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The Beer Healer InterviewsEp.167 - Will Spotty Ever Open? Finally, The Answer Is, Hell Yes!!!Way back in January 2016, I came across my guest at a local night market. Him and his bother in law, and their wives were operating a small wood-smoked meat stall at a local night market, and if my memory serves me correctly, they were also slinging beers from Van Dieman brewing. It was about this time that I was still busily writing regualr articles on beerhealer.com and I wrote my first one about Spotty Dog Brewers & American BBQ.Click Here To Check Out The ArticleIn that interview, co-founder, Michael stated…The pl...
2023-02-141h 02
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: Tell Me About Rocky Ridge's Last Two Years...In Twenty Minutes! With Rocky Ridge All Around Superstar, Hamish Coates.All I have to tell you about this one is that I was lucky enough to get a tour of Hamish's Rocky Ridge Farm Brewery and I recorded our conversation to share with you.
Hamish is a bloody ripping bloke, and I just let him share his thoughts and stories from the last two years...and then he shared a few details on some of the fun stuff he has coming up!
Buy Rocky Ridge Beers Here
Click here to see the photos and videos I took during the chat
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer c...
2021-11-3019 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: Tell Me About Rocky Ridge's Last Two Years...In Twenty Minutes! With Rocky Ridge All Around Superstar, Hamish Coates.All I have to tell you about this one is that I was lucky enough to get a tour of Hamish's Rocky Ridge Farm Brewery and I recorded our conversation to share with you.
Hamish is a bloody ripping bloke, and I just let him share his thoughts and stories from the last two years...and then he shared a few details on some of the fun stuff he has coming up!
Buy Rocky Ridge Beers Here
Click here to see the photos and videos I took during the chat
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are shor...
2021-11-3019 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: Come Along & Ride on a Fantastic Voyage, Down South! Nigel Ayling (WLCB) on behalf of the South Coast Ale Trail, NSW.I was so happy to get a message from Nigel Ayling this week. He asked if he could jump on the podcast and record a Short Cut to tell everyone about a project he is involved with. You may know him as the founder of the Facebook Group, We Love Craft Beer, but in his working life, he is a marketer and always looking to get involved with beer-related projects.
His latest project is the South Coast Ale Trail, and it is a ripper, so I was only too happy to help him promote it!
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2021-11-1015 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: Come Along & Ride on a Fantastic Voyage, Down South! Nigel Ayling (WLCB) on behalf of the South Coast Ale Trail, NSW.I was so happy to get a message from Nigel Ayling this week. He asked if he could jump on the podcast and record a Short Cut to tell everyone about a project he is involved with. You may know him as the founder of the Facebook Group, We Love Craft Beer, but in his working life, he is a marketer and always looking to get involved with beer-related projects.
His latest project is the South Coast Ale Trail, and it is a ripper, so I was only too happy to help him promote it!
South Coast Ale Trail FB
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2021-11-1015 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: Something's brewing that will tune your taste buds to MAX! OJ from HPA talks about the new Lupomax Hops & the Beer Cartel Mixed 12 pack using them.Hop Products Australia and Beer Cartel have teamed up again for another mixed 12 pack of amazing beers, made with some of the best breweries in the land!
This time, instead of featuring a single hop (Eclipse last time), they are showcasing a new hop technology, LUPOMAX. LUPOMAX pellets come in a whole heap of different varieties (click below for more details) and the brewers have had a blast designing beers to showcase the individual hops characteristics that have been turned up to THE MAX with the LUPOMAX process.
I made my way to Hops HQ...
2021-11-0825 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: Something's brewing that will tune your taste buds to MAX! OJ from HPA talks about the new Lupomax Hops & the Beer Cartel Mixed 12 pack using them.Hop Products Australia and Beer Cartel have teamed up again for another mixed 12 pack of amazing beers, made with some of the best breweries in the land!
This time, instead of featuring a single hop (Eclipse last time), they are showcasing a new hop technology, LUPOMAX. LUPOMAX pellets come in a whole heap of different varieties (click below for more details) and the brewers have had a blast designing beers to showcase the individual hops characteristics that have been turned up to THE MAX with the LUPOMAX process.
I made my way to Hops HQ to catch up with OJ...
2021-11-0825 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: What's the story with these new Storm Series cans? Ed & Fiona Nolle from Dollar Bill joined me for a quick chat.Dollar Bill Brewing has just released a new series of beers...in cans!!! They call them the Storm Series and after taking one look at the labels on the cans, I was straight onto them to tell me more about it.
It's been a while since I spoke with Ed & Fiona Nolle. In fact, it was at GABS, just after they won 2021 Champion Aussie Beer! They are great people, making great beers, and luckily for me, they were able to make time for me to have a chat with them!
If you want to try...
2021-10-2120 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: What's the story with these new Storm Series cans? Ed & Fiona Nolle from Dollar Bill joined me for a quick chat.Dollar Bill Brewing has just released a new series of beers...in cans!!! They call them the Storm Series and after taking one look at the labels on the cans, I was straight onto them to tell me more about it.
It's been a while since I spoke with Ed & Fiona Nolle. In fact, it was at GABS, just after they won 2021 Champion Aussie Beer! They are great people, making great beers, and luckily for me, they were able to make time for me to have a chat with them!
If you want to try these new Storm Series beers...
2021-10-2120 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: Sorry Anna, What I Meant To Say Was...Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine Off Mic ChatSo I kinda put my foot in my mouth at the end of the RGBM interview, so I just had to apologise and explain myself!
Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine
What Is a Reub Goldberg Machine?
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Fa...
2021-10-0106 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: Sorry Anna, What I Meant To Say Was...Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine Off Mic ChatSo I kinda put my foot in my mouth at the end of the RGBM interview, so I just had to apologise and explain myself!
Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine
What Is a Reub Goldberg Machine?
bike2brewery.tumblr.com
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot m...
2021-10-0106 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: It's More Than A Brand Refresh. With Moffat Beach Brewing Marketing Director, Craig Williams.Exciting times are ahead for Moffat Beach Brewing.
Marketing Director, Craig Williams, tells me it's more than just the shiny new can designs they have released!
Check out the new designs here
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Facebook or Instagram.
Want to help spre...
2021-09-2421 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: It's More Than A Brand Refresh. With Moffat Beach Brewing Marketing Director, Craig Williams.Exciting times are ahead for Moffat Beach Brewing.
Marketing Director, Craig Williams, tells me it's more than just the shiny new can designs they have released!
