Cheers with Nat

Today's guest is Julie O'Grady, Head of Sales, Marketing, and Events for Liverpool's Neptune Brewery . Although Julie is relatively new to her current full-time role at Neptune, she's been part of the brewery since it opened in 2015, as she and her husband, Les, founded the brewery together. For the first few years, Julie was working full time for the NHS, then Liverpool City Council, and would he...

Today's guest is Jan Rogers, owner and director of Marble Brewery in Manchester. In 1990, Jan turned up for a drink at the Marble Arch pub and – in her words – didn't go home. She began working at the pub and, when it was facing uncertainty in the late '90s, Jan was adamant that karaoke wasn't the fix. Instead, the decision was made to install a small brew kit in the pub and that's how Marble Brew...

Today's guest is Gaia Freytag, Quality Assurance Manager at Birrificio del Ducato in Parma, Italy. While pursing her Master's in Food Science and Technology, Gaia discovered her passion for beer and sought to learn everything she could through self-study, in addition to her coursework. After graduating, she had a short stint interning at a brewery in north Italy, then landed her current role at de...

Today's guest is Alix Shaw, Assistant Packaging Manager at The Five Points Brewing Company in Hackney, East London. Alix is also a co-founder of the Crafty Beer Girls , a community of beer loving ladies who work in the beer industry or just enjoy a good pint.  In addition to monthly meet ups at pubs and bars in London, Crafty Beer Girls has an online community that's grown to nearly 800 women worl...

Today's guest is the incredible Jaega Wise. Jagea is head brewer at Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow, East London, the brewery she's been a part of since it opened in 2012. When she's not in the brewhouse, you can catch Jaega on the telly, as she's a presenter on Channel 5's The Wine Show . She's also been widely recognized for her work as an equality campaigner for the industry, which has seen he...

Welcome to Beer with Nat. I'm your host, Natalya Watson, but you can call me Nat – everyone else does! On every episode, I'll share a beer and a chat with people who do what they love for a living... they work in the beer industry. From head brewers, to packaging managers, to beer writers, and PRs, they've sat down with me to share their stories about what got them into beer, what they do for a li...