OnTap Magazine

O ur resident funny man Dave Levinsohn sits down with Ross Learmonth from Prime Circle for a cold one at a charity golf day and records the musings on his phone. He even manages to get a scoop… DL: Are you a beer person – I see you’re drinking a vodka red bull? RL: I am a big time beer person. For an average ‘rock guyo your first drinM is around 9 or 10 and then I move on to beer at around lunch time. Beer isn’t a morning thing for me. DL: Let’s talk beer. You’re of Scottish stock, don’t you have more of a whisky background? RL: I’m a terrible Scotsman – one of the reasons is that I don’t drink whisky and when I do it is Irish. My grandad is turning in his grave right now. $ut + love beer + always have DL: Have you got into the whole craft beer thing? RL: I love my beers in a green bottle but I do like some craft beers…and Prime Circle will actually be doing our own limited-edition beer soon. DL: We ran a story in On Tap on Fokof Lager by Fokofpolisiekar – it’s doing pretty well. What would Prime Circle’s beer be called? RL: Ours is going to be called 2rime .ager 9e stretched &ave DL: So this is quite a scoop then, an exclusive to On Tap magazine’s summer issue? Who are you partnered with? RL: 9e had a beautiHul partnership in Germany. It took us a long time to choose the right flavor and this beer will be a perfect Hestival beer a light drinMing plastic cup watch the band beer. DL: Who was the first person to say to you ‘Go to Germany, that’s where the action is? RL: 9e got an invite to play with 3 Doors Down and Alter Bridge and after that the sky was the limit. DL: How is your cloud-based music coming on? RL: +ts good our &8& is coming out now in February. DL: What beer do you drink? RL: I drink a lot of ‘green bottle beerso liMe #mstel Castle Light and Heineken. DL: Do you know that the green bottle isn’t the best way to package a beer – it lets in more light which gives a weird aroma to the beer, like a skunk. It’s called lightstruck, you know. RL: 9ell now +ove learnt the trick. .etos go play some golH 9ell this is interesting how do you stop the recording… A PRIME CONVERSATION DAVE A PINT WITH B B R U E 3 W TRUE HANDCRAFTED BEER Results in multi International awards