Can what we listen to change how we feel? More importantly, can what we listen to enhance our enjoyment of our favourite drink? In this episode, Emma: talks beer & music matching with beer writer, Pete Brown ; discusses the links between beer & music with Tom Bott, co-founder of London brewery, Signature Brew ; and performs an experiment with beer & a Christmassy tune with beer sommelier & drinks writer, Jane Peyton . Plus - Emma & Jane share some of their breweries of 2020, ...
Dec 21, 2020•51 min
I last interviewed Roger Ryman at St Austell Brewery in November 2019. As usual, he was entertaining, insightful, and full of stories. Here's 13 minutes of the best from one of the greats of modern brewing. Roger Ryman: 02/06/1967 - 28/05/2020 Available via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Jun 02, 2020•13 min
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Emma McClarkin (Chief Executive, British Beer & Pub Association ); Katy Moses (Founder & Managing Director, KAM Media ), and Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator). Available via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
May 14, 2020•48 min
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Steven Alton (Chief Executive, BII ); Mark McCulloch (CEO of Supersonic Inc ), and Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 3 min
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Tony Sophoclides (Strategic Affairs Director at UK Hospitality ); Gabe Cook ( The Ciderologist ); Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to listen to via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Apr 30, 2020•48 min
How is the current coronavirus affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Neil Walker (Head of Comms & Marketing, SIBA ) Chris Hyde ( Pub2Me ) Carolyn Jenkinson ( Licensed Trade Charity ) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download & listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Emma McClarkin (Chief Executive, British Beer & Pub Association ) Annabel Smith (Head of Training at Cask Marque & founder of Beer Belle ) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download & listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Apr 16, 2020•46 min
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Tom Stainer (Chief Executive, CAMRA ) Keith Bott (co-owner of Titanic Brewery & President of Pub Aid ) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download and listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Apr 09, 2020•47 min
How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: James Calder (Chief Executive, SIBA ) John Willetts (Director, Simply Hops & founder of Beer is Here ) Iain Chambers (Community Project Manager, The Bevy ) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Apr 02, 2020•59 min
Beer has the power to unite us, to say something to us, and to have a major influence on the world around us. So is it ever 'just beer'? Featuring a discussion with two of the most influential people in beer today: Dr J Jackson-Beckham (Diversity Ambassador, Brewer's Association) & Paul Jones (Co-Founder & Director, Cloudwater). Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Cask beer. The very soul of the British pub or boring brown beer? Good value or desperately undervalued? The future of craft beer or a dusty old relic? Where exactly is cask beer at? Feat: - Roger Ryman (Brewing Director; St Austell Brew Co ) - Ben Duckworth (Director; Affinity Brew Co & Cask Festival ) - Matt Eley (Editor; Cask Report ) - Jane Peyton (Resident Beer Sommelier) Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts...
Feb 06, 2020•57 min
Obadiah Poundage is a recreation of a nineteenth century porter and the result of years of work and a collaboration between Mike Siegel (Goose Island, Chicago), Ron Pattinson (beer historian) and Derek Prentice (London brewing legend). All three came together at the Goose Island Brew Pub in Shoreditch to launch the beer and tell some of the many stories associated with it. In this live recording of the launch event you can expect tales of London brewing and the shattering of a few beery myths! A...
Jan 09, 2020•46 min
The beer industry has moved on in terms of diversity over the past few years, particularly for some previously excluded groups. But - as in common with most other industries - we're still at the beginning of a potentially very long journey. Featuring: Megan Stone - US brewer & founder of @isbeeracarb Jack Hibberd - Laine Brew Co Farooq Khalid - head brewer at Portobello Brewery Jane Frances LeBlond - founder of Mothership Brewery Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or...
Dec 12, 2019•30 min
Sustainability involves a complex web of interconnectedness between consumer, brewery, supplier and worker. Colin Johnston (Crisp Malting) and Fergus Fitzgerald (Adnams) discuss some of the issues. Recorded live at Cambridge Beer Festival.
Nov 28, 2019•45 min
Sometimes a brewery comes along that captures minds, captures imaginations, captures hearts even, and reminds us that beer can be all about people, about story, and about the wish to make the world a better place. Emma visits Good Things Brewing Co and speaks to Chris Drummond about his vision of a fully-sustainable brewery.
Nov 14, 2019•57 min
It's hard to switch on the television or open a newspaper nowadays without coming across something about the environment and the importance of protecting it. Whether it's Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion or David Attenborough, the message would seem to be clear: we all need to act more sustainably. But how are breweries responding to this challenge? Featuring: - BrewBroker - Barney's Beer - Lab Culture - and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton Available to download and listen at: Apple Podc...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Ampersand Brew Co is a small, progressive brewery based in South Norfolk. It produces seasonal beers, session beers and big barrel-aged beauties. The story of this family-run brewery throws the spotlight on many features of the contemporary brewing scene. Ampersand's Andy Hipwell discusses tap rooms, collaborations and cask ales, and shares some of his best brews. This episode was recorded live at the Cambridge Beer Festival in May 2019. Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotif...
Oct 17, 2019•49 min
From the original lease to the distinctive advertising, and from the earliest recipes to the invention of the widget, Guinness is a brewery with a rich 260 year history. Take a step inside the Guinness Archive alongside archivist Fergus Brady, and discover some of the secrets that bring this unique beer alive. Available to listen and download on: Apple Podcasts Spotify and other podcast hosts. With many thanks to Guinness for their time and hospitality....
