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The Crafty Pint Podcast
The Crafty Pint is the home of craft beer in Australia.
The online magazine and resource has been crafting beer's best stories since 2010 and, in July 2024, launched The Crafty Pint Podcast.
Hosted by the editorial team behind Australia's leading craft beer media publication, the show features curated discussion of industry news, as well as an ever-changing lineup of guests sharing perspectives from all corners of the craft beer world.
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Episodes
The Crafty Pint PodcastEpisode 120: The Crafty Commonwealth of Jervis Bay Brewing
"We're always looking for improvement; I don't think you can ever learn enough." On a road trip through New South Wales at the start of 2026, we’d hoped to…
The Crafty Pint PodcastThe Crafty Pint Podcast: Community Heroics | Sailing On | Festive Cheer
On this episode of The Crafty Pint Podcast, Will’s joined as co-host by Luke McCarthy, editor of our fledgling sibling publication, The Full Measure. It’s a…
The Crafty Pint PodcastThe Crafty Pint Podcast: Gourmet Grains | Lessons Learned
“If you don’t want to fail, then don’t do anything.” We've swapped the somewhat risky task of recording our weekly news show from the stage at an awards night…
The Crafty Pint PodcastEpisode 119: Behind The Scenes At Grainstock 2026
We’re back at Grainstock for another special edition of The Crafty Pint Podcast, featuring a lineup of guests offering a cross-section of the topics covered at…
The Crafty Pint PodcastThe Crafty Pint Podcast: The Beer Championships 2026 | Blackman's | Black Hops | Geelong Expansions
"It should feel fun, it should feel celebratory, we should all feel a part of it." Welcome to a special edition of our Weekly News show, recorded onstage at…
The Crafty Pint PodcastMazen Hajjar | Independence | Beer Travel | Birthdays
"When I first moved to Australia, I felt Australian beer was so far behind... I think we're at least on par with the US right now." When we switched The Crafty…
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Be Brave: The Art of Beer & Food Pairing
“The freedom in beer pairing is much, much bigger than with wine.” Rob and Bronwyn Kabboord have been responsible for some of the most enjoyable – and often…
The Crafty Pint PodcastNew Beginnings, Italian Adventures & Trans-Pacific Collabs
It’s all change at The Crafty Pint Podcast. Well, if not all change, then certainly a fair bit of it in terms of format, scheduling and frequency. From this…
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When We Play, We Learn ft Whisky & Alement
“Sometimes the most unsuspecting whisky can turn out to be the best boilermaker you’ve ever had.” We take another trip inside the world of hospitality this…
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From West Coast To Inner West ft Future Brewing
"We're just trying to make really bright, clean, aromatic beer every time." Future Brewing have been at the centre of some wholesome beer world camaraderie in…
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THE NEW HOP ORDER: Hop Breeding Company: The House That Citra® Built
In this exclusive series - The New Hop Order, presented by HPA - The Crafty Pint Podcast explores what’s happening on the cutting edge of hop innovation from…
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Connections, Community & The Guest Experience – Mr West / Bar Spontana
"That's what it's about at the end of the day: connections, community and people.” What is the essence of good hospitality? What is its purpose, and how do you…
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Ten Years Of CoConspirators
“It’s still fun. That’s the best part.” CoConspirators are in the midst of a year of tenth anniversary celebrations – and approaching five years at their…
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Here, There & Every Pair ft Lindsy Greig
“I hope everybody snacks. If you don't snack, fix that. Lindsy Greig’s career in craft beer saw her depart New Orleans for New Zealand before jumping across…
The Crafty Pint PodcastIntroducing The Full Measure
Excuse us while we interrupt our usual programming for an important announcement... As the eagle-eyed and hawk-eared among you will have ascertained from hints…
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From Video Games To Beer To Hot Sauce & Beyond
"We shifted the needle so hard in so many ways.” If you can point me in the direction of anyone in Australia who ticks more of the stereotypical “craft beer…
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Connecting With Consumers On Cape Naturaliste – Eagle Bay Brewing
“People just want connection.” We head to WA’s South West in this week’s episode to catch up with Margarita Wallace, who’s been working on brand and marketing…
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Deciphering The Science Of Beer
"Science communication is a very lovely place with lots of lovely people." This week, The Crafty Pint Podcast heads to Tasmania to catch up with Science Made…
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The Life And Death Of Pocketbeagles
"All these things, from branding to product, come back to your identity." After a few weeks spent exploring the annals of The Crafty Pint Podcast, we return to…
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Another Round: Life's A Beach – Building A Brewery In Bali
“I'm still passionate about what I do, I still love what I do, and I still think I'm one of the luckiest people in the world.” In the last Another Round…
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Another Round: The Art Of Being Evil
