For the second month in a row we find ourselves in an increasingly locked down Melbourne. Fellow Victorians we feel your pain, but hope you’re coping as best you can. We’ve got a big episode for you this month that will hopefully break up some of the boredom.
If this is your first time listening to a Beer O’Clock Australia podcast, welcome! We change the segments up a little each month, however most months we’ll discuss some of the latest news from the beer world, we’ll talk about some beers that we’ve been enjoying over the last month & we’ll crack something interesting from my cellar, although recent restrictions are making this difficult…
After the wonderful response to our interview with Dan Taranto from The Otter’s Promise in last months episode, we knew we had to find you guys another guest. We’re very lucky to be joined by Clare Burnett from Brews News for a chat this month that we hope you enjoy as much as we did. There’s also all the normal stuff plus a deep dive into Slow Lane Brewing from Sydney & we slot 333 from Vietnam into our Ranking of Lagers.
Show Notes
News (1:45)
- ABAC Strikes Again
- Dainton Bounty Hunter
- Amazon becomes an ABAC signatory
- Coopers Launch a Hazy IPA
- IBA postpone BrewCon to 2021
- Announce two key staff rendundancies
- WABA launch Drink West Drink Best campaign
- Australian Alcohol Excise Paused
- BWS Launch “Local Luvva”
- Tasting Paddle (15:15)
- Deeds Brewing Kill Off Quiet Deeds
- Australian Cider Awards Cancelled
- Michelle Colgrave Wins Award For Ultra Low Gluten Grain Kebari
- Broo Losses Down
- *I can’t do maths – the excise on that carton is more like $24
- Behemoth/Chur Open Their Brewpub “Churly” in Auckland
- Hop Nation buy Mornington Production Brewery from Tribe
- Seltzer Chat – 4 Pines, St Andrews Beach, Moon Dog & Hop Nation
- Beer Cartel Survey Is Out – Vote Before August 30th.
What We’re Drinking (32:12)
- Mr Banks Party Tide
- Nomad Salute
- Future Mountain Radio Kaliningrad
- 8 Wired Flat White in Nitro Cans
- Deeds Doppelbock
- Modus Operandi Doppelator
- Molly Rose Crowd Goes Mild
- Smart Brother Brewing
“News is the stuff that people don’t want you to know about.”
Interview (41:05)
- Clare Burnett Senior Journalist at Brews News
- https://www.brewsnews.com.au/
- We again look at COVID & its impact of different parts of the industry
- Clare has excellent oversight over the whole industry & is QLD based so can provide us Victorians with a look into the future
Brewery Deep Dive – Slow Lane (1:12:42)
- New Brewery from Botany NSW
- Focus on European Yeast Driven Beers
- We review 4 of their 5 beers to date
- Botany Weisse, Refectory, Thirsty Miner, Foundation
Ranking of Lagers (1:24:58)
- This month we add 333 from Vietnam to the list
- The colonial history of this beer is really interesting
- The new rankings are as follows:
- Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
- Tennent’s (Scotland)
- Carlsberg (Denmark)
- Quilmes (Argentina)
- Kingfisher (India)
- Gullmack (Norway)
- Lvivske (Ukraine)
- Sapporo (Japan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
That’s all we have for this month, thanks again for tuning in guys. Thanks again to Clare for joining us – we really enjoyed the chat & I hope you guys enjoyed the insight Clare provided. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we’ll see you all next month!
Remember it’s always Beer O’Clock somewhere in the world!
