Pete Gillespie and Jos Ruffell - Garage Project

This week we catch up with Pete Gillespie and Jos Ruffell from Garage Project. Garage Project is a fascinating brewery, one that has always been at the forefront of industry innovation and experimentation, while also being one of the more professional and quality-driven operations. This year the brewery celebrated 10 years in business taking out the recent Champion Large Brewery trophy at last week’s Brewers Guild of New Zealand’s New Zealand Beer Awards. In this extensive and thoughtful chat, we look at how the industry has evolved over the last 10 years, their strategy - or lack of it - for the brewery, the evolution of beer styles and innovation in the category and where that will lead, and also whether after 10 years in the business the pair have started to turn their minds to having an exit strategy or plan the future for the business. Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at [email protected] to share your thoughts