Beer O'Clock Australia

Tung joined us to provide the Vietnamese perspective on the local beer scene. He talked us through the 9 year history of his Deme Brewing Company - from having no idea about beer, to COVID struggles, to having too much fun. It's a really fun chat - he brought over his Kalamansi Radler which was one of the best beers we had on site this year. We're checking out his spot tomorrow & you should too if you're in HCMC!

Stanley Boots joins us for the our now traditional biennial catchup. We chat about 7 Bridges' expansion to 6 taprooms (with 2 more in the pipeline) & the advancement in their zero waste endeavours. We also talk at length about his new passion project in rural Japan, which takes these lofty goals and expands on them significantly. I'm not going to ruin this for you with more details - check it out, it's fascinating stuff!

 

https://ihachibrewing.jp/

We were joined by Clayton Hops CEO Paul Teen & Sales Manager Matt Cuthbert to talk about their hop farming, Southern Hemishphere leading tech & their new hop NZ Rhapzody. Post interview we went and tasted the aforementioned beer as well as the hop oil & pellets & they were really impressive. It'll be fun to see how brewers use it moving forward.

Jun joined us to talk about the craft beer industry in the Philippines, his former role as President of the Philippines Craft Brewers Association & the three brewpubs he runs. It's a great chat.

Jun's three brewpubs are:

El Deposito

Cubao x Brewery

District Brewing Company 

Make sure you check them out if you find yourself in Manilla

Our wrap up of a big first day of Brew Asia 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Michael joined us to talk about his journey to becoming Head Brewer at Island Brewing, their collaborative relationship with Black Sands Brewing (as well as their wild Friday nights) & talked about the changing landscape of the beer scene in Indonesia.

Our interview with Pulkit K. Agrawal from The Fifth Ingredient. We chat about their Beer30 & Beer30 Lite products, a modular approach to brewery data software. If you're listening this on the day of upload & want to know more you can find Pulkit & his team at Booth D3 at Brew Asia (right round the corner from us).

Steve Wang, International Business Development Manager from China's U!Bro Brewery joined us for a chat from the floor at Brew Asia. They operate over 3,000 taprooms across China & contract brew for a number of the country's best known brands.

Our interview with Mitch Steele of Abita Brewing Company and Day 1 Key Note Speaker at Brew Asia 2026.

We wrap up Day 2 of Brew Asia as well as catching you up on all of the recent news