Brunswick Beer Collective

MELBOURNE | In this star-studded episode we are back! Like actually back! For a limited time only. How long you ask? Oh boy that’s a question. But right now let’s talk about something else. Like, say, this brand-new episode featuring not one but two breweries, Rocky Ridge and The Mill. And do you know what […] The post S20E01: Back At It With Rocky Ridge x The Mill appeared first on The City Lane.

In this parochial episode, we chat with one of the founders of a local bar, Rascal Brunswick, about what is was like to open a business, quickly enter a global pandemic, pivot to a new way of business, and come out the other side a better, stronger, community-supported bar. We also drink two different Red […] The post S19E04: #PIVOT with Rascal Brunswick appeared first on The City Lane.

In this episode of escapees, we talk about the obscene joys of being out of Melbourne’s lockdown, discuss where our newly-free drinking has taken us, and apologise refusely for missing recording last week due to, you know, being out of lockdown. We also drink some magnificent beers from Stone & Wood’s Counter Culture range, and […] The post S19E03: #FREEDOM from Lockdown appeared first on The City Lane.

In this eye-opening episode we are joined by Ian and Shane, the brewers and co-founders of Future Mountain Brewing and Blending, to talk about their journey, their venue, and their intense love of sours, saisons, farmhouse beers, and more. It’s an interview that will change the way you think about barrel-fermented beers. It certainly changed […] The post S19E02: #BLENDED with Future Mountain appeared first on The City Lane.

We’re back! Well, virtually at least. In this explosive episode, Chris, Jeff, Kyle, and Paul, are joined by the woman behind marketing many of your favourite beer events, marketing and events expert Mariella Mejia. In this brutally-frank conversation, we talk about Mariella being involved in the budding craft beer scene in Melbourne, Good Beer Week, the state of the independent brewery scene, […] The post S19E01: #GIFTED appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this revelatory episode we talk with Michael and Chloe, the powerhouse couple from Burnley Brewing, about their lives, their beers, and our very first canned collaboration beer, the Peach Melba Pie NEIPA. We also chronicle what makes a good stout, the state of hospo in the time of […] The post S18E06: The Uncertain Season: ‘We Beyonce’d this beer’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this wild and chaotic episode we chat with DJ, the esteemed head brewer from Mountain Culture Beer Co., about his past, the brewery, and super-hazy beers. We also talk a lot about Pina Coladas, former video stores, and oat cream beers, and try to drum up a rivalry […] The post S18E05: The Uncertain Season: ‘Citrusy And Thick And Good’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this whirlwind episode we talk about the latest beers to drop in this pandemic-filled world, discuss several beers from the Carwyn Cellars Quarantinnies box, and find new and exciting beer-related uses for tea and flour straining utensils. And once again, this episode is brought to you via zoom, […] The post S18E04: The Uncertain Season: ‘Blurred into a haze’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this lockdown-based episode we talk about the challenges quarantine brings to keeping up a healthy craft beer drinking culture. From the highs of finding a new beer at a bottle shop, to the lows of avoiding public transport, this episode has it all, including some poor audio quality […] The post S18E03: The Uncertain Season: ‘Drinking a lot more at home’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this jaw-dropping episode, Froth Beercast teams up with The Brunswick Beer Collective to bring you the second part of a special two-part podcast, recorded at Melbourne’s Bar SK a week before the bar’s shutdown and a week and a few days before COVID-19 caused a mass pub shutdown. […] The post S18E02: The Uncertain Season: ‘Do You Want Soft Or Hard Tacos?’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this earth-shattering episode, The Brunswick Beer Collective teams up with Froth Beercast to bring you the first part of a special two-part podcast, recorded at Melbourne’s Bar SK a week before the bar’s shutdown and a week and a few days before COVID-19 caused a mass pub shutdown. […] The post S18E01: The Uncertain Season: ‘This Podcast Could Be Illegal Tomorrow’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this bumper episode, we talk all things 2019, including our bushfire relief event on 7 February 2019 with more than a few breweries in the USA, our highlights and lowlights of 2019, and our take on this year’s hottest 100 beers. We also rant […] The post S17E07: The Fresh Season: The 2019 Year in Review appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this episode we talk up the fruits of a very long bucks weekend in Sydney, including old favourite breweries like Wildflower, Stockade and 4 Pines, and new discoveries like 7th Day Brewery and One Drop. We also talk beer brewed for Metallica, a Double West Coast IPA; a […] The post S17E06: The Fresh Season: ‘Dance Citra Dance’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this very special episode, we talk with Steve Haumschild, the CEO and Brewmaster of Lanikai Brewing Company and the creator of, among many things, a beer containing yeast grown in SPACE. It’s an enlightening and inspiring journey of searching for the limits of what a wild beer can […] The post S17E05: The Fresh Season: ‘We Call It An Interplanetary Ale’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | This week we write an intricate love letter to Mr Banks’ Cake Eater, and talk about the brand-new Zwanse Day-friendly Perth venue Besk while also digging through what we think their name might mean. We also announce details of our brand-new beer, a Pumpkin Brown Ale, the second in […] The post S17E04: The Fresh Season: ‘It will be good. It will be amazing’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | This week we talk about old haunts and new trips, from Chris finding a tap takeover at his new local, Miss Moses, to Paul finding a lot of red at his regular local, The Alehouse Project, to Jeff’s finding quality beer at his city stops, the Penny Blue and […] The post S17E03: The Fresh Season: ‘I expected this to be a sour’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this episode Chris recalls his trip to Bendigo on the Hop, Paul lauds over the craziness of Moon Dog World, and Jeff’s celebrates Carwyn Cellars’ 5th birthday party. We also talk about the state of craft beer venues in the inner north, ponder the miracle of a properly-made […] The post S17E02: The Fresh Season: ‘This could be Australia’s NOA’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this episode, we get back around the microphone and talk about our international beer and booze adventures in Spain, Indonesia, and multiple countries in Africa, the latter featuring some of the best macro lagers the continent has to offer. We also inadvertently drink one beer that was brewed […] The post S17E01: The Fresh Season: ‘Is strawberry gum the new thing?’ appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this episode we talk about Los Angeles in the state of California, discussing everything from newly-gentrified neighborhoods with fancy beer bars, to one of Modern Times’ amazing venues, to true and genuine dive bars. We also discuss what happens to a coffee beer when it loses its coffee […] The post S16E08: The USA Season: California appeared first on The City Lane.

[content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this episode we talk up Texas, specifically Austin, and compare notes about sour-only breweries, true country bars with true country cowboys, and the fact that somehow none of us have managed to get anywhere near Jester King Brewing. We also inadvertently drink a beer from a brewery that […] The post S16E07: The USA Season: Texas appeared first on The City Lane.