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Anthropology of Beer

Ben Beanwww.patreon.com
Fun and insightful conversations on the world's greatest drink, from an anthropologist who wishes he were a brewer.
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Episodes

1.2 - Puerto Rico Lo Hace Mejor: Jorge Castro of Boxlab Brewing Company

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico - A conversation with Jorge Castro of Boxlab Brewing Company Before I even thought about doing any sort of ethnographic research on beer, I was doing some preliminary fieldwork on an entirely different topic. So I went to Aguadilla, a city on the northwest coast of Puerto Rico, and on my very first night there, I found out about a small brewery called Del Barril, just down the road from my Airbnb. Very cool brewery attached to an amazing restaurant called El Picnic (by the...

Aug 17, 20211 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 2

1.1 - For the Love of Delco: Mike Contreras of 2SP Brewing Company

For the first episode of this podcast, I wanted to talk about a concept I've thought about a lot over the years, from my work in food service to my ethnographic research: the concept of "the local." We hear about this in the beer world all the time, and it really matters to consumers, brewers, farmers, and many other people who work in the industry. But what makes something "local" isn't exactly universally defined. Something might be brewed locally, but most of the ingredients could come from t...

Aug 02, 20211 hr 12 min
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