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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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Tori & Jo are out and about recording on the road, but we didn’t want to leave you hanging. Here’s a bonus episode we’ve been saving for a special occasion.
Back in October, Boutilliers released a green hop version of their core beer Doki Doki – a Helles lager. Whereas the original version is hopped with Polaris and Hallertau, Green Doki was hopped with fresh English Challenger.
Jo discusses what OG stands for and how brewers find the ABV of their beers. As a homebrewer there are lots of apps that can help with this – Jo’s fave is Brewer’s Friend which you can check out here: https://www.brewersfriend.com/
We are heading towards green hopped beer season again – did you get a chance to try Green Doki Doki? What other green hopped beers have you had?
If you would like to know more about green hopped beer we covered it in episode 7 which you can listen to here: https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/greenhopvspumpkin
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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
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We’ve got a very special episode for you today that was specially commissioned by Women on Tap CIC for the 2021 Festival.
Women on Tap were looking for creative commissions for this year’s festival and A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast were honoured to be selected as one of 6 submissions. We want to showcase the wonderful women of Women’s Pint Club – a beer group started in person by Jo but then expanded to include all those online via a Facebook group and Zoom. Throughout the lockdown period these women have found a way to connect, make lasting friendships and support one another in ‘the pub that didn’t exist’ on Zoom. Tori and Jo asked the group about
their differing experiences of the lockdowns, their feelings about the pub and
virtual events and how Women’s Pint Club affected them during the pandemic. We speak to the international members and find out their differing experiences. Finally, a few members who felt comfortable to do so met in person and discussed the difference between the real pub and the virtual, what it means to us and the benefits of both. We want an inclusive society and experience in beer – virtual and in person events can aid this inclusion.
What we want you to take away from this episode is our love for the beer community and the hospitality sector; how it has helped us get through the devastating impact of a global pandemic, but also how we’ve managed to help each other in the process.
The ‘organised chaos’ that is our beer group Women’s Pint Club is here to stay, both in person and virtually. The pub isn’t just four walls, it’s the community that you build.
If you would like to know more about Women on Tap and see what other events – both virtual and in person – are part of the festival you can visit their website here:
https://www.womenontap.co.uk/
If you identify as female and want to join us in Women’s Pint Club you can find us on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenspintclub
And if you would like to hear more from A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast or connect with Tori or Jo, please use the links below:
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 Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
The day has come! We’ve been telling you about Jo’s homebrew of the mustard beer for a while and in this episode we finally get to taste it! We thought we’d look at other savoury beers while we were at it – we’ve got a Yorkshire pudding pale and a pizza gose for you!
Beer usually goes down the path of sweeter flavours, but there are some great beers that use savoury flavours out there – think herbs, veg, bread, chilli, seafood, even squid ink. It’s worth giving beers with this in a go as brewers can create some really interesting results.
Of course, there is always the thought ‘just because they could, does that mean they should?!’ In this episode we say, maybe!
To learn more about the Yorkie P beer, check out their website here:
https://yorkshirepuddingbeer.com/
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Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We’ve got a minisode for you this week looking at Siren’s award-winning Broken Dream and its variants. Jo and Tori taste this breakfast stout, compare it to the nitro version and discuss what the Spinbot 5000 is!
Don’t forget you can support the podcast now by becoming a supporter on Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/LoveBeerLearning
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Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk
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Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism
Joanne: @awomansbrew.
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Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Come to the dark side – we’ve got beer! In this episode, we look at black beer styles – how they are made, what they taste like and why we love them! We drink beers from Iron Pier x Elusive, Wild Weather and Fierce, discover the land of Cascadia and talk about great beer memories.
What black beer styles have you tried? Let us know in the comments!
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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 May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We’ve got an extra special episode for you this week…. An Extra Special Bitter episode in fact! Tori and Jo take another style deep dive into ESBs (Extra Special or Extra Strong Bitters), going from the traditional ESB from Fullers to craft versions from the likes of White Hag & Cloudwater and Amity, Vocation and Sure Shot.
What other styles would you like us to look into? Let us know in the comments!
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.
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Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We are bringing you another beer style deep dive this week and looking at brown ales. From the more traditional English brown ale to experimental American brown ales, we cover the gambit of what is available; craft brewers are bringing us nutty caramel beauts! And Jo still manages to bring up crumpets!
Have you tried a brown ale yet? Which is your favourite? Let us know in the comments!
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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 May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We are very excited to get this episode to you because we’ve been planning it for a while. When Jo saw the beautiful artwork on an Urbanaut can and realised it was a beer blender, she knew there had to be an episode about beer blending! We take you through three different beer blends, teach you the rules of blending (and promptly break them!) and give you some ideas for blends of your own.
Have you experimented with beer blending? What worked for you, or what didn’t? Let us know in the comments!
There is a useful article about beer blending here on Beer Merchants:
https://www.beermerchants.com/features/a-guide-to-beer-blending
Here’s the link to the Love Beer Learning blog, and Jo’s recipes for beer pizza dough, beeramisu and Elvis Juice pancakes:
https://lovebeerlearning.co.uk/lovebeerlearningblog
And here is Tori’s blog, go give her some love!
https://toriiovanni.wixsite.com/hoptimistic
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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 Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
Back in episode 10 we looked at sustainability and told you about
Toast. Joanne waxed lyrical about crumpets and the crumpet beer that she had missed out on… well! Toast have brewed another crumpet beer and we grabbed it! We also asked Toast a few questions about how they use bread products in their brews and why.
Since we did this recording, Toast have released a 4th beer in their Rise Up series – a Mango IPA with Odd Box London and Flawsome Drinks.
Check out the whole Rise Up range here:
https://www.toastale.com/riseup
You can write to your MP about food waste here:
https://www.toastale.com/riseup#findmymp
And check out how Toast make their beers on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsUj_VpNAL8&t=1939s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO29DXtAv9Q&t=16s
Have you had any of Toast’s Rise Up series or the crumpet table
beer? Let us know what you thought in
the comments!
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 Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer!
We were lucky enough to chat to Rich from Werewolf Beer in this episode
and hear about his exciting project ‘An American Brewery in London’. We also chat about Iron Maiden, Sarah Palin, dinosaurs with opposable thumbs and Quaker weddings!
Go have a look at the Werewolf Crowdfunder and help Rich create
something amazing in Camden!
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/werewolfbeer
And check them out on socials @werewolfbeer
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
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com