Episode 4 – Show Notes 

In an almost unbelievable turn of events, Dylan & I have got the podcast up on time again! As regular readers would be aware punctuality and deadlines aren’t exactly a strong suit at Beer O’Clock Australia.

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.

We recorded this episode not that long after the last one, so the news segment was a little shorter than in some previous episodes. Despite that we ran well over time – as we got sidetracked a couple of times. There were no new segments this month but we did manage to fit a lot into the episode. Hope you enjoy it guys!


 Show Notes

News Items (0:30)

  • Boatrocker’s New Can Releases
  • Molly Rose’s new home in Collingwood
  • Fermentum’s new venture: Forest For The Trees
  • Flagged shortfall in Malt
  • Great Barrier Beer 2.0
  • Stomping Ground Movember Donation
  • Garage Project – New Hop Development
Scouting Report (8:36)

  • Brendale Brewing Co.
    • 2/62 Kremzow Rd, Brendale, QLD, 4500
What We’re Brewing (11:37)
    • ESB 
    • Maris Otter, Two-Row, Dark Crystal, Light Crystal, Belgian Biscuit Malt
    • 5.3-5.5%
    • EKG, Fuggles
    • Batch split 4 ways; Staight, Barossa Shiraz Oak Chips, Johnnie Walker Double Black Oak Chips, Raspberry & Cherry (replacing the Tea discussed) 
Matilda Bay Redback Original – A Tribute (14:58)
  • Firstly a huge thanks to listener Tim who sent these in for us.
    • Redback is a Kristallweizen that is over 30 years old!
    • This beer should be more widely available & respected.
    • AIBA Grand Champion Beer in 1993.
  • This merged into quite an interesting wider discussion on Matilda Bay and its history/downfall
What We’re Drinking (28:34)
    • May Day Hills Tasting
      • Beer Deluxe Event – $30
      • 7 Beers with matching canapes
        • Apple, Yuzu, Sour Amber, Grape, Breakfast, Elderflower, Jam
    • James Squire The Wreck Preservation
      • 200 year old yeast reportedly cultured from a ship wreck
    • Carwyn NYC Cold Freight Showcase
      • Cold Freighted NEIPA Tasting
      • Finback, Interboro, Sand City, LIC Beer Project, Equilibrium
        • Equilibrium Straight Out of the Laboratory
    • Chur/Behemoth Hop Diggity Dog
      • Best New World NEIPA that I’ve ever had!
      • 100% Citra Hops
    • Pike’s Choc Hazelnut Porter

      Desert Island 6-pack (45:34)

      • Australian Brewed IPA’s.
        • Straight IPA
          • No Red, Black, White, Brown IPA’s etc. 
        • 4.0-7.5% ABV
        • No Fruit
      • There were NO cross overs this month!
      • Dylan’s individuals;
          • Modus Operandi Sonic Prayer, Mornington Peninsula IPA, Pirate Life IPA, Mountain Goat The Zymurgist, Bruny Island Cloudy Bay IPA, Kaiju Robohop    
      • Noz’s individuals;
          • Fixation IPA, Hawkers West Coast IPA, Feral War Hog, Pirate Life Mosaic IPA, Moon Dog Sun Cat, BrewBoys Hoppapotamus  
      • Honourable Mentions
          • Noisy Minor ANZUS, Feral Hop Hog, Green Beacon Scrimshaw, Hop Nation The Chop, Big Shed Fresh Hop Californicator, Fixation Obsession, Brewcult Thanks Captain Obvious
      Noz’s Cellar (1:08:23)
      • Rulles La Grande 10 (2013)
        • Their 10th Anniversary beer, which has been rebrewed multiple times
        • Belgian Strong Golden Ale – 10%
        • Bought in Belgium and lovingly cellared since 2015. 
      So there we have it guys, we may have gone a little over time but (I think at least) it was was areally good episode. As usual flick any questions, comments, suggestions etc. through to gus.norris7@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. In the meantime there will be a few new posts up on the blog in the coming days so stay tuned!

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