The Crafty Pint

Established in 2010, The Crafty Pint is an online magazine dedicated to the vibrant Australian craft beer scene. We share stories from all aspects of the local beer landscape and offer valuable information for beer enthusiasts, helping them become more knowledgeable and confident in their appreciation of beer and its culture. As an independent, family-run publication, The Crafty Pint maintains a traditional journalistic ethos, ensuring that our content is free from sponsored news or paid features.

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Episode 051: Selling Beer & Indie Beer's Story

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).
UK-Based Powder Monkey To Buy Wayward & Akasha

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.
Brew & A: Tim Howard

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).
Carwyn Cellars Back With The Carwyns

3 weeks ago | craftypint.com | James Smith

One of Australia's best-known and highly-rated beer venues is back in the hands of its founders after experiencing as wild a ride as any business over what's been a wild couple of years for the beer and hospitality industries.
Episode 048: Philter's Award-Winning Potion

3 weeks ago | craftypint.com | James Smith

"In this game, you have to all believe in what you're trying to achieve.” While no strangers to awards success, it’s fair to say the team at Philter enjoyed a night to remember at the 2025 Australian International Beer Awards, taking home four major trophies.
From Cray-Diving Before Mash In To Australia's Fourth Largest Brewery

3 weeks ago | craftypint.com | James Smith

The day before speaking to two of the key figures behind the rise of Gage Roads – now Australia's fourth largest brewing company – about their 20th anniversary, I suggested they come up with a few milestone moments from the past two decades around which we could base our chat.
Episode 047: Charlie Bamforth: A Life In Beer

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.
From Hop Monsters To Lager Lovers: The Metamorphosis of KAIJU!

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.
Brew & A: Julia Santos Muriel

1 month ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

In November 2016, Julia Santos Muriel came to Australia as a backpacker. She planned to be back home in Spain before the Northern Hemisphere's summer. More than eight years on, she's still here and forging ahead with a "random" but amazing career in beer. The technical brewer looks after quality and sensory at Capital Brewing, recently judged at the Australian International Beer Awards, and helps others enter the world of judging via Pink Boots Society's Pathways To Judging.
Soaring Success: The Story Behind Wedgetail Brewing's Champion Beer

1 month ago | craftypint.com | Will Ziebell

There’s speechless and then there’s Pete “Macca” McDonald collecting the Champion Australia Beer trophy at the Australian International Beer Awards speechless. The Wedgetail Brewing co-founder said the moment took him by complete surprise; a week on, he and fellow founder Howie Croft are still reeling from the major honour. “I was completely unprepared for it,” Macca says.