The Cool Room

In this episode of the podcast, Damian & Davydd chat with Brendan Coglan AKA Monkey. Brendan takes through his journeys to the States, how The Age Good Food Guide helped Brendan discover craft beers, His memories of St.Jeromes & how you design for beer companies. 

In Damo's absence Davydd does his best to record and interview the winner's of the Royal Mail on Spencer's GABS Hottest 100 blind tastings. Upfront apologies for the sound quality and constant apologising in this episode. We're joined by Mystery Matt, Mystery Cory, Mystery Naomi, Mystery Clare and Mystery Ben. There are some great new candidates for most disturbing cool room memory as well as so many stories that our mystery cast hopes their parents will never hear...

In this episode of The CoolRoom Davydd and Damian sit down with Peter Cornwell from Masterson's bar in Moonee Ponds to chat about his journey from working in an office to owning a bar, their favorite craft beers of 2019 and everything in between. 

To find out more about Masterson's bar check out their website https://mastersons.com.au/

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff herehttps://www.bobevans.com.au/

In this season return of The CoolRoom, Davydd, and Damian sit down with Oliver Warren from Flemington-Kensington Bowls club, (where he curates the craft beer list), homebrewer and general lover of anything that isn't a lager. The discussion flows from English Ales, to the beer and brewery scenes in Japan and New Zealand, and many other beery related topics. 

To find out more about Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club click here https://flemkenbowls.com.au/ 

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here

In this episode of The Coolroom Davydd and Damo speak to Nat from Kaiju about drinking champagne at a launch party for Porsche, how the beginnings of Kuiju blossomed from instructions found on the internet, Nat's favorite drinking spots in Melbourne, where and what to drink in Germany and the tragic story of the Royal Mail/Kaiju collab beer (that will still be available at The Mail shortly) 

You can find out more about Kaiju here: http://kaijubeer.com.au

on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/KaijuBeer.au/

Or follow the gang on Insta here https://www.instagram.com/kaijubeer 

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here

In this episode of The Coolroom Davydd and Damo speak to Chris Bond from Moondog Brewing about falling asleep in play equipment, moving from the UK to Australia, what is the true meaning of the term "craft beer" working behind the bar of one of Fitzroys most iconic bars, the transition in to becoming a brewery rep and then moving into brewing. 

You can find out more about Moondog and Moondog World here: https://moondogbrewing.com.au/

Or follow the gang on Insta here https://www.instagram.com/moondogbrewing/

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here

In this episode of The Coolroom Damo and Davydd stroll down memory lane on the first anniversary of the podcast. Davydd gets on his soapbox in Controversy Corner in relation to James Squire. Davydd has been out to Hop Nation and Prince Alfreds in Carlton in Out and About. The boys talk about how the podcast came to be and their favorite interviews and excursions during the first 12 months of the show. 

In this episode of The Cool Room, Damian and Davydd kick out the cat and then sit down on the couch to chat with their good mate Leanne about her journey from country victoria to Melbourne, over to Ireland and then back home to realize her dream and open her own bar. There's the usual lols but this is a pretty fascinating insight into the stresses, anxieties, and challenges starting a small business can bring. 

You can find out more about Pink Oak at their website https://pinoakbeerandwine.com.au/

Or follow Pin Oak on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/pinoakbeerandwine/ 

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here

In this episode of The Cool Room, Damian and Davydd sit down with Justin and Patrick from Deeds Brewing to chat about charming councils, Long Island Ice Teas and a range of delicious beers.

You can find out more about Deeds at their website https://www.deedsbrewing.com.au/

Or follow Deeds on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/Deedsbrewing

You can sign the boy's petition mentioned on the podcast here https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-deeds-brewing-with-their-planning-application-for-a-bar.html

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here

In this episode of The Cool Room, Damian and Davydd sit down with Joel from Venom to discuss growing up in a country pub, Golden Ale trends, how a personal approach still cuts through in 2019 and Violet Crumbles. 

You can find out more about Venom at their website https://www.venombeer.com/

Or follow Venom on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/venombeer/

Our theme song is Me and My Friend by Bob Evans check out his stuff here