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Join us for interviews and discussion with some of the best independent brewers and beer experts from around the world. We combine a mix of informative talks, brewery profiles, and roundtables that gather different brewers for a chat. The podcast releases a new episode every Thursday. Check out our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/beoirfest) or our website (BeoirFest.com) where you can see what sessions are taking place that you can join live.
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In this episode, we sit down with Shane Long, a legend in Irish brewing and the founder of both Franciscan Well Brewery, one of Ireland’s first microbreweries, and the brand-new Changing Times Brewery in Dublin. Shane shares his incredible journey from entering the industry in the 1990s when “craft beer” wasn’t even a term, to building and selling …
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This is a special episode containing and episode of a 2nd podcast I released. I'm lucky enough that, in addition to all the brewers, I've also managed to talk to beer historians, archaeologists, and those with insights into beers place in culture and history. But there are plenty of people who have published interesting documents but who I will nev…
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In this episode, I chat with Jiří Sládek, founder of Métaphore Beer, one of the most unique and thoughtful breweries in the Czech Republic. Jiří, who describes himself as an “esoteric beer artist,” shares his philosophy-driven approach to brewing, emphasizing authenticity, subtlety, and elegance. He discusses how Métaphore, though a small brewery w…
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In this episode, I'm joined by Jonathan Spielberg, founder of Postcard Brewing Company in Dublin, Ireland. Jonathan, originally from New York, takes us through his journey from IT project management to becoming a key player in Ireland's craft beer scene. We delve into the challenges of transitioning from a hobbyist brewer to establishing a fully-fl…
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Beer was a fundamental part of life in Ancient Egypt. But what did it taste like? That's the sort of question most of would briefly ponder and then move on. Not Dylan McDonnell.He set about plans to recreate an ancient beer as accurately as possible. It turned out to be a 3 year project of deciphering ancient documents, finding ingredients that wer…
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Lambic is synonymous with Brussels. The usual story is that the spontaneously fermented beer has been brewed unchanged since medieval times, a remnant of how all beers were once brewed.The story is more interesting though.Beer Historian Roel Mulder from LostBeers.com joins me to explain how Lambic beers originated in the 18th century and how they w…
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Thornbridge Brewing in the UK are an award winning brewery that have a strong emphasis on tradition but like to take chances.They have recently linked with Brooklyn Brewery founder Garrett Oliver to brew a beer with Fonio. This is a staple grain crop in West Africa but it's not widely know outside of the area. It's hardy and grows in dry conditions…
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Wild East was founded in 2019 by Brett Taylor, Tyler March and Lindsay Steen. Based in Brooklyn they have a focus (though by no means exclusive) on mixed fermentation and Brett-based beers. They started with 40 barrels and have since grown that by a further 100. As they say they themselves, they aim to push boundaries and open new doors for anyone …
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Looking at the history of the world through it's 6 favourite drinks might seem a bit unusual. But this lens throws light on changes in culture as well as power throughout the ages.Tom Standage, editor of The Economist, took this approach in his book "A History Of The World In 6 Glasses," in which he traces trends through the history of Beer, Wine, …
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It's a big claim to say any one brewery is the best in its country. But Elias Wicked Ales won the award as The Philippines best two years running at the Asian Beer Championship.Founded by Raoul Masangcay in 2019 Elias Wicked Ales gained prominence quickly. Raoul is the first beer sommelier in The Philippines and built his interest in, and knowledge…
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Vietnamese are among the top ten beer drinkers in the world. The country also has one of the most vibrant beer scenes in Asia. East West is one of the leading craft breweries in Vietnam. Based in Ho Chi Minh City they were founded by a multi-national team (hence the name) with the intention of building a world-class brewery.Their brewery and taproo…
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Huston Lett and Tom Ross founded Bastet Brewing in Tampa Bay, Florida back in 2014 but didn't actually launch until 2019.Inspired by the ancient Egyptian brewing culture they chose the name Bastet after the god who was prevented from destroying mankind when she was fooled into getting drunk.With such a long view of brewing history both Tom and Hust…
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The Wari Empire ruled in Peru from around 600 to 1100. During that time they ruled over much of coastal and highland Peru.Recent excavations have revealed that one of the tools they used to forge alliances was with the local beer, chicha. This was brewed in large state-owned breweries and used both as a way of creating links with neighbouring tribe…
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Black owned breweries are just 1% of breweries in the US. Recently opened Vine Street in Kansas City is the only one in Missouri.Join founders Kemet Coleman and Woodie Bonds for a chat about the brewery and the challenges and expectations of being minority owned. As the first black-owned brewery in Missouri, Vine Street not only crafts exceptional …
