Beer with the Brewer – SURE BREWING

Dec 1, 2025

By Nisha Vashisht

We sat down for a beer with

Steve Matthews

BEER WITH THE BREWER

1. How was the brewery named?

We wanted a short, snappy name with a positive meaning. Fancy a beer? SURE.

2. What beers do you have at home in your fridge now?

Aside from SURE stuff it’s almost always hop focussed stuff filling my fridge. Enjoying the Two Rupees West Coast Pilsner and the moment and am saving my last can of Kaiju Dank Lord 2 for a special occasion.

3. Best tip for visiting the brewery?

Brewers love it when you stare at them in their cages. It gives us a sense of purpose.

4. Pineapple on pizza, YES or NO?

NO. Go away.

5. If you can only use one hop for the rest of your life, what is it?

Think I’d have to go with the classic Citra

6. If you could collaborate with one other brewery, who would you choose?

Russian River

5. Some occasions call for the ‘perfect’ beer, what are you reaching for:

a beach beer? a nice, crispy lager to cut through the salt breeze.
a beach beer? WCIPA
an airport beer? WCIPA
the end of the day beer? WCIPA
the ‘best beer with dinner’ beer? WCIPA
to kick back and watch sport with? WCIPA

8. What’s the future of craft and how can Craft Cartel beer lovers get on board?

There’s a lot of challenges out there for our industry at the moment but as long as people still want locally made, owned and awesome beer we’ll be fine. The people who’s hands we can get craft beer into, the more converts we’ll have.

Cheers!