“I’d love to see craft beer become a little bit more approachable.”

We turn our focus to New South Wales as we hit the midway point in The Year In Beer 2025 series.

Crafty Pint contributor and one of the key players in the Inner West Ale Trail, Jason Treuen, kicks things off. As well as discussing the role trails and tourism can play in the local beer world, we cover diversification, rightsizing, openings, closings, mergers and more.

From there, we head to the north of the state for a chat with Bec Read of Curious Craft to hear who’s been impressing there in what's been another roller-coaster year. Bec also shares her fears for the future of larger beer festivals, notes on changing tastes, and a desire for craft – or indie – beer to tell its story better.

Our final guests are Sunday Road Brewing founder Brad Walker and head brewer Mick O’Rance, who’ve enjoyed another awards-flecked 12 months. They’re in the middle of a significant expansion and upgrade to their brewery and venue in The Shire ahead of the brewery’s tenth anniversary in 2026.

In the middle of the show, we hear from Beer30 with some more tips for brewers, while there’s still time to get nominations in for our final Bluestone Yeast Brewery of the Month and Have You Done A Rallings? celebration of good beer citizens of 2025.

Start of segments:

• 2:01 – Jason Treuen
• 24:12 – Beer30
• 29:04 – Bec Read
• 37:12 – Brad Walker & Mick O’Rance

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