Check out the new designs here
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.ne...
2021-09-2421 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut: For Those of You In Lockdown, This Is For You. A "Quick Catch Up" With Mick O'Rance from Sunday Road Brewing.Well, this one was going to be a quick chat about the new LG IPA Sunday Road put out to say thanks for the local community support in lockdown, but it could have almost been a full episode!
After the old blokes taled through their challenges with computers and what they used in the past, the chat got on track and we covered a lot of ground, including:
•The geography of the Syndey LGA's
•Getting through lockdown with thanks to the local community support
•The shelf life of high hopped beers
•Beer affogato's
•Having no idea about song copyright laws for beer n...
2021-09-2028 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut: For Those of You In Lockdown, This Is For You. A "Quick Catch Up" With Mick O'Rance from Sunday Road Brewing.Well, this one was going to be a quick chat about the new LG IPA Sunday Road put out to say thanks for the local community support in lockdown, but it could have almost been a full episode!
After the old blokes taled through their challenges with computers and what they used in the past, the chat got on track and we covered a lot of ground, including:
•The geography of the Syndey LGA's
•Getting through lockdown with thanks to the local community support
•The shelf life of high hopped beers
•Beer affogato...
2021-09-2028 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - How Do I Say Your Brewery Name? Pete from Bodriggy Brewing Co.I had never heard the name Bodriggy used out loud, so I thought I better check in with Pete before I made a mess of it!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Facebook or Instagram.
Want to help spread the craft beer gospel?
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2021-09-0303 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - How Do I Say Your Brewery Name? Pete from Bodriggy Brewing Co.I had never heard the name Bodriggy used out loud, so I thought I better check in with Pete before I made a mess of it!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Facebook or Instagram.
Want to...
2021-09-0303 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - Making Beer With A Rum Distillery. Blake Bowden from Jetty Road.Jetty Road released their collaboration beer with neighbour Jimmy Rum, and the way it came together was kinda cool, so Blake told me a bit about it.
Jetty Road Brewery
Jimmy Rum Distillery
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Facebook or Instagram.
Want to help s...
2021-08-2704 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - Making Beer With A Rum Distillery. Blake Bowden from Jetty Road.Jetty Road released their collaboration beer with neighbour Jimmy Rum, and the way it came together was kinda cool, so Blake told me a bit about it.
Jetty Road Brewery
Jimmy Rum Distillery
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode...
2021-08-2704 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - Drums, Beers & Dodging Covid at GABS with Jeff Argent from Grassy Knoll.Sometimes these conversations pre/post interviews are sparked off of the most random things. This one with Jeff came from him spying my electric drumkit sitting in the background...then he moved his chair to reveal his bigger and better one. I always love to talk music and beer, so that's where this conversation went until it veered off into Covid and GABS territory!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches...
2021-08-2010 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - Drums, Beers & Dodging Covid at GABS with Jeff Argent from Grassy Knoll.Sometimes these conversations pre/post interviews are sparked off of the most random things. This one with Jeff came from him spying my electric drumkit sitting in the background...then he moved his chair to reveal his bigger and better one. I always love to talk music and beer, so that's where this conversation went until it veered off into Covid and GABS territory!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short s...
2021-08-2010 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - I Made Some New Mates...and Ditched My Old Ones! Deep South Brewing's, Dave MacGill, tells his side of the story.In a previous Short Cut, Balter Brewing's Stirling Howland made some accusations about Dave MacGill, ex-Vice President of the Tasmanian Independent Brewers Association.
I recently caught up with Dave and allowed him to have the right of reply...
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhe...
2021-08-1305 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - I Made Some New Mates...and Ditched My Old Ones! Deep South Brewing's, Dave MacGill, tells his side of the story.In a previous Short Cut, Balter Brewing's Stirling Howland made some accusations about Dave MacGill, ex-Vice President of the Tasmanian Independent Brewers Association.
I recently caught up with Dave and allowed him to have the right of reply...
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at beerhealer@internode.on.net, or find me on Faceb...
2021-08-1305 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - You Don't Know Who Kenny G Is? With Bracket Brewing's Mike Meletopoulo.I had heard on the grapevine that Mike was into music, so I asked him how he worked that into his brewing. Fair to say it wasn't really how I expected him to respond!
For those of you wanting to sing along at home to Black is Black!!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if you want to yourself, shoot me an email at...
2021-08-0609 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - You Don't Know Who Kenny G Is? With Bracket Brewing's Mike Meletopoulo.I had heard on the grapevine that Mike was into music, so I asked him how he worked that into his brewing. Fair to say it wasn't really how I expected him to respond!
For those of you wanting to sing along at home to Black is Black!!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or even if...
2021-08-0609 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - A Journey To Zero. Rose Kentish from Sparkke Beverages shares their journey to Carbon Zero, and how they are helping others in the industry with theirs.Let's call this one a medium-cut, because there is a lot of information in this one with Rose from Sparkke.
She shares how they have created their first Carbon Zero beer, and goes into detail as to how they achieved it. Sharing their methods is all part of the plan so that others can follow in their footsteps.
Such an informative 15 minutes, I didn't want to interrupt her as she shared her knowledge, hence the longer run time for a short-cut! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Thanks for the lesson, Rose. Every day is a...
2021-07-2719 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - A Journey To Zero. Rose Kentish from Sparkke Beverages shares their journey to Carbon Zero, and how they are helping others in the industry with theirs.Let's call this one a medium-cut, because there is a lot of information in this one with Rose from Sparkke.
She shares how they have created their first Carbon Zero beer, and goes into detail as to how they achieved it. Sharing their methods is all part of the plan so that others can follow in their footsteps.
Such an informative 15 minutes, I didn't want to interrupt her as she shared her knowledge, hence the longer run time for a short-cut! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Thanks for...
2021-07-2719 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - What is a Table Beer? Alex from Slow Lane Brewing answers this listener question.I recently shared this picture of a Slow Lane Brewing Table Beer called, Little One. It was a very tasty beer, but long-time follower, Mike Colley wanted to know exactly what a Table Beer was. I gave him a quick answer with the knowledge I had of the style, which turned out to be pretty close, but also told him I would ask the brewer, Alex from Slow Lane, to explain it for the podcast.
So here it is!!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations tha...
