A Woman’s Brew

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! The second part of our home brewing episode is here! We look at the differences between home brewing and commercial brewing – check out episode 62 for our recap of our time at Heist Brew Co. We also answer all of your questions about starting home brewing. What beer should Jo brew with the cherries in her freezer? Head to Instagram to let us...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Want to start a new hobby in 2022? A Woman’s Brew has got you! In this first episode of a two-parter (because we just had too much to say) we talk about the basics of home brewing. What equipment will you need to start? Are kits the way to go? What ingredients do we recommend and how amazing is yeast?! Make sure you subscribe to be notified o...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! In our first episode of 2022 we are lucky enough to chat with Paul from Orbit Beers. He has a very interesting brewing background which has resulted in beers that are creative and delicious! We talk about where Paul gets his ideas from, how music is at the core of Orbit Beers and how you can be a DJ for a night (or at least 20 mins!) at the O...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Well, here we are again at the end of another year. It’s been better than 2020, that’s for sure. Tori and Jo reflect on the things they have achieved this past 12 months and look at what is to come in 2022. There was a lot to be thankful for – including good beer, good people and of course you our fantastic listeners for coming along for the...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We’re not sommeliers, but let’s talk barley wine. The nights are drawing in and we need big beers to sip by the fire (even if it’s playing on YouTube). We look at the history of barley wines and compare English and American styles. We also talk about what constitutes a wheat wine. So go grab yourself some big beers for the holiday season and...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Let us introduce you to the newest power couple in craft – Merakai and Eko! Two of our favourite breweries have collabed on a decadent coffee and vanilla imperial stout – One Day. We chat to Emma from Merakai and Helena from Eko about how you go about setting up a collaboration like this one. We look at how to select coffee to use in beer and...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Be warned, this episode might make you hungry! We chat with Ro from Beer Snack Club and look at his first subscription box of beer and snack pairings. We discuss how to pair beer with food, resources to build your beer and food pairing knowledge and how Ro came up with this business model anyway! The December box from Beer Snack Club will be...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We don’t know about you, but after the great summer of festivals we’ve had, we don’t want it to end! This week we talk to Full Circle about their time at festivals this year and why they are so important for our independent brewers. We also chat about their brilliant diversity and charity work. The beautiful artwork for the Kindred label and...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Happy Birthday to Top Rope – 5 years young! We can honestly say that A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast wouldn’t exist without Top Rope and their Cold Stone Cream Austin range, which we featured in one of our first ever episodes. (we looked at Ice Cream Pale Ales in episode 003, which you can listen to here: https://awomansbrew.sounder.fm/episode/ic...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We brewed a beer! And our wonderful friend Rachel at Heist Brew Co made it all possible. We were honoured to be asked to brew with Heist and to have the opportunity to develop the beer from recipe creation right through to naming and art work! Together we created a very drinkable peanut butter and jelly porter (using Jo’s base porter recipe!)...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We are shattering glass ceilings and smashing the PINT-riarchy with Grace from Liquid Light this week. We chat about developing beers, how music inspires the brewery and Grace’s latest endeavour - the Smash the Pintriarchy zine. Liquid Light hold very similar values to us here at A Woman’s Brew – we can’t wait to get involved with the Smash t...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Since trying the Light Nights foraged grisette, Tori wanted to find out more about foraging. We are lucky enough to chat to Red from First & Last Brewery to learn more about the process of foraging, how you can join in and how to sustainably managing collecting nature’s bounty. We also have a taste of other foraged beers from Wild Weather...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! We celebrate a belated Oktoberfest with Maz and Floz from Time At The Bar Podcast which specialises in beer history. We take a look at the popular beer styles drunk at Oktoberfest – Marzen and Festbier – and how you can tell them apart. Then with Time At The Bar Pod’s expert research skills we look at women in relation to Oktoberfest. Why is...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! It’s pumpkin spice season y’all!! You know Tori & Jo love a bit of pumpkin – they managed to grab Alex from S43 Brewery to chat about their pumpkin collab with Brew York, pumpkin beers in the US and how you add pumpkin to beer anyway! Grab a can of Pumpkin, Pumpkin Imperial while you can! https://s43brewery.com/shop/ Also check out the Pu...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Down from the Swiss mountains, this week we chat with David from Schwarz Monch. Bringing a traditional Schwarzbier to the UK, we chat about deciding to stick with one beer, how to choose a partner brewery and the differences between Swiss and British drinking culture. Help us welcome the Monch to the UK! Check out the Schwarz Monch website he...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Guiding you into Sober October, if you are that way inclined, we chat to Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing who are specialising in low and no alcohol beers. We chat about specialist yeasts, the reasons why people might want low and no alcohol offerings that are actually tasty and how Matty wants to build a diverse, inclusive community with the brewery...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! As a follow up to our episode looking at black beer styles, we now take a look at white beer styles. Think witbier, white IPA and white stout. Tori and Jo look at what makes these styles unique, give you tips on building a beer glass collection and recalibrate Jo’s palate to Hoegaarden! What beer style deep-dive would you like us to do next?...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! The wonderful Polly Di Silvestri came to chat to A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast this week. She is a photographer, Sales Manager at Solvay Society and a Belgian beer aficionado! We chat abbey beers, moving Solvay Society during a pandemic, and cheese! Thank you so much for chatting to us Polly – we had a blast! Check out Solvay Society on their w...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Last week, Jo visited Leeds Beer Festival to make a new friend! She chats to Pip Young from Coven Brewsters, an initiative to promote women owned and women brewed beer. Pip is all about sustainability and promoting everyone in beer – making room at the table for all of the perspectives. We talk about the difficulties faced by women in the bee...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Back in July, Tori and Jo were invited to a very special brew day. Andy from Elusive Brewing invited A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast to the brewery to have a chat about their upcoming collaboration with none other than Emperor’s Brewery! A massive thank you to Andy, Damian from Emperor’s and Tim Lloyd for chatting to us about how collaborations w...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! It’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK, so we decided to try something a bit fun at A Woman’s Brew: The Podcast. We tried different ways to make DIY beer slushies so you don’t have to! From sticking a can of beer in your freezer to gourmet beer floats, we’ve got you covered! Grab your favourite beer and find out with us how you can make i...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! On our 50th episode we have been lucky enough to talk to Yakima Chief Hops about hop development and sensory exploration! Tessa Schilaty is YCH’s Sensory and Brewing Scientist and talks us through how hop blends are created, the process of developing new products and how the Aroma Dome works. We also discuss Frozies (frozen fresh hops), The P...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Saison & Grisette & Biere de Gard, oh my! In this episode we take you to the border of Belgium and France to look at the family of farmhouse ales. We have a delicious saison from Good Things Brew Co, a La Goudale classic Biere de Gard and a beetroot Biere de Gard and a spruce Grisette from McColls. These complex and delicious beers ne...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! What is mead and what makes it interesting? We decided to look at something a bit different in this episode, inspired by our interesting conversations about honey with Wild Weather in episode 25. Mead is a fermented beverage like beer but is made from honey. We taste test Gosnell’s of London’s 4 session meads to see what we think. Tori and Jo...

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Sometimes called a bottle of liquid bacon, smoked beers can be an acquired taste. Jo loves a smoked beer, Tori wasn’t so sure (it was the oyster stout all over again!) We introduce you to THE smoked beer from Schlenkerla in Bamberg, then walk you through the history of smoked beers and offer up a couple of craft options. Don’t be scared of th...