The Year In Beer 2025 – Queensland

"Breweries who are spending time and effort on making their venue really good and increasing the quality of their beers are doing really well."

Our audio-visual travels across the country continue as we reach Queensland in The Year In Beer 2025 series.

First up, Will Ziebell is joined by Craig Williams and Mick Wüst, both of whom work with The Crafty Pint. Mick has long been a Crafty contributor, at one point based in Sydney but more recently back in Brisbane, while Craig looks after partnerships for the site as well as working with several indie brewers on the Sunshine Coast. The three of them discuss some of the highs, lows, trends and changes in Queensland’s beer scene.

James then speaks to Deale Stanley-Hunt and Gavin Croft from Slipstream Brewing. Slipstream have enjoyed an incredible couple of years with several major trophies taking up residence in their Yeerongpilly brewery and taproom. As well as reflecting on another successful year, they talk about the impact of the taproom they opened on the Sunshine Coast late in 2024, their recent rebrand, favourite styles, and hopes for the future.

Then it’s back to Will, who catches up with Ivy Macario from Fortitude Valley’s good-times haunt, the craft beer bar-meets-arcade-meets-diner that is Netherworld, for a chat about their year in beer and ongoing efforts to support artists.

In the middle of the show, we hear from Beer30 with more of their tips for brewers. If you enjoy this episode, please like, subscribe, rate and review on whichever podcast platform you use.

• 2:01 – Craig Williams & Mick Wüst
• 24:12 –  Deale Stanley-Hunt & Gavin Croft
• 29:04 – Beer30
• 37:12 –  Ivy Macario

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