The Cool Room

Warren and Davydd are joined by Mike Leonard from Hop Hen Brewing to hear all about his journey from home brewer [and home hop grower] to running his own brewery!

As ever you can maximise your listening experience by purchasing the beers we discuss from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/hop-hen-mixed-6-pack

How does a mild-manner school principal make the jump into not just owning a brewery ...

It's the second part of our chat with Tom Delmont from Fixation Brewing and there's a heap of fun things to discuss!

You can maximise your listening experience by making sure that you have the beers we discuss in your hand by visiting our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/fixation-7-pack 

In this episode we explore which hops Tom loves to brew with, which ones he sees emerging into the market an...

It's been 5 years and over 200 episodes since Tom Delmont last had a feature episode but he's back with a whole heap of great beers and fascinating stories to share!

To make sure you get the most from this episode grab the beers from our online shop here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/fixation-7-pack

Tom has worked in the Melbourne craft beer scene for 17 years, starting out as the first onroad rep for Mountai...

We kick off today's show catching up with Sam Evans from Modus Operandi Brewing who have collaborated with Ten Men Brewing in Ukraine. 

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has meant that the brewery has had to relocate and sales of this beer help to raise funds for the move - you can grab the beers from Modus' website here: https://www.mobrewing.com.au/product/can-it-hazy-pale-modus-x-ten-men/

And of course we catch up with all the other ...

Emerging from Monash University's Brewlab the team from The Zythologist bring a unique approach to their brewing and having a fascinating story to share.

You can enjoy the beers we discuss in the podcast by visiting our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/zythologist-mixed-6-pack

We learn how the team met at Monash before deciding to brew together and their plans for their own brewery and venue. S...

Warren and Davydd are joined by Lein Jenkins from Hard Road Brewing to learn all about his craft brewing adventures.

You can purchase the beers we discuss in the podcast from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/hard-road-brewing-mixed-6-pack

We hear how a trip to a Californian brewers convention led to Lein and his wife entering the world of brewing, then to running a production brewery and fi...

Davydd is back out on the road visiting old friends at Carwyn Cellars and new ones at Nubilum Distilling in Kensington.

Preparation for the 2024 Black Box are beginning and you can catch up with the very earliest gossip about that and all the other fun things that Ben, Ben & Tito have been planning for the year including Hawkers 9th Birthday and Local Beer Day.

Then Davydd walks down the road to Kensington's newest distillery -...

It's the third of our trilogy with Maz from Hawkers Beer and if that wasn't enough Nigel from https://www.we-love-craft.beer/ is back to talk about what's going on in the Australian craft beer scene at the start of 2024.

Don't forget to support the podcast by buying some beer and merch from our online store! https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/

Nigel and Davydd discuss the end of Brews News, the best ways to market breweries...

We're back with two great chats this week, Bakery Hill Distillery who are about to open a venue in Kensington and Ramblers Ale Works in Hawthorn.

You can grab the tasting pack for the Ramblers Beers from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/ramblers-ale-works-mixed-8-pack

We learn all about the history of Bakery Hill Distillery from David and Andrew Baker, and why they've decided that Kensingto...

In two interviews Davydd is joined by Maz from Hawkers Brewing and Daniel from Beer Reflections to talk about many of the current issues in the Australian craft beer scene.

If you want to help keep the podcast up and running why not head over to our online store and grab a t-shirt or hoodie! https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/collections/merch

Daniel has produced a really interesting analysis of which beers you'll find in y...

Davydd sits down for a guided tasting with Charlie from Braeside Brewing and visits Scott at the new Valhalla Brewhall in Geelong.

If you want to sip along as we chat with Charlie make sure that you grab the Braeside Brewing tasting pack from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/braeside-brewing-mixed-6

First off Davydd travels down to Geelong for a chat with Scott Hunt all about the new brewhall, f...

It's the first of 3 episodes we recorded as part of our visit to Hawkers at the end of 2023 - and Maz had so much to say that we couldn't possibly squeeze it into just 1 episode.

Language Warning - there's quite a bit of swearing in this episode so it's probably not one to listen to in front of the kiddies.

Get your hands on some delicious Hawkers beers wherever you can - like their website - in this episode we particularly discuss...

It's a very special episode as Warren and Davydd are joined all the way from the US by Adroit Theory's Mark Osborne - a big thanks to the team from Forward Hops Importers for getting these beers to us in such great condition.

You can enjoy all the beers we discuss in this episode by buying the tasting pack from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/adroit-theory-6-pack

Mark leads us on a guided ...

It's our final episode of 2023 and what a great one to finish with - Pat from Willie the Boatman joins Warren and Davydd for a trip through the last 10 years of the brewery!

As a little christmas bonus we've reduced the price of our last two tasting packs for the episode to just $25 - you can find them here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/willie-the-boatman-6-pack

We start out the interview with Pat riding his ...

It's the second episode we recorded at the 2023 Williamstown Beer & Cider Festival and again a big big thank you to Shane and the team who turned on an amazing festival!

It's a live recording so there's a bit of background noise but luckily Mik from Hopocrisy is still on hand to deal with the wandering saxophonist!

First off we catch up with all the news from Kaiju, where there's a new brewer in town and some well-known recipes...

The first of two podcast recorded live at the 2023 Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival - huge thanks to Shane and festival team for welcoming us and putting together such an epic event.

Due to this being a live show, and the roaming saxophonist who was playing at the festival, audio quality is not up to our highest standard, but we hope that you'll enjoy some great insights from some of Melbourne's best brewers. 

In the absence of...

Warren and Davydd are joined by Annelies from the Gold Coast's Madocke Brewing to hear all about her journey to become Australia's Champion Small Brewery!

A very limited number of tasting packs containing the beers we discuss are available from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/madocke-7-pack

We learn about Madocke's origins in Belgian styles and who they learned from before coming to Australia, ...

Nicole and Russell Matthews from Escape Brewing join Cory and Davydd for a tasting of their beers and a chat about the stories behind them.

You can grab the tasting pack for the podcast from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/escape-brewing-6-pack

We learn all about how the pair met [except maybe exactly where it was], what happened in a german forest and precisely who does what around the br...

James from Avnge Brewing joins Warren and Davydd in the Thursday night zoom room to tell the story of his travels in beer and the creation of his brewery!

To maximise your experience of the episode we suggest you get the tasting pack of the beers we discuss from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/avnge-6-pack

We learn all about the origins of the brewery's name, how James found himself making beer...