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 Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We are back making a Brave Noise, this time with Fierce Beer!
We chat to Kirsty from Fierce about their version of the beer and why they took part in the initiative. Kirsty comes from a background working in beer bars and has a lot of insight around what it’s like for bar staff in the beer industry. Fierce donated their portion of Brave Noise profits to the Drinks Trust to support workers in the hospitality industry. It’s good to remember that the issues raised by the Brave Noise initiative and those like it affect not just those working in breweries, but the hospitality industry as a whole.
Disclaimer – in this episode we talk a lot about Beer52, through which the Fierce Brave Noise beer was distributed. We recorded this episode in August with Kirsty and the beer was released in December 2021. At A Woman’s Brew we always advocate for shopping local and supporting your craft beer bars, pubs, taprooms and bottle shops, who need our support more than ever at this time.
To check out Fierce’s current range of beers, head to their website here:
https://www.fiercebeer.com/browse
And find out more about the Drinks Trust here:
https://www.drinkstrust.org.uk/
If you are interested in finding out more about Brave Noise or taking part – there is still time! The deadline for signup is 31stDecember 2022, check it out here:
https://www.bravenoisebeer.com/
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Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We head down to the pumpkin patch to round up this year’s pumpkin beers! There is an interesting range of pumpkin beers available this year – from your classic pumpkin spice, to latte inspired and cinnamon crumble style. We even go across the pond to set our expectations high.
Featured beers this episode are:
Screamin’ Pumpkin Ale by Griffin Claw
Pumpkin Spice Latte by Fierce
Blueberry Pumpkin Spice Latte by Vault City
Pumpkin Pumpkin Lure of the Dark Side by S43 x BrewYork
Did we miss any good ones this year? Let us know in the comments!
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Some of the most interesting innovation in craft beer can come from historical sources. In this episode we have gathered together a selection of beers that come from historical recipes and practices.
Starting with Bishop’s Finger from the oldest brewery in the UK, Shepherd Neame, moving to a mild recipe from 1916 by Elusive and Partizan, Holy Goat make an appearance with their 1897 export stout and finishing with a 200th anniversary oude gueuze from Lindemans. We cover the gambit of the oldest bottled beer, old recipes bought back to life and celebration of traditional beer making techniques.
Brewing is such an interesting art! Are there other historical beers we should look at? Let us know in the comments!
Check out the International Women’s Day page on the Shepherd Neame website here:
https://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/IWD
And here is more information on Dogfish Head’s Midas Touch:
https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We’re bringing the flavour this week while we chat to Nath and Sam from Brass Castle. Not only did they kindly send us their pumpkin spice latte white stout Kitsch, we also got to sample the full gambit of their beers – from Galaxy packed pale ale to salty and tart pickle gose!
We’ve featured Brass Castle on the podcast before because they just know how to work with flavour! But did you also know that they are gluten free? Their beers are for everyone! We also chat about their taproom with the exclusive beers they often have just on tap and how different a beer can be depending on it’s dispense method – be that can, keg, cask or even nitro.
But what’s cooler? A dog called Mavis or a Slipknot album as a beer name influence?! Let us know in the comments!
A missive thank you to Nath and Sam for coming on – we had the best time! They have been kind enough to offer our dear listeners (that’s you!) 10% off an order of their beer on the webshop. Head over there now for some tasty beers and use code ‘awomansbrew’ to get yours today!
https://brasscastle.co.uk/
Beers we tried:
Galaxy Crush DDH pale ale
Kitsch pumpkin spice latte white stout
Hyggy Figgy fig, blueberry and almond stout
Pickleback pickle gose
Trinitario chocolate stout
Check out Brass Castle on their socials here:
https://linktr.ee/BrassCastleBrewery
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Spooky season is upon us and you might have some sweets left over. Can you pair them with your favourite beers?