2021-07-2304 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - What is a Table Beer? Alex from Slow Lane Brewing answers this listener question.I recently shared this picture of a Slow Lane Brewing Table Beer called, Little One. It was a very tasty beer, but long-time follower, Mike Colley wanted to know exactly what a Table Beer was. I gave him a quick answer with the knowledge I had of the style, which turned out to be pretty close, but also told him I would ask the brewer, Alex from Slow Lane, to explain it for the podcast.
So here it is!!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Thin...
2021-07-2304 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsShort Cut - TikTok 101 for Craft Beer. School is in with the old guys from Beer Cartel.This shortcut came about because of a simple question after we finished the interview..."How's the new job going". I'm working in influencer marketing and have been learning a lot, so it turned into a bit of a download of all the stuff I have been learning about the little social media platform called TikTok.
If you aren't sure about why it's different to other platforms this should give you an intro to it, without being too much!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that w...
2021-07-1406 min
The Beer Healer interviewsShort Cut - TikTok 101 for Craft Beer. School is in with the old guys from Beer Cartel.This shortcut came about because of a simple question after we finished the interview..."How's the new job going". I'm working in influencer marketing and have been learning a lot, so it turned into a bit of a download of all the stuff I have been learning about the little social media platform called TikTok.
If you aren't sure about why it's different to other platforms this should give you an intro to it, without being too much!
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Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things li...
2021-07-1406 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsIntroducing Beer Healer Shorts Cuts, with next week's mystery guest!Introducing Beer Healer Short Cuts.
When I conduct these interviews, sometimes there are bits of the conversation that end up on the cutting room floor, for whatever reason. In this case, my "mystery guest" for next week jumped straight into interview mode; he was so keen!
Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of...
2021-06-2903 min
The Beer Healer interviewsIntroducing Beer Healer Shorts Cuts, with next week's mystery guest!Introducing Beer Healer Short Cuts.
When I conduct these interviews, sometimes there are bits of the conversation that end up on the cutting room floor, for whatever reason. In this case, my "mystery guest" for next week jumped straight into interview mode; he was so keen!
Short Cuts are anything that you, me, we, the craft beer community, want them to be. Effectively, these are short, sharp conversations that won't fill a regular episode length. Think of things like new beer announcements, brewery updates, short stories or even crowdfunding pitches.
If you know of someone with something to share, or...
2021-06-2903 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 119 - What's next for the Sunny Coast's "Overnight Success"? With Your Mates Brewing Co-founder, Christen McGarry.I think everyone is aware of how Your Mates Brewing, the "Overnight Success", rose to prominence in the Hottest 100 beers a few years ago. The two boys from the Sunny Coast, Matt and Christen, were all of a sudden the next big thing in craft beer, but also a bit of a target for ridicule and jealousy.
Whichever point of view you have on how Larry surprised the industry, you have to admire the lads for how they have continued to work their butts off to build the Your Mates business. Now the boys have outgrown their...
2021-04-1843 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 119 - What's next for the Sunny Coast's "Overnight Success"? With Your Mates Brewing Co-founder, Christen McGarry.I think everyone is aware of how Your Mates Brewing, the "Overnight Success", rose to prominence in the Hottest 100 beers a few years ago. The two boys from the Sunny Coast, Matt and Christen, were all of a sudden the next big thing in craft beer, but also a bit of a target for ridicule and jealousy.
Whichever point of view you have on how Larry surprised the industry, you have to admire the lads for how they have continued to work their butts off to build the Your Mates business. Now the boys have outgrown their current digs and...
2021-04-1843 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 118 - Full flavoured, 0.0% craft beer, really? With Hairless Dog Co-Founder, Paul Pirner.What if I told you that not all non-alcoholic beers are created the same...some even taste great!
In a world where the focus on self care and wellness is increasing, there are product of all shapes and size popping up to capitalise on a consumer market that is very quickly expanding. One such product is that of non alcoholic craft beer. I'm not talking about that watery crap that Carlton or Heinken serve up, or the Holsten ones you can buy in the supermarket. I am talking about full flavoured, full bodied beer that is hard...
2021-04-1134 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 115 - The many layers of Charlie. With Charlie Hodgson of Helios Brewing Company.This chat with Charlie Hodgson goes in many different directions, he is a really interesting bloke.
I've heard from real journalists that using silence in an interview can be a very powerful tool to get people to open up to you. On this episode, the 6 second delay that Charlie and I had to navigate was the silence that allowed Charlie to just open up and talk about his career, both the good and the bad.
This is a story of a guy who has experienced many high's in his careers, he has won awards for...
2021-03-0847 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 78 - The Pro, The Protege & The Hack: Let's Talk Hazies (and take the piss out of each other). With Dave Padden (Akasha) & Ben Miller (From Ben).Wanna learn something about Hazy beers, or have a laugh...why can't we just have both?
In this episode, Dave and Ben talk about their favourite hazy beers and how to brew them. They also answer all of your questions you submitted on https://www.facebook.com/BeerHealer
Listen in for a way you can win some Akasha beer, paid for by me!!
2020-05-1146 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 72 - Life After Covid-19 with Black Hops Co-Founder, Dan Norris.It's lunch time and I am stuck at home with the kids...luckily I have friends in the craft beer industry who love a chat, so I'm pressing record!
Dan Norris from Black Hops Brewing is a smart bloke with an award winning brewery and plenty of great ideas...but even they are doing it tough.
In this episode, I check in with him on what's going on and then we shift gears to think about what life will be like for Black Hops post the C-word!
If you want to jump on...
2020-04-0128 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 69 - A Story of Craft Beer Entrepreneurship. With Mason Ale Works Co-Founder, Grant Tondro.Grant Tondro is the co-founder of the 3 Local Brothers Restaurant Group, who operate a whole bunch of food and beverage outlets throughout Southern California.
One of their venues is Mason Ale Works, a 15 barrel, or 18 hectolitre operation just North of San Diego, which is a craft beer hot spot in the USA. The Brewery is set inside an airplane hangar-like building that is home to a huge restaurant, a humongous bar, and an eight-lane bowling alley, with its own separate bar.
Grant sat in his car in Las Vegas to record this interview, how is...
2020-03-1031 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 59 - The Pro, The Protege & The Hack: Recipe Creation. With Dave Padden (Akasha) & Ben Miller (From Ben)Introducing something new to the Beer Healer Interviews podcast stream!
These podcasts are all about telling stories, but what if you could also learn a thing of two AND (hopefully) have a laugh at the same time?
