After a little taste on our Bendigo on the Hop visit, Brett from Brewers Collective joins us for a full episode to discuss everything about his journey from home brewery to living the dream of running a brewery.

We discuss how Bendigo's craft beer scene has come on in leaps and bounds and how the Collective has been part of that push alongside many other friends of the podcast!

We hear about the years of planning that preceded the opening of the brewery, and how the plans compared to reality once the doors had opened.

We hear about his favorite brewing gadget, his efforts to make great tasting lower alcohol beers and all about a large pig in a small Coolroom...

It's the second part of our January live show at Subculture Brewing where owner/founder Luke shares more of the story of his journey from home brewer to professional!

In this episode we learn more about the local breweries who have helped out in his journey, the lessons he's learned and the collaborations he's been part of.

We find out which bits of equipment make him happy, and which bits make him sad and discover more than we ever knew about buffer tanks.

And for reasons that remain remarkably unclear Warren wants to put a bowling ball into liquid nitrogen...

It's the third and final instalment from our live show with Maz at Hawkers and we're into the audience QandA session with questions about "Hopefully Beirut", his karaoke skills and the Henty St Ale.

Make sure you check out the previous 2 episodes with Maz and don't forget you can buy their beers online here: https://hawkers.beer/collections/our-beers

But first Davydd and Warren head out with the Coolroom faithful to visit a new Melbourne brewery - Subculture!

We meet the owner/brewer Luke Forster and hear all about his journey from homebrewer to to professional with all of the ups and downs along the way.

We learn about the hidden secrets in the brewery's logo, what styles inspired him to brew and we call get a bit confused about the space/time continuum.

PS We've done our best to clean up the audio in this episode but with a live recording things can go a little quiet from time to time...]