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The Beer Engine

Griff & Tony

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Every bar worth its salt has its regulars. Cheers had Cliff and Norm, Moe's had Barney and Homer and Lenny and Carl and the guy with the hat and the green vest and that one balding guy (?). Barstool Sports has that maniac who rates pizza and goes on alt-right tirades. Hey, but what if the regulars came to you and maybe the conversations were recorded? Maybe they talked about their beers, and they might have unusual hobbies or know too much about buying beer on the internet. Tony and Griff ar ...
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The Crafty Pint is the home of craft beer in Australia. The online magazine and resource has been crafting beer's best stories since 2010 and, in July 2024, launched The Crafty Pint Podcast. Hosted by the editorial team behind Australia's leading craft beer media publication, the show features curated discussion of industry news, as well as an ever-changing lineup of guests sharing perspectives from all corners of the craft beer world. Subscribe now and delve into the fascinating stories sha ...
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Wine lover? Craft beer fan? Drink whisky, bourbon, cognac or rum? Or maybe it's gin or vodka or mezcal you're into? Based in Australia, but globally minded, Drinks Adventures covers all these drinks and more: Japanese sake, cider, tequila, champagne, cocktails... we could go on! Listen in as award-winning drinks writer James Atkinson interviews the world's biggest names in craft brewing, winemaking, distilling and mixology, along with sommeliers, mixologists, sake samurais, masters of wine a ...
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We share stories about craft beer and the people behind it. On this podcast, you'll hear interviews with brewers, brewery owners and other craft beer industry folks telling it like it is in their own words. Born out of a genuine passion for craft beer, BAOS Podcast are Canadian-born with a worldwide perspective. Focused on the beer scenes in North America, Australia and across the globe, we’re a team who travels for the love of craft beer, showcasing the best brews we find and interviewing t ...
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Step Brewers

Klimt Donohoe & Ali Davis

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Step Brewers Podcast is a no holds barred commentary on the beer scene in Australia. Through a shared loved of great grog, the two certified reptiles join forces to share their views, unverified facts and feverish passion for Australian beer. The boys bring their unique experience and perspectives to a banter laden podcast with epic segments, impassioned rants, technical interviews, unadulterated opinions and truth nuggets. Quite arguably the best beer podcast in Australia.
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Aussie Beer Voyage

Aussie Beer Voyage

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Aussie Beer Voyage takes you on a tour of Australia's best craft scenery, one beer at a time! Join Adsy & Joel as they voyage to many of your favourite Aussie craft beer haunts, interviewing and drinking beer as they go. Hear from brewers, owners, beer industry reps and more!
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Build Me A Brewery

Chris Hayton

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The craft beer scene in Australia is growing at a rapid pace each year, with a new brewery opening up on average every 6 days. A few mates from Sydney have decided to have a crack at it, but found it hard to find information out there about opening a new brewery in Australia. They're recording all their conversations with brewery owners and professionals, sharing their learnings via a podcast to other aspiring brewery owners.
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In Pursuit of Hoppiness

Visit Sunshine Coast

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The Sunshine Coast is becoming synonymous with craft beer, so much so it’s now known as the Craft Beer Capital of Australia! In Pursuit of Hoppiness podcast is all about those breweries and the characters behind the beer, who they are, how they got started and why they chose the Sunshine Coast.
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Radio Brews News

Australian Brews News

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Radio Brews News focuses on the issues facing the Australian brewing business and discusses them with the people shaping the industry. Every Tuesday, hear an interview with a leader in the brewing industry and every Thursday, hear the Brews News team discuss the news of the week.
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The Football Shed

Football Shed Productions

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The Football Shed is a podcast for football fans that live in the wrong time zone. Jeff, Jon and Roge take to their mics to talk news, recaps and insightful analysis. But they also bring the wild speculation, passionate subjectivity and plenty of talking shit about the sport we all love. These three long-time friends know their football. So, what if they get side-tracked every now and then by craft beer and $5 Aldi wine? It’s just like any chat with your football-mad mates down the pub. It’s ...
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The Do Landers

The Do Landers

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These are the inspiring stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary stuff... How do you do? Your hosts Nik Devidas and Blake Collins interview some of the world's most inspiring Doers, from sporting heroes, to entertainers and artists, best selling authors, entrepreneurs, experts in business and unpack how these amazing people do what they do. The Doers explain how they lean into discomfort, deal with failure and setbacks, conquer the dreaded Imposter Syndrome and put their heads down to ...
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Non-Alcoholic Drinks Podcast