Well...here goes nuthin'
In this episode, not only do the two lads share some great insights into designing awesome recipes, but they also:
•Share tips for scaling up recipes;
•Talk about why crystal malts are becoming less popular;
•Let us in on the latest recipes they have created; and
•Explain why they...
2019-12-1641 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsBonus Episode: Craft beer lovers, we need to talk about Men's health issues. With Movember Co-Founder Travis Garone.Craft beer lovers, we need to talk about a serious issue (over a few beers maybe).
GLOBALLY, ON AVERAGE, 1 MAN DIES BY SUICIDE EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY.
Luckily for us men, the Movember movement is hoping to do something about this statistic. This month, Mo Brothers, supported by Mo Sistas, are raising funds by growing an itchy, annoying, and sometimes patchy clump of hair on their top lip! These funds will help men in their battle against Mental Illness and other men's health issues.
Movember Co-Founder, Travis Garone, joined me for a chat...
2019-11-1331 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 51 - Nice Guys Don't Always Finish Last. Akasha Brewing's Dave Padden.One of the nicest blokes you will meet in the industry...that's how Dave Padden was described to me.
And, yep, they were right. I had an absolute ripping time interviewing Dave and finding out about such things as:
•How Akasha, sorta, kinda, not really, started out as a Gypsy brewing operation;
•How Craft Brewing is the passion he never thought he would find (wifey excepted);
•Why he chose the random suburb of 5 Dock to set up shop;
•What he found out the back of a Kansas City petrol station; and
•His love f...
2019-10-2147 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 50 - The Goatfather of Craft Beer. With Mountain Goat Co-Founder, Dave Bonighton.I don't think Dave Bonighton really needs any introduction, does he?
You know him as the Co-Founder of Mountain Goat, but he is more than that...yet another trailblazer who has helped to shape the craft beer landscape in this country, and I was so excited to have him as my guest on the 50th episode of The Beer Healer Interviews.
Dave was an absolute pleasure to interview, such a great bloke. As usual, we went off on a few tangents, which is what I love most about recording these interviews!
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2019-10-1542 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 49 - I have a dream...to brew professionally. With From Ben's, Ben Miller.This one is for all of you who had/have a dream of taking their love of craft beer to the next level! Maybe you have made it and now cal your hobby your job, or maybe you are still trying to find a way to make your dream a reality...either way, you will love hearing Ben's story. He may give you some ideas for how to take the next step, or you may nod your head in agreement when he details some of the speed bumps he has hit along the way.
This is as...
2019-09-3031 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 48 - From Cicerone to Sake Lover, Is Beer Still #1? With Drinks Adventures Journalist, James Atkinson.On this episode I talk with Award Winning Journalist and qualified Cicerone, James Atkinson who now produces the the Drinks Adventures Podcast.
There are so many people who have given so much to the craft beer industry in Australia, and I am really enjoying celebrating their careers and sharing their stories with you, and James is yet another one who has been helping to promote the industry for the past few decades.
James was previously the editor at Australian Brews News and The Shout, he has written for many other food and beverage publications and...
2019-09-2544 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 47 - Beer Farming with Slip n Slide Engineer Ben JosephI am going to be honest with you...before doing this podcast with Ben Joseph from WA's Beer Farm, I didn't know much about them...you will understand what I mean when Ben sets me straight on who does and doesn't work with him!
Having said that, I am so glad that I got the chance to talk with Ben, as their story is a really interesting one...from starting life as a planned Young Henry's Western Australian base to now becoming a fully sustainable operation with a killer water slide. As I said, it's a pretty...
2019-09-1729 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 46 - Spontaneous Fermentation & Other Cool Brewing Tricks. Will Tatchell, Van Dieman Brewing.Will Tatchell from Van Dieman Brewing is back to talk about funky fermentations, barrel ageing beautiful beers and pushing the boundaries of farmhouse brewing.
Will recently celebrated 10 years of Van Dieman Brewing, and it has been a very busy year. He released a super-sized version of his stout, the Giblin X, a barrel aged beast rocking in at 10-ish percent, which has been vert well received. But better than that, Will's dreams of producing beers completely off the land surrounding is farm has finally come true. In the last 18 months he has shared Max, Edward and Oscar...
2019-08-2729 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 45 - Australia's First Lady of Craft Beer. With the Beer Diva, Kirrily Waldhorn.For this episode, I welcomed Australia's First Lady of beer to the conversation, Kirrily Waldhorn.
Kirrily's contribution to beer industry is impressive, with over 17 years of involvement, she has literally been involved in every part of the industry. She is an educator, a writer beer judge, trainer and occasionally an assistant brewer.
An experienced media performer, having worked in radio and tv and the press and on stage at GABS with her beer and food cooking series, she knows her stuff!
Another episode where I get to pay homage to the people who have...
2019-08-2053 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 44 - Honey, I'm Starting A Craft Beer Website. With James Smith from The Crafty PintThis episode is another one where I tip the cap to those who helped to shape the craft beer industry for all of us to enjoy. The Australia Craft Beer scene is littered with stories of people leaving safe and secure jobs to try something new, to start new business, follow a new career path and generally throw caution to the wind to follow their craft beer dream.
James Smith is one of those people...although he has kind of been pursuing his dream of spreading the craft beer gospel since he began his career as a...
2019-08-1338 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 43 - Live From The Lord with Blair HaydenI was in Sydney for work this week and decided to have a cheeky pint at the Lord Nelson Hotel at lunchtime.
The Lord is, of course, the house that Blair Hayden built, so it was only right that while I was there I sat down with the great man for a chat.
In this episode we take a bit of a walk down memory lane. I really enjoyed this chat with Blair...he is no bullshit and very passionate about the industry...enjoy!!
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2019-08-0727 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 42 - I'm Starting A Brewery, But It's A "Secret", with Tim FishwickMention the name Tim Fishwick around the craft beer industry and I reckon you will get a nod from the person you are speaking with. Why, well by all accounts he's a good bloke and let's be honest, he's been around the traps a bit...in a good way though.
Tim's career has seen him go from flogging pallets of Tooheys to being involved in a number of smaller craft breweries. He's been a Creature and a member of the all conquering team at Balter, but for some reason earlier this year he decided to walk away...
2019-07-3042 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 41 - My First Ever Embargoed Episode with Sam & Jaz from Counter CultureThe craft beer landscape continues to change at a rapid pace. We are still seeing new breweries popping up every other week, some have sadly closed, and the number of new beers hitting bottleshop shelves is out of control.
