Episode 11 – Show Notes 

It was inevitable, but we finally fell off the wagon and missed a month. So naturally we missed two & a half… In any case we’re back with a big show for you! A few changes to note – we now have a Facebook page where you can interact with us & get timelier answers than via email. We also, at the behest of Apple Podcasts, are now having to give our episodes names; so if you have any ideas on how we should name them we’d love to hear the feedback.

We’re going to rotate some segments in and out, especially early on while we get into the swing of things – so if there is anything you love or hate, please let us know! The idea at the moment is that the podcast will be (roughly) monthly, and we’ll try and keep that pretty regular – at least more so than I’ve kept the blog up to date recently… Basically every month 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 month we discuss we discuss beer news both recent & quite a bit older, due to our longer than usual break. We attempt to slot beers from the Philippines, Argentina & Jamaica into our Ranking of Lagers, before talking about some of the reasons why there was such a long break between podcast episodes including my trip to Hawaii & our respective trips to the Victorian High Country. As usual we hope you enjoy the show!


 Show Notes

News Items (1:16)

  • Green Beacon sell to Asahi
  • Independent Brands Australia become an ABAC Signatory
  • Beer Cartel Survey results
  • Phil Sexton returns to Matilda Bay – new brewery to open in Healesville
  • Lion to launch a Hard Seltzer
  • Aether Brewery founders to split
  • The Tasting Paddle – Quick News Segment
    • MoonDog World
    • Sailors Grave @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Tokyo
    • Tinnies win World Beer Awards Medal
    • Pirate Life Perth Brewpub
    • Liberty Brewing Cleanup at NZ Beer Awards
Ranking of Lagers (20:47)

  • This week we had to slot in San Miguel (Philippines), Quilmes (Argentina) & Red Stripe (Jamaica)
  • 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. Sapporo (Japan)
    8. Corona (Mexico)
    9. Heineken (Netherlands)
    10. San Miguel (Philippines)
    11. Tusker (Kenya)
    12. Tiger (Singapore)
    13. Red Stripe (Jamaica)
    14. Vonu (Fiji)
    15. Cusquena (Peru)
    What We’re Drinking (33:56)
    • Hawaii Trip
      • Maui, Honolulu Beerworks, Waikiki, Lanikai, Inu Island
      • Village Bottle Shop
    • High Country
      • Byramine Homestead, Buffalo, Rutherglen, Billson’s, Bridge Road, Bright, Malt Shed
      Noz’s Cellar (54:13)
      • Maui Black Pearl (2019)
        • Rum, Bourbon & Brandy Barrel Aged with Coconut
        • Imperial Porter
        • 12% ABV
        • Cellared since August 2019
        • Thumbs Up
      There we have it for another episode of the Beer O’Clock Australia Podcast. As usual you can hit me up at gus.norris7@gmail.com or at our new Facebook page, if you have any questions or feedback. We deliberately kept this episode relatively free of Year of the Local stuff as we’ve got a special episode that is recorded but yet to be released, so keep us in your podcast feed for that! Until next time…

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