Deciphering The Science Of Beer

"Science communication is a very lovely place with lots of lovely people."

This week, The Crafty Pint Podcast heads to Tasmania to catch up with Science Made Beerable. The not-for-profit was launched by Kelsey Picard and Matt Fielding in 2020 as a National Science Week event.

In the years since, they've continued to explore the science of beer by inviting different breweries to engage in an annual, always sold-out ExBEERimental Science event. Matt has also joined us a few times to reflect on what's going on in Tasmania as part of our end-of-year roundup series.

For this episode, Will was joined by Matt and fellow Science Made Beerable board member Reid Barry to preview this year's event and learn all about their love of science communication.

It turned out to be quite a Tasmanian-heavy beer week too: ahead of the main interview, Will and James chatted about the state government's funding for Beer Tasmania. We also covered Warrandyte Brewing's taproom go-ahead, Black Match's slow but steady move towards releasing their first beers and opening a taproom, Felons' commandeering of the Manly Fast Ferry, and King Tide Brewing taking up residence in The Crafty Pint directory.

Start of segments:

• 0:00 – The Week On Crafty
• 13:31 – Free Samples From Packpal
• 14:37 – Science Made Beerable Part 1
• 35:10 – Bintani Brewery Boosters
• 39:02 – Science Made Beerable Part 2

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