Episode 35 - Very Late, Kinda Great

Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long time between drinks! It's been a little bit hectic on our end but hopefully our schedules are settling down a little bit & we'll be back to regular programing soon.

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 This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very) outdated news, analyze the Hottest 100 that came out almost 2 months ago, drink an impressive Hungarian lager & offer Romania a chance to redeem themselves after the deplorable lager from a few episodes back!

 

Show Notes

Intro

• Back in person!
• New venue, maybe some sound teething issues...

News (1:51)

• Bentspoke Crankshaft Takes Out Hottest 100
• VCGLR Extend Pandemic Alcohol Laws
• Flooding Impacts Brewers in Northern NSW & QLD
  • Two Mates Brewing GoFundMe - link
• Mighty Crafty Acquires 100% of Jetty Road
• Coca-Cola Sell Australian Beer Co to Partner Casella Family Brewers
• Broo Issue Correction to ASIC Figures
• Events
  • Good Beer Week 2022 Cancelled
    • GABS, Indies & Pint of Origin to go ahead
  • BrewCon delayed until August 2023
• Brewery Closures
  • Kirin Withdraw From Myanmar
  • Hair of the Dog Closing After 29 Years
  • Modern Times Close 4 Of 8 Taprooms
• Brewery Openings
  • Kaiju Cantina Opens in Huntingdale
  • Escape Brewing Open on the Mornington Peninsula
• Tasting Paddle (15:00)
  • Brewers Association Style Guide Update
  • Asahi Super Dry Recipe Change in Japan
  • Den Herberg Join HORAL
  • MoonDog Become Carbon Neutral
  • BrewDog Faux Pas #7438 - link

Hottest 100 Analysis (18:32)

• Widely Distributed Beers Do Well in Popularity Contest
• Better Beer...
• New Beers List - Select Beers
• Ginger Beers
• Non-Alcoholic Beers
  • Headlined by Heaps Normal @ 20
• Our Picks
  • Bodriggy, Coopers, Rattenhund
• Next 100 List
• NZ List - ParrotDog BirdsEye Takes Out The Title

Ranking of Lagers (32:12)

• We're adding just the one this month
• This month we add Dreher (Hungary).
• 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. Dreher (Hungary)
11. Birra Moretti (Italy)
12. Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
13. Bud Light (USA - Domestic)
14. Corona (Mexico)
15. Steinlager (New Zealand)
16. Windhoek (Namibia)
17. Heineken (Netherlands)
18. Lion (Sri Lanka)
19. Cisk (Malta)
20. San Miguel (Philippines)
21. Snow (China – Internal)
22. Cantina (El Salvador)
23. Lasko (Slovenia)
24. 333 (Vietnam)
25. Stella Artois (Belgium)
26. Tusker (Kenya)
27. Budweiser (USA - International)
28. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
29. Zywiec (Poland)
30. Mythos (Greece)
31. Tiger (Singapore)
32. Karlovacko (Croatia)
33. Singha (Thailand)
34. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
35. Bintang (Indonesia)
36. Toña (Nicaragua)
37. Lav (Serbia)
38. Vonu (Fiji)
39. Cusquena (Peru)
40. Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
41. Timisoreana (Romania)

You Haven't Had (38:22)

• Letting Romania redeem itself...
• Bereta Brewing Indulgence
• Imperial Stout with loads of adjuncts
• 10.5% ABV

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