Time to wrap up The Year In Beer 2025 podcast series with a look at the ACT / Canberra region and the NT in the company of Mat Farrington from CanBEERra, Paul Docherty from To All My Friends, and Adam Asanovski from Purple Mango.
Regular podcast hosts James and Will are back on home turf for this episode of The Year In Beer 2025. They're joined by the Carwyn Bens at the end of a tumultuous year for them and Love Shack co-owner Conna, who's had another blinder.
We head north to Queensland for this episode in The Year In Beer 2025. After running the rule over the state's beer scene with our own Craig Williams and Mick Wüst, we catch up with Slipstream Brewing and Ivy Macario from Netherworld.
We turn to New South Wales as we hit the midway point in The Year In Beer 2025. After casting an eye over the state with Jason Treuen we're joined by Bec Read from Curious Craft then Sunday Road's Brad Walker and Mick O'Rance.
Five Barrel Brewing launched in Wollongong in the final days of 2015. Ten years on, they remain proudly family-owned and run. We caught up with two of the O'Shea siblings to find out what they've learned along the way.
Capital Brewing will open a new venue in 2026 with the space set to make lager the star of the show. We chatted to brewery co-founder Laurence Kain about Canberra's forthcoming Lager House.
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