Latest Craft brewing Podcast Episodes
What's The Real History of Lambic Beer?
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 26, 2024 23:31 - 59 minutesLambic is synonymous with Brussels. The usual story is that the spontaneously fermented beer has been brewed unchanged since medieval times, a remnant of how all beers were once brewed. The story is more interesting though. Beer Historian Roel Mulder from LostBeers.com joins me to explain how ...
Talking Fonio Beer And Burton Union Systems At Thornbridge Brewing.
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 19, 2024 22:46 - 21 minutesThornbridge Brewing in the UK are an award winning brewery that have a strong emphasis on tradition but like to take chances. They have recently linked with Brooklyn Brewery founder Garrett Oliver to brew a beer with Fonio. This is a staple grain crop in West Africa but it's not widely know out...
A Chat With Wild East, Brooklyn's Mixed Fermentation Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 12, 2024 23:08 - 43 minutesWild East was founded in 2019 by Brett Taylor, Tyler March and Lindsay Steen. Based in Brooklyn they have a focus (though by no means exclusive) on mixed fermentation and Brett-based beers. They started with 40 barrels and have since grown that by a further 100. As they say they themselves, th...
A Chat With Tom Standage, Author of A History Of The World in 6 Glasses
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 05, 2024 23:45 - 53 minutesLooking at the history of the world through it's 6 favourite drinks might seem a bit unusual. But this lens throws light on changes in culture as well as power throughout the ages. Tom Standage, editor of The Economist, took this approach in his book "A History Of The World In 6 Glasses," in wh...
A Chat With Elias Wicked Ales of Manila
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 17, 2024 23:49 - 42 minutesIt's a big claim to say any one brewery is the best in its country. But Elias Wicked Ales won the award as The Philippines best two years running at the Asian Beer Championship. Founded by Raoul Masangcay in 2019 Elias Wicked Ales gained prominence quickly. Raoul is the first beer sommelier in ...
Vietnam's East West Brewing
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 10, 2024 23:27 - 47 minutesVietnamese are among the top ten beer drinkers in the world. The country also has one of the most vibrant beer scenes in Asia. East West is one of the leading craft breweries in Vietnam. Based in Ho Chi Minh City they were founded by a multi-national team (hence the name) with the intention of...
Bastet Brewing, Florida's Egypt-Inspired Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 03, 2024 23:49 - 1 hourHuston Lett and Tom Ross founded Bastet Brewing in Tampa Bay, Florida back in 2014 but didn't actually launch until 2019. Inspired by the ancient Egyptian brewing culture they chose the name Bastet after the god who was prevented from destroying mankind when she was fooled into getting drunk. ...
The Role Of Chicha Beer in The Andean Wari Empire. A Chat With Archeologist Donna Nash.
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 28, 2024 00:34 - 1 hourThe Wari Empire ruled in Peru from around 600 to 1100. During that time they ruled over much of coastal and highland Peru. Recent excavations have revealed that one of the tools they used to forge alliances was with the local beer, chicha. This was brewed in large state-owned breweries and us...
Vine Street Brewing: Missouri's First Black-Owned Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 07, 2024 00:37 - 46 minutesBlack owned breweries are just 1% of breweries in the US. Recently opened Vine Street in Kansas City is the only one in Missouri. Join founders Kemet Coleman and Woodie Bonds for a chat about the brewery and the challenges and expectations of being minority owned. As the first black-owned brew...
How Alcohol Created Civilization With Edward Slingerland
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 29, 2024 00:15 - 1 hourAlcohol has been used by humans since the beginning of time. Why do we still injest what is a poison? Edward Slingerland addressed this question in his book "Drunk. How we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization." Edward is the Professor of Philosophy at the University of British ...
Birth Of A Brewery Part 3
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 22, 2024 00:07 - 48 minutesWe've been following the birth of Checkerhead Brewery on Vancouver Island for a while. Street Juggles David Aiken is creating a lifestyle micro-brewery that will allow him to meet his financial needs and also have a great quality of life. It's been almost a year since we last spoke. How is the...
Father Mathew and 19th Century Irish Temperance Movement
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 15, 2024 03:00 - 55 minutesThe caricature of the Irish involves a lot of alcohol and drunkenness. It often comes as a surprise when people discover just how widespread and culturally ingrained temperance and teetotalism is in the country. Father Theobald Mathew's temperance crusade was the single most extraordinary socia...
Brouwerij Kestemont, Belgium's Newest Lambic Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 08, 2024 02:27 - 41 minutesLambic brewing around Brussels has a long tradition. After many years of decline it has in recent times gone through a revival. Existign breweries have grown and a handful of new breweries have opened. Brewery Kestemont is a family-owned brewery located in another Lambic brewery that closed in...
Lass Haüs Ales, Austins Only All-Female Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 01, 2024 00:50 - 49 minutesAustin has a big and exciting craft beer scene. But surpringly there is only one female-owned brewery where the owners do all the brewing. That is Lass Haüs Ales. Founded by Amber McCullough and Kris Carpenter the brewery specialises in Belgian-style ales. They've experienced their share of ...
Hop & Clover of Mudgee, New South Wales.
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - January 11, 2024 06:34 - 53 minutesNot everyone iopens a brewery by mistake. Or gets national publicity before they do. But Dave Henderson from Northern Ireland did just that when he bought a brewing system off Gumtree in Australia. When that happened himself and his wife felt that had to go ahead. Join Dave for a chat about...
