A Woman’s Brew
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew – The Podcast, where women talk about beer! A Woman’s Brew is two beer loving women on a mission to get more people drinking and talking about great beer. Joanne & Tori want to talk you through beer styles, breweries we love, beer tasting tips, beer traditions and more from the world of craft beer. Joanne has been drinking beer since she was handed a Sam Adams Boston lager and realised that not all beer was yellow and fizzy. She was travelling the world while working on cruise ships at the time and tried every beer she could get her hands on. When she came home she decided she wanted to learn more about where the aromas and flavours in her favourite beers came from. During lockdown in the UK in 2020 she set herself the challenge to pass the Cicerone Certified Beer Server exam to earn a qualification in beer, just for fun! She passed with 97% and began to build her beer school Love Beer Learning to support other women to discover beer, build their confidence in...
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
All hail our AI overlords! We’re hitting on the hottest trend in podcasting – using AI to write scripts and prompts – let’s see how it goes!
Jo was skeptical, but Tori thought it was hilarious, so here we are reading from a script written by a robot. We also check over some prompts for episodes to see if they would work for us, and Tori pitches us our own solo podcasts (for when Jo get’s too famous and dumps her!)
How do you think AI did? Do you want to hear any of the prompts we chat about or start a beer book club with us? Let us know!
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
We’re heading to the end of Quarter 1 so we thought it was time to review our progress on our beer goals!
As well as the personal goals we’ve set ourselves, we are taking on the Drink Harder challenge by @katiesbeerschool
Check out the prompts here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2-oc-jr4d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Jo is using it as a bit of a stash buster and Tori is an overachiever! Listen to find out how we’re doing with the 24 prompts so far.
How are you doing with your beer goals so far this year? Let us know!
And if you are interested in see how Girl Drinks Guinness rates pints of Guinness, check out her account here:
https://www.instagram.com/girl_drinks_guinness/
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
We are finishing off our cocktail episodes with a round of mixed drinks. We’ve found a few cocktail inspired beers that seem to be outliers in their field with no one else attempting to make that beer.
We start with Vault City’s Strawberry Woo Woo and again ask – is this a sour starter? Tori also discusses her thoughts on British birthday cakes – prepared to be shocked!
New Bristol Brewery have created an Old Fashioned inspired stout – are they successful at interpreting the blend of bitters, bourbon and orange?
Finally, we take on The Dude with Brew York with their White Russian inspired white stout – The Dude Abides.
We think we’ll revisit cocktail inspired beers in the future. Have you got any beers you recommend we try? Let us know in the comments!
Did you miss our other cocktail inspired episodes? Catch up here:
Strawberry Daiquiri
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/63aae2b124edb900119e0f29
Pina Colada
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/131-cocktail-beers-pina-colada
Margarita:
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/132-cocktail-beers-margarita
Mojito:
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/133-cocktail-beers-mojito
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovebeerlearning
Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
We continue our cocktail comparison series with another of Jo’s favourites – the Mojito! Despite the fact that she doesn’t generally like mint, a muddled leaf is actually a flavour she enjoys in a cocktail – will it be the same in a beer though!
The beers we found that emulated a mojito were all sours, but they were definitely a range of levels of sours – we not only chat about the flavours but also if these beers would be suitable for someone starting on their journey in sour beers.
We tried:
Mojito Sour from Lost Industry Brewing
Lime Zest and Mint Mojito Sour from Play Brew Co
In Waves from Amity Brew Co
What beer would you give to someone wanting to try sours? Let us know!
Did you miss our other cocktail inspired episodes? Catch up here:
Strawberry Daiquiri
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/63aae2b124edb900119e0f29
Pina Colada
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/131-cocktail-beers-pina-colada
Margarita:
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/132-cocktail-beers-margarita
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovebeerlearning
Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
Join the mailing list: https://www.subscribepage.com/v5c0a7
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Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Margaritas are Jo’s favourite – but she cannot find a decent version here in the UK. But what about in beer form?
We’ve found a couple of examples of beers inspired by the classic cocktail to see if they live up to Jo’s high standards (Tori’s not bothered, she’s after an apple cinnamon margarita – can you hook her up?!)
Against a cocktail in a can example we try:
Margarita Rice Lager by Donzoko
Margarita All'ananas by Pastore
Do you know where we can find apple cinnamon tequila? – let us know!
