Build Me A Brewery

We are back with Series 2 of the BMAB Podcast. Having 5 months off to recharge and re-focus, we've been busy with getting the website launched (that was constantly promised in Series 1) and filling it with more brewery building content for you all.

In our introductory episode I explain where I am at with my own brewery build aspirations, introduce to the audience Neil Playfoot and Joel Hamilton-Foster who are coming on board with the BMAB Project, review Series 1 key takeaways and standout episodes, as well as give listeners a bit of an insight and overview of the topics we will be exploring in Series 2.

EPISODE LINKS:
The Edge Brewing Project
The Suburban Brew

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The final episode of series 1, I thought it would be good to create an episode which nicely sums up the original series of the podcast. In the episode I recap my biggest learnings to date, explain where I am at in my brewery building plans and I also share with you all the future direction of the the Build Me A Brewery Podcast.

Thanks again for everyone being involved in the podcast to date, and all those that took the time to listen. I look forward to bringing to you all much more content about the commercial brewing industry in the 2nd half of 2021.

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Brewery Crawl Event Details

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Our final guest featured episode of series 1 of the podcast, and please make sure you tune into the Series Conclusion episode which is a brief summary and tie off over the past 5mths of learnings..

In todays episode,  I chat with General Manager of the Independent Brewers Association (IBA), Kylie Lethbridge to discuss their role in the Independent craft beer industry and the benefits of a brewery becoming a member of the IBA Association.

With a focus on supporting independent craft breweries, the IBA sets out to providing industry representation and advocacy across all levels of government to make it easier to open up and operate an independent brewery here in Australia. 

Having over 500 members, made up of Breweries and Associates, Kylie explains for listeners today the IBA’s role in the Industry for Independent Breweries and its members, what their past and present lobbying efforts have been on the hot topic issues and challenges facing the industry, and shares her outlook on the years to come for brewery operators here in Oz.

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Independent Brewers Association

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Coming to the pointy end of the original series of the podcast, our second last episode to be exact. Today’s episode I meet up with Director of BSK Projects, Benedikt Schikora to discuss the services and benefits of engaging a Project Management firm to guide an aspiring brewery owner through the convoluted and intricate nature of a brewery project, from the concept design phase right through to commissioning and opening.

BSK Projects are a highly regarded Project Management firm specialising primarily in hospitality, entertainment and retail sectors both here in Australia and Internationally. Benedict discusses the role of a Project Manager and dives into all the key steps and phases a project like a brewery build goes through and the complexities of each if you were to manage on your own. We also touch on the interior design of a brewery especially the tap room for patrons creating a warming and inviting atmosphere and not just a warehouse with milk crates and a bar.

I thought having Benedikt on the podcast at this stage of the series would be a nice way to tie together all the episodes, topics and learnings to date and discuss how this can be applied to the overall project management of your brewery build.

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BSK Projects Website

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In this episode, I meet up with Co-Founder & Director Peter McGee of Victual. Now I like to best describe Victual as a turnkey safety management system that Brewery Owners and related industries can access and utilise for developing formal safety processes within their business. They offer much more than this, which Peter shares with us in today’s episode, including their beverage recall insurance program to assist brewery owners with the unfortunate event of having to carry out a recall on defected products heading out to the consumer market.

We also dive into the dangers and hazards a worker and business in the brewing industry faces, and how their streamlined platform and onsite support assists brewery owners to better manage safety and risk within their business and workplace.

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Victual Website

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In this episode, we heavily dive into the formal training options available across Australia and Globally in the Brewing Industry, where I chat with Young Henry’s Co-Founder & IBA Training Advocate Leader Richard Adamson who has been pivotal in the development of the CIII Microbrewing course here in NSW  and the greater national TAFE course framework for the brewing industry here in Oz, and to complement this chat, we are also joined by Director of Online Learning & Faculty Member of the historic brewing school Siebel Institute of Technology, Richard Dube.

In our chat we discuss the TAFE course offerings now available to those either wishing to get into the brewing industry or formalise their current skills and experience, apprenticeship options, as well as the role that the Siebel Institute of Technology has played in the training & development of the brewing industry over the past 100 plus years and how keen learners can take advantage of it’s online program and flexible module offering.

