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November 28:
Shane Long, Irish Brewing Pioneer
From Franciscan Well to Changing Times
October 16:
Métaphore Beer of Czechia
Beers With Thought
August 14:
Postcard Brewing of Ireland
A journey from Silicon Valley to Irish Brewing
July 11:
Brewing An Ancient Egyptian Beer
Utah Homebrewer Dylan McDonnell
June 27:
The Real Story Of Lambic
With Beer Historian Roel Mulder
June 20:
Thornbridge Brewing
Fonio Beers and Burton Union Systems
June 13:
Wild East Brewing
Brooklyn's Mixed Fermentation Brewery
June 7:
Tom Standage
A History Of The World In 6 Glasses
April 18:
Elias Wicked Ales
Best Craft Brewery in The Phillippines
April 11:
East West Brewing
Vietnam's Brewing Pioneers
April 4:
Bastet Brewing of Tampa Bay
Florida's Egypt-Inspired Brewery
March 28:
Chicha Beer in Peru's Wari Empire
A chat with Archaeologist Donna Nash
March 07:
Vine Street Brewing
Missouri's First Black-Owned Brewery
February 29:
How Beer Created Civilization
A Chat With Edward Slingerland, Author of "Drunk"
February 22:
Birth Of A Brewery Part 3
An Update on Checkerhead Brewery of Vancouver Island, Canada
February 15:
Prof. Paul Townend
The Dramatic Impact Of Ireland's 19th Century Temperance Movement
February 8:
Brouwerij Kestemont
Belgium's Newest Lambic Brewery
February 1:
Lass Haüs Ales
Austins Only All-Female Brewery
January 11:
Hop & Clover
An Australian Brewery Founded By A Northern Ireland Man
January 4:
Africa's Brewing Pioneer
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, founder of Tolokazi Brewing, SA
December 14:
Jump Ship of Scotland
A chat with the founder of Scotland's only non-alcoholic brewery.
November 30:
Recreating a 16th Century Irish Beer
Dr. Susan Flavin and Marc Meltonville
November 23:
Banange Brewing of Uganda
A chat about the Ugandan Beer Scene
October 12:
Irelands National Centre For Brewing and Distilling
Manager Lisa Ryan talks about the centre.
October 5:
Mad River Brewing
America's Only Tribal-Owned Brewery.
September 27:
Wild Dog Of Zambia
Zambia's largest craft brewery.
September 20:
Ragnarock, Newfoundland
Brewing Beers At The End Of The World.
September 13:
Cool Cousin
Brewing Beers Exclusively From Unmalted Grains.
August 2:
Maison Kalao of Senegal
Brewer of Fonio Beers
July 20:
Zandoval of Mendoza
Argentina's Wine Country Brewery
July 06:
Choctaw Beer
The fascinating story of Oklahoma's beer.
June 7:
Rupee Indian Beer
The Beer Designed to Match Indian Food
May 31:
Chitbeer of Thailand
Wichit Saiklao, The Godfather of Thai Brewing
May 31:
Cross Eyed Owl
Keith Yager , the Alabama Craft Beer Pioneer
May 26:
Cerevesia Craft Brewery
Erich Phillips chats about the Cambodian beer scene.
May 16:
254 Brewing of Kenya
Limerickman Eoin Flinn chats about his Kenyan brewing experience.
May 10:
The Singapore and Goa Pioneer
Adi Challa discusses Singapore and Goan craft beer
May 3:
New Discoveries in Traditional Fermentation
Georgia Tech's. Kim Soohwan discuss his research
April 27:
Be Easy Brewing
Discussing The Japanese Beer Scene
April 20:
Yardley Brothers of Hong Kong
A chat with founder Luke Yardley
March 22:
Discovering Sorghum
See how to experiment with sorghum - and save 40% on your hops
March 11:
Brewers Roundtable
Green Monster, Cohones, and First Craft Beer.
March 8:
The Costa Rica Beer Factory
Discover the Costa Rica Beer Scene
March 1:
Birth of a Brewery part 2
Checking in with David Aiken's journey.
February 23:
Cerveceria Paracaidista of Mexico City
Chatting about beer and brewing in Mexico
February 18:
Brekeriet, Kuro Aparatura and Ophiussa
Beer and brewing in Sweden, Lithuania, and Portugal
February 2:
Traditional Brewing Without Malt.
Discussing alternative brewing techniques.
January 26:
Big Shed Brewing
Chatting with Adelaide's Big Shed Brewing
January 12:
Talking Non-Alcoholic Beer
Chatting with Calgary's One For The Road
December 17:
The Federation Of Beer
Boldly Going Where No Beer Has Gone Before
December 7:
Brew For Ukraine Update
An update on the charitable Brew For Ukraine initiative with Pravda Brewery of Lviv.
November 24:
Birth Of A Brewery. Part 1
The 1st of a series tracking ex-juggler David Aiken as he gets Checkerhead Brewing up and running.
November 5:
Bronze Age Beer For The Modern Market
Octo Microbrewery are on a multi-year project to brew a Bronze Age beer for the modern beer drinker.
October 19:
The Business of Yeast
How does the yeast business work? Find out with Omega Yeast founder Lance Shaner
October 15:
Spybrew, Dealbreaker, Crooked Spider
A really fun chat with brewers from Denmark, Hungary, and Netherlands
September 24:
Fat Walrus and Birra Dimont
A fascinating and wide ranging chat with brewers from Ireland and Italy
September 10:
Heritage Grains and Terroir
A fascinating discussion on grains and their impact on beer and whiskey
September 3:
A San Diego Estate Beer
Tom Kiely has an ambition to make a unique San Diego Estate Beer
June 16:
Beer Is Art
Chatting with 3 people behind a new project to encourage beer entrepreneurship in South Africa
May 07:
Romania, Morocco, Ireland, and Czech Republic
Meet three new but ambitious brewers for a chat about plans, experiences, branding and more
April 09:
Chatting About Barrels
An entertaining deep dive on the use of barrels with ASC Barrels, Zmajska Pivovara, The Wild Beer Co, and Brasseria della Fonte
April 02:
Finland, Denmark, and Portugal
A fascinating look at brewing with CoolHead, Alefarm, and Lince, including a pretty unique way of producing sours.