Jonathan Lambrianidis

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Looking for the latest and greatest non-alcoholic drinks? Maybe you're looking for stories from people behind the drinks? Hi, I'm Jonathan Lambrinaidis and I'm here to help. The Non-Alcoholic Drinks Podcast along with tipplezero.com is your guide for all things great-tasting non alcoholic beer, wine and spirit options. I'll be bringing you reviews, news and interviews that will help take the guesswork out of finding a new favourite drink!
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It's the second part of our interview with Emile from Vertere Brewing in Japan and we kick off our discussion tasting an amazing pastry stout. You can grab it and the beers we discussed in the previous episode from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/vertere-brewery-jpn-mixed-4-pack or you can head in to Bench…
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“Incredible. Sticky, glistening, super-intense resin and fruit goodness…” In partnership with HPA, Australia's leading hop grower, we've created a series of podcast episodes – an Aussie Hop Series – looking closely at some of the country's most recognised and impactful hop varieties. Over the course of the series, we're speaking with leading brewer…
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In the aftermath of the tariffs against Canada from the US, a lot of amazing things have happened, including some fantastic locally-focused developments in the craft beer world. Josh McJannett of Dominion City joined Cee and Nate to chat about their amazing concept, Glorious & Free, how the beer itself works, their hopes for the project, who can jo…
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"I got the feedback and it was brutal. But I didn’t get upset; I just took it on the chin." Who better to feature on the podcast the week after the country's biggest beer awards than the man whose beers have won more trophies in recent years than any other? Moffat Beach Brewing Co might have had to make do with a clutch of gold, silver and bronze m…
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It's a huge episode today as Evin from Bright Brewery joins us to preview this year's Darker Days Festival and then it's the second part of our convesation with Jade from Adelaide's Wheatsheaf Hotel & Brewery. Evin not only gives us a special code word for a discount on this year's ticket for Darker Days but he whets our appetites for this year's f…
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"It's like the most amazing team player of all time." In partnership with HPA, Australia's leading hop grower, we've created a series of podcast episodes - an Aussie Hop Series - looking closely at some of the country's most recognised and impactful hop varieties. We'll be speaking with leading brewers from across Australia and abroad, as well as e…
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There’s a special edition of The Crafty Pint Podcast this week as we come to you from the Australian International Beer Awards. The country’s biggest annual beer competition, which is now into its fourth decade, took place at the Melbourne Showgrounds on May 15, where hundreds gathered to see which beers and brewers would be heading home laden with…
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Beer bars are one of the most important, and arguably underrated, elements of any thriving craft beer scene, and none have made an impact like Kitchener, ON's Arabella Park. Co-Owner Ben Metcalf joined Cee and Nate to talk about the famous big, blue wall at the bar, their approach to their menu, the value of farmhouse beers, the incredible approach…
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In partnership with HPA, Australia's leading hop grower, we're delighted to publish a series of podcast episodes - an Aussie Hop Series - looking closely at some of the country's most recognised and impactful hop varieties. We'll be speaking with leading brewers from across Australia and abroad, as well as experts from HPA, discussing their experie…
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This week we venture to Okutama in Japan to meet Emile Leblanc from Vertere brewing to taste a truly exceptional line up of beers and to hear all about his journey in brewing. You don't have to book a flight if you want to taste these beers though - they're available from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/ve…
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Ahhhhhh the French champagne!!! No, I don’t have to do an Orson Welles bit, and we didn’t even talk about the guy this week, but I had been watching those outtakes from the Paul Merson wine ads. They are great, you should check them out. Today is our last show for a few weeks, so we ran the gamut of all the things our fans love - kickass lagers fro…
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We’re joined this episode by James Brindley and Anubha Sahasrabuddheof brewer Lion Australia. After his previous 28-year stint with Lion finished in 2021, James surprised the industry when he announced his return as managing director in May 2024, under a somewhat unorthodox arrangement where he would share the leadership with Anubha. With a backgro…
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"There's so much more than just drinking a beer. It's about the environment, the culture, and sharing it with friends." Most people in their very early 30s are probably just about working out what they want to do with their lives. In Steph Howard's case, she's already off to start a new career having left an indelible mark on the beer industry on b…
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What is it like being in a game where you are losing 79-0, or it ends 100-12? What’s it like being in the AF1, your floundering sponsorship from the Hulkster holding you hostage, forcing you to watch your team get obliterated by a QB who completes 10 passes, 7 for touchdowns, for a robust 110 yards? Do you look at everything that led you to this mo…