EPISODE LINKS:
Independent Brewers Association Website
Siebel Institute of Technology Website

TAFE Certificate III in Microbrewing Courses:
TAFE NSW
TAFE QLD
TAFE VIC

OTHER TRAINING OPTIONS
Monash Brewlab
Brewery Training Australia (BTA)
Federation University

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In this episode, I manage to line up a chat with Supply Chain Leader Rich Crowe of the Fermentum Group, including brands such as Stone & Wood, Fixation and just recently acquired Two Birds, as well as being joined by  Brew life & Impact Leader Elise Skinner. 

Rich having over 15 years in both small and big brewing businesses and Elise having a strong HR background, it was a very insightful dynamic to have in our chat which covers topics such as growing pains a business experiences during growth, creating a healthy team culture, attitudes towards safety and interesting rewards and incentive programs for the workforce that Senior Management and Business Owners can implement to assist with things like staff retention and work life happiness.  

This is another great chat from the People & Culture angle, with yet another successful medium to large sized brewery such as Stone & Wood which complements and adds even greater value to our earlier episode with Chris from 4 Pines.

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Stone & Wood Brewing Co. Website

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Not a topic or segment that I considered when starting this podcast. They can be applied to any business across practically any industry, but our episodes and conversations today are tailored and applied to life within a brewery’s business. More than just one topic, but I feel they all have an important role to play and they seem to interrelate and blend into one another, and that is People & Culture, Training & Safety within A Brewery and across the greater industry itself. 

In part 1 of the segment, I talk with Chief Brewer at 4 Pines Brewing Co, Chris Willcock. Chris has been working within the brewing industry for over 10 years now, and is well placed to share his experiences and insights of seeing a small family run brewery gain growth and momentum into a medium and large sized one to then eventually being bought out by the big boys, and not just once but twice in his brewing career.

In this time, his gotten to see the work and team cultures change and adapt, the challenges a business experiences when it comes to dealing with growth, and how it’s systems and processes have had to evolve to become more formalised. Chris also is a qualified Master Brewer, being a pass student of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, and shares further details on the important role the IBD has played in the formal training and development for brewers globally. 

EPISODE LINKS:
4 Pines Brewing Co. Website
Institute of Brewing & Distilling Asia Pacific Website

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In this episode, I meet up with serial Beer Entrepreneur Rich Coombes from Kaddy. Having started other beer and cider ventures in the past, including Batlow Cider and Canberra’s Capital Brewing, Rich and other co-founder and former UBER Australia Head of Operations Mike Abbott, are streamlining the way suppliers and customers in the alcoholic beverages market interact with their B2B ordering platform Kaddy.

In our chat we discuss how Kaddy works, and how it can help breweries to start dipping their toes into wholesale distribution. We also talk about the self-distribution and traditional distribution models and how the Kaddy platform combines the two creating an interesting hybrid way of doing business in the wholesale distribution space. 

A very interesting concept, and yet another example of how the rise of the Internet Economy and the digital tech world is disrupting and redefining industries in regards to the supplier, customer relationship and cutting out unnecessary middle men.

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Kaddy Website

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In this episode, I chat with Bryant Soorkia from Ready Set China who represents and imports a number of famous Australian beer brands into mainland China. 

Not a topic I thought I would cover, especially for those just starting their brewery building journey, but the opportunity to chat with Bryant presented itself and I am glad I did so. As craft is growing in Australia, so too an infant craft beer scene is picking up momentum in the largest economy in the world, China. Born and bred in Melbourne, Bryant has spent many years over in China. He is currently the North China Regional Sales Manager of 31Jiu, a beverage importer and distributor, and he also his own marketing consulting business Ready Set China which helps businesses outside of mainland China break into the market helping them with brand representation in a vastly differing consumer culture.  

In our chat we discuss the potential opportunities for Australian Craft beer brands to tap into the Chinese craft beer market, what the import regulations and conditions into mainland China are, the business & consumer culture differences between that of China and the Western world and finally some important infrastructure aspects a brewery should have in place before considering sending their beer overseas.

EPISODE LINKS:
Ready Set China
31Jiu Website
Australian Gov Free Trade Agreement Portal
China HS Codes

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