It's the first of our Good Beer Week Super Special episodes where we find out from lots of Melbourne Breweries what they have planned for 2023.

First up is Dollar Bill who will be featured in this year's Hair of the Dog Breakfast at Beer Deluxe, hosted by the Coolroom's own Davydd Griffiths.

Then Davydd chats with Bright Brewery, Molly Rose and Fixation about all their latest beers and planned festivities in May.

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Davydd and Warren are joined by Bernadette and Peter from the Sunshine Coast Brewery to talk about the brewery's 25 year history and their plans for the future!

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We learn about the highs and lows of running an older brewery and about which new brewing toys they dream of getting their hands on.

If that wasn't tricky enough they've also recently taken over managing a bowls club which gives Davydd an excuse to relive his early hospo days.

Plus snakes in the coolroom - you heard right!

Warren and Davydd are joined by our old friend Steve Matthews to talk about his little side hustle - Sure Brewing.

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We hear all of Steve's latest news and what led him to start a side project and what he hopes to do with the brand.

We hear what it's like for a professional brewer to gypsy brew on another kit, which hops he thinks are best for WCIPAs and what he would never put in a beer. 

And in the words of Warren Wu "Oh so much editing..."

Warren and Davydd are joined by the team from Fremantle's Otherside Brewing to taste some great beers and to hear all the stories behind them. 

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We discuss what makes the WA beer scene so unique [it's not just an unholy love of Swan] and why craft beer was invented twice in Fremantle.

We get advice for anyone wanting to enter the beer industry as both a rep or a brewer and find out what's with all the hot air balloons!

Davydd is joined by Grace and Jarrod from Bathurst's Reckless Brewing for a chat about their amazing journey in beer and the super tasty things they pour!

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We hear how Grace ended up on a 40 hec brewing system less than a week after she started out, and of the different things she learned at the breweries she was with before starting Reckless. She tells us what it was like to be a woman starting out in the beer industry and what ingredients bring her happiness.

Jarrod recalls how he "undiscovered" an island and Davydd becomes far far too interested in submarines, and the merits of summer stouts are debated!

Davydd and Warren are joined by Gerard and Matt from Range Brewing for a chat about their rise to brewing stardom!

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We hear about their love of lagers and the time in England that started their love of the style as well as their famous IPAs.

We learn about the differences in what Melbourne beer drinkers look for [hint it's stout in summer] and their efforts to perfect non-alcohol beers.

And ChatGPT threatens to make our hosts redundant!

Warren and Davydd are joined by Matt Wilson, founder and head brewer at Seven Mile Brewing to chat about his brewing journey and the amazing beers that he produces!

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We hear all about why he and his father decided to start the business, his journey from home brewing to pro and all about his love of WCIPAs.

Warren distracts himself with chatter about beaches and Davydd wants t-shirts about Ballina airport...

Davydd is joined by Vince from North Carolina's DSSOLVR Brewery to taste some of their amazing beers and to hear all the secret stories behind them.

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We discover how a love of home brewing led to him leaving the world of IT and to heading up his own brewery and discuss all things hops as the first 2 beers on the tasting line up contain 9 hops between them.

What role did Australia's Mountain Culture have in his yeast foraging, is there really a renaissance of West Coast IPAs and is this the first AI created beer label we've had on the show?

Davydd is joined by Simon from Ocean Reach to hear all about his fantastic beers and his journey from home brewer to owner of one of Victoria's favourite breweries.

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We hear all about his favourite [and least favourite] toys in the brewery, new techniques he's experimenting with and which styles are his favourites to brew and drink.

And Davydd gets more than a little distracted by penguins...

It finally happened! Mazen Hajjar welcomes the Coolroom to Hawkers for a live show with plenty of great stories about his journey in brewing.

We hear all about his first adventures in brewing back in Lebanon and what led him to set up in Melbourne. We get to taste 6 of his great beers and hear all about the team that makes them reality.

What are the "things he said he'd never do" that he's gone on to do, and why does he still check the ratings of his beers?

Davydd goes off script and starts drinking hazies as Mazen explains the virtues of stouts for the Australian summer.

Oh and you want scoops? We got scoops! Listen in to find out what's currently ageing in Hawkers barrels and upcoming explorations of terroir!