With our live podcast coming up for WA Beer Week at The Dutch Trading Co, we thought it might be time to put out some content from our last live event!Crafty Sucks 1 was hosted with our good friends at Caboose and we were lucky enough to have an epic line up of brewers to talk to. Crafty Sucks 1 – Part 1 features James Smith of The Crafty Pint, Jac…

In this episode we sit down with one of our all time favorite beer lords, Joel Beresford! Joel keeps himself busy as an owner of a multi-award winning (No1 in the country!) craft beer bar, Dutch Trading Co and by distributing some absolutely legendary beers under his banner, Shogun Empire. He's also a major sponsor of this podcast!Joel talks about …

From barefoot shoe salesman to the bearded Zeus that's now heading up the Australian arm of Garage Project, this week we catch up with Adam Holliday to find out what's driving the NZ powerhouse craft brewery.Brendan sadly couldn't make this episode due to falling into a vat of maple syrup and choosing to not get out in time to record.Website - http…

This episode features our good friend, lovely human and distinguished beer writer, James Smith of The Crafty Pint.Author of 150 Great Australian Beers & The Great Australian Beer Guide, contributor to James Halliday's Wine Companion magazine (for beer), Co-Founder and (former) Festival Director of Good Beer Week and Founder of The Crafty Pint. Jame…

Margaret McCarron, WA Brand Ambassador for Colonial Brewing Co. and State Coordinator for the Pink Boots Society, has been absolutely killing it in the industry and we're excited to sit down and chat her!We find out what's happening at Colonial, learn a little more about Pink Boots Society, impress her with our cheese selection and generally make t…

In this episode, Costa welcomes us into his home, his brewery. We sit amongst the barrels and nerd out about beer while real sounds from the brewers happen in the background.Costa gets a chance to explain his philosophy and practices that lead to him producing some of the best beers in the country and we shut up just long enough to let him. It was …

In this episode we catch up with one of our favourite human beings on the planet. Brendan O'Sullivan from 3 Ravens Brewery. We were an hour late to our meeting with Brendan and he still welcomed us in with more respect than we would deserve in normal circumstances.One of the pioneers of the Australian craft beer revolution, 3 Ravens has been knocki…

It's a Good Beer Week Extravaganza! We talk about some of our favourite events and some of the GABS beers that are getting us excited. We also announce the winner to our latest competition! The winner of the epic Double Dutch Rudder and $120 beer tab prize pack.Good Beer Week has grown from an idea to a festival made up of more than 300 innovative …

The origin of Holgate Brewhouse dates back to 1999 after Paul and his wife had been on holiday in the U.S. and felt inspired to join the industry due to the small and independent nature of craft breweries that were in business for the love of their product. This sentiment resinated with Paul who had a love of baking, making jams and ginger beer and…

Today we were lucky enough to sit down with the charmingly enigmatic Mazen Hajjar of Hawkers Beer. We talk about tap contracts, limited releases and quality control.Mazen's career has been varied; war photographer, airline CEO and brewer. Now the owner of the 3rd* largest brewery in Australia, Mazen is forging his own path and putting it all out th…

This week we have our main man Hamish on the show. Hamish is the owner and head brewer of Rocky Ridge Brewing Co. located in Jindong, Western Australia. Rocky Ridge is committed to sustainability, what they can't grow or culture on their own 5th generation dairy farm, they source as locally as possible. They have recently received unrelenting prais…

Beer Sucks tackles some important beer stuff this week. Liquor license reforms, government grants and new breweries opening up!Beer Sucks

We've hit a milestone that even we had doubts about, episode 10 is recorded and in the bank.This episode we announce the winner of our massive competition and talk about beer quality control, the GABS Hottest 100 and the synergy between being punk and filing lawsuits.Beer Sucks

This week we have the ever delightful Pia Poynton record with us for our first podcast back for the year. Pia who was working with Nail Brewing at the time of recording also runs the successful Girl+Beer blog and holds the title of Western Australia's first female Certified Cicerone! In this episode we discuss cheap pints, excise increases in-line …

Will Irving from Feral Brewing Company joins us on this episode of podcast and talks about the development of his own personal career, Australian craft beer and Feral in general. Will has just won Beer & Brewer's best brewer of the year and also our hearts by talking mad smack with us. Enjoy!Beer Sucks

This week we sat down with our good friend and highly respected owner/brewer of La Sire?ne, Costa Nikias. La Sire?ne is a powerhouse and one of the pioneers of wild, sour and spontaneous ferments in Australia.Beer Sucks

This episode features the charismatic Ash Hunting from Two Metre Tall brewery on the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia. We cover all things Two Meters Tall and find out that Ash is one of the great Australian story tellers of our industry. An absolute pleasure to be a part of, enjoy!Beer Sucks

We know it sucks to wait so long for an episode, so now we're finally going to give you one, completely unedited.May the beer gods have mercy on us.WA Beer Week, cheap kegs and fake barrel ageing.Beer Sucks

We're back with episode 4 and so much has happened in the Australian Craft Beer industry in the last couple of weeks. Possibly the biggest fortnight for Australian Beer ever!Beer Sucks

We prematurely drop a "Best of" album by seeing if we can jam by ourselves. In this episode we discuss our weekends, beer news and NEIPAs!Beer Sucks

This week we have the legendary Patty from Ellerslie Hop. Patty came on to give us his insight into the all important hop industry.Beer Sucks

A craft beer podcast where we aim to take the BS out of the beer conversation. Beer talk, industry information, home brewing, interviews and reviews!Beer Sucks