Did you miss our other cocktail inspired episodes? Catch up here:
Strawberry Daiquiri
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/63aae2b124edb900119e0f29
Pina Colada
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/131-cocktail-beers-pina-colada
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovebeerlearning
Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We are back on the cocktail train this week and seeing if a beer can really recreate the flavours of a Pina Colada,
A cocktail that Tori and Jo can both agree on liking, a creamy, pineapple and coconut infused Pina Colada is difficult to recreate in beer form, but we try a few to see how they do. Pineapple and coconut are flavours we recognise in beer from hops like Sabro, which divides the beer community! Will these beers do the same?
Along side a cider and a couple of different cocktails in a can we tried:
Bermuda Triangle Holiday Home by Elusive
Sunset Overdrive by Vocation
Shake The Tree by Siren Brew Co
Smooth Ops Pina Colada hard seltzer by 3 Brothers Brewing
Did you miss our other cocktail inspired episode about strawberry Daiquiris? Catch up here:
https://shows.acast.com/63aae2ae38c1f70011964563/episodes/63aae2b124edb900119e0f29
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovebeerlearning
Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Tori sometimes calls them horizontals, but have you heard of a beer tasting vertical? These are where you try the same beer from different years, often consecutive years, and taste the progression in the flavours.
We talk you through the best beer styles to use for a vertical and how you can make it an event. Who could you share the beers with, where can you get them and which beers could you choose?
We also drink through a vertical of Fuller’s Vintage Ale from 2022, 21 & 20 and pair it with different cheeses. Faelynn also joins us, to hoover up our cheese crumbs!
Have you taken part in a vertical before or are you planning one? Let us know in the comments!
Shout out to our fave TikToker Shabaz Says, we love the I’m Rich, You’re Poor series!:
https://www.tiktok.com/@shabazsays?_t=8a0n8g1thiQ&_r=1
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Towards the end of 2022, Beer Ink released their Cornetto trilogy beers. Three beers based on cornetto flavours linked to the Simon Pegg films in the Cornetto Trilogy.
Just for funsies, we try all three beers along side the matching Cornetto ice cream and let you know if they pair well – we are living our best beer & ice cream lives in this episode!
Jo shared stories about her days as the granddaughter of an ice cream man and Tori tells us the ins and outs of American ice cream culture. We might now also be a movie podcast or an ice cream podcast – help us workshop our new name! (Lol, not really!)
What is your favourite ice cream inspired beer? Let us know in the comments!
Get in Touch:
Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
In the second part of our Brave Noise roundup, we share conversations we had during our brew day at Elusive Brewing. On the day we were joined not only by Ruth, but also by Pip from The Coven and Charlotte from Coalition Brewing…. Oh and Bertie, Ruth’s dog!
Over a few beers we talked about codes of conduct and how they not only show a brewery or event’s stance, but should also make them safe and welcoming places we want to be in. No tick box exercises here!
Money raised from the Brave Noise beer we brewed will go towards The Coven’s Wellness Officer programme; Pip explains what this is and why they should be an essential (paid) role at all festivals and events.
We also discuss active bystander training, the progress that has been made in making change (however slow it may be) and that we are not hysterical, we are not dramatic, we are not scared to stand up and make a brave noise – we’re not going to stop!
Grab the delicious beer direct from Elusive here:
https://www.elusivebrewing.com/shop
Get in Touch:
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
In our latest Brave Noise episode we talk to Ruth from Elusive Brewing. We were privileged enough to be part of the brew day for their Brave Noise beer, which will raise money to support The Coven’s wellness officer program.
Ruth takes us through the process the brewery took to get to brewing the beer and talks about the impact having a code of conduct has for Elusive. We also share our experiences of beer festivals and the change we would like to see in the industry.
If you want to find out more about The White Ribbon Project, Ruth mentioned, you can find them here:
https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk/
If you are in the area, don’t forget to come see us at A Hoppy Place Maidenhead on 4th February for the launch of the beer. Or if you want to buy direct from Elusive you can do that on their website here:
https://www.elusivebrewing.com/shop
This is a two part episode – make sure you subscribe to hear our next episode from the brew day, out next week!
Get in Touch:
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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