Matt and Pete get busy and line up three interviews for this week’s show.

First we catch up with New Zealand Brewer’s Guild Beer Writer of the Year Phil Cook. Phil is the man who coined the phrases Kegtris and Brandwank on his blog, Beer Diary. We have also published hissummary of a seminar he gave at Beervana here.

Then we catch up with Todd Venning from Beermen.tv and the man behind Sydney Craft Beer Week for a run down of this year’s festival. Then, keeping with the festival theme we hear from Corey Crooks all about this year’s Newcastle Craft Beer Week, as well as the Albion Hotel’s progress becoming an exclusively craft beer hotel.

Date claimers:

• Sydney Craft Beer Week – October 20 – 28
• Newcastle Craft Beer Week – November 18 – 25

Fort Scratchley, site of this year’s Newcastle Craft Beer Week

Matt and Pete also talk about the new Carlton Draught campaign and discuss all things beer in general.

Today’s Pacific rendition of the Beer Barrel Polka comes to us performed by French heart throb Jo Steve from his immortal album Farandole: Danse du tapis, danse du balai. Buy it here, thank us later.