Will Ziebell

3 days ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

“If you don't hustle you haemorrhage." Will Ziebell visited Bright Brewery for their annual Darker Days festival and, while in the High Country town, sat down with their national business development and brand manager Evin Craney for an episode of The Crafty Pint Podcast. Evin joined the brewery six years ago following a career in sales that saw him move from bottleshop retail to a repping for number of Victorian breweries, and has since become chair of the Independent Brewers Association (IBA).

4 days ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

There's set to be further consolidation in the local beer worldwith UK-based Powder Monkey Group - which already operates Southern Highlands Brewing and Willie The Boatman - revealing plans to buy Sydney brewing companies Akasha and Wayward. The latter pair only announced a merger in April, with Dave Padden from Akasha and Pete Philip from Wayward saying at the time that they were seeking further investment and intended to bring together a wider mix of brands.

1 week ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

English style beers can be quiet achievers in the Australian craft beer landscape. They don't have the flashiness of a hazy or the pure joy or extreme prejudice brought by a smoothie sour. They're just quietly being enjoyed by their fans while brewers focus their attention on perfecting their mild, bitter, or brown ale (we've previously explored how there seems to be a growing number of both too).

1 month ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

"I’m the one who can have a beer and advertise my endowment. The Edward Teller professor of nuclear physics is not walking around with uranium. And you can join the pet food industry, but on a Friday night you can’t have a few cans of Chum." Charlie Bamforth is a name and voice familiar to many in the beer world. He’s one of beer’s great storytellers and has worked in the industry since 1978, the year he started at the Brewing Research Foundation before moving to Bass in the UK.

1 month ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

What’s the secret behind a champion beer? Freshness? Balance? A huge sack of cash delivered in the dead of the night? (To head off any defamation proceedings: I’d like to specifically point out that last one is definitely a joke, nobody is bribing beer judges.