So how do breweries cut through the clutter in a crowded market, and more importantly remain relevant in the eyes of a very promiscuous drinker base?
For well established brand, Stone & Wood, their approach has been to diversify their offerings and as such they have created a number of other brands within the Stone and Wood...
2019-07-2332 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 40 - Riding The Craft Beer Wave with Pro Surfer Bede Durbidge...Yeeooww!!Grab a beer, sit back and relax and enjoy this great chat with Pro Surfer, Brewery Owner, and seriously chilled dude, Bede Durbidge.
If you didn't know it, relationships make the world go round. Whether it be when you are at starting out at school, in your social circles as you grow up, or as you move into the business world. The relationships you strike up help you through the bad times, allow you to share the good times, and open up so many other opportunities and experiences.
Bede Durbidge went from went from surfing the biggest waves on the...
2019-07-0948 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 40 - Riding The Craft Beer Wave with Pro Surfer Bede Durbidge...Yeeooww!!Grab a beer, sit back and relax and enjoy this great chat with Pro Surfer, Brewery Owner, and seriously chilled dude, Bede Durbidge.
If you didn't know it, relationships make the world go round. Whether it be when you are at starting out at school, in your social circles as you grow up, or as you move into the business world. The relationships you strike up help you through the bad times, allow you to share the good times, and open up so many other opportunities and experiences.
Bede Durbidge went from went from surfing...
2019-07-0948 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 39 - Old Guys Rule - Matt & Pete from Oz Brews NewsFor this episode, I wanted to turn the focus on to a couple of blokes who have been an integral part of the Australian beer scene for the better part of two decades. Each week, Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham pump out content via various different channels, updating the Australian beer world on the latest news. They are well known within in the industry, but always asking the questions of their guests, so I thought it would be fun to flip things around and put them on the other side of the conversation and find out more about their...
2019-07-021h 23
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 38 - Have Your Beer & Eat It Too...Introducing The BeeronessHave your beer and eat it too...That is the mantra of The Beeroness, otherwise known as Jackie Dodd-Mallory. She is a beer loving wonder chef, or maybe she is a food loving beer nerd, I am not sure, but either way she is a social media queen of beer, with over 45,000 social media followers.
Jackie has a unique ability to make me want to cook her dishes every time she shares them on social media. Some of her recent creations include Beer Doughnut Ice Cream Sandwiches, Spicy Beer Pulled Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes and Oatmeal Stout...
2019-06-1842 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 37 - Let's Talk About Yeast, Baby! With Bluestone Yeast.Two brothers...one a scientist with 15+ years experience in cell biology, the other a qualified mechanical engineer...naturally those skills translate into starting an All-Australian yeast provider for the craft beer industry.
I fell across the guys from Bluestone Yeast thanks to one of my social media followers and after the reaction to my recent chat with Dr Tom Shellhammer about hops, I thought you the listener would love an in depth chat about yeast.
Those lovely little microbes that are thrown into beers all around the world and convert the sugars in wont into...
2019-06-1144 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 36 - Independence Matters in Beer Cartel's Ultimate Aussie Top 50 BeersOn this podcast I try to speak to people from all over the craft beer landscape...brewers, marketers, sale people, both here and overseas.
So when an email hit my inbox last week from the Boys at Beer Cartel, with a link to the Ultimate Aussie Top 50 Beers list, I thought that I should reach out to today's guest and ask him to come and have a chat on the podcast.
Geoff Huens co-founded Beer Cartel in 2009 and has been driving excellence in the online craft beer game ever since. Geoff tells the story of...
2019-06-0438 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 35 - Batch Brewing Company - The Times They Are A Changin'Batch Brewing Company is in the heart of the Craft Beer mecca known as the inner west of Sydney. Taking a look at the local area these days, you will see over ten breweries littered around the suburbs in that area, but back in 2013 when Batch opened its doors, the numbers were more like 2 or 3.
Fast forward 6 years and Batch is embarking on a new era for the company, with a second site almost ready to open, one of the founders returning to his homeland, and lots of new challenges in what has become a pretty crowded...
2019-05-2844 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 35 - Batch Brewing Company - The Times They Are A Changin'Batch Brewing Company is in the heart of the Craft Beer mecca known as the inner west of Sydney. Taking a look at the local area these days, you will see over ten breweries littered around the suburbs in that area, but back in 2013 when Batch opened its doors, the numbers were more like 2 or 3.
Fast forward 6 years and Batch is embarking on a new era for the company, with a second site almost ready to open, one of the founders returning to his homeland, and lots of new challenges in what has become a pretty crowded beer market.
Andrew...
2019-05-2844 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 34 - Roaming Beer Healer, Live from the Australian International Beer Awards!The Australian International Beer Awards were held during Good Beer Week in Melbourne, and the who's who of the Australian beer industry was all in the one room...and I had a new toy to play with, a mobile recording device...and so was born Roaming Beer Healer!
In this episode I do my best to navigate around the crowded and noisy room to talk to some of my friends in the industry, past podcast guests and most importantly, the award winners!
Emotions were running high, there was a lot of love in the room...
2019-05-2128 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 33 - Australian International Beer Awards Panel Prediction ShowWhen I started this podcast, I wanted to make sure I was telling the great stories of the craft beer industry...you know, have a crack at doing my best journalist impression. I felt that with no-one else to bounce conversations around with, and many others already doing very well with the format of having fun discussions over beers, I would take the story telling angle.
But every now and then, an opportunity presents itself to try something a little different...and so was born the idea for this episode.
Joining me for a round...
2019-05-1436 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 32 - Busting Myths and Offering Social Media Tips for Craft BreweriesI've been doing this Beer Healer thing across multiple social media platforms for about 4 years now. I thought I knew a little bit about the world of Social Media...until my guest on this podcast set me straight on a few things.
Mariella Mejia is a one time freelance marketer who now runs a Digital Marketing agency called Made With Moxie. Made with Moxie is a digital commerce and paid media agency that growth hacks businesses and sells out events, with a real focus on Social Media and Digital Strategy. She has an impressive list of clients...
2019-05-0758 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 31 - Dropping Advanced Dry Hop Knowledge with Dr Tom ShelhammerBrewers of all ages, and experience levels, have a listen to Dr Tom Shelhammer drop some pearls of wisdom about hops in this episode.
Dr Shelhammer was in Tasmania to conduct a session at the Fresh Hop Beer Festival in Launceston, and as luck would have it, he was staying only a few minutes from my home. I took that as a sign that the Beer Gods wanted me to have a chat with him for the podcast!
