Things have been seriously quiet on the website front, I didn’t realize just how quiet until I went to post this episode. I’ve had the craziest couple of months with the company I manage more than doubling in size (good problems), but with that all seemingly settling down I hope to get back to cataloging the great brewers/breweries of Victoria!
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…
This episode is very much a classic Beer O’Clock Australia Podcast; it’s late, it’s long, there’s minor technical difficulties (hopefully not too noticeable) & it’s pretty good (if we do say so ourselves!). There’s a whole heap of very outdated news, we discuss the Hottest 100 results & talk about some new beers & breweries we’ve visited, what a joy being able to do that again! Due to being a bit time poor we remotely add just one lager to our Ranking of Lagers segment. Hope you enjoy!
Show Notes
Intro
- Simon Hargreave’s Top 5
News (2:04)
- Bentspoke’s Crankshaft take out top spot in the Hottest 100
- Two Birds sold to Fermentum
- Hop Crop Disaster in New Zealand
- Dollar Bill’s Cellar Door Knocked Back Again
- AIBA Entries Open
- Heaps of new categories
- Microstar & Kegstar Merge
- Brewsvegas Organisers “Pause” 2021 Event
- Bridge Road’s High Country Hops is On!
- Brewery Closures
- Harrington’s (NZ)
- Boekamp (TAS)
- Brisbane Brew Partners (QLD)
- Broo Record More Losses & China Deal Collapses
- Brewery Openings
- Madocke Moving From The Garage To Ashmore
- Sobah Planning Brewery & Taproom
- Epic Taproom in Auckland
- Tasting Paddle (33:25)
- Shelter Brewing on Archdaily (link)
- Co-Conspirators Brunswick Brewpub Edging Closer
- King River Doubling Their Capacity
Hottest 100 (31:06)
- Does advertising/campaigning for votes diminish the significance of the Hottest 100?
- 7 brewers claim 39 spots in the 100
- Total votes announced for the first time
- 1,950 beers received at least 1 vote
- Social media reception
- Balter performance vs other bought out breweries
- Discussion of select interesting beers
What We’re Drinking (52:46)
- Sobramesa Fermentary & Blendery
- Exit Session Ale
- Bodriggy
- Hawkers
- Future Mountain
- Balter CryoMofo
- Deeds Fiery Gates of Helles
- Mountain Culture Email List
- Verdant Brewing
- Uraidla
Ranking of Lagers (1:02:24)
- Back to one lager again… At least is was by choice this time!
- This month we add Zywiec from Poland.
- 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)
- Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
- Birra Moretti (Italy)
- Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Corona (Mexico)
- Steinlager (New Zealand)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Heineken (Netherlands)
- Lion (Sri Lanka)
- Cisk (Malta)
- San Miguel (Philippines)
- Snow (China – Internal)
- Cantina (El Salvador)
- Lasko (Slovenia)
- 333 (Vietnam)
- Stella Artois (Belgium)
- Tusker (Kenya)
- Budweiser (USA)
- Skopsko (North Macedonia)
- Zywiec (Poland)
- Mythos (Greece)
- Tiger (Singapore)
- Karlovacko (Croatia)
- Singha (Thailand)
- Red Stripe (Jamaica)
- Bintang (Indonesia)
- Vonu (Fiji)
- Cusquena (Peru)
- Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
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