The Cool Room

A whole heap of Coolroom regulars gather together to discuss their favourite beers and guests from 2021. There's oodles of great memories and more stories of what people have seen in Coolroom's than you can poke a stick at!

A huge thanks to all of our guests, the reps who help to organise it all and of course to you our listeners!

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Karl and Chris from Moon Dog join us for our first official Online Meet the Brewers with Moon Dog. We discuss a wide range of their current beers and the stories behind them.

We revisit 10 years of great Moon Dog stories including the brewing of chicken beers, the beauty of ingredients that rhyme with TV show titles and what happened when Karl and Josh lived together at the Duke St Site.

We learn all about the origins of Moon Dog World and potential plans for more sites and of course there's an in depth discussion of seltzer too!

There are still tasting packs available from our online store including the Jumping the Shark - find them here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/moon-dog-tasting-pack

Scotland's Vault City join us for a discussion about their groundbreaking sour beers and the stories behind them!

We meet brewer Vendy who tells us all about the origin stories of the brewery and how she herself came to brew there - and of the special kinds of challenges that brewing Vault City's beers brings.

We learn all about the Scottish craft beer scene, future plans for the brewery including more tasting rooms and which beers might be on the agenda for future brewing escapades.

As ever this episode is best enjoyed with a tasting pack which is available from our online store: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/vault-city-6-pack

Davydd is joined by Phil McDaniel from California's Eureka Brewing for a chat about their great beers and the stories behind them. 

They discuss Phil's brewing background including his time at Stone and The Bruery as well as his training in the US and Germany and the decision to leave his previous brewery to co-found Eureka during the middle of the COVID pandemic.

We get the low down on the wide range of beer styles that Phil enjoys including deep dives into the distinctions between different types of hazes, why sour beers are like cats and the inspiration behind their amazing can art.

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4 of Victoria's pre-eminent home brewers take over the Coolroom for the evening for an epic encounter to discover whose IPA will reign supreme.

Overseen by Tim from Coconspirators and with all of the usual crew asking probing and insightful questions it's a ripping episode!

The gang from Mr Banks are back in the Coolroom with some outstanding beers to taste and stories to tell! 

We get to hear the Mr Banks origin stories and explore where the name came from and what it might be changing to! We then work our way through some great beers ending up with the kinds of heavy hitters that only Mr Banks can brew!

As ever this episode is best enjoyed with a tasting pack from our online store but you need to be quick as we only have a couple left! https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/mr-banks-7-pack

It's a special birthday celebration at 3 Ravens and they've brought along some amazing beers to help tell their story. We get to sample some beers from across the broad range and hear about the long journey that the brewery has been on and the exciting projects that they are planning for the future!

There is a truly amazing tasting pack to accompany this episode so head on over to our online store before it runs out! https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/3-ravens-6-pack

Wade from Capital Brewing joins us to not only lead a tasting of his spectacular beers but also to share all the stories behind them. We get insights into the earliest Capital beers and the overseas brews that inspired them, a tasting of some fun limiteds and a very frank discussion about beer marketing teams!

As always this episode is best enjoyed with a tasting pack from our online store which you can find here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/capital-mixed-6

We keep the Oktoberfest theme running in our online meet the brewers series with the return of Burnley Brewing. We hear about their wide range of German style beers and the inspirations behind them - and of course about how life at the Burnley Brewhouse has changed in the year since they were last on the show.

Of course there is a tasty beer pack available for home delivery from our online store to accompany the episode - you can find it over here: https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/

We welcome back the World's Oldest Brewery for a visit that is so packed with great stories and interesting brewing insights that we've had to split it into 2 episodes! 

Make sure you enjoy this episode with a tasting pack from our online store that contains 10 different Weihenstephan beers! https://the-coolroom-podcast.myshopify.com/products/weihenstephan-tasting-10-pack

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