180 - Bacchus Brewing Pt 1 & Court House Hotel

In one of our best ever episodes we speak with Rusty from North Melbourne's reborn Court House Hotel and Queensland brewing legend Ross from Bacchus Brewing.

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Davydd and Rusty from the Court House discuss what it's like to try to renovate a North Melbourne institution, what the teams vision for the new venue is and share what is perhaps the most wholesome coolroom tale that we've ever heard!

Then Davydd and Warren start their chat with Ross from Bacchus Brewing. We hear about the brewery's long history at the point that they are about to move from tiny flexible systems [capable of brewing 12 different beers a day] to a more industrial scale with all the highs and lows that that brings.

We learn how he brews and blends some of the legendarily big beers for which the brewery is famed and how a whole team of palates is needed to perfect them.

And then Davydd and Ross start discussing chicken beers, and keep discussing chicken beers and then get into an in depth discussion about chicken beers.

Then Ross starts to explain his Chilli Mud Crab Beer and Davydd declares he's moving to Queensland to live at Bacchus...