“I can kind of do whatever I want and two or three weeks later send the beer out and see what happens.” In the third of our Another Round episodes, in which we…
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Another Round: Voyager's Vision
With some in The Crafty Pint Podcast team spending much of winter travelling, we’re tapping into a few past episodes for July. For round two of Another Round…
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THE NEW HOP ORDER: Prysma:tm:: Impactful flavour, lasting freshness
In this exclusive series - The New Hop Order, presented by HPA - The Crafty Pint Podcast explores what’s happening on the cutting edge of hop innovation from…
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Another Round: Everything Indie, All The Time
Something a little different from The Crafty Pint Podcast this week – and for the rest of July too. As flagged in recent episodes, we’re taking a short break…
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From Zero To Hero: The Rise Of Non-Alc Beer
“I don't see any ceiling for non-alc beer.” It’s fair to say there were plenty of skeptics when non-alcoholic beer first started to appear in earnest in the…
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A Brave New World For Beer Awards
“Year one for us is proof of concept.” In January, we unveiled plans for a new form of beer awards being conceived by industry titans Justin Fox and Jayne…
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Serving With Style(s) ft Tito Orellana
“The human component sometimes goes beyond the beer component of working in this industry.” Tito Orellana arrived in Australia from Chile with his interest in…
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Creating Kind, Considered, Comfortable Community Spaces
“Be kind to people and treat your beer well.” It’s been an emotional few days for Nemesia Dale-Cully – or Meesh as she’s known to most. For almost half a…
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A Pint With Pints And Panels
"People use it to learn English, and I think that's spectacular." Em Sauter is an American drinks communicator, international beer judge, podcast host and…
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The State Of Play For Indie Beer
“It's so great to see that people care, that there is still interest in the movement.” Fresh off the back of the Australian International Beer Awards and both…
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Australian International Beer Awards 2026 – Results, Reaction & Froth
“This was our goal, and we achieved it today, which was phenomenal.” A bit of a change for this week’s episode, not just because it’s going up a day later than…
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THE NEW HOP ORDER: The Sensory Plus™ Promise: Consistent Hop Character
In this exclusive series - The New Hop Order, presented by HPA - The Crafty Pint Podcast explores what’s happening on the cutting edge of hop innovation from…
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A Feast For The Senses ft Tina Panoutsos
“I really get a buzz out of looking at flavours and the way things interact with each other.” If you’re a consumer of beer, rather than someone working in the…
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Hops, IPA, Stone & The San Diego Scene
"We never stopped experimenting. That's in our DNA.” Stone Brewing are one of the biggest names in American craft beer: a bold, brash brand with a fondness for…
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Dreaming Of Beer ft Kelly Ryan
“I do still wake up at night and think of beer recipes and beer names and what I could do with certain hops.” Time for the last of the interviews recorded…
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Big. Smart. Authentically Cheeky. – Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co
“You’ve got to be open to opportunities.” Earlier this year, Cheeky Monkey announced they were opening a venue in the heart of Perth’s CBD. It will give the…
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Life, Libations & The Pursuit Of Hoppiness – Michael Donaldson
“What excites me is all the small players who are setting up in a brewpub and running their own race.” Just like the industry it covers, the beer media world…
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The Years Of Living Dangerously – And Deliciously ft Dangerous Ales
“I’m a big believer that times waits for no one.” If you’ve come to know Dangerous Ales through their beers, it’s most likely via their banging, Knappstein…
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Behind The Scenes At The NZ Hop Harvest
“The Kiwi hop industry has really focused on what flavours people are chasing in their beers.” Demand for New Zealand’s hops has been soaring in recent years…
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Owning Your Stomping Ground
“We want to be inclusive, and be a place where people can feel comfortable and proud to be themselves.” We had Stomping Ground penciled in for a chat later in…
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The Evolution Of A Dream – Molly Rose Brewing
“When people are happy and passionate then the experiences that you have are just going to be better.” The story of Molly Rose Brewing and the man behind it…
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Powder Monkey Business – Dave Padden
“The brewpub model has proven itself to be the right model over the last few years.” Few people have been through as eventful a few years as Dave Padden. The…
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THE NEW HOP ORDER: Launching Luna®, Australia's New Flavour Hop.
