Beer Ladies Podcast

And we're back! Well, nearly... we'll be back in your ears on 10 September with a whole new season of Beer Ladies Podcast. So tune in for a lot of the same, but some differences - including a new voice! We're thrilled to welcome Erica to the mix, and we're sure you'll be too.  Season 2 Episode 1 drops on 10 September - subscribe now to get it straight into your queue.  Sup...

It’s the Beer Ladies Podcast Season One Finale! Katie, Christina, Thandi, and Lisa bring you the long-awaited Beer & Vikings episode. Many thanks and major gratitude for all the archaeological work that has made this episode possible, and let’s support our schools of Archaeology into the future. Please enjoy one for the road as we chat about Viking rituals, and prepare for a few disturbing det...

Do you drink seasonally? Do you prefer darker beers in winter and lighter in summer? As we ease into summer 2021 Thandi, Carolyn, Katie, and Bean are hoping to see family and friends and fresh-hopped ales. Let yourself in and come chill in our back garden where we’ll be growing adjuncts in window boxes and awaiting vaccination. Thank you for listening and may Springtime be beery pleasant wherever...

Share and compare memories of the IPA craze with Thandi, Lisa, and Christina. What a proliferation of beer “IPA” describes today! East coast, west coast, double, triple, red, rye, session, micro, brut, Belgian, hazy, fresh-hopped, dry-hopped… and more hopped. Dip into some 1700s and 1800s IPA history. Though it was recommended to British brewers to add extra hops to their ocean-going India Pale Al...

Discover some miraculous German beer engineering with Lisa, Thandi, and Katie. Is it the wheat? Is it the yeast? Is it the finely tuned temperatures or the exact time for which they are held? Come appreciate a finely crafted wheat style or two with us. You may never look at a glass of beer with an orange wedge the same way again. Beers in this episode: Thandi’s homebrewed oatmeal stout Hoegaarden,...

Spectacle, songs, sparkles… It’s the Eurovision 2021 with Katie, Lisa, and Thandi! We’ve got our beer poured and we’re so excited for the entries. Bet you haven’t heard of half the groups that got their start in Eurovision. Or maybe you know them intimately. There’s politics, there’s gay culture, there's rules,  there's human stories and campy fun. There’s even a Eurovision movie. Listen...

Bean, Carolyn, and Katie talk flavour pairings in an episode of pure escapism.  While we want to be guided by some kind of method or science, at the end of the day, we just want to have tasty beers and food from porridge in the morning till dessert at night.  You know how it is. We all want pizza now… Beers in this episode: Galveston Bay, Texas - Watermelon Wheat Ale, 5% - https://www.galvestonbay...

Yeast strains old, yeast strains new, yeast strains captured, yeast strains brewed. Bean, Thandi, and Lisa talk about yeast. Its flavours, temperatures, properties, and wonders. Beers in this Episode: Leffe - Blonde, Belgium ( https://leffe.com/en/leffe-blond ) Western Herd - Siege Pale Ale, Ireland ( https://www.westernherd.com/product/siege-pale-ale/ ) Metalman - Atomium Belgian Amber, Ireland (...

‘A modern beer from an ancient land.’ Christina, Thandi, and Katie talk with Aine who leads Connemara Brewing, one of the very newest wonders of the Wild Atlantic Way in the West of Ireland. How did Aine O’Hora become a technical brewer of broad range and ability, and a maven of swabbing and quality control? With a biotechnology degree in DCU here, and a year’s work experience in Harp there. A bit...

A must-listen for interested beer drinkers dipping their toes into the sour styles. Carolyn, Sarah, Thandi, and Lisa help you sort your Goses from your Gueuzes, your Brettanomyces from your Saccharomyces, your primary fermentation from your secondary fermentation. Low in hops, high in pucker, we talk flavour from barnyard hay to cherry syrup. And perhaps most important of all… How do you brew a so...

“It’s super awful, but people should know about this.“ It’s time once again for stories and outrage! Also, swears. Lisa, Christina, Carolyn, and Sarah talk temperance, from the movement’s moderate beginnings to hardcore terrible nonsense. All the racism and bad stuff you could ask for, right out of the gate! But did you know that the temperance movement and women’s suffrage were strongly linked to...

Thandi, Christina, and Katie outline some problems with sexism in contemporary branding and advertising, along with a few basic ways to steer clear of the problem. Trigger warning here: about fifteen minutes in, we’re going to talk about how the objectification of women is linked to violence toward women. So, please be in the space for this! If you aren’t, please enjoy one of the other episodes an...

