206 - Madocke Brewing

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12/04/23 • 77 min

Warren and Davydd are joined by Annelies from the Gold Coast's Madocke Brewing to hear all about her journey to become Australia's Champion Small Brewery!

A very limited number of tasting packs containing the beers we discuss are available from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/madocke-7-pack

We learn about Madocke's origins in Belgian styles and who they learned from before coming to Australia, and why they are so passionate about sharing their favourite aspects of their homeland.

We discover the story behind the Speciale Belge style, all about beet sugar what they'd like Santa to bring the brewery.

[Please note about 3.5 hours of medieval literature studies discussion have been removed from the original recording...]

Warren and Davydd are joined by Annelies from the Gold Coast's Madocke Brewing to hear all about her journey to become Australia's Champion Small Brewery!

A very limited number of tasting packs containing the beers we discuss are available from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/madocke-7-pack

We learn about Madocke's origins in Belgian styles and who they learned from before coming to Australia, and why they are so passionate about sharing their favourite aspects of their homeland.

We discover the story behind the Speciale Belge style, all about beet sugar what they'd like Santa to bring the brewery.

[Please note about 3.5 hours of medieval literature studies discussion have been removed from the original recording...]

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205 - Escape Brewing

Nicole and Russell Matthews from Escape Brewing join Cory and Davydd for a tasting of their beers and a chat about the stories behind them.

You can grab the tasting pack for the podcast from our online store here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/escape-brewing-6-pack

We learn all about how the pair met [except maybe exactly where it was], what happened in a german forest and precisely who does what around the brewery.

What was it like to get a brewery lease in February 2020, where does their love of european style beers come from and is there any chance they'll be making a sour any time soon.

Cory gets to ask our traditional coolroom question and we learn about a few of the brewing disasters that the team have been adjacent to!

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207 - Hopocrisy, Coconspirators & Urban Alley

The first of two podcast recorded live at the 2023 Williamstown Beer and Cider Festival - huge thanks to Shane and festival team for welcoming us and putting together such an epic event.

Due to this being a live show, and the roaming saxophonist who was playing at the festival, audio quality is not up to our highest standard, but we hope that you'll enjoy some great insights from some of Melbourne's best brewers.

In the absence of Mik from Hopocrisy returns to the show, this time as co-host to tell us all about the first two Willy beer festivals that he [almost] attended, as well as taking us on a little historical tour of the suburb.

Then it's Tim from Coconspirators introducing us to a new creation as well as our old favourite The Hostess. We hear all about the changes he's seen in the local beer scene in 2023 and the brewery's plans for 2024 including Davydd's many guesses as to what kind of restaurant might open at the tap house.

Then it's a chance to catch up again with Urban Alley, a year after we first encountered them at the last Williamstown Festival. We meet Ruth for the first time and hear about her story before arriving at UA and again get their insights into what's changed in Melbourne's beer scene in 2023.