Episode
Creating Kind, Considered, Comfortable Community Spaces
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- The Crafty Pint Podcast
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- Jun 3, 2026
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- 3946
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Summary
"Be kind to people and treat your beer well." It's been an emotional few days for Nemesia Dale-Cully – or Meesh as she's known to most. For almost half a decade, she's been running the venue at Wildflower [https://craftypint.com/news/3982/episode-084-ten-years-walking-on-the-wild-side] in Marrickville, where they bade farewell to their last customers on May 31. We took the opportunity to chat to Meesh ahead of the closing weekend, not just to reflect on her time at Wildflower but also to find out what she believes goes into creating a great hospitality experience – both for staff and customers. Her insights have been earned over a period in which she swapped running events at libraries for bar shifts at Sweet Amber in Adelaide, which led to working at Pirate Life [https://craftypint.com/brewery/255/pirate-life-cub-asahi] as the brewery swapped its OG Hindmarsh home for its Port Adelaide behemoth, then being headhunted by Shapeshifter [https://craftypint.com/brewery/680/shapeshifter-brewing-co] as they set up home, before swapping Adelaide for Sydney's Inner West. Her advice ranges from the importance of respect, kindness and "meeting people where they are", to cleanliness and theatre. And we go deeper too, with Meesh one of the most respected voices in the beer community on diversity and inclusivity, not least when businesses or individuals – on either side of the bar – fail to meet even basic standards of civility. There was big news in the world of big beer this week, with Lion announcing they're to cease brewing at James Boag Brewery [https://craftypint.com/news/4092/lion-to-cease-brewing-at-james-boags-visitor-centre-to-remain-open] in Launceston, while in the world of indie beer, the IBA revealed they're switching the focus of their Indies awards from liquid to pe…