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 Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Guiding you into Sober October, if you are that way inclined, we chat to Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing who are specialising in low and no alcohol beers. We chat about specialist yeasts, the reasons why people might want low and no alcohol offerings that are actually tasty and how Matty wants to build a diverse, inclusive community with the brewery.
Matty has big plans for Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing and we are all about it! You can grab selection packs of their beers on the webshop here:
https://www.siwcbrewery.com/shop
And check them out on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/siwcbrewery/
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
As a follow up to our episode looking at black beer styles, we now take a look at white beer styles. Think witbier, white IPA and white stout. Tori and Jo look at what makes these styles unique, give you tips on building a beer glass collection and recalibrate Jo’s palate to Hoegaarden!
What beer style deep-dive would you like us to do next? Head over to Instagram to let us know!
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
The wonderful Polly Di Silvestri came to chat to A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast this week. She is a photographer, Sales Manager at Solvay Society and a Belgian beer aficionado! We chat abbey beers, moving Solvay Society during a pandemic, and cheese!
Thank you so much for chatting to us Polly – we had a blast!
Check out Solvay Society on their website here:
https://www.solvaysociety.com/
And check out Polly’s photography here:
https://www.instagram.com/paultergeist.be/
Shall we do more on Belgian beer? Head on over to Instagram to let us know!
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Last week, Jo visited Leeds Beer Festival to make a new friend! She chats to Pip Young from Coven Brewsters, an initiative to promote women owned and women brewed beer.
Pip is all about sustainability and promoting everyone in beer – making room at the table for all of the perspectives. We talk about the difficulties faced by women in the beer industry and community and how we don’t want to tokenise women, but we do want to promote their successes.
Make sure you follow Coven Brewsters on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/thecoven.brewsters/
And find out what is happening with The Coven next! Also, keep an eye out for their super cool merch!
Have we missed any brilliant women owned and women brewed beer you think we should know about? Head over to Instagram to let us know!
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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
https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenspintclub
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Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Back in July, Tori and Jo were invited to a very special brew day. Andy from Elusive Brewing invited A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast to the brewery to have a chat about their upcoming collaboration with none other than Emperor’s Brewery!
A massive thank you to Andy, Damian from Emperor’s and Tim Lloyd for chatting to us about how collaborations work, their fantasy collabs and how the beer Imperial Morrisman came about. The beer is being exclusively launched on Friday 10th September at The Ale House in Reading – get yourself down there if you can!
Check out more delicious beers from Elusive on their webshop here:
https://www.elusivebrewing.com/shop
Check out Emperor’s Etsy shop here:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EmperorsBreweryMerch
And watch Tim’s Beer Reviews on his YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgytWqntiejwSMms9IwjLQ
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
It’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK, so we decided to try something a bit fun at A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast. We tried different ways to make DIY beer slushies so you don’t have to! From sticking a can of beer in your freezer to gourmet beer floats, we’ve got you covered! Grab your favourite beer and find out with us how you can make it extra extra!
Big thank you to Liz at BeerPicProject for inspiring this episode with her beer slushie instructions!
Jo talks about beer floats from Big World, Small Girl – check out the blog post here:
https://bigworldsmallgirl.com/beer-float/
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 & Outdoors in Summer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
On our 50th episode we have been lucky enough to talk to Yakima Chief Hops about hop development and sensory exploration! Tessa Schilaty is YCH’s Sensory and Brewing Scientist and talks us through how hop blends are
created, the process of developing new products and how the Aroma Dome works. We also discuss Frozies (frozen fresh hops), The Pink Boots Blend and talking about beer at parties!
We are super excited about this episode and hope it gives you an insight into hop development and growth. Head on over to Instagram to let us know what
was useful about this episode!
Find out more about Yakima Chief Hops on their website:
https://www.yakimachief.com/
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Saison & Grisette & Biere de Gard, oh my! In this episode we take you to the border of Belgium and France to look at the family of farmhouse ales. We have a delicious saison from Good Things Brew Co, a La Goudale classic Biere de Gard and a beetroot Biere de Gard and a spruce Grisette from McColls. These complex and delicious beers need to be tasted to be believed – come on a journey with us to the farm!
To help Good Things Brew Co you can find their Go Fund Me here:
https://gofund.me/6c877bc4
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
What is mead and what makes it interesting? We decided to look at
something a bit different in this episode, inspired by our interesting
conversations about honey with Wild Weather in episode 25. Mead is a fermented beverage like beer but is made from honey. We taste test Gosnell’s
of London’s 4 session meads to see what we think. Tori and Jo also regale you with stories of family history and school days – all related to honey and mead we promise!
Come find us on Instagram to let us know if you’ve tried mead and what you thought!
You can buy mead from Gosnell’s on their webshop here:
https://www.gosnells.co.uk/
And check out that conversation about honey with Wild Weather
in Episode 25 here.
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Sometimes called a bottle of liquid bacon, smoked beers can be an acquired taste. Jo loves a smoked beer, Tori wasn’t so sure (it was the oyster stout all over again!) We introduce you to THE smoked beer from Schlenkerla in Bamberg, then walk you through the history of smoked beers and offer up a couple of craft options. Don’t be scared of the smoke! You might find something new and delicious!
To read more about the history of smoked beers, check out Schlenkerla’s
website here:
https://www.schlenkerla.de/rauchbier/geschichtee.html
Find Braybrooke’s BBQ Helles on their webshop here:
https://braybrookebeer.co/products/braybrooke-bbq-helles-lager
And check out Eko Brewery here:
https://www.ekobrewery.com/
Head on over to Instagram to tell us what smoked beers you’ve tried and
if you are a convert to the ways of the smoke!
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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