Episode 19 - Clare Burnett of Brews News & Second Wave Shenanigans

 

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. (Link here)

 

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

 

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:
  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. Birra Moretti (Italy)
  10. Corona (Mexico)
  11. Steinlager (New Zealand)
  12. Heineken (Netherlands)
  13. San Miguel (Philippines)
  14. Cantina (El Salvador)
  15. 333 (Vietnam)
  16. Stella Artois (Belgium)
  17. Tusker (Kenya)
  18. Budweiser (USA)
  19. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
  20. Tiger (Singapore)
  21. Karlovacko (Croatia)
  22. Singha (Thailand)
  23. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
  24. Bintang (Indonesia)
  25. Vonu (Fiji)
  26. 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!

 

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