This week we catch up with Tim Lord from Hop Products Australia about the 2015 hop harvest and what t means for the Australian beer industry. As often happens when beer is a conversation, some of the best discussion happened at the end of the interview. As we were saying goodbyes, Tim amplified some of the things we had discussed during the interview including how the Australian hop industry may not have survived but for the current craft beer resurgence. Tim has kindly let us keep this informal chat in the show. It's a great listen.
We then speak to Richard Adamson from Young Henry's about the brewery's expansion into Western Australia and the recent announcement of a new brewery in Adelaide to find out how about the brewery's strategy and how it is managing this growth, including taking on third-party investors to assist with expansion.
Links:
Craft beer on the nose?
Matt's observations
Pete's observations
In defence of craft beer (goodfood.com.au, James Wilkinson)
