A Podcast dedicated to better understand what it takes to build a brewery in Australia. The craft beer scene here is growing each year, however it's hard to find info relevant to explaining how one might go about doing this in Australia. We share with aspiring brewery owners recorded conversations with professionals right across the brewing industry which will hopefully provide a clear road map for any aspiring homebrewer or entrepreneur wanting to take the plunge into building their very own brewery here in Australia.

Episodes include 6 successful breweries in Sydney talking about their brewery building journey, the challenges they had and what they would do differently when starting out etc.

The episodes to follow we sit down with and discuss with Brewery Consultants, Equipment Suppliers, Local Council to discuss the DA process , Licensing & Compliance professionals, Accountants & Small Business Experts, Beverage Distributors, Packaging & Canning services, Marketing & Design Gurus the whole aspiring brewery owners package.


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The first part of series is titled Meet The Brewer, where, I will be meeting with Co-Founders and Head Brewers from 6 Sydney breweries, to get their stories, insights and advice.

In today’s episode I had the pleasure of being able to sit down with an absolute character of the Craft Beer scene, Pat McInerney one of the Co-Founders of Willie the Boatman out in St Peters.

It was great to listen to Pat share his and other Co-founder Nick Newey’s story on how they started out and where the inspiration of the name Willie the Boatman came from. 

Pat offers some great advice around engaging with your local council, the challenges they faced when opening up, and what he would do differently when starting out

EPISODE LINKS:
https://willietheboatman.com/

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We continue with the Meet The Brewer Series, where we sit down with Co-Founders and Head Brewers from 6 Sydney breweries, to get their stories, insights and advice.

Today’s episode I am out at in Sydney’s Inner West again meeting with Founder of Wayward Brewing Peter Phillip.

Peter is a well known figure within the brewing community especially in Sydney’s Inner West. He formed the Inner West Brewers Association back in 2017 in a push to make Inner West Sydney the Beer Capital of Australia, as well as being Chairman of the Independent Brewers Association.

You can tell by the interview that Pete really knows his stuff, and there were so many Gems of information and advice to take in that he provided in our chat.

EPISODE LINKS:
Wayward Brewing Co. Website

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We continue with the Meet The Brewer Series, where I sit down with Co-Founders and Head Brewers from 6 Sydney breweries, to get their stories, insights and advice.

In today’s episode, I sit down with Managing Director Simon Osborn and Head Brewer Addy Fitter from Rocks Brewing Company out in Alexandria. 

This was such a great and informative chat with both of these blokes, who have years and years of collective experience in the brewing industry. After starting out bouncing around gypsy and contract brewing enabling them to build a solid brand, they eventually invested in stainless steel which gave birth to the Rocks Brewing Co in 2013.

Both guests clearly know their stuff, dropping gems of information left right and centre on what not to do when starting out and commonly overlooked aspects of when planning your brewery. We also heavily dive into the world of gypsy and contract brewing, which is another great model to consider when starting out. Get your note pad ready and have a quick finger on the pause and rewind button as there is too much info in this episode to digest in one sitting.

EPISODE LINKS:
www.rocksbrewing.com.

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In today’s episode, I sit down with Head Brewer Dan Shaw from the Australian Brewery out in Rouse Hill, Sydney’s North West.

Dan joined the Australian back in 2017, learning and succeeding from well-known figure in the industry Neal Cameron who was involved in the initial set up and commissioning of the brewery.

Dan’s roots to the brewing industry came from working in the retail and hospitality industry, working for the Colossimo family running their busy Hillside pub, and also working in management roles within Dan Murphy’s.

The Australian Brewery has been brewing in Sydney’s Hills district since 2010. With champion trophies and over 15 gold medals won since 2016 AB.

We dive into once again the intricacies of gypsy and contract brewing, as well as equipment sourcing and tips and hints on developing a core beer range for new breweries.

EPISODE LINKS:
https://www.australianbrewery.com

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Part 5 of the  Meet The Brewer Series, where we sit down with Co-Founders and Head Brewers from local Sydney breweries, to get their stories, insights and advice.

In today’s episode, I sit down with Co-Founder Glenn Wignall from The Grifter Brewing Co in Marrickville. 

Glenn & co-founders Matt King & Trent Evans began their journey into the craft brewery scene by bouncing around the Inner West doing Gypsy brewing, fine tuning their recipes and finding a temporary haven with their own tank space at the Young Henry’s brewery in Newtown when they were just launching back in 2012. Building a solid brand and loyal following they took the opportunity to purchase Young Henry’s brewhouse equipment a couple years later, holding it in storage for sometime until they finally left the Young Henrys nest and finding their own physical premises and setting down roots in the Marrickville area. 

Glenn has a lot of advice to give on equipment sourcing, gypsy brewing, as well as thoughts on a topic that hasn’t been spoken a lot about so far, and that is the importance of safety within a brewery and considerations for aspiring brewery owners around meeting Australian standards with their equipment and ensuring a safe workplace for your employees and customers.

EPISODE LINKS:
https://thegrifter.com.au/

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The final instalment of the Meet The Brewer Series. I head out to Alexandria to meet with Co-Founder James Harvey, AKA Harvs from Yullis Brews.

Originating back in 2014 out of a vegetarian restaurant in Surry Hills, Harvs and Co-Founder Karl Cooney immersed themselves into the commercial brewing industry by gypsy brewing all over Sydney and creating a cult following for their beers. The success of their gyspy brewing days allowed them to springboard themselves into their own physical brewery in Alexandria.

Harvs shares a great story of hard work and long hours, keeping it simple, organic growth, as well as thoughts around core ranges and some great industry insights.


EPISODE LINKS:
https://www.yullisbrews.com.au/

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We now move into our topic specific segments of the podcast series, and a very early consideration in your brewery building journey should be considering how you are going to raise the necessary finance & capital for it.

In this episode I briefly cover some financial options available to aspiring brewer owners and entrepreneurs including Home Equity Loans and Angel Investing.

The interview that follows is my sit down chat with Jonny Wilkinson from Equitise. Equitise was one of the first equity based crowdfunding platforms in Australia after government legislation being passed making it legal back in 2018, following other countries such as the US and the UK.

If you have ever heard of reward based crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Pozible where start ups can launch campaigns with a fundraising target, in the hope of interested fans or onlookers who will donate money to it in exchange for some non-monetary return such as merchandise, novelties or the option to purchase their product or service that you helped fund. With equity based crowd funding, this allows interested investors to purchase equity and shares in a business on the platform.

EPISODE LINKS:
Equitise Website
Australian Investment Network Website

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