Latest Craft brewing Podcast Episodes
Brewer Profile: Small Change Brewing of Massachusetts
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - December 08, 2022 07:00 - 15 minutesSmall Change brewing have been based in Massachusetts a couple of years before the pandemic started. They focus on beers outside the hazy IPA range, ones they want to drink themselves. We discussed their history, future and influences. If you want to be featured go to https://interview.beoi...
The Birth Of A Brewery Part 1 with Checkerhead Brewery of Canada
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - December 01, 2022 07:33 - 1 hourHow does an ex-juggler get into brewing? What happens between idea and opening the brewery? David Aiken is planning to open Checkerhead Brewing on Vancouver Island, Canada in early 2023. During our chat he explained how he went from Juggler to homebrewer and what his plans are for the brewery. ...
Brewery Profile: Cerveceria Desobediente of Mexico
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 24, 2022 07:11 - 19 minutesCerveceria Desobediente is a small local brewery based near Mexico City. Owner Fernando told me about the history of the brewery, the challenges he overcame and his philosophy of success, as well as giving an insight into the Mexican beer scene. Brewery Links Website: https://cerveceria-desobe...
Recreating A Bronze Age Beer For the Modern World With Octo Microbrewery of Cyprus
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 17, 2022 07:08 - 41 minutesMicrobrewery from Cyprus have started a multi-year journey to recreate a fig-based Bronze Age beer for sale to the modern beer drinker. They have just completed stage 1, with the results about to go on sale in selected locations across Cyprus. They joined me for a chat about the origins of the...
Brewery Profile: Gateway Brewing of Mumbai, India
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 10, 2022 07:10 - 13 minutesGateway Brewing was one of the original craft breweries in India. It's faced a lot of challenges over the last years, not least the pandemic but also the bureaucracy and regulations around brewing in India. Founder Navin Mittal gave me a look into the history and ethos of the brewery as well ...
The Business of Yeast with Lance Shaner, the founder of Omega Yeast
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - November 03, 2022 07:08 - 40 minutesHow do yeast labs differentiate themselves? Why do brewers buy yeast? How do labs commercialise complex farmhouse yeasts? Omega Yeast is one of the leading providers of yeast to home-brew and commercial brewer alike. They provide the gamut from widely-available standard strains to unique strain...
Brewery Profile: Numu Brewing of Costa Rica
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - October 27, 2022 06:23 - 11 minutesIn the first of a new series of episodes featuring short brewery profiles we chat to Robert Buethe, the founder of Numu Brewery in Costa Rica. Brewery Website: https://www.numubrewing.com Taproom Website: https://www.taproombistrocr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/numu.brewing Insta...
Brewer Chat with Spybrew, Dealbreaker, and Crooked Spider
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - October 20, 2022 07:44 - 1 hourThis weeks chat has 3 innovative and exciting brewers from Hungary, Denmark, and Netherlands. Dealbreaker is our first ever Hungarian Brewery. A ghost brewery founded by 2 leaders of the Budapest beer scene who are also responsible for Budapest Beer Week. Spybrew describe themselves as a secre...
Brewers Chat With Italy's Birra Dimont and Ireland's Fat Walrus
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 29, 2022 09:40 - 1 hourJoin us for a chat with two fascinating brewers. Fat Walrus was founded by a Lithuanian in New Zealand before moving back to Dublin. They are an award-winning small-batch brewery with big ambitions. Birra Dimont is based at the foot of Italy's Friulian mountains. Their unfiltered and unpasteur...
Heritage Grains and Malt Terroir with Waterford Distillery and Canvas Brewery
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 15, 2022 07:55 - 1 hourMalt is one of the key ingredients in both beer and spirits. What grains are used and where they are grown can have a huge impact on the flavour of the final product. And today we have two experts to discuss these factors. Angelita Hynes is the Terroir Expert at Waterford Distillery. Wate...
A San Diego Estate Beer with Tom Kiely
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - September 06, 2022 09:10 - 1 hourThe idea of an Estate Beer is not new. But creating a city-wide one from scratch just might be. That's what Tom Kiely, chair of the Slow Beer chapter of San Diego Slow Food and former MD of Thorn Brewing is attempting to do. Tom joined me to chat about the project. We covered the philosophy beh...
Beer Is Art: A Project To Encourage Beer Entrepreneurship Amongst South Africa's Unemployed
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 30, 2022 08:49 - 41 minutesSouth Africa has a large level of youth unemployment. Beer Is Art is a project to help generate employment through entrepreneurship in the beer industry, not only in brewing itself but also in the related elements such as marketing, podcasting, tourism, logistics and more. Obakeng Malope is the...
Brewers Roundtable with 🇷🇴🇲🇦Maktoob, 🇮🇪Pikeman, and 🇨🇿Thrills
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - June 01, 2022 05:30 - 1 hourThis week we have another chat with 3 excellent brewers 🇲🇦🇷🇴Maktoob are a brand new Romanian brewery influenced by North African traditions. 🇨🇿Thrills are a Czech brewery who brew modern beers outside of the traditional Czech Pilsners. 🇮🇪Pikeman from Ireland are named after the farmers who ro...
Talking Barrels with 🇬🇧The Wild Beer Co, 🇫🇷ASC Barrels, 🇮🇹Brasseria della Fonte and 🇭🇷Zmajska Pivovara
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - May 04, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourBarrels have taken an important place in brewing. Whether it's barrel-ageing stouts or fermenting wild ales, they are used to add different flavours to dark beers and to keep yeast for wild ones. But how exactly do brewers use the barrels? Where do they get them? What's the lifecycle of a barrel...