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“People attract people. It’s that simple. Nobody wants to sit in an empty room.” If you've visited The Lincoln – a 171-years-and-counting-old corner pub on the edge of Melbourne's CBD – at any point in the past decade, there's a good chance you'll have enjoyed the experience. After all, as we like to put it: they do everything excellently, all the …
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Yeast is arguably the most important ingredient in beer, and it's usually the least recognized, so we brought in the experts to chat about it. Richard and Nate, Co-Founders of Ontario's premier yeast establishment, Escarpment Labs, joined Cee and Nate to get hyper nerdy about yeast and what it exactly is, how yeast is created and how it interacts w…
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It's a special treat as we are joined by Jade Flavell from Adelaide's Wheatsheaf Hotel to hear all about her amazing journey running the venue and brewing some truly amazing beers. We are all sold out on beers for this tasting session but you can always visit the Wheaty to grab some great takeaway brews or find the tasting packs for our upcoming se…
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What if there were a super league for the NCAA Tournament? Like, they took 8 teams that were just too good for the real thing and faced them off against each other. That would rock, and we did that today on the Beer Engine Pod. Also, we took down the dead pope and absolutely did not make it political! I made a live bet on the Nuggets. And some of o…
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"The nature of our brewery definitely comes across in our beers. I like to think of our brewhouse and fermenters as the terroir." Bruny Island is quite unlike anywhere else in Australia and, fittingly, Bruny Island Beer Co is a truly unique operation too. The brewery's story began in 2003 when Nick Haddow founded Bruny Island Cheese Co; in the year…
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The man who is fighting for his spot for the most guest appearances on BAOS is back to defend his title from Shehan De Silva. Derrick Robertson of Montreal's BreWskey jumped on the pod with Cee and Nate for a deep dive into his thoughts on the various new hop products and the different uses for them (like Hyperboost vs Dynaboost), the American tari…
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Greetings fellow pizza eaters and beer drinkers. Ah, mine pizza needeth 10 more minutes! Shan’t we enjoy a flagon of ale to cure our ails? Thine titular ethos are becoming quite the pedant in thine pantaloons! (Is that something?) This week - some basketball had to be recapped as some of the basketball teams of great engines of the Beer Episode pas…
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One of the standout sessions at the recent Australian Distillers Association conference was presented by Dr Marlize Becker of the University of Queensland and Luke Farrelly of Canefields Distillery on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Luke is a fourth-generation cane farmer who wanted to carry on the family tradition and decided rum was the most logical…
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"A lot of customers are very concerned about their carbon footprint." For all the challenges faced by the beer industry, it’s one that continues to forge ahead in many areas, not least when it comes to sustainability. Whether the focus is powering breweries, recycling or reusing ingredients, supporting organic and regenerative farming practices, or…
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It's always a pleasure to give flowers to the OG breweries as they paved the way for the industry we all know and love today, so we were stoked to finally get the folks from Steam Whistle (and Beau's) on the pod. President Bromlyn Bethune and Brewmaster Erica McOustra joined Cee and Nate to chat about the Steam Whistle story, why they continue to d…
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We first spoke to Andrew from Hilltop Hops Farm back in Episode 8, when he and his business partner Steve, had a small hop farm in Hemmant, on Brisbane's bayside.Since then, Hilltop have moved off the hill top, and expanded their hop farm to a new site in Cleveland, with even more room for growing hops! We chat about the expansion, and how things a…
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It's a packed episode and we dive straight into things with Tom Madden from Ballarat's Obsidian Beer Festival giving us a sneak peek at what we can look forward to in the 2025 edition. You can grab your tickets for the festival here: https://hullabalooevents.com.au/obsidian-dark-beer-fest and don't forget to follow their socials for more announceme…
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Gavin from Slipstream Brewing in Yeerongpilly, takes us for an awesome tour around this brewery that has expanded a huge amount in the past few years. From the brewery floor, to the trophy shelf (featuring an award from ABV!), and out back to the huge storage shed full of cans and barrels of beer ageing away, this was a very cool insight into this …
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Well, I'll be! That is one extremely low rated beer by the Miller Brewing Company. Congrats! Today we talked about Tony’s time at GABS, how to order food for takeout for the future and Australian triple doublers. Griff is back on the pastry stouts and Michael's Pizza, it's like 2018 all over again on this show! Then there is this week's bracket, wh…
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"Balance is key for me in beer. I really love when a brewer can execute the balance between malt, hops and yeast." Dave Macgill is a brewer whose name will be well known to many in all parts of the Australian beer industry. For many years, he was head brewer at Tasmania’s Moo Brew, just one of three people to hold the reins at the pioneering brewer…
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this humble craft beer podcast, we're doing something we've never done before: throwing a beer festival. It's quite the story how it all came about, so we brought in our partner on the project, Erica Campbell, Sales Manager of Blood Brothers Brewing and Co-Founder of the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies, to chat …
