Ale of a Time

The second part of Beervana 2015 is an interview with Martin Townshend of Townshend's Brewery (NZ) and Jacob Leonard from Breakside Brewery (US). The former being based in a very isolated part of NZ, which is in itself an isolated part of the world; while the latter is based right in the centre of modern craft brewing, Portland. Two very different breweries but both share great beer in common.

http://townshendbrewery.co.nz/

http://www.breakside.com

Recorded at Beervana 2015,Luke is joined by Phil Cook and George Langlands from the Beerdiary Podcast.This is somewhat of a recap of the last 12 months of Australia and NZ beer and the relationship between the two. We unpack legal stoushes, Australian beer in NZ, NZ beer in Australia, Garage Project, Stone and Wood, Harringtons, North End... and many many more.

Luke and Dave catch up on some news and talk all things Australian IPA, golden ales and gateway beers. Some interesting recommendations and beers too. Plus some terrible jokes and all that sort of thing. The usual stuff. Full show notes:http://aleofatime.com/

Our last episode from Good Beer Week 2015, Luke visited the Craft Beer Industry Association annual confderence and spoke to Steve Hindy, founder of Brooklyn Brewing; and Peta Fielding, chair of the CBIA. With Steve Italked parallels between the USA in the 90s and the industry here in Australia now; while with Peta I found out what exactly the CBIA do – something most consumers probably aren’t aware of.Additionally we discussed Peta’s day job as part of the husband and wife team behind Burleigh Brewing.

You can find the CBIA website here:

http://www.australiancraftbeer.org.au/

Info on the Craft Beer Awards:

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=efc68a34ee82c833224e6e5b8&id=02ab6724f9

And the East Coast Brewers Union IPA:

http://craftypint.com/beer/3528/east-coast-brewers-union-exile-ipa

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https://www.facebook.com/AleofaTime

https://twitter.com/aleofatime

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During Good Beer Week we spoke toSøren from 8 Wired (NZ) about what they are up to in the new brewery, and discussed their barrels, yeast, old beers, wild and sour beers, and collaborations. A little bit of chat about San Diego breweries as well. Also some discussion of upcoming Good Beer Weeks that happened two months ago...

You can find 8 Wired here:

http://8wired.co.nz/

During Good Beer Week, we spoke to Filip from Rodenbach. One of three master brewers at Rodenbach, Filip is well known for being behind their renowned Caractère Rouge. http://aleofatime.com/

This episode is just the two of us gabbing about GABS, Good Beer Week, San Diego and all sorts of other beer stuff. Find out why we loved GABS, what we got up to in Good Beer Week and get Dave's tips on some US beers you may not have heard of... or have heard of but want to hear about them again. Full show notes:http://aleofatime.com/

Recorded live on tape from the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular 2015 (Melbourne) we spoke to DJ from Modus Operandi, a couple of GABS rookies, two of our good friends (including Adrian from the Sessionable Podcast) and finally Jade from the Wheatsheaf Hotel and Wheaty Brewing Corp in Adelaide. Full show notes:http://aleofatime.com/

This week (well a week or so ago...) Dave spoke with Guy Greenstone from the Local Taphouse St Kilda/Darlinghurst about their upcoming Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular events in Melbourne and Sydney (2015). Dave got a preview of what attendees should expect, as well as some insight into how the festival is run and put together.

No show notes for this one. Just go find all the information here:

http://www.gabsfestival.com.au/

This week we spoke to Annabel from new Melbourne brewery (well contract for now, with brewery to come) Himmel Hund. Their new wit is on the market now and despite their German name, it's Belgian style. We learn about how Annabel came to be brewing at a start up brewery and what their plans are for the future. Also some news, some views, and some brews (ugh