March 26:
Local Brewing in Switzerland, Cyprus, and Belgium
Chatting about the unique challenges of their local markets with Fjord & Fjell, Octo Microbrewery, and Diaz Brewing
March 21:
African Influence On American Craft Brewing
A chat with leading American brewers Montclair, Sankofa and Moors about the African influence on their and others beers.
March 20:
Craft Brewing In Africa
An investigation into the challenges and potential of craft brewing in Africa with Tolokazi, Kweza, and Bature.
March 19:
Traditional African Brewing
An investigation into traditional African brewing with Tolokazi, Kweza, and Bature.
March 12:
Yeast In Beer & Cider
A really fun and informative look at yeast in both brewing and cider making with Eik + Tid, De Kromme Haring, and Legacy Irish Cider
March 5:
Ireland, Spain, and France
A chat with Crafty Bear, Freddo Fox, and Art Is An Ale covering markets, the difficulty trying to get equipment, favourite beer styles and a whole lot more.
February 12:
2 1/2 Hour Epic
De Lütte, Simian, and Lupum join for an epic, slightly sozzled chat.
February 5:
Beer, Food and more
The founders of Basqueland and Hopfully came together for a chat about beer, food pairings and lots more.
January 30:
International Gruit Day
To mark International Gruit Day we were joined by Lahnsteiner, Dundulis, and Rhombus for a chat about the history and techniques of brewing gruits.
December 4:
Croatia, Netherlands, and Spain
We joined El Camino, Varionica, and Crooked Spider for a chat about beer scenes, beer temperatures and more.
November 27:
Ireland, Spain & Belgium
We joined St. Mels, OSO, and Valduc for a chat about beer scenes, Untappd, collaborations and more.
November 21:
Raw Ale
We were really lucky to have Lars Garshol, DOK Brewing, and Butchers Tears all return for a chat about raw ales and other farmhouse techniques.
October 30:
Community
Taproom-centric breweries A.M.O from Portugal, and Rascals from Ireland join me for chat that covers styles, community, scenes and more.
October 23:
New and Old
Join established Croatian brewery Nova Runda and newly established Latvian brewery Kürish for a chat about all things beer and brewing.
October 16:
3 Brewers, 4 Breweries, 5 Countries
This week we had a great chat with 3 hugely experienced brewers from Brew & Roll in Spain, Third Barrel in Ireland, Axiom in the Czech Republic, and Solo in Crete.
October 9:
Stout
We returned from the summer break with a bang. Daniel from Mean Sardine in Portugal, and Lukasz from Maltgarden in Poland got together to chat about stout.
July 3:
Home Brewers Who Went Commercial
For our final session before the summer break we were lucky to have Maltgarden from Poland, Pühaste from Estonia, and Skinny Bones from Germany.
June 26:
Local Brewers
Join Higgins Ale Works from Munich, Kaapse from Rotterdam, and Huskie from Malta for a look at their local beer scenes.
June 19:
Summer Brews
Join Blacks from Ireland, Hopalaa from Latvia, and Bura from Croatia for a look at beer and brewing around Europe.
June 12:
Innovation and Tradition
This week we travelled the corners of Europe and had a great chat about innovation and tradition with Sakiškės of Lithuania, DOK of Belgium, and Browar Stu Mostów of Poland.
June 5:
Barrel Aged
Join us for a discussion and exploration of barrel-aged beers with Brussels Beer Project, Pohjala, and Mallaskoski.
May 29:
The Wild(ish) Ones
This week we discussed wild ales, spontaneous fermentation, historical brewing and more with Butchers Tears, Land & Labour, and Nevel Wild Ales.
May 22:
European Triangle
This week we travelled the corners of Europe and had a great chat with Arpus of Latvia, Bereta of Romania, and Hopfully of Ireland.
May 15:
A Sense of Place
How can beer capture a sense of place and history? That's what we discussed with Hof ten Dormaal, Ballykilcavan, and West Kerry.
April 24 & May 8:
Lithuanian Farmhouse Beer
For this very special event Lars Marius Garshol and Simonas Gutautas were joined by a panel of Irish brewers, beer experts and historians to learn how Lithuania has managed to retain a unique beer culture.
April 17:
European BBQ
Our first international guest, Peak Beer from Belgium, joined Dundalk Bay and Trouble for a discussion on the best BBQ beer.
April 10:
Malt to Hops
We went all the way from malty beverages to hoppy ones in the company of Killarney, Lineman and Bullhouse
April 3:
Cider
We took a little change of focus and had a look at craft cider with Tempted, Stonewell, and Legacy.
March 20:
Lagers and Reds
Dublin City, Four Provinces and Crafty Bear got around the table for a chat about lagers, reds and attracting people to craft beer.
March 13:
Hops and IPA
Discussing the role of hops and the position of IPA we had Blacks of Kinsale, Hopfully, and Wicklow
March 6:
Yeasts and Sours
Canvas, Black Donkey and White Hag got together for a chat about yeast.
February 27:
Stouts and Porter
Trouble, Dungarvan and Kinnegar joined us for our first roundtable chat. This one we got into stouts and porter.