In this exclusive series - The New Hop Order, presented by HPA - The Crafty Pint Podcast explores what’s happening on the cutting edge of hop innovation from…
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Five Barrels. Ten Years. One Family.
“We built a business that was really there to be connected directly to the community, and I think we succeeded in that.” There are plenty of family-owned and…
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Felons' Lavish Land Grab
“How rock n’ roll to take our largest space and fill it with 20,000 litres of barrel-aged beer.” There’s little in Australian beer like Felons Brewing. First…
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Ahead Of The Game – Steve Jeffares
“I really love this industry and I love the people.” Steve Jeffares requires no introduction for pretty much anyone working in the Australian beer world – or…
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Ten Years On The Wild Side – Wildflower Brewing & Blending
“We want to pay proper homage to the ten years of people that have come and made this their home.” When Wildflower co-founder and visionary Topher Boehm…
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Growing Organically: Pioneering Hops In NSW ft Ryefield Hops
“We’re all from here, and we want to give back.” When Ryefield Hops started producing hops commercially on land formerly used for dairy in the South Coast…
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We Are Family – Blackman's Brewery
“Anything that’s happening in our area we try to be a part of.” The Crafty Pint Podcast returns for 2026 in the company of Renn Blackman, one half of the…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – The Territories
“The whole craft beer industry is built around community.” We wrap up The Year In Beer 2025 series with a look at what’s been going on in the Canberra region…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – Victoria
“That nostalgia is really hitting super-hard after COVID because everyone really misses going to the pub.” Regular podcast hosts James and Will are on home…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – Queensland
"Breweries who are spending time and effort on making their venue really good and increasing the quality of their beers are doing really well." Our…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – New South Wales
“I’d love to see craft beer become a little bit more approachable.” We turn our focus to New South Wales as we hit the midway point in The Year In Beer 2025…
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The Year In Beer 2025 - South Australia
“People are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.” Having leapt all the way south and east from WA to Tassie, we find ourselves back in the…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – Tasmania
For stop two in The Year In Beer series for 2025, we take a trip across Bass Strait. Tasmania’s beer scene is one that mainlanders tend to have to watch from…
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The Year In Beer 2025 – Western Australia
The state by state by territories part of The Year In Beer series kicks off, as ever, in Western Australia where we’re joined by Crafty contributors Guy…
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The Year In Beer 2025: National Trends
“This has been a year of holding patterns, of people trying to work out how they fit into the new reality.” If you’ve read The Year In Beer 2025: National…
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From Little Things, Big Creatures Grow – Little Creatures at 25
“Little Creatures is iconic, and I think we'll always have that iconic status.” Ask people who’ve been working in, or merely enjoying the delights of, the…
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Two Decades Of Moo Brew
“You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to make good beers. That’s not to say we don’t try.” There’s little like Moo Brew in the Australian beer landscape…
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All Indie, Always Innovating – Seeker Brewing
"We just like making full-flavoured, unapologetic, big beers.” There’s nothing in the Australian beer world quite like Seeker Brewing. The Wollongong operation…