
Meet The Brewer Part 3 - Simon Osborn & Ady Fitter from Rocks Brewing Co
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11/24/20 • 68 min
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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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.
Visit us at www.buildmeabrewery.com.au and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when episodes launch plus exclusive Brewery Building Content.
Also like and follow us on Facebook
www.facebook.com/buildmeabrewery
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Meet The Brewer Part 2 - Peter Phillip from Wayward Brewing
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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Meet The Brewer Part 4 - Dan Shaw from The Australian Brewery
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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