Beer O'Clock Australia – Details, episodes & analysis

Due to weight restrictions we needed to get some beers drunk! So here are 3 new entries to the ranking of lagers.

BrewAsia Day 2 - 5 interviews, lots of beers, lots of chat. 

Interview from the BrewAsia Media Booth with Will Julius, Managing Director of Lion Brewery Co in Singapore. It’s a really enjoyable conversation where we discuss everything from brewing in and exporting to multiple countries as well as the possibility of a Durian beer.

Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast & for once it hasn't been a long time between drinks! If this is your first time listening to a Beer O'Clock Australia podcast, welcome! This episode we interrupt regular (or is that irregular...) programing to bring you an interview with Charles Guerrier of Brew Asia. Brew Asia is celebrating their 10th Anniversary in Singapore in October this year & Beer O'Clock Australia will once again be on the ground. If you would like to join us, you can still register for the conference and find out all the details at: https://www.brew-asia.com/

Show Notes

Interview with Charles Guerrier, Managing Director of Brew Asia.

Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck! Please let us know if you're coming to Brew Asia and want to have a chat!

Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!

Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.

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 This episode we cover, in true Beer O'Clock fashion, plenty of (very, very) outdated news, add two lagers to our master list & crack a cellar offering. 

Show Notes

Brew Asia Announcement (0:30)

3 Ravens X Mash Follow Up (2:10)

News (3:32)

• Good Beer Hunting on Indefinite Hiatus
• Dutch Trading Co Closing
• Brewski Also Closing
• Just Wines Buy Beer Cartel
• Guinness Become Premier League Sponsor
• Awards 
  • Perth Royal Beer
    • Finlay Brewing
    • Large: Rocky Ridge
    • Medium: Otherside
    • Small: Margaret River Beer Co
  • NZ Stout Challenge
    • Mount Brewing
• Brewery Openings
  • Convent Brewing, Rutherglen
  • The Mill - Bendigo Hotel
  • Hiker Take Over Black Hops East Brisbane
  • Great Ocean Road Take Over Sou' West
• Voluntary Administration Watch
  • Sou' West Liquidated
• Brewery Closure 
  • Alchemy Brunswick
  • East Bendigo 
  • Brew Barons
  • Derelict Brewing
  • Cascade (US) Brewing
  • AVNGE Brewing
  • Henry Street Brewing
• Brewery Sales
  • 4 Hearts bought by Stony Creek
  • Capital Brewing acquire Batlow Cider
• Tasting Paddle
  • Beer Farm International Ambitions (link)
  • West African grain Fonio 
  • IBA New Website (link)
  • Brewmanity Become Dees Beer Partner
  • Deeds site for sale for $12m
  • Heineken Silver Ad (link)

Ranking of Lagers (35:45)

• Kronenbourg 1664 from France
• Beerlao from Laos
• The new rankings are as follows:

1. 1. Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
   2. Tennent’s (Scotland)
   3. Carlsberg (Denmark)
   4. Quilmes (Argentina)
   5. Krombacher (Germany)
   6. Kingfisher (India)
   7. Angkor (Cambodia)
   8. Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
   9. Gullmack (Norway)
   10. Lvivske (Ukraine)
   11. Sapporo (Japan)
   12. Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
   13. Dreher (Hungary)
   14. Birra Moretti (Italy)
   15. Beerlao (Laos)
   16. Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
   17. Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
   18. Corona (Mexico)
   19. Steinlager (New Zealand)
   20. Windhoek (Namibia)
   21. Almaza (Lebanon)
   22. Heineken (Netherlands)
   23. Lion (Sri Lanka)
   24. Cisk (Malta)
   25. San Miguel (Philippines)
   26. Maccabee (Israel)
   27. Snow (China – Internal)
   28. Cantina (El Salvador)
   29. Lasko (Slovenia)
   30. 333 (Vietnam)
   31. Stella Artois (Belgium)
   32. Phoenix (Mauritius)
   33. Tusker (Kenya)
   34. Budweiser (USA – International)
   35. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
   36. Zywiec (Poland)
   37. Mythos (Greece)
   38. Tiger (Singapore)
   39. Karlovacko (Croatia)
   40. Efes (Turkey)
   41. Singha (Thailand)
   42. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
   43. Bintang (Indonesia)
   44. Toña (Nicaragua)
   45. Lav (Serbia)
   46. Sagres (Portugal)
   47. Vonu (Fiji)
   48. Star (Nigeria)
   49. Cusquena (Peru)
   50. Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
   51. Timisoreana (Romania)

Noz's Cellar (45:53)

• Boatrocker Lamjet
• 6.5% ABV
• Thumbs Up

Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck! Please let us know if you're coming to Brew Asia and want to have a chat!

Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!

Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.

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, very) outdated news, some stuff we've been drinking, add a lager to our master list & crack a cellar offering. It's about as quintessential as possible!

Show Notes

News (0:32)

• GABS Melbourne Is On The Move
• Grain & Grape (The Homebrew One) Is Closing
• Aussie Brewers at The Firestone Walker Invitational
• Bodriggy Become Carbon Neutral
• Accusation Against BrewDog (link)
• And For Balance: WE PRAISE JAMES WATT!
• Craft Beer on TV (ABC & Channel 9) (link)
• Awards 
  • World Beer Cup
    • Two Bays GOLD
    • Hop Nation Buzz BRONZE
    • A Bronze & a Silver for Garage Project
  • Untappd Community Awards
    • https://awards.untappd.com/
• Brewery Openings
  • Pirate Life South Melbourne
  • Brewmanity 
  • Fox Friday Perth
  • MoonDog Wild West
• Voluntary Administration Watch
  • Deeds Are In - And It's Real
  • Big Shed Are Out! 
  • 3 More In
    • Akasha
    • Black Hops
    • Grand Ridge
• Brewery Closure 
  • Brewicolo Closed
  • Howler Hospo Venue Closed
  • Hashigo Zake - Wellington's Craft Bar Is No More
• Brewery Sales
  • Good Drinks Trying To Sell Their Atomic Spinoff
  • Mighty Craft Have Sold Mismatch
  • 8 Wired is For Sale
• Tasting Paddle
  • 6 Pack Sales Data (link)
  • DB Voluntarily Add Nutritional Panel
  • Beer Can Sells for almost $100k

News Segment 2 (38:15) 

A (failed) attempt at timeliness!

• Deeds Is Gone!
• Black Hops Saved!
• Golden West Site Taken Over By FOUND
• Akasha Out of VA!
• Temple Brewing Closed
• AIBA Awards (link)

What We're Drinking (56:58)

• Modus/Ten Men Collaboration
• High Country Hops!
• Oishii World - Japanese Importer
• Banks Cali Pale & Citra Is Life
• Kwak
• Two Metre Tall Pumpkin Ale
• Small Gods Arms Race
• Stone & Wood Big Pale Ale
• Straffe Hendrik Tripel
• Reckless IPA

Ranking of Lagers (1:13:08)

• Krombacher from Germany
• The new rankings are as follows:

1. 1. Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
   2. Tennent’s (Scotland)
   3. Carlsberg (Denmark)
   4. Quilmes (Argentina)
   5. Krombacher (Germany)
   6. Kingfisher (India)
   7. Angkor (Cambodia)
   8. Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
   9. Gullmack (Norway)
   10. Lvivske (Ukraine)
   11. Sapporo (Japan)
   12. Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
   13. Dreher (Hungary)
   14. Birra Moretti (Italy)
   15. Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
   16. Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
   17. Corona (Mexico)
   18. Steinlager (New Zealand)
   19. Windhoek (Namibia)
   20. Almaza (Lebanon)
   21. Heineken (Netherlands)
   22. Lion (Sri Lanka)
   23. Cisk (Malta)
   24. San Miguel (Philippines)
   25. Maccabee (Israel)
   26. Snow (China – Internal)
   27. Cantina (El Salvador)
   28. Lasko (Slovenia)
   29. 333 (Vietnam)
   30. Stella Artois (Belgium)
   31. Phoenix (Mauritius)
   32. Tusker (Kenya)
   33. Budweiser (USA – International)
   34. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
   35. Zywiec (Poland)
   36. Mythos (Greece)
   37. Tiger (Singapore)
   38. Karlovacko (Croatia)
   39. Efes (Turkey)
   40. Singha (Thailand)
   41. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
   42. Bintang (Indonesia)
   43. Toña (Nicaragua)
   44. Lav (Serbia)
   45. Sagres (Portugal)
   46. Vonu (Fiji)
   47. Star (Nigeria)
   48. Cusquena (Peru)
   49. Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
   50. Timisoreana (Romania)

Noz's Cellar (1:19:40)

• Boatrocker Gaston
• 10.6% ABV
• Thumbs Up

Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!

Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!

Welcome back to the Beer O'Clock podcast, it's been a long, long time between drinks! It feels like every month I'm apologizing for how hectic it's been around here - but maybe that is just the new normal... With any luck this is the first of a few episodes that we get out roughly a month or so apart.