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Alcohol has been used by humans since the beginning of time. Why do we still injest what is a poison? Edward Slingerland addressed this question in his book "Drunk. How we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization." Edward is the Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and his book looks at the alcohol from an evolu…
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The caricature of the Irish involves a lot of alcohol and drunkenness. It often comes as a surprise when people discover just how widespread and culturally ingrained temperance and teetotalism is in the country.Father Theobald Mathew's temperance crusade was the single most extraordinary social movement in pre-famine Ireland, enlisting millions of …
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Lambic brewing around Brussels has a long tradition. After many years of decline it has in recent times gone through a revival.Existign breweries have grown and a handful of new breweries have opened.Brewery Kestemont is a family-owned brewery located in another Lambic brewery that closed in 1968.Run by brothers-in-law Lias Kestemont and Wim Krieck…
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Austin has a big and exciting craft beer scene. But surpringly there is only one female-owned brewery where the owners do all the brewing. That is Lass Haüs Ales.Founded by Amber McCullough and Kris Carpenter the brewery specialises in Belgian-style ales.They've experienced their share of ups and downs in trying to bring a brewery to life and they'…
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Not everyone iopens a brewery by mistake. Or gets national publicity before they do. But Dave Henderson from Northern Ireland did just that when he bought a brewing system off Gumtree in Australia.When that happened himself and his wife felt that had to go ahead. Join Dave for a chat about his experiences and be amazed at the accuracy of his Austra…
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Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is one the the driving forces behind craft beer across Africa. She's the founder of Tolokazi Beer in South Africa, the first brewery to be owned by a black woman in the continent.She's holds Master Brewer qualification from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in the UK and was the first black woman to be accredited as a tra…
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Sonja Mitchell had the same experience many of us have, we want a beer but have to be up early the next morning.And like us she was not happy with the non-alcoholic beers available to her.Unlike the rest of us she decided that she should brew her own. And so she started Jump ShipBrewing, Scotland's only exclusively non-alcoholic brewery.…
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There is much we still don’t know about beer in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historians of food and drink have produced a huge amount of research that explores its deep and complex importance to everyday life. But what did that beer look and taste like? How much alcohol did it contain? How nutritious was it? Though some researchers have…
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Commercial Craft Beer is relatively new to Uganda. One of the pioneers in the scene is Banange Brewing in Kampala.Founded by friends Adam and Pall, who met through their mutual passion for freestyle kayaking on the Nile the brewery has established a strong place for itself in the Ugandan Craft Beer Scene.Co-founder Adam Cameron joined me to tell me…
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The National Centre For Brewing and Distilling is based in Carlow, as part of Teagasc.It's a new initiative that aims among other things to focus on the testing of raw materials for malting and the production of small batches of specialised malts for the craft beer sector, and of test batches for the malting and distilling companies.As the Irish dr…
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The American craft beer scene is pretty white and male. Only something like 4% of breweries are owned by minorities. This makes Mad River Brewing very unique. The brewery got its start 30 years ago at the beginnings of the craft beer revolution in California. But in 2019 it was bought by the Yurok tribe, making it perhaps the only tribally-owned br…
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Velten Tiemann was born in Zambia but spent most of his career working in the wine industry in Germany and Australia.On returning to Zambia and realising he wanted to ferment something, Velten and his wife started Wild Dog. The decision was driven by the fast turnover, no waiting a year between projects.Since brewing that first 100-litre batch Wild…
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In St. Anthony on the Northern tip of Newfoundland, 3 friends decided to create a community focused brewery.Despite having no experience they opened their brewery and taproom at the end of the world in November 2019 - just in time to be shut down by Covid a few months later.Nevertheless they persevered and their taproom is a higlioght of the local …
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Ask anyone and 90% of the time you will be told that beer consists of malt, yeast, water, and hops.John Midgley of Cool Cousin Brewing in New York is brewing without malting, just using enzymes and grain. He says it uses less water and energy.Many cultures around the brew beer without malting and have done so for millenia. So in principle this is n…
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Choctaw Beer was a unique American Frontier beer. Originally brewed by the Choctaw tribe in Oklahoma it became a staple beer among the coal miners, known colloquially as "choc."Its core was basic beer but it also included snuff and poisonous berries.Professor Steve Sewell, Professor of History at the College of the Mainland in Texas will be talking…
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Van and Sumit Sharma are sons of fifth-generation Indian restaurateurs. Born in London with its large Indian community, they moved as children to Maine, where they were the only Indian children and Indian restaurants didn't exist.And of course there was no suitable beer to pair with the food either.In 2020 they set out to create an American brewed …