Hilary and Lisa talk to Grainne from Metalman. Grainne Walsh is one of two founders at Metalman together with her partner Tim. She is also the Head Brewer. She is not primarily in marketing, except for today on this show. We get right into the early days of home-brewing and making the transition from tech work to beer as a career, sexism, changing palettes, recipe formulation, and then on to Brexi...

Katie, Carolyn, Joanne, and Sarah are having the craic in the virtual snug, because who needs the big St Paddy’s Day parade in town!  Tune in for an episode that is not as family-friendly as the regional/village/county Patrick’s Day parades we love. (And don’t you be calling it “Patty’s Day” with the “tt”s when reporting live from the Pot ‘o’ Gold. Go ‘way outta that!) Pints and potted primary sch...

“Have you tried Dungarvan?” Christina, Lisa, and Joanne chat to Claire from Dungarvan, ahead of International Women's [Brew] Day and Women's History Month. Claire Dalton is one of the four founders of Dungarvan Brewing Company, together with her husband Tom, her brother the Head Brewer Cormac, and Cormac’s wife Jen. Back in the crash of 2008, they were punters themselves watching the cra...

It’s back to brewing basics with Thandi, Katie, Lisa, and Bean. Things are getting malty in the first episode of the Ingredient Series. What does malt mean anyway? Where do you get them and what do they taste like? And how long has this been going on? Hop aboard the brand new combine harvester and we’ll malt some fields of barley. Beers featured in this episode: Larkins, Dublin - ‘Curious Society’...

Swing by the ol’ sanatorium with Christina, Lisa, and Bean, as they follow the fashions of advertising beer as a healthy choice. From malt tonics to tonic stouts, to Prohibition-era medicinal’ and ‘sacramental …. erm… booze… fermented/malted grain beverages have been prescribed for everything through the ages. Through quarantines… through plagues… through pandemics… Beers in this episode: Yellowbe...

Lipstick is red, Carolyn’s beer is blue (okay it’s kinda green silly dilly), Stouts are sweet, and so are you! Join in this "Galentine’s" session with Hilary, Katie, Thandi, and Carolyn. Thandi shares how one first Valentine’s gift started a lifetime of brewing. Carolyn recalls "Singles BINGO" and dating with no money in college. The women chat Valentine's Day - from wonde...

Delve into beer history with us at your peril! It’s part one of malt tonics and medicinal beers! Christina talks to Lisa and Bean about malt tonics and the old-timey (or is it new-timey?) ways they were marketed to women, doctors, women doctors, the healthy, the sick, and everyone from tots to wrinklies. What went into a malt tonic, besides arsenic and old lace? Christina recounts a recipe she rec...

In celebration of St Brigid’s day on 1 Feb, and we’re chatting about this badass Irish saint and how she’s related to beer. Oh, you didn’t know? Yep - she was a Brewster! Thandi is host today along with Christina, Lisa, and Katie. Expect to hear all about: Ale Feasts St Brigid’s miracles (and other amazing feats) Drinking horns The definition of Heaven How the definition of ale changed over time M...

It’s official: The Beer Ladies love wort. Fermented, hopped, de-alcoholised, and otherwise, as long as it tastes lovely, Thandi, Christina, Katie, and Carolyn are here for it. Tag along as they try a self-curated selection of bottles and cans, and talk about the various ways non-alcoholic beers are made, now and in our dreams. We put ourselves out there to help you imagine the future of home-brew...

Lisa’s at the virtual wheel with Joanne and Bean and this episode is all about getting bang for your buck this January.  They reminisce over their old student days and dream of going to Rascal’s and Franciscan Well for pizza in the aftertimes. But whilst in January lockdown, they try to stretch the budget to maximise beer enjoyment and keep electrolyte tablets on hand for afterward! Remember to al...

Would you want the Norse God Odin spitting in your beer? What if it were in Coppers at 3 AM after a pub crawl? Host Joanne, together with Christina, Katie, and Lisa, bring you mythical stories of Viking violence and the unseemly eating of children, inspiration for making warm spiced gluh-beer (perhaps garnished with the blood of enemies), exasperation for multi-level marketing and for education ar...

This week we’re continuing our Women in Beer series with Lynsey, who is the Lead Cellar Brewer at Whiplash Beer here in Dublin. Lisa hosts alongside Hilary and Sarah and the four get straight down to (beer) business. Expect to hear: What a cellar brewer does even  Lynsey’s career in beer so far The weirdest ingredient she’s ever brewed with UK v. Ireland beer scene The most Scottish beer ever Some...

Straight from Thanksgiving, we're into the Christmas season. This week on the podcast, Thandi plays host and we are hanging out with no real agenda. But we quickly get onto the topic of Christmas and traditions as Christina brings a few items out for a bit of show and tell while Bean and Sarah share their experiences. We recount what Christmas is like for us ordinarily and what we're exp...