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Beer and whisk(e)y: great drinking buddies and close relatives in the family tree of booze. But what's the relationship between them? What do they share and how do they differ? Where do barrels and wood fit in? And what can we learn about beer from its spiritual cousin? Available to download and listen via Apple Podcasts , Spotify and more. Feat. Dougal Sharp ( Innis & Gunn ), Sean Burke ( Porterhouse Brew Co ), Garrett Oliver ( Brooklyn Brewery ) and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton ....
Sep 19, 2019•51 min
The 'craft' beer revolution in the UK is often associated with railway arches and industrial estates. But that's not the whole story. Beer is going back to the country. Emma is joined live at the Cambridge Beer Festival by Sophie de Ronde (Burnt Mill Brewery), Miranda Hudson (Duration Brewery) & Bates (Duration Brewery).
Sep 05, 2019•51 min
Jereme Zimmerman - avid fermenter and self-described 'peace-loving, green-living Appalachian Yeti Viking' shares a beer with Emma. The birth of civilisation, prohibition, sustainability, Norse mythology and the importance of stories to our enjoyment of beer all feature in this wide-ranging discussion. And if you've ever considered brewing Chicha de Muko at home, listen up! Jereme's book, 'Brew Beer Like a Yeti' is published by Chelsea Green Publishing.
Aug 22, 2019•44 min
We all know that beer can contain so much more than just water, malt, hops & yeast - and there is always something new to try. Emma highlights four breweries - two from the UK and two from further afield - that are doing interesting things with ingredients that fall slightly outside the norm. Feat.: Liquid Light Brewing Company (Nottingham, UK) Gara Guzu (Turkey) Jake's Saffron Beer (Kent, UK) Lowlander (Netherlands) and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton....
Aug 08, 2019•48 min
Inside the beer industry we've been talking for years about how well beer goes with food, and how it can work even better alongside food than wine. Are people outside the beer industry beginning to listen? Featuring insights from: Garrett Oliver (Brewmaster, Brooklyn Brewery) Melissa Cole (Beer Writer) Ian Colgan (Beer & Food Specialist, Guinness Brewery) and, of course, resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton...
Jul 25, 2019•42 min
In this world of unparalled choice, where kegs, bottles and cans of all styles constantly cry out for our attention, what's the value of cask ale? Emma hosts a panel discussion about the value of the pint in your glass - not just the price, but the history, the provenance and the meaning of cask ale. Featuring: Gary Sillence (Head Brewer, Brighton Bier) Mark Hazell (Publican & co-owner of The Evening Star, Brighton) James Hayward (Brewer, Iron Pier Brewery, Gravesend) Jane Peyton (drinks wri...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Beer: it's powerful stuff. In fact, all evidence points to it being one of the main reasons behind civilisation as we know it. So why shouldn't it change the world? In this bitesize edition of Fermentation Beer & Brewing Radio, Emma speaks to artist, beer writer, queer activist and founder of the Queer Brewing Project , a collaborative beer project aiming to raise the profile of LGBTQ people in the brewing & hospitality industries. [Recorded live at Cambridge Beer Festival ]...
Jun 27, 2019•31 min
From your local brewery tap room to a UK beer city, from closer to home to further afield, more people are planning their holiday based on the beer and beer experiences on offer. And, on this episode, Emma investigates beer tourism. Emma takes a closer look at the Czech Republic's beer scene with the help of Keterina Hobbs ( Czech Tourism ), Viktor Tkadlec ( Cvikov Brewery ) & Jan Kocka ( Nomad Brewery ); We look ahead to this month's Czech Beer Week with Martyn Railton from Euroboozer ; Jan...
Jun 13, 2019•59 min
Britain: a land of damp Sundays, conkers on strings, cooked breakfasts, unnecessary apologies, and wonderful, wonderful beer. In this episode we delve into the exciting world of contemporary British beer and look ahead to Beer Day Britain - Britain's national beer day - which is coming up on Saturday 15 June. Mark Newton - Marston's resident cooper Jon Dale - head brewer at Burton Town Brewery A pint of beer in Burton-on-Trent Brewers brewing on the DE14 kit at Marston's Jane Peyton winning a SI...
May 30, 2019•1 hr 6 min
The Catalan beer scene is an exciting place. If no media player appears in your browser, click here to download & listen When Emma went over to host a live podcast at Barcelona Beer Festival back in March, she made it her business to explore the rest of the city. And she ended up meeting many of the people who make the scene such an amazing place. Plus, she brought some pretty special beers home... Featuring: Robin Barden - head brewer at Edge Brewing Aran Leon - co-founder & head brewer...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min
We all have a first. That special one, the legendary one. The one that first awoke your taste buds. Maybe it was supping the foam off a pint of your dad's homebrew. Maybe it was a taste of your grandmother's glass of stout in the village pub. Maybe it was a cold can of something thrust into your hand as you watched the football. Join Emma (and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton) for a fascinating tour of Greene King - the 220 year old brewery that first drew her into the wonderful world of bee...
May 02, 2019•59 min
On this episode, Emma links up with four breweries - from the UK, mainland Europe and the USA - who are shaping the contemporary beer scene in their own unique ways. If no media player appears in your browser, please click here to download & listen Featuring: Tim Faith, Research & Development brewer at Chicago's Goose Island Brewery; Simon Webster, CEO & co-founder of Thornbridge Brewery ; Jerome Rebetez, charismatic founder of Swiss brewery, Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes (BFM) ; ...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr
