Melbourne re-opening really set us back a little on the podcast and website front this month. There will hopefully be a few more Year of the Local posts up by the end of the month, in addition to the couple that made it up towards the end of October. We’ve got plans to do our Golden Pints Award Show next month, possibly in addition to a regular episode so keep an eye out in your feeds for that.

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.. This episode we discuss a shed load of news, some of which have wide ranging industry impacts, talk about the beers – both alcoholic & non-alcoholic – that we’ve been drinking, slot a Romanian lager into our Ranking of Lagers & manage to fit in the first Cellar beer for months. It’s a jam packed show so let’s get into it!

Show Notes

Intro

  • Back in person!
  • Melbourne re-opening again

News (2:27)

  • Lion Takeover Fermentum
    • Mazen’s Comments
  • Coca-Cola Exiting Beer in Australia
  • Stomping Ground Take Out GABS Can Design Award
  • NZ Beer Awards
  • Mighty Craft Doing Interesting Things
  • Broo Also Doing Interesting, Dodgier, Things… (link)
  • Sobah Raise $1m Through Equity Crowd Funding
  • Brick Lane Win Best Porter at World Beer Awards
  • Events
    • Melbourne is back!
    • Good Beer Week Registrations Open Now
  • Brewery Closures
    • Southern Bay Enter Administration
    • Feral Brewpub
  • Brewery Openings
    • Madocke Open Their Ashmore Brewery
    • Pirate Life Perth
    • Rambler Ale Works Finally Off The Ground
    • The Mill Open Thomastown Production Facility
    • Liberty Brewing To Open Cheltenham Taproom
    • Sailors Grave Cellar Door
  • Tasting Paddle (37:51)
    • HPA Launching LUPOMax 12-Pack with Beer Cartel
    • Two Bays Win Xero Small Australian Business of the Year
    • Good Drinks (Gage Roads) Share Consolidation
    • Asahi Convert Yatala to Australian Barley
    • Indies Online Again – November 25
    • Purvis VR Bottleshop (link)

What We’re Drinking (41:10)

  • Lots & lots of lager
    • Traditional Oktoberfest Beers
    • Hawkers – Lucky 13 & Tent Party
    • Hop Nation Rattenhund
    • Tilmans Biere
    • Pirate Life Italian Lager
  • Stomping Ground Oktoberfest Box
  • Burnley Mixed German Pack
  • La Sirene X Copper Pot Dinner
  • Good Land Something Something Citra Citra
  • Two Rupees Director’s Cut
  • Kicks Towards The Light
  • Cyclic Beer Farm Grisette
  • Pirate Life Second Dilmah Collab
  • Non-Alc Beers
    • Hop Nation Fresh As A Daisy
    • Pirate Life Dark Ale
    • Pirate Life Point Nine

Ranking of Lagers (53:32)

  • As we were a little rushed we’re only doing one this month
  • This month we add Timisoreana (Romania).
  • The new rankings are as follows:
  1. Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
  2. Tennent’s (Scotland)
  3. Carlsberg (Denmark)
  4. Quilmes (Argentina)
  5. Kingfisher (India)
  6. Gullmack (Norway)
  7. Lvivske (Ukraine)
  8. Sapporo (Japan)
  9. Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
  10. Birra Moretti (Italy)
  11. Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
  12. Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
  13. Corona (Mexico)
  14. Steinlager (New Zealand)
  15. Windhoek (Namibia)
  16. Heineken (Netherlands)
  17. Lion (Sri Lanka)
  18. Cisk (Malta)
  19. San Miguel (Philippines)
  20. Snow (China – Internal)
  21. Cantina (El Salvador)
  22. Lasko (Slovenia)
  23. 333 (Vietnam)
  24. Stella Artois (Belgium)
  25. Tusker (Kenya)
  26. Budweiser (USA – International)
  27. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
  28. Zywiec (Poland)
  29. Mythos (Greece)
  30. Tiger (Singapore)
  31. Karlovacko (Croatia)
  32. Singha (Thailand)
  33. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
  34. Bintang (Indonesia)
  35. Toña (Nicaragua)
  36. Lav (Serbia)
  37. Vonu (Fiji)
  38. Cusquena (Peru)
  39. Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
  40. Timisoreana (Romania)

Noz’s Cellar (57:52)

  • The Wild Beer Co The Blend Winter 2015 Beyond Modus 2
  • Flanders Red Ale
  • Thumbs Up

Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice – everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we’ll be back early in December, with any luck!

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