer Sensory Analysis - short course  Accessibility & Inclusion - Free QLD Government Training Buy your own pub Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. Brews News Brewer Database

This week we meet Thomas Vandelanotte, head brewer at John Martin Brewery in Belgium, and makers of Timmerman’s beers and also Bourgogne Des Flandres. I will always have a fondness for Belgian beers. To some extent, that’s because they were among the first to show me that not all beers were lagers, but also as my career has developed and I have watched the evolution of the craft beer industry, because their brewers have such respect for what they make and also how it will be enjoyed, while still being willing to experiment and not be entirely shackled by tradition. But the focus is always for the drinking experience. Thomas was in Australia as his beers are just about to be made available again, and the importer has said that after a decade of declining interest in classic Belgian beers, people are rediscovering them.  Thank you to Felons in Brisbane, where the interview was recorded, for hosting us. By coincidence, this interview was recorded in the week that Felons launched its first beers from its own barr

This week the team discuss the sustainability of packaging, breweries capturing CO2 and why craft beer needs constraints. 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 PakTech partners with Visy to manufacture in Australia Rise in UK breweries going bust amid thirst for cheaper craft beers Breweries are starting to capture carbon — from beer Why craft without constrains isn't really craft at all Craft beer mimicking macro beer Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to a

This week we have a really fun conversation with Revel Brewing’s national sales manager, Hugh Doyle.  Hugh has only recently started this position, joining Revel after finishing with Stone & Wood where he spend more than 11 years in sales roles. Prior to that Hugh had a career in hospitality, managing and co-owning pub venues - including time running a Vodka bar - where he gained a wealth of knowledge and experience. As we always do, we dig deeply in his career and what he has learned and can be applied to the brewing industry, as well as his feelings around the sale of Stone & Wood, and what made him choose his next role with Revel. It’s a great chat loaded with valuable insights, and I hope you get as much from it as I did. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

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 high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Australia and abroad. Brews News Brewer Database

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.

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 emphasis on Lion’s involvement in the project. In any event, with the brewery now open Lion’s changing strategy, which has seen it close or rebrand its smaller craft breweries, leaves the multinational’s involvement in the brewery uncertain…despite that, there is now a brewery on Lord Howe Island and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to visit it. I recorded this interview with Tim and Alastair on the island and in it we hea

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 partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more from Au

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 industry representatives. The panel is: Adam Trippe-Smith, Founder and Managing Director, Konvoy Kegs Nick Boots, Founder The Business of Beer Phil Meddings, Joint CEO Bintani Australia I hope you enjoy hearing their first thoughts and takeaways from the Craft Brewers Conference. This episode of Beer is a Conversation is presented by HPA. Australia’s leading hop grower offers a huge range of Aussie, international and innov

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 Association are launching new initiatives in regional QLD Good Beer Week Returns Modus Brewing and Aboslutely A.i Easy Times selling Brewhouse. Kaddy Boozebud Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bl

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 Climate Action AI Generated Advertisement Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The p

This week’s conversation is so wide ranging and interesting that we didn’t even end up touching on the topic that we planned to. The guest today is Brand Manager of MoonDog, which I probably should note up front as in the hour long conversation, we don’t touch once on his current paid job or his employer. But my guest, Miro Bellini, is arguably Australia’s most passionate, thoughtful and pragmatic advocate for craft beer. This conversation ends up having no real topic…just beer, but with Miro that that topic is always engaging.  Enjoy this conversation with Miro Bellini. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

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 was a health boon in the ’90s—and how it all fell apart. Celebrating the collective force of the beer category across all three tiers Beer Brewer Kirin Strikes $1.2 Billion Deal for Australia’s Blackmores Vitamins - Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluesto

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, which is where the potato crisps come in, including what is the lager of chips.  We have had Clare on BreweryPro podcast a number of times and I highly recommend you go back and listen to them if you have an interest in quality, and seeing more of Clare expertise.  Find Clare and Athena Quality on LinkedIn. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on Apple Podca

This week the team discuss ABACs quarterly report and VicReturn appointed as scheme co-ordinator for the Victorian CDS Scheme. 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 ABAC quarterly report shows increase in complaints  Brewery Radar  VicReturn appointed as scheme co-ordinator for the Victorian CDS Scheme Coles Liquor Chief Executive Darren Blackhurst steps down Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yeast. Brews News Business Directory - The place to advertise brewing ingredients, equipment, services and and more

This week we meet Dylan Firth, Executive Director of the Brewers Association of New Zealand. There is always a lot of discussion amongst brewers at the smaller end of the market about things like independence and the market dominance of the large brewers, but at the same time, there are a great many issues that affect all brewers. As we have discussed on this podcast recently, policy development and industry advocacy are incredibly time-consuming for industry bodies and I was interested in speaking with Dylan about the role of the association that represents the interests of the largest brewers in New Zealand and where some of these overlaps are. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

This week the team discuss online liquor sales review and calls for real teeth in regulating large retailers. 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 Calls for ‘real teeth’ in regulating large retailers. Qld to consult on online liquor sales review Styks Brewery for Sale WA Beer & Brewing Conference is back for 2023 Young Henrys announced B-Corp Certification Australia’s system of taxing alcohol is íncoherent but our research suggests a single tax rate isn’t the answer. Check out the Brewery Pro Podcast. Our partners Rallings Labels and Stickers - Leading provider of high quality Labels, Stickers and Packaging products. Call 1300 852 235. Bluestone Yeast - Bluestone yeast has you covered. You can reach out to them at info@bluestoneyeast.com.au or call Derek on (03) 8518 3172 and talk all things yea