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, Africa's Brewing Pioneer
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - January 04, 2024 04:03 - 47 minutesApiwe Nxusani-Mawela is one the the driving forces behind craft beer across Africa. She's the founder of Tolokazi Beer in South Africa, the first brewery to be owned by a black woman in the continent. She's holds Master Brewer qualification from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in the UK...
Jump Ship, Scotlands Non-Alcoholic Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - December 14, 2023 13:21 - 42 minutesSonja Mitchell had the same experience many of us have, we want a beer but have to be up early the next morning. And like us she was not happy with the non-alcoholic beers available to her. Unlike the rest of us she decided that she should brew her own. And so she started Jump ShipBrewing, S...
Recreating a 16th Century Irish Beer With Dr. Susan Flavin & Marc Meltonville
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 30, 2023 20:41 - 1 hourThere is much we still don’t know about beer in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historians of food and drink have produced a huge amount of research that explores its deep and complex importance to everyday life. But what did that beer look and taste like? How much alcohol did it contai...
Meet Banange Brewing of Uganda
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 23, 2023 08:37 - 40 minutesCommercial Craft Beer is relatively new to Uganda. One of the pioneers in the scene is Banange Brewing in Kampala. Founded by friends Adam and Pall, who met through their mutual passion for freestyle kayaking on the Nile the brewery has established a strong place for itself in the Ugandan Craft ...
Ireland's National Centre For Brewing And Distilling
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - October 12, 2023 11:07 - 37 minutesThe National Centre For Brewing and Distilling is based in Carlow, as part of Teagasc. It's a new initiative that aims among other things to focus on the testing of raw materials for malting and the production of small batches of specialised malts for the craft beer sector, and of test batches ...
Mad River Brewing: America's Only Tribally-Owned Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - October 05, 2023 04:17 - 46 minutesThe American craft beer scene is pretty white and male. Only something like 4% of breweries are owned by minorities. This makes Mad River Brewing very unique. The brewery got its start 30 years ago at the beginnings of the craft beer revolution in California. But in 2019 it was bought by the Y...
Mad River Brewing: Tribal-Owned, Women-Led
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - October 05, 2023 04:17 - 46 minutesThe American craft beer scene is pretty white and male. Only something like 4% of breweries are owned by minorities. This makes Mad River Brewing very unique. The brewery got its start 30 years ago at the beginnings of the craft beer revolution in California. But in 2019 it was bought by the Y...
Wild Dog: Zambia's Independent Craft Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 28, 2023 04:16 - 50 minutesVelten Tiemann was born in Zambia but spent most of his career working in the wine industry in Germany and Australia. On returning to Zambia and realising he wanted to ferment something, Velten and his wife started Wild Dog. The decision was driven by the fast turnover, no waiting a year betwee...
Ragnarock Brewery Newfoundland: Brewing At The Worlds End
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 21, 2023 16:13 - 48 minutesIn St. Anthony on the Northern tip of Newfoundland, 3 friends decided to create a community focused brewery. Despite having no experience they opened their brewery and taproom at the end of the world in November 2019 - just in time to be shut down by Covid a few months later. Nevertheless they...
Cool Cousin: Brewing A "Raw" Unmalted Beer Commercially
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 14, 2023 04:15 - 55 minutesAsk anyone and 90% of the time you will be told that beer consists of malt, yeast, water, and hops. John Midgley of Cool Cousin Brewing in New York is brewing without malting, just using enzymes and grain. He says it uses less water and energy. Many cultures around the brew beer without maltin...
Maison Kaloa of Senegal, Brewer of Fonio Beers
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - August 03, 2023 15:22 - 36 minutesKalao is a pan-African brewery based in Senegal. A small nano-brewery thinking big they have collaborated with brewers worldwide, most recently with Brooklyn Brewery. This chat with founder Raphael discussed their use of the grain fonio and its potential in beer across the world.
Meet Zandoval Brewing of Mendoza, Argentina
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - July 20, 2023 04:13 - 48 minutesZandoval Brewing are located in the heart of Argentina's wine country. Founder Sebastian Marano joined me for chat about the beer scene in Argentina, and the challenges of brewing beer in a market where wine is the daily drink.
The Fascinating Story of Choctaw Beer With Professor Steven Sewell.
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - July 06, 2023 17:30 - 50 minutesChoctaw Beer was a unique American Frontier beer. Originally brewed by the Choctaw tribe in Oklahoma it became a staple beer among the coal miners, known colloquially as "choc." Its core was basic beer but it also included snuff and poisonous berries. Professor Steve Sewell, Professor of His...
Kameido Beer of Tokyo, Japan
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 29, 2023 09:22 - 11 minutesJohn Hilliard retired to Japan after 33 years in Los Angeles. He and his wife then decided to set up Kameido Beer in the heart of Tokyo. John took a few minutes out of his busy day to tell me about the brewery and what brewing in Japan is like.
Meet the Brothers Creating An Indian Craft Beer Specifically Paired For Indian Food
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 15, 2023 10:49 - 48 minutesVan and Sumit Sharma are sons of fifth-generation Indian restaurateurs. Born in London with its large Indian community, they moved as children to Maine, where they were the only Indian children and Indian restaurants didn't exist. And of course there was no suitable beer to pair with the food e...
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