Ale Of A Time

This week's episode saw us hanging out at Bad Shepherd in Melbourne's East. We spoke to owners Dereck and Diti about all things Bad Shepherd. How they started out smoking meat and brewing beer, how the venue is going, and what their plans and goals are for the future. Also we had some hot takes on Yellow Tail, David Warner (cricketer) and some other things.Check out http://aleofatime.com/ for full show notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wrap up the Hottest 100 from GABS (accurately), then discuss some news of deals and big business. Then we chat to Shayne from famous burger restaurant 8Bit, and the just open Up in Smoke. The new venue is doing low and slow American BBQ, with a great range of beer. After 8Bit blew up to be one of Melbourne's hottest burger places, we found how he plans to recreate the magic and his plans for the beer.http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 5oth episode(!) we spoke to Michael Kiser, from Good Beer Hunting, a writer and brand strategy consultant out of the US. We drank some natural wine, talked about how he got started, beer in the US and around the world, beer in Australia and how he's finding Melbourne as a whole.  You can find his site here: http://goodbeerhunting.com/Full show notes: http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our annual "awards" where we just gab on about the beers we always gab on about anyway. To save going through the show notes, the big winners were Boatrocker, Pirate Life, 8 Wired, Fantome, La Sirene, Wolf of the Willows and Panhead. Also get a hot tip on deodorant, a repeat recommendation and some art, because we are cultured af.Full details here:http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A redo of the famous lost "Froth" episode, we talk to editor and founder, Emily Day. She has recently launched issue 2 of her free streetpress style beer magazine and things are going great. This one was recorded at Temple Brewing in Melbourne but unlike last time we recorded there, we didn't eat on microphone.Full details here:http://aleofatime.com/category/podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, after a failed file from our last attempt at #47, we invited our friend Rob Ruminski on to talk about some commentary he made about the beer industry:https://medium.com/@ruminski/the-government-isn-t-going-to-fix-the-beverage-industry-get-better-at-your-job-1b1d0ace5fc1#.jj3skppukGiven how well it was received by the industry and consumers, we thought it would be great to get him in to talk about it all.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to Julie Hancock from Craft Revolution, a new importer bringing in beers from Red Hook, Kona and Widmer Brothers. The three brewers are part of the Craft Beer Alliance in the USA. Julie is also on sports radio in Melbourne where she talks about beer each week. We get insight into both, as well as the usual banter, news and other stuff.http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We gab a bit about the local beer industry and what want to see from the players, big and small. Not much more to it than that. Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We invited branding expert Damian Kelly and graphic designer Emma Bemrose  to tell us all about big beer branding and how it's done. This is essential listening for anyone interested in the design behind the beer and the process that goes into it. We also discuss Oktoberfest... kind of. http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we drink Crown Ambassador with the Wolf of the Willows husband and wife team. We dissect the beer then we move on to learn all about their plans for their new brewery, in collaboration with Bad Shepherd, in the suburbs of Melbourne. We get the scoop on upcoming draught beers and new packaging for their existing beers. Additionally we get some insight into what it's like starting a brand and a brewery from two people who are right in the middle of it. Full details: http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second part of Beervana 2015 is an interview with Martin Townshend of Townshend's Brewery (NZ) and Jacob Leonard from Breakside Brewery (US). The former being based in a very isolated part of NZ, which is in itself an isolated part of the world; while the latter is based right in the centre of modern craft brewing, Portland. Two very different breweries but both share great beer in common. http://townshendbrewery.co.nz/http://www.breakside.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded at Beervana 2015,  Luke is joined by Phil Cook and George Langlands from the Beerdiary Podcast.  This is somewhat of a recap of the last 12 months of Australia and NZ beer and the relationship between the two. We unpack legal stoushes, Australian beer in NZ, NZ beer in Australia, Garage Project, Stone and Wood, Harringtons, North End... and many many more.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke and Dave catch up on some news and talk all things Australian IPA, golden ales and gateway beers. Some interesting recommendations and beers too. Plus some terrible jokes and all that sort of thing. The usual stuff. Full show notes: http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our last episode from Good Beer Week 2015, Luke visited the Craft Beer Industry Association annual confderence and spoke to Steve Hindy, founder of Brooklyn Brewing; and Peta Fielding, chair of the CBIA. With Steve I talked parallels between the USA in the 90s and the industry here in Australia now; while with Peta I found out what exactly the CBIA do – something most consumers probably aren’t aware of. Additionally we discussed Peta’s day job as part of the husband and wife team behind Burleigh Brewing.You can find the CBIA website here:http://www.australiancraftbeer.org.au/Info on the Craft Beer Awards:http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=efc68a34ee82c833224e6e5b8&id=02ab6724f9And the East Coast Brewers Union IPA:http://craftypint.com/beer/3528/east-coast-brewers-union-exile-ipaFind us on social media:https://www.facebook.com/AleofaTimehttps://twitter.com/aleofatimehttps://twitter.com/melbdave Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During Good Beer Week we spoke to Søren from 8 Wired (NZ) about what they are up to in the new brewery, and discussed their barrels, yeast, old beers, wild and sour beers, and collaborations. A little bit of chat about San Diego breweries as well. Also some discussion of upcoming Good Beer Weeks that happened two months ago... You can find 8 Wired here:http://8wired.co.nz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During Good Beer Week, we spoke to Filip from Rodenbach. One of three master brewers at Rodenbach, Filip is well known for being behind their renowned Caractère Rouge. http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is just the two of us gabbing about GABS, Good Beer Week, San Diego and all sorts of other beer stuff. Find out why we loved GABS, what we got up to in Good Beer Week and get Dave's tips on some US beers you may not have heard of... or have heard of but want to hear about them again.Full show notes: http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded live on tape from the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular 2015 (Melbourne) we spoke to DJ from Modus Operandi, a couple of GABS rookies, two of our good friends (including Adrian from the Sessionable Podcast) and finally Jade from the Wheatsheaf Hotel and Wheaty Brewing Corp in Adelaide.Full show notes: http://aleofatime.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week (well a week or so ago...) Dave spoke with Guy Greenstone from the Local Taphouse St Kilda/Darlinghurst about their upcoming Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular events in Melbourne and Sydney (2015). Dave got a preview of what attendees should expect, as well as some insight into how the festival is run and put together. No show notes for this one. Just go find all the information here:http://www.gabsfestival.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we spoke to Annabel from new Melbourne brewery (well contract for now, with brewery to come) Himmel Hund. Their new wit is on the market now and despite their German name, it's Belgian style. We learn about how Annabel came to be brewing at a start up brewery and what their plans are for the future. Also some news, some views, and some brews (ugh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.