The Cool Room

169 - Reckless Brewing

Davydd is joined by Grace and Jarrod from Bathurst's Reckless Brewing for a chat about their amazing journey in beer and the super tasty things they pour!

You can grab a tasting pack of 7 great Reckless Beers from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/reckless-7-pack

We hear how Grace ended up on a 40 hec brewing system less than a week after she started out, and of the different things she learned at the breweries she was with before starting Reckless. She tells us what it was like to be a woman starting out in the beer industry and what ingredients bring her happiness.

Jarrod recalls how he "undiscovered" an island and Davydd becomes far far too interested in submarines, and the merits of summer stouts are debated!

168 - Range Brewing

Davydd and Warren are joined by Gerard and Matt from Range Brewing for a chat about their rise to brewing stardom!

You can buy the tasting pack which accompanies this podcast from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/range-brewing-5-pack

We hear about their love of lagers and the time in England that started their love of the style as well as their famous IPAs.

We learn about the differences in what Melbourne beer drinkers look for [hint it's stout in summer] and their efforts to perfect non-alcohol beers.

And ChatGPT threatens to make our hosts redundant!

 

167 - Seven Mile Brewing

Warren and Davydd are joined by Matt Wilson, founder and head brewer at Seven Mile Brewing to chat about his brewing journey and the amazing beers that he produces!

A small number of tasting packs featuring the beers discussed are still available from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/seven-mile-7-pack

We hear all about why he and his father decided to start the business, his journey from home brewing to pro and all about his love of WCIPAs.

Warren distracts himself with chatter about beaches and Davydd wants t-shirts about Ballina airport...

166- DSSOLVR [US]

Davydd is joined by Vince from North Carolina's DSSOLVR Brewery to taste some of their amazing beers and to hear all the secret stories behind them.

This episode contains a special code that will get you free delivery when you purchase these beers for delivery from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/dssolvr-4-pack

We discover how a love of home brewing led to him leaving the world of IT and to heading up his own brewery and discuss all things hops as the first 2 beers on the tasting line up contain 9 hops between them.

What role did Australia's Mountain Culture have in his yeast foraging, is there really a renaissance of West Coast IPAs and is this the first AI created beer label we've had on the show?

165 - Ocean Reach

Davydd is joined by Simon from Ocean Reach to hear all about his fantastic beers and his journey from home brewer to owner of one of Victoria's favourite breweries.

A very limited number of tasting packs containing the beers discussed in this episode is still available in our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/ocean-reach-9-pack

We hear all about his favourite [and least favourite] toys in the brewery, new techniques he's experimenting with and which styles are his favourites to brew and drink.

And Davydd gets more than a little distracted by penguins...

164 - Hawkers

It finally happened! Mazen Hajjar welcomes the Coolroom to Hawkers for a live show with plenty of great stories about his journey in brewing.

We hear all about his first adventures in brewing back in Lebanon and what led him to set up in Melbourne. We get to taste 6 of his great beers and hear all about the team that makes them reality.

What are the "things he said he'd never do" that he's gone on to do, and why does he still check the ratings of his beers?

Davydd goes off script and starts drinking hazies as Mazen explains the virtues of stouts for the Australian summer.

Oh and you want scoops? We got scoops! Listen in to find out what's currently ageing in Hawkers barrels and upcoming explorations of terroir!

163 - Moffat Beach

For our final podcast release of 2022 Davydd is joined by Matt Wilson, founder/owner and head brewer at Moffat Beach.

We hear all about the rapid rise of one of Australia's most exciting breweries with all of the excitement and challenges that such a rise brings, particularly during COVID.

We learn about Matt's varied career before he moved into hospitality, what each of his previous jobs taught him, and how those lessons helped him transition from keen home brewer to a professional with 2 facilities!

Matt explains why entering brewing competitions was an important part of his development and all about the other great breweries on the sunshine coast!

162 - Willy Beer Fest 3 - Blackmans, Bonehead & Sobremesa

In the third of our three episodes from the Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival [make sure you get along there next year!] we are joined by Blackmans, Bonehead and Sobremesa.

Luke from Blackmans shares his boundless enthusiasm for introducing new people to craft beer and also the  City of Geelong that inspires their new Pivot City Lager. Can we declare 2022 to finally be the Year of the Lager? And just which of the many quotes he comes up with would make the best t-shirt?

Then even though we were supposed to be packing up Anthony from Bonehead drops past bringing Casey who brings not just Bonehead stories but also insights into his own venture Sobremesa. 

We hear about his journey from wine-making to craft beer and which of the skills are transferrable and which would horrify his winemaking family. We learn about some huge awards he's recently one and all about the first ever core range beer from Sobremesa.

As this was an outside broadcast the audio is not of the high quality we normally aim for but we trust you'll forgive us given the great stories on the show!

161 - Young Henrys

Warren and Davydd are joined by Richard Adamson, co-founder of legendary Sydney brewery Young Henrys! 

We learn all about his personal development as a brewer and then the giant leap to setting up a brewery that has gone from a one suburb operation to sharing great beers around the country.

We have a detailed [but fun!] discussion about local government planning issues, get an insight into their many collaborations, and hear all about their distilling business too!

Which beer have they had in barrels for 10 years and just why were there two goats in their coolroom???

160 - Willy Beer Fest 2 - Coconspirators, Urban Alley & Clifton Hill Brewpub

It's the second of our three episodes featuring interviews from the Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival and again a big thanks to Shane and the team for bringing us along that day!

Davydd chats with Jacqui from Coconspirators about the brewery's birthday plans and the new core range beers before Clint from Pocket Beagles predictably crashes the party and starts talking can designs and the time that he had his shorts ripped off him at a beer festival.

Urban Alley introduce their brewery and a fun line up of beers including the highest ranked Australian Aussie Pale Ale from the World Beer Awards - the first 2 Aussie Pales weren't even from Australia - prompting Davydd to threaten a letter writing campaign. We hear all about the roll out of their venues before getting sidetracked with trombone talk. 

And then we chat with the Clifton Hill Brewpub about the long and storied history of the venue and what it's like to transition from the world of home brewing into being a professional brewer!