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Keith Yager went from homebrewer to founding brewer at Huntsville Craft Brewery Yellowhammer, picking up the "Brewmaster of The Year" Award along the way.In 2022 he moved to Decatur Brewery Cross Eyed Owl (XEO). And just this week he has become the new owner along with his brewing duties.Join Keith for a chat about his brewing experiences and what …
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Dr. Wichit Saiklao is known as the Godfather of Thai Craft Brewing. He is the founder of Chit Beer, located on an island near Bangkok - and technically illegal.But he is also an army colonel who holds a doctorate in computer engineering and teaches at Thailand’s most prestigious military academy.Oh, he also founded one of Thailand's biggest logisti…
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Erich Phillips was one of the pioneers of the Cambodian craft beer scene, founding Cerevisia Craft Beer in 2013. He's watched the Cambodian beer scene undergo dramatic changes and has built the brewery into one of the countries leading craft breweries.Join us for a chat about his experiences, the future of Cambodian craft beer and its place in the …
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Kenyan craft brewery, 254 Brewing was founded by Limerick man Eoin Flinn and opened its doors just as Covid hit.It has rapidly become one of the leading lights in the Kenyan craft beer scene.Learn how Eoin came to found the brewery, how it survived its turbulent early years, and what the beer scene in Kenya is like. Website: https://254brewing.com/…
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Aditya Challa wanted to open a Goa Craft Microbrewery, but the laws wouldn't allow it. So instead he opened the first Singapore craft brewery. Jungle Beer become an iconic Singapore craft beer brand that won top awards across AsiaBut when the laws in Goa changed he shipped that brewery over to Goa and opened Susegado to produce Goan Craft Beer.Join…
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Kimchi is a fermented cabbage and very important in Korean culture. Nowadays home and commercial makers use glass or plastic pots for the fermentation.But the traditional method uses specialised clay pots called Onggi, and afficianados insist that the kimchi they produce is superior.Kim Soohwan from Georgia Institute of Technology investigated this…
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Gareth Hunt founded Be Easy Brewing in 2016 in Aomori, Japan. He's seen he growth of the Japanese beer scene both as a brewer and also as host of the Japan Craft Beer Channel on YouTube. He joined me for a chat about his experiences, "Gareth's Beer", the current beer scene in Japan, and what he thinks the future holds.…
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Luke Yardley of Hong Kong brewery Yardley Brothers joins me for a chat about setting up a craft brewery in Hong Kong and the challenges it brings.Yardley Brothers have won numerous awards since they were founded. They have a strong wild, sour and barrel-aged programs, all of which pose unique challenges in a place as crowded as Hong Kong. Yardley B…
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Located in the vibrant beer culture of Margaret River, Beer Farm have a big environmentally-conscious brewery and bar. Marketing Manager Benny Joseph took the time to tell me the history of Beer Farm and how they relate to the beer, wine and tourist businesses that are so strong in that area of West Australia.…
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Getting together for a chat on our live beer webinar this week we have another three great brewers from Lithuania, Hungary, and Bulgaria.Lithuanian Craft Brewery, Green Monster from Kaunas were one of the pioneers of the craft scene in Lithuania, and the first to brew many of the more popular international styles, including their flagship IPA.Hunga…
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Jaime Zuluaga, founder of San José craft brewery The Costa Rica Beer Factory joins me to discuss the Costa Rica beer scene, online craft beer courses, the history of his Costa Rican craft brewery, and lots more.This was a really great and fun chat.I'd never met a brewer who'd never tasted beer before starting commercial brewing!…
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Sorghum is the traditional brewing grain in Africa. But sorghum beer is rarely found outside of the continent. Rwandan brewery Kweza joined together with Yakima Chief Hops to develop a hop mix that works exceptionally well with sorghum, giving craft brewers around the world the opportunity to experiment with the grain and with brewing sorghum beer.…
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We last spoke to juggler and comedian David Aiken back in November as he worked towards getting his microbrewery Checkerhead Brewing, open on Vancouver Island. It's time for part 2 of our Birth Of A Brewery Series as we check back and see how things are going and if he's still on target for an April opening Checkerhead is a small local brewery that…
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The Vancouver beer scene is well established and vibrant. One of the main breweries in the city is Parallel 49 who were founded 10 years ago. Founder and Head Brewer Graham With told me about the history of the brewery, what's ahead, and how he sees the beer scene in Vancouver. Contact Details parallel49brewing.com Facebook.com/parallel49brewing In…
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Three brewers from Portugal, Sweden and Lithuania get together for a chat about beer and brewing in their countries. Brekeriet are the longest-established of the three brewers, having been founded in 2010 by 3 brewers. They are best known for their sour beers, so much so that they have to establish a new brand for their non-sour beers. Kuro Aparatu…
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Paracaidista focus on styles that aren't too common in Mexico, styles such as Saisons, Brett, and more. This was a really interesting chat with the founder, Adrian Rodriguez-Montfort. QUICK NOTE: There were a few moments during this chat when Adrian's connection dropped out. It's not more than a few seconds so hopefully you'll stick with what is a …
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