The Cool Room

Damo and Davydd are rejoined by Lord Andy Coyne [who we last saw before the Melbourne City Wrestling show at Moon Dog for Good Beer Week] to talk craft beer, home brewing and of course all things wrestling!

We learn about Lord Andy's favourite beers and pubs back in the old country and his first encounter with VB when he arrived in Australia. How did his home-brewed lemon meringue beer turn out and what kinds of hijinks take place in the bathrooms behind the scenes at wrestling shows?

We also get to hear the back story to The No Holds Bar, the wrestling show that emanates from The Royal Mail on Spencer. What was Lord Andy up to with Moon Dog that led to the show's creation and how does Davydd feel about his first ever interview to camera?

And we talk to Lord Andy about the impact that the corona virus lockdown is having on the wrestling industry around the world. How are individuals dealing with it and what positives and negatives does he see for the future?

Joel Drysdale returns [he first visited us for Series 2 Episode 5] to bring us up to speed with all the news from Venom Beers and his new bottleshop District in Pascoe Vale.

This podcast was originally recorded after participants had received a slab containing Venom Refreshing, Golden, Pale, Double Golden Hazy and Venomous Catfish beers - we politely suggest that you might like to have these beers with you when you listen. [And keep an eye on our Facebook and instagram for future Virtual Meet the Brewers sessions.]

Not only does Joel explain the backstories and processes that led to these beers but he also tells us what it's like to open a bottleshop in the middle of a pandemic and what he thinks the future of the hospitality industry might hold.

He tees off on brewers who compete to have the highest IBU rating and explains why adding lactose to hazy beers is cheating. Learn all about hop hash, and most exciting of all, Joel reveals plans for a Double Black Ale!

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Travis and Davydd are joined by comedian, writer and all round great person Anna Brennan to discuss what life in stand-up is like since the Corona virus arrived. Originally Anna had been due to perform some shows at the Royal Mail on Spencer as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival - but when that was cancelled she's found all sorts of other new outlets for her talents. Learn about her comedic beginnings in Melbourne, her favourite venues to hang out and perform in Queensland and how she downgraded her writing ambitions from would-be novelist to would-be novella writer during the space of just one podcast.

You can learn more about the multi-faceted Anna here - https://www.facebook.com/annabrennancomedian/

Or find her Dating Fails podcast here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qmiec-da56e4

Or more about her online Melbourne Corona Festival Show which will take place on May 2 here! https://www.facebook.com/events/2571377256448137/ 

Travis and Davydd are joined by Melbourne Music Phenomenon Matt Bradshaw. We discuss the beginnings of Matt's career, his favourite places to play or just hang out both in Melbourne in around the world. And of course how he has found ways to do positive things during the corona virus lockdown.

You can find his online gigs over here: https://www.facebook.com/MattyBBradshaw

And the podcast that he does with Dom Italiano here: https://www.facebook.com/TRCduo/

But don't worry we aren't afraid to ask the hard questions either. Which of Matt's hidden piercings was ripped out live on stage, what OH&S laws did he flout in China, and why won't he play the Snappy Tom jingle for Davydd's son when it's requested on a Sunday afternoon???

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In this episode of the Coolroom Davydd and Damian welcome back fan-favorite Dan Hall, to chat about how Dan is discovering breweries in the North Melbourne via deliveries. How the nightclub (Dan is a semi-regular fixture at) Finishing School has moved their operations online. Dan's writing career on the children's television show The Deep and how he is moving into writing for comics and the effect the pandemic has had on that industry. Theres also a discussion about Thomas the Tank Engine 

Davydd and Travis are joined by Scott and Ben from the Plough Hotel in Footscray [and also kinda from the Kent in North Carlton] to discuss the excellent Meals for Health Care Workers deal that they are running during the Corona Virus lockdown. But it's not all the lockdown talk, we also chat to the guys about their earliest experiences in delicious beers, their favourite places to drink in Melbourne and around the world and of course what strange events have befallen them in coolrooms.

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In this episode of The Coolroom, Davydd and Damian are joined by returning guest and hospitality jack of all trades Warren Wu. They discuss warning selling his business last year, Warren working with Rockpool Group on a pop-up bar and restaurant during the Australian Tennis Open. The Sandhill group. Selling herbs out of a shipping container, but this time it's on the back of a truck. What some of the positive long term effects of the Corvid 19 maybe on the hospitality, and how Warren is helping his wife's business (helping children be less fussy about food) during this isolation period. 

Davydd is joined this week by guest co-host Travis and Tom from The Prince Alfred in Port Melbourne. Learn what it is like to decide to buy a pub and then actually go through the treacherous process to get in the door! What inspiration has he taken from other pubs around Melbourne and how has he transitioned craft beers onto the taps? And just why was someone wearing a bikini in the coolroom at the first pub he worked at?

In this episode of Damian and Davydd are joined by a good friend of the pod, Travis Bristow. The three of them chat about how the pandemic is affecting the events industry in Australia. Davydd's process of having to put serving at the Royal Mail hotel on hold. What they are drinking in isolation & where they will go to have a drink once the lockdown is over. 

You can join Davydd at his virtual Royal Mail front bar Thursday nights from 5:30 here: https://www.facebook.com/events/274766120186438/ 

Travis' friend's band is called Sam Sam but Different and their weekly gig can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/samsambutdifferentband/

Matt Bradshaw can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/MattyBBradshaw/

Davydd is joined by wrestling legends "The Hipster Heartthrob" Casanova Valentine and "The Smash Hit" Joel Bateman to discuss the wonderful world of wrestling, their favourite beers and bars and perhaps the most tragically romantic event that we've heard of occurring in a cool room. What's it like to work at New York's famous Other Half Brewing, do deathmatch wrestlers like penguins and what will Casanova think of his first ever Carlton Draught? If you enjoy this episode you can hear "part two" of the interview by listen to our friends over at "On the Turnbuckle" as they continue the conversation with these two great guests!