An expert on all things hops, Dr Shellhammer recently released a piece of ground-breaking research on factors...
2019-04-3048 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 30 - From Creature To Felon...Starting a New Brewery with Ash CranstonThere are some amazing beers being brewed in Queensland these days. Only a few years ago, the craft beer scene in the Sunshine State was pretty quiet, but all of a sudden there are new breweries and pubs popping up all over the place. Slowly but surely these new kids on the block are converting local drinkers to new flavoursome beers, and tap banks in local pubs now have other options outside of the big brewers mainstream mid-strength options.
My guest was once the head of one of the largest craft beer brands in the country. Backed...
2019-04-1639 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 29 - Craft Brewer Career PathsI met my guest at one of the world's smallest beer festivals...From the Wilderness, in Evandale, Tasmania.
On a holiday with his partner Nadia, somehow Rick Bennie managed to convince her to spend their final day in Tasmania at a beer festival two hours away from their camping spot. And they had an early wake-up the next morning to go home on the boat. Something tells me this guy is a dedicated craft beer nut!
Rick is actually a brewer from Blackmans Brewery and I asked him to come on the podcast to talk...
2019-04-0926 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 28 - Your Beer Tourism Stories Part 1The idea for this episode came from a chat I had with The Beer Pilgrim about Beer Tourism. He had so many great stories from his travels and I wondered if some of the people I interact with on social media had some too...and they did!
In this episode, Matt King recounts his trip down the Murray River drinking fresh IPA from kegs supplied by the local brewery, Nigel Ayling takes us back to the 80's when he discovered the some amazing beers while backpacking around Europe, and finally, Steve Kirton tells us about his recent trip to San...
2019-04-0226 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 28 - Your Beer Tourism Stories Part 1The idea for this episode came from a chat I had with The Beer Pilgrim about Beer Tourism. He had so many great stories from his travels and I wondered if some of the people I interact with on social media had some too...and they did!
In this episode, Matt King recounts his trip down the Murray River drinking fresh IPA from kegs supplied by the local brewery, Nigel Ayling takes us back to the 80's when he discovered the some amazing beers while backpacking around Europe, and finally, Steve Kirton tells us about his recent...
2019-04-0226 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 27 - Good Beer Week Is Back, with Luke Robertson (Ale Of A Time)Good Beer Week began in 2011 with the first festival being thrown together by a very small team of beer lovers in a few week, which resulted in over 50 events in 40 venues in Melbourne, Victoria. Showcasing the social, flavoursome and diverse world of, the event was a huge success and continues to grow year on year.
In just eight years, Good Beer Week has grown from the spark of an idea to a global festival made up of more than 300 diverse and innovative events across Melbourne and Victoria that attracts seventy five thousand attendees from across Australia and...
2019-03-2633 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 26 - Craft Beer Mad Scientist - Ocho BrewingStu Grant from Ocho Beer comes across as a pretty quiet guy, but bloody hell, he loves a chat. He is also a massive beer nerd...so I guess that makes my job easy a craft beer podcast host!
Stu has spent the last few years working by day with Will Tatchell at Van Dieman Brewing producing some great beers, and then metaphorically, by night, he puts on his crazy scientist lab coat and goes to work on producing some amazing experimental beers.
In 2016 Ocho beer was born in the back of the Van Dieman...
2019-03-1936 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 25 - Good Morning Vietnamese Craft Beer Scene with Pasteur St BrewingA few years ago, the wife and I took the kids on a family holiday to Vietnam. It was such a great experience for us all, the sights, the sounds the unique food and of course the amazing people. Before taking my trip I did a bit of research and found out that the was a pretty cool little craft beer scene beginning to bubble up to the surface over there, so I decided to do what I could to hijack my family holiday for the sake of craft beer.
One of the items on my list...
2019-03-1240 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 24 - Bruny Island Beer Co. - Evan Hunter and Steph SchrodkaThis episode was recorded on location at Van Dieman Brewing, where I was attending the "From The Wilderness" Beer Festival, a celebration of the art of Farmhouse Brewing.
My guests, Head Brewer Evan Hunter, and his partner and Brewery Sales & Promotions Manager, Steph Schrodka, are the dynamic duo behind the Bruny Island Beer Co. Now in it's 5th year of operation, this little brewery on a small island in the deep south of Tasmania is very unique...they use open top fermenters and their brew kit is manufactured from old dairy farming equipment.
Evan and...
2019-03-0531 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 23 - Talking Beer Tourism with The Beer PilgrimBack when I was still working in the industry, and the numbers of beer bloggers, reviewers and podcasters were much lower than what we have today, there was this blonde haired surfie looking dude that used top pop up on the interwebs here and there, going buy the name The Beer Pilgrim. His real name is Tim Charody and 7 or so years and 32,000 facebook followers later, he is still at it.
An engaging presenter who has traveled far and wide sharing his adventures with his followers, some how he has managed to live this amazing adventure and...
2019-02-2637 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 22 - Craft Beer Branding Expert, Jessie Jungalwalla from Craft InstinctA few of my earlier podcasts featured marketers who provided insight and advice on the tricky practice of taking an amazing liquid to the consumer and getting them to hand over their hard earned cash to drink it. This podcasts were very popular, and so I decided to invite another experience marketer on to have a chat about the industry and answer a few questions from some of my social media followers.
One time drummer in a rock band, Jessie Jungalwalla, spent time in Canada working as a graphic designer for Big Rock in Vancouver, eventually working...
2019-02-1933 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 21 - Brewing Up Social Change with Agi Gagic from Sparkke Change BeveragesThe craft beer world is littered with stories of people starting breweries after falling in love with creating amazing liquids, including Agi Gagic, head brewer at Sparkke. But the difference with Agi's brewery is that it's not just about the love of the beer, you see Sparkke is driven by something greater, the need for social change.
Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, Sparkke was launched in 2017. Founders Rose Kentish, an award wining winemaker and Kari Allen, a highly regarded international marketer, along with Agi describe themselves as social activists, who also happen to run a alcoholic beverage...
2019-02-1239 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 20 - Moo Brew's Dave MacGillMy guest in this episode, Dave MacGill from Moo Brew, is a pillar of the brewing community in Tasmania and has worked for over a decade in one of the first craft breweries established in the state.
Moo Brew appeared in local bottleshops and high end grocery stores in 2005, selling its flavoursome ales in fancy bottles with labels designed by artist John Kelly...it's fair to say that it was a little bit of a shock to the traditional mainstream drinker in Tasmania who were used to picking between the Draught Beer from either the North or...