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Looks like the Beer Engine Pod wasn't the only ones out there doing a bracket. The fine City of Chicago and their elusive Mayor have selected their favorite pizza place and it is the Pizza Group's most beloved spot. You'll just have to listen to find out. Anyways we also had some beers this week, Griff went psycho mode on Beers of the Week and a fu…
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In an industry with no shortage of hop lovers, Tom Shellhammer’s interest in the wondrous plant goes further than most. The Professor of Fermentation Science at Oregon State University is an internationally-recognised expert in hop chemistry who frequently travels the globe to provide his insights into all things hops. Indeed, as this podcast goes …
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One of our favourite beer scenes on the planet is the glorious state of North Carolina, and this past winter, we were lucky enough to visit twice. On the way down to Florida, we swung by Raleigh, NC, and our first stop was Funguys Brewing, an innovation-driven spot that came highly recommended by friend of the show, Will Cleveland. Cee hung out wit…
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It's the first of two episodes with Cornella Brewery and luckily Warren Wu is back in the Coolroom to help out with tricky questions about wineries and terpenes! Matt and Spencer take us on a guided tour of some of their best beers while telling us all of the stories behind them - you can buy a tasting pack of the beers we discuss with them here: h…
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On March 21, 2025, The Crafty Pint team MC'd and recorded The High Country Hop Technical Symposium in Beechworth. Over the coming months, we'll share some of the presentations and panels from the day outside of our usual podcast schedule. First up: the team from the Independent Brewers Association, whose keynote presentation contains plenty of eye-…
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The bracket contest is BACK! Everyone’s favorite segment returns at the end of this show. The well is stocked with magazines and toys and Tony is doing his “very best” to keep out of there as he has to guess which is better: Michelob Golden Ultra Light Gold Bock, or Natty Daddy ICE Baddie? Good luck binch! Anyways, Tony and I spent way too much tim…
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We’re joined this episode by Steve Magarry and Jonny Croft of Sydney Rum Distillery, which has just unveiled its new home in the former Oak milk factory in Muswellbrook. Now, that is of course a few hours north of Sydney, in the Upper Hunter Valley to be precise. In fact, the historic Oak site was most recently utilised as a winery. But the selecti…
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“Any job where it’s reasonable for you to have a beer in your hand when you’re doing it is a pretty good deal.” Those words could be spoken at any brewery opening; in this case, however, they come courtesy of Crafty podcast guest Matt Stewart. Matt is a Melbourne-based comedian, podcast host, and history-travel-beer guide known as The Beer Pioneer.…
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Back in November of 2024, Cee and Tiff held a session at the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference with Jonathan Barraball of Royal City and Ram McAllister of Fairweather Brewing in Hamilton, ON. It was titled "How To Market Your Craft Brewery Using Social Media in 2025", and it felt like it could be a valuable session to recreate for the podcast. They …
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It's a packed show as Evin Craney returns to the Coolroom to discuss his role as Chair of the Australia's Independent Brewers Association and Jonathon and Leo from Westside Ale Works wrap up their tasting with a delicious Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout. You can grab the stout as well as the other Westside beers that we discussed in our previous episode …
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Fred Siggins is a Melbourne-based spirits writer with more than 20 years of experience in the drinks and hospitality industries. He joins us to discuss what I think is a fairly momentous development. Halliday Wine Companion, the definitive guide to Australian wine for almost 40 years, is expanding its remit to include spirits. Launching in April 20…
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There's been a lot of change in and around Melbourne's Westside Ale Works lately and we get to explore it all in this episode with Jonathon and Leo. You can buy all the beers we discuss in our episode here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/westside-ale-works-mixed-6-pack We last had Westside on back on Episode 103 with Casey but …
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In early March, The Crafty Pint headed to Hobart for the 38th Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers Asia Pacific Convention. The event brings together brewers, distillers and suppliers from all over the globe for several days of technical presentations and networking with the aim of improving standards and education for technical brewers an…
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Welcome to a special news edition of Drinks Adventures as we unpack Lark Distilling’s half yearly results. This time last year, Lark Distilling CEO Satya Sharma joined us on the podcast for a full-length interview, which I strongly recommend you listen to if you haven’t already. Twelve months on and Lark appears to making strong progress against th…
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I’m only giving it that title so we can catch some of those beautiful viral downloads. We need them! We kicked off our new segment today, as promised, with the AF1 Update of the Week. Another banger as usual where I had no idea where anyone was and we did a word count check and a BET. Also some amazing St. Patrick’s Day content, the return of U*tra…
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