Original Gravity Radio - Beer meets...
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Here's an experiment. In each episode, Pete Brown, Adrian Tierney-Jones and Daniel Neilson look at a point of life that, vaguely, intersects with beer. We'll be getting a few unexpected guests too. Original Gravity started off life as a free magazine bringing the world of beer to a new audience. With everything we commission, we take a different point of view, the unexpected, the obtuse... failing that, anything that will get a laugh. We continue now, with a podcast and website in the UK and Canada. (Print will return).
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Episodes
Original Gravity Radio Ep4: Beer meets... Nostalgia
May 22, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBWe're getting better at this! Pete Brown, Adrian Tierney-Jones and Daniel Neilson discuss themes, events and random stuff hidden in the corner of their imaginations all through the prism of beer. In this episode, they discuss nostalgia and what it means for beer today, our memory of what beer should be and the future of beer. Merrie England, Sputnik, German beers, losing control, sentimentality and how to pronounce palimpsest.
Original Gravity Radio - Ep3 - Beer meets... religion (gulp)
April 28, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome to episode 3 of Original Gravity Radio. In this episode, Pete Brown, Adrian Tierney-Jones and Pete Brown touch upon the weighty subject of religion. Religion, spirituality, the Battle of Kursk and chips. Join us for a beer...
Original Gravity Radio - Episode 2. Beer meets... future archeology (we know)
April 12, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBAnd we're back with Pete Brown and Adrian Tierney-Jones with an episode loosely around the theme 'future archaeology'. No, we don't know what it means either, but it doesn't stop us chatting on about pubs: missing them and how they're not going anywhere, what they'll be like in 1000 years, and how we're moving out of a 'brewing blip'. Oh, and the nature of time plus the three England captains who have played for Scunthorpe United. You know, important stuff. Enjoy!
Original Gravity Radio - Episode 1 - Beer meets... Highbrow/Lowbrow
April 01, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSo, it was a pilot, an idea, a moment to take a feature idea from the magazine and bring it to life in the podcast. A freewheeling chat between Pete Brown, Adrian Tierney-Jones and Daniel Neilson. So with the theme of highbrow/lowbrow we still managed to touch upon Paul Gascoigne, the Sword of Damocles, WW1 bombing techniques and, occasionally, beer. We're going to record the next one a bit earlier...
Improving attenuation, flavour and clarity Carl Heron of Crisp Malt
July 14, 2019 19:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. I’m Daniel Neilson and for this episode, I travelled to north Norfolk to speak to Carl Heron, he’s a sales manager and a master brewer at Crisp Malt. In it he discusses common problems and how to get over them - this includes attenuation, flavour and clarity. He knows what he’s talking about. An essential listen!
How to brew the best beers with fruit by Alex Wilson of Black Iris Brewery
June 23, 2019 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.56 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. I’m Daniel Neilson and for this episode beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones speaks to Alex Wilson of Nottingham’s Black Iris Brewery. Here we’re talking about brewing with fruit. They are masters at this type of brewing - so a listen to their learnings will save you some time and experimentation! And this episode is sponsored by Simply Hops. Simply Hops supplies the best possible quality hops and hop products to Craft Brewers...
What to do when you run low on hops with Phil Lowry?
June 09, 2019 11:00 - 13 minutes - 6.32 MBIn this episode of the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer, Daniel Neilson travels to Simply Hops in Kent to talk to the hugely knowledgable Phil Lowry. He’s a brewer and sales manager at Simply Hops about how to substitute and extend tight hops. In it, he offers advice about how to make sure you’ve always got enough hops, what to substitute in when you do need more and how to design beers around your hops.
Making the most of Citra by Oakham's John Bryan
May 17, 2019 16:00 - 11 minutes - 5.39 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. For this episode beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones speaks to John Bryan of Oakham Ales about, yep, his love of Citra. He describes how to squeeze the most of it and the feeling of first finding this hop. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt which has lived and breathed malting since 1870. They combine traditional and modern techniques to create an impressive range of malted and non-malte...
La Vilot make beer from their own hops, barley and yeast. Here's how
May 13, 2019 16:00 - 8 minutes - 4.02 MBWelcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. For this episode beer writer Stephen Beaumont travels to Catalonia to hear about an amazing project where the Lo Vilot brewery has its own hops, malt and, now, yeast – they call it the Full Circle Project. Here’s brewer Quiònia Pujol. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt which has lived and breathed malting since 1870. They combine traditional and modern techniques to create an impressive range o...
How to use heritage malts to get your best beer
May 07, 2019 06:00 - 13 minutes - 6.31 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. I’m Daniel Neilson and for this episode we headed up to Norfolk to speak to Dr David Griggs, the technical director of Crisp Malt. In it, we spoke about how to improve your beer by using heritage malts. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt which has lived and breathed malting since 1870. They combine traditional and modern techniques to create an impressive range of malted and non-malte...
Evin O'Riordain of the The Kernel explains how they make their mixed fermentation beers
April 28, 2019 15:00 - 13 minutes - 6.16 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. I’m Daniel Neilson and for this episode beer writer Adrian Tierney Jones talks to The Kernel’s Evin O'Riordain about how he approaches mixed fermentation beers – it’s utterly fascinating as you’d expect. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt which has lived and breathed malting since 1870. They combine traditional and modern techniques to create an impressive range of malted and non-malt...
Why Colorado brewers put their local community at the heart of their business
April 22, 2019 18:00 - 10 minutes - 4.85 MBIn this episode, I Am A Brewer headed over to CBC in Denver and spoke to Steve Kurowski from the Colorado Brewers Guild to learn why the state has such an incredible scene and why Colorado brewers put their local community at the heart of their business.
How to get the most out of your malt by Master Brewer Carl Heron
April 07, 2019 23:00 - 16 minutes - 7.63 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. I’m Daniel Neilson and for this episode I headed to Crisp Malt in North Norfolk to talk to Carl Heron, MasterBrewer Craft Brewing Sales Manager about the malting process and the tips to make the very most of the malt for your beer. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt which has lived and breathed malting since 1870. They combine traditional and modern techniques to create an impressive ...
How to perfect mixed ferm beers with Armand Debelder
March 30, 2019 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.93 MBHello, and welcome to the 10-Minute Masterclass from I Am A Brewer. In this episode Canadian writer Stephen Beaumont is in conversation with the masterful brewer and blender, Armand Debelder of Belgium’s 3 Fonteinen. He’s been making and drinking lambic since 1953. Here he talks about his Flemish origins, the amazing revival of spontaneous fermentation and the the most important thing for setting up a coolship. This episode of the 10 Minute Masterclass is brought to you by Crisp Malt wh...