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, very) outdated news, some stuff we've been drinking, add a lager to our master list & crack a cellar offering. It's about as quintessential as possible!

Show Notes

News (2:18)

• Brews News Is No More
• Beer & Brewer Moving Away from Print
• Pint of Origin Dates Announced
  • May 10-19th
• Mountain Culture Status Quo Takes Out The Hottest 100
• Wildflower Hosting Zwanze Day
• Duvel Ransomwared & Shut Down
• Two Men Brewing (Ukraine) Launch Fundraising Collab w Modus Operandi
• Awards (12:40)
  • Royal Queensland Beer Awards
• Brewery Openings
  • Matso's Eumundi
• Voluntary Administration Watch
  • Wayward Went In & Came Out
  • Hawkers Went In & Came Out
  • Big Shed In
  • Golden West In
• Brewery Closure 
  • Bracket Being Moved From Their Existing Site
  • Wild Life (Shepparton) Closing After 5 Years
• Brewery Sales
  • Willie The Boatman Sell To Powder Monkey

Ranking of Lagers (25:31)

• 2 this month
• Angkor from Cambodia
• Star from Nigeria
• The new rankings are as follows:

1. 1. Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic)
   2. Tennent’s (Scotland)
   3. Carlsberg (Denmark)
   4. Quilmes (Argentina)
   5. Kingfisher (India)
   6. Angkor (Cambodia)
   7. Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria)
   8. Gullmack (Norway)
   9. Lvivske (Ukraine)
   10. Sapporo (Japan)
   11. Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
   12. Dreher (Hungary)
   13. Birra Moretti (Italy)
   14. Nektar (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
   15. Bud Light (USA – Domestic)
   16. Corona (Mexico)
   17. Steinlager (New Zealand)
   18. Windhoek (Namibia)
   19. Almaza (Lebanon)
   20. Heineken (Netherlands)
   21. Lion (Sri Lanka)
   22. Cisk (Malta)
   23. San Miguel (Philippines)
   24. Maccabee (Israel)
   25. Snow (China – Internal)
   26. Cantina (El Salvador)
   27. Lasko (Slovenia)
   28. 333 (Vietnam)
   29. Stella Artois (Belgium)
   30. Phoenix (Mauritius)
   31. Tusker (Kenya)
   32. Budweiser (USA – International)
   33. Skopsko (North Macedonia)
   34. Zywiec (Poland)
   35. Mythos (Greece)
   36. Tiger (Singapore)
   37. Karlovacko (Croatia)
   38. Efes (Turkey)
   39. Singha (Thailand)
   40. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
   41. Bintang (Indonesia)
   42. Toña (Nicaragua)
   43. Lav (Serbia)
   44. Sagres (Portugal)
   45. Vonu (Fiji)
   46. Star (Nigeria)
   47. Cusquena (Peru)
   48. Pabst Blue Ribbon (Contract)
   49. Timisoreana (Romania)

What We're Drinking (36:54)

• Kai El
• Gales
• Smiley
• 3806
• Two Rupees
• Fox Friday Richmond
• Banks Worth The Wait
• Hawkers OG IPA 

Noz's Cellar (53:39)

• Cantillon Sang Bleu
• 6% ABV
• Thumbs Up

Thanks again for listening guys. Please like, subscribe, review us on your podcast platform of choice - everything helps more people find the show. As usual; questions, comments, suggestions or general statements to angus@beeroclockaustralia.com or dylan@beeroclockaustralia.com & we'll be back soon, with any luck!

Remember it's always Beer O'Clock somewhere in the world!

Show Notes

We know how some of you feel about this subject, so we've dedicated it a whole podcast! Those who hate the Hottest 100 move on, the rest of you; enjoy!

Thanks to Smiley Brewing, 3806 Brewing & Two Rupees for having us throughout the day!

Intro & Predictions (0:00)

100 - 91 (10:44)

90 - 81 (14:06)

80 - 71 (16:46)

70 - 61 (19:44)

60 - 51 (21:48)

50 - 41 (24:43)

40 - 31 (28:00)

30 - 21 (31:42)

20 - 11 (34:21)

Top 10 (37:56)

Winner (46:01)

Review (49:15)

Full Show Notes to follow - but thought we needed to get this out for the long Xmas/Summer Holiday drives. Apologies to any wives/girlfriends being forced to listen to the 2hrs+ of drunken rambling!

First show for a long time! Full show notes to follow.