Hi. I'm Andrew Swift. I've been making beer for over 15 years and drinking it for far longer. Kick Snare Brewing is a new project which seeks to blend a couple of my passions in life: music and craft beer.Beer has always been a strong interest. I still remember my first: a Boags Draught, gifted to me by my father after a hot day cutting fire wood together. From this point I followed my curiosity, inquiring into the differences between the many big commercial beers available. To my disappointment, the difference seemed minimal. This begged the question why do some Australians identify so strongly with these labels.Then I discovered handcrafted, small batch beer and learned that beer can have all kinds of different flavours and aromas when the brewhouse is allowed to be run by creative-types (rather than accountants!) and I stopped drinking from the stubby (70% of your sense of taste comes from using your nose!).Most days I'm asked "how's the brewing?" which is a more complicated question than it may seem with so many irons in so many different fires. To be honest, some days I'd rather chuck it all in - while on a good day I wouldn't trade it for anything. It's my great privilege to be at the helm of such an adventurous undertaking and I'm well-rewarded most days by a schooner of our ale and the satisfaction of our punters.