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

Beer Sucks - Ep 21 - Joel Beresford Of The Dutch Trading Co

Nov 1st, 2018 1h 1m

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 le

Beer Sucks - Ep 20 - Adam Holliday Of Garage Project

Sep 3rd, 2018 58m 12s

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 e

Beer Sucks - Ep 19 - James Smith Of The Crafty Pint

Jul 18th, 2018 57m 32s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 18 - Margaret McCarron Of Colonial Brewing Co

Jul 5th, 2018 50m 18s

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 Coloni

Beer Sucks - Ep 17 - Recording From La Sirène Brew House

Jun 21st, 2018 1h 10m

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 lea

Beer Sucks - Ep 16 - Brendan O'Sullivan Of 3 Ravens Brewery

Jun 10th, 2018 1h 4m

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 15 - Good Beer Week 2018 Extravaganza

Apr 30th, 2018 52m 1s

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 b

Beer Sucks - Ep 14 - Paul Holgate Of Holgate Brewhouse

Apr 6th, 2018 55m 10s

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 t

Beer Sucks - Ep 13 - Mazen Hajjar Of Hawkers Beer

Mar 10th, 2018 56m 52s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 12 - Hamish Coates Of Rocky Ridge Brewing Co

Mar 9th, 2018 57m 32s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 11 - Fair Share Of Sippies

Feb 23rd, 2018 53m 24s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 10 - Competition Winner Announced

Jan 31st, 2018 37m 48s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 9 - Pia Poynton Of Nail Brewing

Jan 28th, 2018 1h 23m

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 Aust

Beer Sucks - Ep 8 - Will Irving Of Feral Brewing Company Part 1

Dec 14th, 2017 1h 18m

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 a

Beer Sucks - Ep 7 - Costa Nikias Of La Sirène

Nov 26th, 2017 47m 50s

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

Beer Sucks - Ep 6 - Ash Huntington Of Two Metre Tall

Nov 19th, 2017 54m 58s

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.

Beer Sucks - Ep 5 - Will Was Right

Nov 8th, 2017 1h 54m

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 - Ep 4 - Big News In Australian Craft

Sep 28th, 2017 1h

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!