A Woman’s Brew

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Have you heard of a Hopfenweisse? This is a relatively new style in the grand scheme of beer. A combination of the banana esters and clove phenols of a wheat beer and the fruity, bitter notes of hops. Tori and Jo were inspired to produce this episode after they got a can of Nacken by Siren Brew Co. Luckily, they managed to grab the original H...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! This week we are honoured to have Jane from Mothership Beer with us in conversation. Mothership are a brewery that A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast holds in high regard – their ethos aligns with ours completely! Jane tells us what it’s like to be a nano brewery, especially during a pandemic, where her beer ideas come from and why makers are gonna...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! How have we got to the middle of 2021 already?! At the beginning of the year Tori & Jo set themselves some beer goals. At this, the mid point of the year, we are reviewing those goals and setting some new ones. We talk you through what Untappd stats are, decide what breweries we want to try in the next 6 months and begin organising a podc...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Welcome to Conversations from the Taproom! When we were recording our episode for the Women On Tap festival (episode 40 – The Pub That Didn’t Exisit if you haven’t had chance to listen!) there were so many interesting (and off topic) conversations had, we couldn’t fit them all in. We wanted to share those with you today. A big thanks to Louis...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We’ve finally been able to take the podcast on the road! This week we talk you through our experiences at Bigfoot Festival in Warwickshire. Tori went along as a volunteer for Full Circle Brewing Co and Jo brought along her friend Liz who doesn’t drink beer and doesn’t camp! Each of us shares our unique perspective on how we felt before the fe...

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...

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...

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 grea...

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 Get...

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 comm...

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 sty...

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...

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!)...

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,...

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....

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! What is a ‘hype’ beer and is it worth it? Tori and Jo try a few ‘hype’ beers including Putty & Don’t Tell Gus from Verdant and Mocha Imperial Stout from Vocation x Pomona Island. But there aren’t just hype beers – there is hype around releases and breweries and even supermarket beers. We discuss all of this and more. Is there a hype beer...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! In this episode we were lucky enough to speak to Emma & Olly – the powerhouse couple behind new brewery Merakai Brewing Co. We talk diversity & inclusion in the beer community, the importance of looking after your mental health and Ru Paul’s Drag Race, of course! To see more from Laura Callaghan, the amazing artist behind Merakai’s go...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Today we talk to Tim from Fallen Acorn Brewing Co about the crossover between traditional and craft beer. We drink their creation – Ooof! – a maple mild in homage to the discussion! Check out Fallen Acorn at their website here: https://www.fallenacornbrewing.co/ Get in Touch: Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com Website: http://www.lovebeerlearn...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We have our first female guest! Today we chat with Charlotte, Marketing & Social Media Manager at Phantom Brewing Co. We talk all things Phantom, pub culture and being kind. We also drink some delicious beers! If you want to check out Phantom Brewing Co, you can find their website here: https://www.phantombrew.com/ We reference an excelle...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We’re looking at stouts – what’s their history, what different varieties are there and what should they taste like? Jo and Tori try an Export Stout from Verdant, an Oatmeal Stout from Samuel Smiths, a Milk Stout from Wiper & True and an Oyster Stout from Brewdog x Two Tones. Jo takes you through a bunch of other stout styles as well, hope...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! It’s International Women’s Day! As women this is obviously very important for us as a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This includes women in the beer industry and community. We talk about International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day, drink beer from Mothership Brewery and bring you th...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Tori and Jo get a first, exclusive taste of Cephalopod Heather Honey Stout by Wild Weather Ales. They also chat to Iain and JD from the brewery about the concept for the beer, it’s unique origin story and how to zest knobbly lemons! Wild Weather were kind enough to give our listeners 5% off any purchase made from their webstore between 1st –...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Two guests in a row! In this episode we chat with Matt, Events Manager at Siren Craft Brew. We talk pivoting into digital beer events and continue our interview feature ‘Can You Name Your Own Beers?’ Thanks for sharing a beer with us Matt! If you want to grab that whiskey & beer tasting pack head on over to their webshop here. Get in Touc...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We’ve got our first guest! Tori and Joanne were lucky enough to chat with Andrew from Three Hills Brewing. We talk about what it’s like to set up a tap room during Covid, the impact of Brexit and pianos with beer taps in them! We also introduce our interview feature ‘Can You Name Your Own Beers?’ Thanks for sharing a beer with us Andrew – the...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! It’s Valentine’s! We’re being sexy and romantic this week, bringing you a round-up of the best beer related gifts, Valentine’s activities and recipe ideas for your lockdown Valentine’s day. We also pick out some sexy dessert beers to spark your imagination in time for the big day. So if it’s for Valentine’s, Galentine’s or you are just treati...