2019-01-2940 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 19 - This is the Ridge. With Hamish Coates, Owner of Rocky Ridge Brewing Co.A young man with his head screwed on right, looking to ensure the future success of his family business by taking a chance on this thing called Craft Beer.
That's how I would describe Hamish Coates from Rocky Ridge Brewing Co. in Western Australia. His brewery resides on land that has been passed down through his family for generations. Previously they farmed beef and dairy cattle, but with new times comes change, new challenges, and new ways to utilise the land for other purposes, like brewing craft beer! They describe it as a new perspective being applied...
2019-01-2236 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 18 - Making beer with Space Yeast and other beer experiments - Steve Haumschild from Lanikai Brewing in HawaiiSteve Haumschild from Lanikai Brewing in Hawaii is a very inquisitive man with a real passion for his local environment. His island inspired beers are made with all sorts of fruits, flowers, nuts and yeasts hand foraged from the islands of Hawaii. The results are amazing, but this passionate brewer wants to push thing just that little bit further.
It's here that NASA enters the picture, thanks to a chance meeting at a beer dinner, and after a few beers a plan was hatched to capture yeast from the edge of space...70,000ft in the air! In...
2019-01-1544 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 17 - Chris Sheehan - How to remain small inside big beerWhen I started this podcast, my aim was to tell stories from all different points of view. Whether they be Marketers, or Sales People or Brewers. And that goes for people working in all breweries, big, small, independent or otherwise...the one thing that unites us is our love of beer.
My guest on this podcast, Chris Sheehan, is an absolute ripping bloke with many years of brewing experience, but I feel like he doesn't really receive enough credit for his achievement. Why? Well, he works for a big brewer, Lion Beer in Australia, and we all know the stigma...
2018-12-1832 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 17 - Chris Sheehan - How to remain small inside big beerWhen I started this podcast, my aim was to tell stories from all different points of view. Whether they be Marketers, or Sales People or Brewers. And that goes for people working in all breweries, big, small, independent or otherwise...the one thing that unites us is our love of beer.
My guest on this podcast, Chris Sheehan, is an absolute ripping bloke with many years of brewing experience, but I feel like he doesn't really receive enough credit for his achievement. Why? Well, he works for a big brewer, Lion Beer in Australia, and we all...
2018-12-1832 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 16 - Gypsy Brewing with Spotty Dog's Klimt DonohoeOn this podcast, I am trying to tell stories from all different viewpoints within the craft beer industry. Some people are well established, and have stories from their long careers, others are newer to the game, but still have stories to tell.
Klimt Donohoe from Spotty Dog Brewers is something of a trail blazer in the Tasmanian brewing industry. I like to think of him as Tasmania's version of Mikkeller! Klimt is a gypsy brewer who is producing great beers with the help of a couple of other breweries around the state.
With plans in...
2018-12-1149 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 15 - Stefan Constantoulas from Philter BrewingSometimes in business, the stars align, and a good idea is born at just the right time to take advantage of the current environment. That's how I like to think of Philter Brewing. They have been called an overnight success, but I don't think that is fair to the work done behind the scenes to ensure a successful launch...a bit like an iceberg with the majority of its mass sitting below the surface, unseen.
Philter absolutely burst onto the scene in 2017, but it was no overnight success. It was a plan hatched by two mates over...
2018-12-0344 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 14 - Greg Koch and Sara Tobin from Stone Brewing - Live in Hobart, TasmaniaI often talk about my love for the craft beer world, a world that just continues to amaze me...this podcast kind of came from left field.
Picture this, you head to a local bar to do a meet and greet with a co-founder of one of the most significant craft brewing entities, Greg Koch from Stone Brewing. You
strike up a conversation with his wife, Sarah, and bond over showing each other
pictures of our cats on our phones! Yep, cats!!
The conversation continued, and I found Sara's story really interesting, and...
2018-11-271h 04
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 13 - For The Love of Hops, With Hopco's Jon BurridgeHopco has been supplying Aussie brewers, both Pro and Home, with the best hops from their overseas partners since 2001. For the last 4 years or so, the man in charge of their Sales and Marketing has been Jon Burridge. So when I ran in to Jon at Black Hops Brewing while we were both holidaying, and he said he wanted to jump on my podcast to talk hops, I jumped at the chance.
Jon and I both live in Hobart, so it seemed like a great idea for us to record this interview in my works podcast studio...
2018-11-2037 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 12 - Craft Brewing Brain Dump With Steve HendersonSteve Henderson, or Hendo as he is known, is a doyen of the Australian craft beer scene. He has been brewing for over 10 years and has experienced it all in those times. He founded of Brewcult, was AIBA Champion Gypsy Brewer, won the GABS Peoples Choice Champion Beer and has brewed with Brewcult, Prickly Moses, Southern Bay and Stone and Wood. He has now started a new business, The Rockstar Brewer Academy, and is looking to share his experiences and help new and established brewers brew better beer.
Steve and I got together one night, after I...
2018-11-1352 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 11 - It Started With An Eggnog Stout - Black Hops Brewing"I think we should start our brewery, our first beer should be an eggnog stout, and let's launch it in the height of summer in the nations strongest macro mid strength lager market". After six pints of Fortitude Brewing's Admiral Ackbar, that's kind of how it all came together for the boys from Black Hops Brewing.
I ditched my family at Sea World so that I could drive down to "Melrose Place" (Black Hops HQ) to have a chat with Michael McGovern, Co-Founder and Head Brewer. We chatted about their "overnight success" from Gypsy Brewers to AIBA Champions, taking epic...
2018-11-0632 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 11 - It Started With An Eggnog Stout - Black Hops Brewing"I think we should start our brewery, our first beer should be an eggnog stout, and let's launch it in the height of summer in the nations strongest macro mid strength lager market". After six pints of Fortitude Brewing's Admiral Ackbar, that's kind of how it all came together for the boys from Black Hops Brewing.
I ditched my family at Sea World so that I could drive down to "Melrose Place" (Black Hops HQ) to have a chat with Michael McGovern, Co-Founder and Head Brewer. We chatted about their "overnight success" from Gypsy Brewers to AIBA...
2018-11-0632 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 10 - Adrian Slaughter, Co-Owner Green Beacon BrewingYou might not know the name Adrian Slaughter, but I am tipping you have heard about his brewery. You see, along with his school mate Marc Chrismas, Adrian is the co-owner of Green Beacon Brewing.
Sparked by a love of craft beer in New York City and inspired by Penny, his Welsh Craft Brewing Mother-in-law, "The Beacon" was brought to life in the historic riverside inner city suburb of Teneriffe in the city of Brisbane, Queensland.
Experimental HPA hops being smuggled to the USA for a collaboration with Pizza Port Brewing in California, advice for new breweries, the challenge of...
2018-10-3050 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 10 - Adrian Slaughter, Co-Owner Green Beacon BrewingYou might not know the name Adrian Slaughter, but I am tipping you have heard about his brewery. You see, along with his school mate Marc Chrismas, Adrian is the co-owner of Green Beacon Brewing.
Sparked by a love of craft beer in New York City and inspired by Penny, his Welsh Craft Brewing Mother-in-law, "The Beacon" was brought to life in the historic riverside inner city suburb of Teneriffe in the city of Brisbane, Queensland.
Experimental HPA hops being smuggled to the USA for a collaboration with Pizza Port Brewing in California, advice for...
2018-10-3050 min
The Beer Healer interviewsEp. 9 - Ross Jurisich , Co-Founder, Stone & Wood BrewingRoss Jurisich is one of the "three amigos" that in 2008 started the iconic Byron Bay Brewery, Stone and Wood.
Ross is an icon in the industry, who has not only built a very successful business, but has helped many others in the industry to get started. As I found out, he has a way with words...you just have to listen to how he describes the drinking occasion that Pacific Ale was designed to compliment, you will feel like you are back in Byron Bay.
In this episode, we talk about their "beer-o-meter" that helped them discover what beers they...
2018-10-2339 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 9 - Ross Jurisich , Co-Founder, Stone & Wood BrewingRoss Jurisich is one of the "three amigos" that in 2008 started the iconic Byron Bay Brewery, Stone and Wood.
Ross is an icon in the industry, who has not only built a very successful business, but has helped many others in the industry to get started. As I found out, he has a way with words...you just have to listen to how he describes the drinking occasion that Pacific Ale was designed to compliment, you will feel like you are back in Byron Bay.
In this episode, we talk about their "beer-o-meter" that helped...
2018-10-2339 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 8 - One For The Beer Salesforce, with Dave MyersThis episode was such a fun one to record, because the guy on the mic with me, Dave Myers, is a funny and passionate beer lover...and that makes my role with these easy, and a lot of fun.
Dave and I think he might be the first Sales Rep to be asked onto an Aussie Beer Podcast, but were not 100% sure. Either way, this is one for all the girls and guys out there in the market building relationships and sharing great stories about great beers. Dave has some great stories to tell in this episode...
2018-10-1639 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 7 - Collaboration Beers and Tipping In Bags of Hops with Hobart Brewing and Shambles BrewersThere is now a real and vibrant craft beer culture in Tasmania, which is a pleasant surprise for a state that has traditionally been dominated by two mainstream breweries.
There are now over 30 breweries in the state, and they are taking full advantage of having Australia's largest hop fields in their backyard. Supporting those breweries are new venues popping up all over the place, looking to treat their customers to flavoursome beers. It's a great time to be involved in the craft beer industry in Tasmania.
On October 20th, Hobart Brewing Company will be hosting...
2018-10-0953 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 6 - Quality is the key for New Zealand's Deep Creek Brewing Co.I was so excited to hear that Scott Taylor from Deep Creek Brewing in Auckland, New Zealand, was keen to jump on the podcast with me. I am a massive fan of their beers and couldn't wait to find out more about what they have been up to.
Ex Home Brewers that went pro and still love to experiment, operating in one of the hottest craft beer markets going around, sounds a little bit like beer porn to me!
In this episode we talk about the friendly rivalries between craft beer regions in New Zealand...
2018-10-0228 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 5 - Strictly Craft Beer Stories with Paul MercurioPaul Mercurio is best know to Australia audiences as the fresh faced dancer on the uber-successful movie, Strictly Ballroom. That just scratches the surface of this trailblazers career on on stage, in television, film, the kitchen and the brewhouse. Paul has always followed his passion with great gusto and, as I found out, he has some great stories to tell.
In this episode we talk about the Peach Ale he released in 2004, making an Aphrodisiac Ale with Bentspoke, his desire to one day produce a craft beer tv show, and his love of cooking with beer, which...
2018-09-2536 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 4 - Tom Delmont, Fixation Brewing CoTom Delmont is one of the great characters of the craft beer industry. The passionate and always smiling fella with the blonde mop of hair has seen a lot since he signed on to be Mountain Goat's first sales rep. But that was over 10 years ago, and much has changed since then. Tom now finds himself at the helm of Fixation Brewing, a brewery that concentrates on brewing his favourite style of beer...IPA.
In this interview we talk about why he chose Collingwood to set up his new Incubator Bar and Brewery, how he once had...
2018-09-1836 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 3 - Stirling Howland, Balter Brewing Co. Brand DirectorStirling Howland is a co-founder, and the brand director for one of the hottest craft beer brands on the market, Balter Brewing.
It has been a whirlwind introduction to the beer market for Balter, and a very successful one. Stirling is no stranger to working with successful brands, having been the head of marketing at surf brand Billabong for almost two decades.
So after a meteoric rise to craft beer fame in 2016, how are things going for Balter now.
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2018-09-1135 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 2 - New Brewery Marketing with Zoe OttawayZoe Ottaway previously worked in Marketing roles with Little Creatures and Mountain Goat, and now she is co-owner of Totem Marketing. He aim now is to help craft breweries connect with their consumers in a targeted and effective way, and she is very passionate about it.
In this episode we talk about some of the challenges facing breweries in the marketing space and how to navigate them. Zoe talks about some of her favourite brands, the importance of remaining authentic in a cluttered marketplace, telling stories to build a brand, and something called being "Flawesome".
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2018-09-0535 min
The Beer Healer InterviewsEp. 1 - Will Tatchell, Van Dieman BrewingWhen I wanted to start this Podcast, I knew I needed someone that I knew and trusted, who would be patient with me as I created Episode 1. But probably than that, I wanted someone who had a really interesting story to tell, that I thought others would want to listen to.
Enter Will Tatchell, my mate and a great Brewer, who learned his trade in the UK before returning to Tasmania to brew his own beers. About six years in, he decided that he wanted to take his brewery in a different direction, and set out to...
2018-08-2731 min