New excise thresholds for kegs come into effect today. Ross Lewis discovers there are mixed feelings about what lower excise means for brewers.
Richard Watkins
Beer is a Conversation: Richard Watkins
This week on Beer is a Conversation, Matt Kirkegaard catches up with Richard Watkins, co-founder and head brewer at Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing.
Episode 56 – Richard Watkins, Vince Costanzo and James Smith
In this week’s guest-packed episode we chat with BentSpoke’s Richard Watkins, brewing consultant Vincent Costanzo and Mr Crafty Pint, James Smith…
Bentspoke Brewing Co. opening signals the start of a Canberra beer brand
Brewing legend Richard Watkins yesterday launched BentSpoke Brewing Co., Canberra’s newest microbrewery and taphouse,
Australian Small Brewery Update – May 2014
Historian Dr Brett Stubbs looks at the recent openings and closings in the Australia small brewing industry.
Award-winning master brewer calls it a day
Award-winning master brewer Richard Watkins has called it a day at Canberra’s iconic Wig and Pen Brewery
AIBA luminaries collaborate to produce Pig Pen
Brendan Varis and Richard Watkins have teamed up to produce a limited edition collaborative beer, called Pig Pen
2012 Perth Royal Beer Show
This week will see the judging of a record number of entries for the Perth Royal Beer Show…
Champion brewery seeks comfortable new home
The day after Richard Watkins and the Wig & Pen brewpub triumphed at the Australian International Beer Awards – taking home the Cryer Malt trophy for Champion Small Australian Brewery – the Canberra Times reported that the landmark watering hole in our nation’s capital would be looking for a new home. The mood quickly turned… Read more →
Goat releases Richard III
Collaboration brews are the hot ticket in beer internationally and it’s a little surprising that the trend has yet to hit our shores. But in one of the first of what will no doubt become a wave, the team at Mountain Goat has teamed up with Richard Watkins from Canberra’s Wig & Pen Brewery to… Read more →