Episodes

  • S19E04: #PIVOT with Rascal Brunswick
    Nov 24 2021

    In this parochial episode, we chat with one of the founders of a local bar, Rascal Brunswick, about what is was like to open a business, quickly enter a global pandemic, pivot to a new way of business, and come out the other side a better, stronger, community-supported bar. We also drink two different Red […]

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    59 mins
  • S19E03: #FREEDOM from Lockdown
    Nov 10 2021

    In this episode of escapees, we talk about the obscene joys of being out of Melbourne’s lockdown, discuss where our newly-free drinking has taken us, and apologise refusely for missing recording last week due to, you know, being out of lockdown. We also drink some magnificent beers from Stone & Wood’s Counter Culture range, and […]

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    55 mins
  • S19E02: #BLENDED with Future Mountain
    Oct 20 2021

    In this eye-opening episode we are joined by Ian and Shane, the brewers and co-founders of Future Mountain Brewing and Blending, to talk about their journey, their venue, and their intense love of sours, saisons, farmhouse beers, and more. It’s an interview that will change the way you think about barrel-fermented beers. It certainly changed […]

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • S19E01: #GIFTED
    Oct 6 2021

    We’re back! Well, virtually at least. In this explosive episode, Chris, Jeff, Kyle, and Paul, are joined by the woman behind marketing many of your favourite beer events, marketing and events expert Mariella Mejia. In this brutally-frank conversation, we talk about Mariella being involved in the budding craft beer scene in Melbourne, Good Beer Week, the state of the independent brewery scene, […]

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • S18E06: The Uncertain Season: ‘We Beyonce’d this beer’
    Jul 15 2020

    [content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this revelatory episode we talk with Michael and Chloe, the powerhouse couple from Burnley Brewing, about their lives, their beers, and our very first canned collaboration beer, the Peach Melba Pie NEIPA. We also chronicle what makes a good stout, the state of hospo in the time of […]

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • S18E05: The Uncertain Season: ‘Citrusy And Thick And Good’
    Jun 3 2020

    [content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this wild and chaotic episode we chat with DJ, the esteemed head brewer from Mountain Culture Beer Co., about his past, the brewery, and super-hazy beers. We also talk a lot about Pina Coladas, former video stores, and oat cream beers, and try to drum up a rivalry […]

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • S18E04: The Uncertain Season: ‘Blurred into a haze’
    May 6 2020

    [content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this whirlwind episode we talk about the latest beers to drop in this pandemic-filled world, discuss several beers from the Carwyn Cellars Quarantinnies box, and find new and exciting beer-related uses for tea and flour straining utensils. And once again, this episode is brought to you via zoom, […]

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    54 mins
  • S18E03: The Uncertain Season: ‘Drinking a lot more at home’
    Apr 22 2020

    [content_slider] [content_slide] [/content_slide] [/content_slider] PODCAST | In this lockdown-based episode we talk about the challenges quarantine brings to keeping up a healthy craft beer drinking culture. From the highs of finding a new beer at a bottle shop, to the lows of avoiding public transport, this episode has it all, including some poor audio quality […]

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    56 mins