Fermentation Beer and Brewing Radio – Details, episodes & analysis

Can what we listen to change how we feel?

More importantly, can what we listen to enhance our enjoyment of our favourite drink?

In this episode, Emma:

• talks beer & music matching with beer writer, Pete Brown;
• discusses the links between beer & music with Tom Bott, co-founder of London brewery, Signature Brew;
• and performs an experiment with beer & a Christmassy tune with beer sommelier & drinks writer, Jane Peyton.

Plus - Emma & Jane share some of their breweries of 2020, and some hopes for 2021.

I last interviewed Roger Ryman at St Austell Brewery in November 2019. As usual, he was entertaining, insightful, and full of stories.

Here's 13 minutes of the best from one of the greats of modern brewing.

Roger Ryman: 02/06/1967 - 28/05/2020

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Cask beer.

The very soul of the British pub or boring brown beer? Good value or desperately undervalued? The future of craft beer or a dusty old relic?

Where exactly is cask beer at?

Feat:

- Roger Ryman (Brewing Director; St Austell Brew Co)

- Ben Duckworth (Director; Affinity Brew Co & Cask Festival)

- Matt Eley (Editor; Cask Report)

- Jane Peyton (Resident Beer Sommelier)

Available to download and listen at:

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• Spotify
• or wherever you get your podcasts

Obadiah Poundage is a recreation of a nineteenth century porter and the result of years of work and a collaboration between Mike Siegel (Goose Island, Chicago), Ron Pattinson (beer historian) and Derek Prentice (London brewing legend).

All three came together at the Goose Island Brew Pub in Shoreditch to launch the beer and tell some of the many stories associated with it. In this live recording of the launch event you can expect tales of London brewing and the shattering of a few beery myths!

Available to download and listen at:

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The beer industry has moved on in terms of diversity over the past few years, particularly for some previously excluded groups. But - as in common with most other industries - we're still at the beginning of a potentially very long journey.

Featuring:

• Megan Stone - US brewer & founder of @isbeeracarb
• Jack Hibberd - Laine Brew Co
• Farooq Khalid - head brewer at Portobello Brewery
• Jane Frances LeBlond - founder of Mothership Brewery

Available to download and listen at:

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Sustainability involves a complex web of interconnectedness between consumer, brewery, supplier and worker.

Colin Johnston (Crisp Malting) and Fergus Fitzgerald (Adnams) discuss some of the issues.

Recorded live at Cambridge Beer Festival.

Sometimes a brewery comes along that captures minds, captures imaginations, captures hearts even, and reminds us that beer can be all about people, about story, and about the wish to make the world a better place.

Emma visits Good Things Brewing Co and speaks to Chris Drummond about his vision of a fully-sustainable brewery.

It's hard to switch on the television or open a newspaper nowadays without coming across something about the environment and the importance of protecting it. Whether it's Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion or David Attenborough, the message would seem to be clear: we all need to act more sustainably.

But how are breweries responding to this challenge?

Featuring:

- BrewBroker

- Barney's Beer

- Lab Culture

- and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton

Available to download and listen at:

• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify
• or wherever you get your podcasts

This episode was sponsored by BrewBroker - the platform that connects every part of the global beer industry. Find out more on the Sponsors & Partnerships page.

Ampersand Brew Co is a small, progressive brewery based in South Norfolk. It produces seasonal beers, session beers and big barrel-aged beauties. The story of this family-run brewery throws the spotlight on many features of the contemporary brewing scene. Ampersand's Andy Hipwell discusses tap rooms, collaborations and cask ales, and shares some of his best brews.

This episode was recorded live at the Cambridge Beer Festival in May 2019.

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From the original lease to the distinctive advertising, and from the earliest recipes to the invention of the widget, Guinness is a brewery with a rich 260 year history.

Take a step inside the Guinness Archive alongside archivist Fergus Brady, and discover some of the secrets that bring this unique beer alive.

Available to listen and download on:

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• and other podcast hosts.

With many thanks to Guinness for their time and hospitality.