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This week we meet BentSpoke’s Richard Watkins to celebrate his brewery’s first birthday and hear his thoughts on the small brewing industry, gained over twenty years.

We then catch up with brewing educator and consultant Vincent Costanzo from Costanzo Brewing Consultants to learn about some of the issues affecting beer quality that anyone thinking of becoming a brewer should be considering.If you want to know more about Vince’s courses, you can find a listing here.

Finally we catch up with James Smith, the man behind The Crafty Pint and the Festival Director of Good Beer Week to hear how things went at this year’s festival – one of the world’s great beer weeks. James also discusses his decision to step back from his role as festival director.

We also announce the winners of our Steve Hindy and Adam Ferrier book giveaways.

Radio Brews News is hosted by Matt Kirkegaard and Pete Mitcham and is produced by Lachie Mackintosh.

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