A Woman’s Brew
A Woman’s Brew Podcast follows the ‘beer-ventures’ of two beer-loving women – Joanne Love & Tori Powell – on their mission to get more people drinking and talking about great craft beers. The duo look to infuse equal parts education, playfulness, and story-telling with a dash of chaos across their episodes with the aim to make the craft beer hobby more fun and approachable for all – made by women for everyone! Tori and Joanne are both UK based, but weave in their US connections with their love of travel to bring you – dear listeners – stories from across the industry and across the globe. They hope that you’ll grab a drink of your choosing and join them for a round or few – CHEERS!
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
The second part of our home brewing episode is here! We look at the differences between home brewing and commercial brewing – check out episode 62 for our recap of our time at Heist Brew Co. We also answer all of your questions about starting home brewing.
What beer should Jo brew with the cherries in her freezer? Head to Instagram to let us know what she should brew next!
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Want to start a new hobby in 2022? A Woman’s Brew has got you! In this first episode of a two-parter (because we just had too much to say) we talk about the basics of home brewing. What equipment will you need to start? Are kits the way to go? What ingredients do we recommend and how amazing is yeast?!
Make sure you subscribe to be notified of part two next week where we compare our home brewing experience with commercial brewing and answer all of your questions.
Don’t forget to support your local home brew shops, but if there aren’t any near you Jo recommends the following online retailers:
BrewUK: https://www.brewuk.co.uk/
And this is the kit from there Jo started with for small batch brewing: https://www.brewuk.co.uk/stove-toppers-small-batch-starter-kit.html
Get ‘Er Brewed: https://www.geterbrewed.com/
The Malt Miller: https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/
The Homebrew Company: https://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/
If you want to hop subscription Dark Farm Hops is the place to be:
https://www.darkfarm.co.uk/product/hop-club-membership/
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club
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Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
In our first episode of 2022 we are lucky enough to chat with Paul from Orbit Beers. He has a very interesting brewing background which has resulted in beers that are creative and delicious!
We talk about where Paul gets his ideas from, how music is at the core of Orbit Beers and how you can be a DJ for a night (or at least 20 mins!) at the Orbit taproom. Our favourite part was finding out how Orbit got it’s name!
We tried Orbit’s Sazerac Sour and Blackberry Gose – check out their webshop now to find these and more delightful offerings!
https://orbitbeers.shop/
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Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Well, here we are again at the end of another year. It’s been better than 2020, that’s for sure. Tori and Jo reflect on the things they have achieved this past 12 months and look at what is to come in 2022. There was a lot to be thankful for – including good beer, good people and of course you our fantastic listeners for coming along for the ride!
We do a quick review of Christmas beers, see if we managed to complete our 2021 beer goals (spoiler – we didn’t!) and set some new goals for 2022. But what do you want to see from A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast in 2022? Send us an email with your thoughts and wishes to lovebeerlearning@gmail.comand we will see if we cn make them come true!
Cheers to a Happy New Year – see you in 2022!
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We’re not sommeliers, but let’s talk barley wine. The nights are drawing in and we need big beers to sip by the fire (even if it’s playing on YouTube). We look at the history of barley wines and compare English and American styles. We also talk about what constitutes a wheat wine. So go grab yourself some big beers for the holiday season and let us know what your favourite is over on Instagram.
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Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Let us introduce you to the newest power couple in craft – Merakai and Eko! Two of our favourite breweries have collabed on a decadent coffee and vanilla imperial stout – One Day.
We chat to Emma from Merakai and Helena from Eko about how you go about setting up a collaboration like this one. We look at how to select coffee to use in beer and how the cost of ingredients is underestimated. There are some important (and fun) conversations in this episode and it was amazing chatting to two female co-owners about their businesses.
Go buy One Day now – it does not taste it’s 12% abv!
Check it out on Merakai’s website here:
https://www.merakaibrewing.com/craft-beer-merch/one-day-imperial-coffee-vanilla-stout
Or via Eko’s webite here:
https://www.ekobrewery.com/shop
Get more than one so you can see how the flavours develop over time (we are!)
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Be warned, this episode might make you hungry! We chat with Ro from Beer Snack Club and look at his first subscription box of beer and snack pairings. We discuss how to pair beer with food, resources to build your beer and food pairing knowledge and how Ro came up with this business model anyway!
The December box from Beer Snack Club will be out soon – check it out and grab a subscription here: https://beersnackclub.co.uk/
Ro recommended Garret Oliver’s The Brewmaster’s Table as a great beer and food pairing resource. Find it on Amazon.
Jo recommended books by Mark Dredge – Beer & Food and Cooking With Beer, find his books here:
https://uk.bookshop.org/books?keywords=mark+dredge
We also mentioned the podcast Bean to Barstool for beer and chocolate pairing, find them on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/beantobarstool/
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We don’t know about you, but after the great summer of festivals we’ve had, we don’t want it to end! This week we talk to Full Circle about their time at festivals this year and why they are so important for our independent brewers. We also chat about their brilliant diversity and charity work.
The beautiful artwork for the Kindred label and glass was produced by @Sheldo_draws
https://www.instagram.com/sheldo_draws/
If you would like to donate to the great efforts of Women’s Street Watch Newcastle, you can find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/WSWNCL/
This episode was a long time in the making – thanks to Alex and Graham for chatting to us! Check out their webshop here:
https://www.fullcirclebrew.co.uk/collections/beers
Get in Touch:
Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Happy Birthday to Top Rope – 5 years young! We can honestly say that A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast wouldn’t exist without Top Rope and their Cold Stone Cream Austin range, which we featured in one of our first ever episodes. (we looked at Ice Cream Pale Ales in episode 003, which you can listen to here: https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/icecreampaleales)
If you don’t know, Top Rope loves wrestling, and their co-founder Neil has some very deep knowledge about the subject. We find out how they come up with their beer names (spoiler – it’s to do with wrestling but often it’s not as obvious as you would think) and how they managed to get Frank Turner to do a gig at the brewery.
A massive thank you to Neil for coming on and we will definitely be stopping by the tap room when we get up to Liverpool!
Top Rope’s birthday beers are available on their webshop now here:
https://www.topropebrewing.com/shop
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Email: lovebeerlearning@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 Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We brewed a beer! And our wonderful friend Rachel at Heist Brew Co made it all possible. We were honoured to be asked to brew with Heist and to have the opportunity to develop the beer from recipe creation right through to naming and art work! Together we created a very drinkable peanut butter and jelly porter (using Jo’s base porter recipe!) called When The Beer Is So Lit You Turn Into A Bagel!
We also chat to Rachel about the life of a brewer – congrats Rachel for just getting a full time position on the brew team at Heist. We chat about her journey into brewing, so if you are thinking of this path give us a listen to see how Rachel did it.
Our beer is only available at the Heist taproom so if you are in Sheffield or can get there go try it now and let us know what you think! You can buy other Heist beers from their webshop here:
https://www.heistbrewco.com/store
Check out photos from our brew day on our insta here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CViV01tKY8q/
Heist are now a firm friend of the show and we can’t wait to visit them and brew again. Thank you so much for having us – it was such an honour!
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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