Brewers Roundtable with CoolHead Brew🇫🇮, Alefarm🇩🇰, and Cerveja Lince🇵🇹
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 27, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourThis week we have 3 exciting brewers from Denmark, Finland, and Portugal to chat about their experiences in beer and brewing. AleFarm are the first brewery to join us from Denmark. They're a family run brewery making clean, barrel-aged, and mixed fermentation beers. Cerveja Lince are based in ...
Brewers Roundtable with Fjord & Fjell🇨🇭, Octo Microbrewery🇨🇾, and Diaz Brewing🇧🇪
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 20, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourJoin the founders of three exciting microbreweries who are all focused on their very unique local beer markets Fjord & Fjell are our 1st Swiss guests. Founded by a Norwegian they are in a very unique beer market, brewing for their own local area. Diaz Brewing launched 1 year into the pandemic ...
African Influence On American Craft Brewing with Moors Beer, Montclair Brewing, Sankofa Beer, and BlaQ and Soul
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 13, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutesAfrican influence on commercial craft brewing has been small. But that is starting to change, right now among brewers of African heritage but possibly soon among the wider craft world. This episode, organised by The Chicago Brewseum brings together a panel to discuss the influence of African bre...
Craft Brewing In Africa with Tolokazi 🇿🇦 Kweza 🇷🇼 and Bature 🇳🇬
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - April 06, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourCommercial brewing in Africa has been dominated by large multinationals for a variety of reasons. While homebrewing has existed and been popular it is only in the last few years that a commercial scene has started to grow. In this session I was joined by the founders of 3 of the leading African ...
Traditional Brewing In Africa with Tolokazi 🇿🇦, Kweza 🇷🇼, and Bature 🇳🇬
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourThe first of 3 episodes produced in association with The Chicago Brewseum, we have something very special as we look at traditional brewing in Africa including its cultural position, the techniques and ingredients used, how it's changed and lots more. The traditional beers and the way they are ...
John Harris and Adam Robbings on their mashup collab Cri-Star IPA
Reuben's Sightglass - March 24, 2022 18:05 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThis special episode of Reuben's Sightglass was recorded live at Reuben's Brews on March 8th, 2022 at the Seattle launch of Cri-Star IPA. Many thanks to John Harris of Ecliptic Brewing for making the drive up to Seattle and for the Reuben's and Ecliptic teams for making this delicious beer possi...
A Discussion About Yeast In Beer and Cider
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 24, 2022 09:57 - 1 hourYeast is arguably the most important and least controllable part of brewing. While commercially available isolated strains attempt to give some control to the brewer there is a whole alternative that works with less controlled cultures. Making cider faces the same decisions and challenges but w...
A Discussion About Yeast In Beer and Cider with Eik + Tid, De Kromme Haring, and Legacy Irish Cider
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 24, 2022 09:57 - 1 hourYeast is arguably the most important and least controllable part of brewing. While commercially available isolated strains attempt to give some control to the brewer there is a whole alternative that works with less controlled cultures. Making cider faces the same decisions and challenges but w...
Brewers Roundtable with Art Is An Ale, Crafty Bear, Freddo Fox
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 16, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourThis week I had joining me three excellent and relatively new breweries. Art Is An Ale is the first French brewery to join the roundtables. Based in the Loire valley they operate a brewery and pub that started in 2019. They have a tourist and local market and are trying to divide production of ...
Brewers Roundtable: Art Is An Ale, Crafty Bear, Freddo Fox
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 16, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourThis week I had joining me three excellent and relatively new breweries. Art Is An Ale is the first French brewery to join the roundtables. Based in the Loire valley they operate a brewery and pub that started in 2019. They have a tourist and local market and are trying to divide production of ...
Brewers Roundtable with Simian Ales, De Lütte, and Lupum
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 10, 2022 09:59 - 2 hoursThis week we're joined by 3 brewers with very different experiences for an epic chat that went way over schedule. Simian Ales is a microbrewery based in Munich who brew a mix of modern and traditional beer styles Lupum Wild Beer is Portugals first farmhouse brewery, located on the farm of the ...
Brewers Roundtable: Simian Ales, De Lütte, and Lupum
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 10, 2022 09:59 - 2 hoursThis week we're joined by 3 brewers with very different experiences for an epic chat that went way over schedule. Simian Ales is a microbrewery based in Munich who brew a mix of modern and traditional beer styles Lupum Wild Beer is Portugals first farmhouse brewery, located on the farm of the ...
Brewers Roundtable with Basqueland and Hopfully
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - March 03, 2022 11:08 - 1 hourThis week we have two great brewers who have built very strong reputations in a short time. Basqueland was founded in 2016 to brew beers as good as the Basque cuisine. They've gone from strength to strength and have developed a very strong reputation for both their core range and their more exp...
International Gruit Day with Lahnsteiner, Dundulis, and Rhombus
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 23, 2022 14:37 - 1 hourTo mark International Gruit Day on February 1 we hosted a very special chat with three experts in both the history and brewing of this traditional low-hop beer style. Dr. Markus Fohr is the organiser of International Gruit Day, head of Lahnsteiner Brauerei, German Champion of Beer Sommeliers, a...
International Gruit Day
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 23, 2022 14:37 - 1 hourTo mark International Gruit Day on February 1 we hosted a very special chat with three experts in both the history and brewing of this traditional low-hop beer style. Dr. Markus Fohr is the organiser of International Gruit Day, head of Lahnsteiner Brauerei, German Champion of Beer Sommeliers, a...
Brewers Roundtable with El Camino, Crooked Spider, and Varionica
BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer - February 16, 2022 09:44 - 1 hourAnother chat with 3 brewers from Spain, Netherlands, and Croatia... Varionica were pioneers in the Croatian Craft Beer scene and have gone from strength to strength. El Camino/CantaBrew from Cantabria in Northern Spain brew the El Camino brand of beers. Crooked Spider from the Netherlands was...
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