This week we pair some popular Halloween candies with beer to see which is a treat and which is a trick. We try Starburst, Haribo, M&Ms, Kitkat, Twix, Snickers and Milkway with various beer styles to find the tastiest treats. We also delve into the different sweets given out across the world, and which states in the US love peanut butter cups.
Which sweets would you pair with your favourite beer? Let us know in the comments!
For more beer and candy pairings check out Jo’s video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GMFHjhv2aU
Or read the blog post here:
https://lovebeerlearning.co.uk/lovebeerlearningblog/beer-and-candy-pairing?fbclid=IwAR3YrRI0O1mV2FfzbNuMwdEWCL_KMmb3sJZnQj-hj950mYrDkjAE6UgKtwk
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Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Ask me about my imposter syndrome! We saw this awesome beer name from Spookton Brew Co – in case you’ve missed it, we talk about our importer syndrome on the reg!
Our excitement over the beer name caught the attention of Spookton founder Jon, and he reached out to us. We are so excited to have a chat with him about how he started the brewery, Spookton’s charitable efforts and his thoughts on Imposter Syndrome. We also get a bit of Brave Noise talk in there for good measure!
You can find out more about Spookton Brew Co on their website here:
https://spookton.co.uk/
Give them a follow on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter here as well:
https://www.facebook.com/spooktonbrewco
https://www.instagram.com/spooktonbrewco/
https://twitter.com/spooktonbrewco
And don’t forget to ask your local bottle shop to get some Spookton in so you can try these tasty beers! They can contact Jon to order here:
https://spookton.co.uk/contact-us
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Pack your bags, we’re going on our travels! We give you our top tips for planning your travels so you can find beery gems along the way. Tori talks about her trip to Greece and all the craft beer she found – yes! There is craft beer in Greece! Jo talks about her time in Munich and what it’s like to travel for work.
What’s your top tip for beer travel? Let us know in the comments!
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Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We are making noise with Sophie and Maz from Lost & Grounded this week as we continue our Brave Noise round up.
Lost & Grounded brewed a lager for their Brave Noise beer which just shows you can make any beer and still make a brave noise! The beer was in collaboration with We Are Beer festivals but if you missed it, you can still find it on their webstore here:
https://www.lostandgroundedstore.co.uk/
It is delicious! While you are there, grab a Brave Noise and Women of the Bevolution shirt too!
Maz and Sophie talk us through brewing the Brave Noise beer and the process of putting together their code of conduct. We chat about how breweries might already have these in place, but just haven’t signed up to Brave Noise yet – come join us everyone!
Did you try Lost & Grounded’s Brave Noise lager? Let us know in the comments!
Follow Lost & Grounded here:
https://www.instagram.com/lostandgroundedbrewers/
https://twitter.com/lostandgrounded
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Did you try Lost & Grounded’s Brave Noise lager? Let us know in the comments!
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
It’s Oktoberfest season! But we know at this time, money is tight. So how can you still enjoy the season of German cheer on a budget. We visit our local supermarkets and see what we can get to celebrate with.
As always, our advice is to support your local bottleshops and bars when you can, but in a pinch, here are our supermarket choices to get you through.
What beers do you enjoy during the Oktoberfest season? Let us know in the comments!
If you missed our other Oktoberfest episodes you can listen to episode 4 here:
https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/oktoberfest
And find our episode with Time At The Bar Pod about Oktoberfest here:
https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/059-time-at-the-bar-oktoberfest
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Back in episode 67 we talked you through barley wines. These strong ales were brewed to be stored and aged and modern brewers are doing interesting things with them. This week we take a look at NOT barley wines!
Close relative to the barley wine is the wheat, oat and rye wine and we sample an example of each. How do the different grains change this beer style? Why would brewers use these alternative grains and which do we like best?
Have you tried any of these not barley wines? Let us know in the comments.
And if you missed it, you can listen back to episode 67 here:
https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/067-barley-wine
Or watch episode 67 here:
https://youtu.be/8qNyKr_6eHY
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