Fermentation Beer and Brewing Radio

Can what we listen to change how we feel? More importantly, can what we listen to enhance our enjoyment of our favourite drink? In this episode, Emma: talks beer & music matching with beer writer, Pete Brown; discusses the links between beer & music with Tom Bott, co-founder of London brewery, Signature Brew; and performs an experiment with beer & a Christmassy tune with beer sommelier & drinks writer, Jane Peyton. Plus - Emma & Jane share some of their breweries of 2020, and some hopes for 2021.

I last interviewed Roger Ryman at St Austell Brewery in November 2019. As usual, he was entertaining, insightful, and full of stories. Here's 13 minutes of the best from one of the greats of modern brewing. Roger Ryman: 02/06/1967 - 28/05/2020

How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Emma McClarkin (Chief Executive, British Beer & Pub Association); Katy Moses (Founder & Managing Director, KAM Media), and Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator). Available via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Steven Alton (Chief Executive, BII); Mark McCulloch (CEO of Supersonic Inc), and Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Tony Sophoclides (Strategic Affairs Director at UK Hospitality); Gabe Cook (The Ciderologist); Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to listen to via: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

How is the current coronavirus affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Neil Walker (Head of Comms & Marketing, SIBA) Chris Hyde (Pub2Me) Carolyn Jenkinson (Licensed Trade Association) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download & listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts  

How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: Emma McClarkin (Chief Executive, British Beer & Pub Association) Annabel Smith (Head of Training at Cask Marque & founder of Beer Belle) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download & listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

How is the current coronavirus crisis affectig the beer industry? Featuring: Tom Stainer (Chief Executive, CAMRA) Keith Bott (co-owner of Titanic Brewery & President of Pub Aid) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator) Available to download and listen to at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts

How is the current coronavirus crisis affecting the beer industry? Featuring: James Calder (Chief Executive, SIBA) John Willetts (Director, Simply Hops) Iain Chambers (Community Project Manager, The Bevy) Jane Peyton (drinks writer & educator)

Beer has the power to unite us, to say something to us, and to have a major influence on the world around us. So is it ever 'just beer'? Featuring a discussion with two of the most influential people in beer today: Dr J Jackson-Beckham (Diversity Ambassador, Brewer's Association) & Paul Jones (Co-Founder & Director, Cloudwater).

Cask beer. The very soul of the British pub or boring brown beer? Good value or desperately undervalued? The future of craft beer or a dusty old relic? Where exactly is cask beer at? Feat: - Roger Ryman (Brewing Director; St Austell Brew Co) - Ben Duckworth (Director; Affinity Brew Co & Cask Festival) - Matt Eley (Editor; Cask Report) - Jane Peyton (Resident Beer Sommelier)

Obadiah Poundage is a recreation of a nineteenth century porter and the result of years of work and a collaboration between Mike Siegel (Goose Island, Chicago), Ron Pattinson (beer historian) and Derek Prentice (London brewing legend). All three came together at the Goose Island Brew Pub in Shoreditch to launch the beer and tell some of the many stories associated with it. In this live recording of the launch event you can expect tales of London brewing and the shattering of a few beery myths!

The beer industry has moved on in terms of diversity over the past few years, particularly for some previously excluded groups. But - as in common with most other industries - we're still at the beginning of a potentially very long journey. Featuring: Megan Stone - US brewer & founder of @isbeeracarb Jack Hibberd - Laine Brew Co Farooq Khalid - head brewer at Portobello Brewery Jane Frances LeBlond - founder of Mothership Brewery

Sustainability involves a complex web of interconnectedness between consumer, brewery, supplier and worker. Colin Johnston (Crisp Malting) and Fergus Fitzgerald (Adnams) discuss some of the issues. Recorded live at Cambridge Beer Festival.

Sometimes a brewery comes along that captures minds, captures imaginations, captures hearts even, and reminds us that beer can be all about people, about story, and about the wish to make the world a better place. Emma visits Good Things Brewing Co and speaks to Chris Drummond about his vision of a fully-sustainable brewery.

It's hard to switch on the television or open a newspaper nowadays without coming across something about the environment and the importance of protecting it. Whether it's Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion or David Attenborough, the message would seem to be clear: we all need to act more sustainably. But how are breweries responding to this challenge? Feat: - BrewBroker - Barney's Beer - Lab Culture - and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton

Ampersand Brew Co is a small, progressive brewery based in South Norfolk. It produces seasonal beers, session beers and big barrel-aged beauties. The story of this family-run brewery throws the spotlight on many features of the contemporary brewing scene. Ampersand's Andy Hipwell discusses tap rooms, collaborations and cask ales, and shares some of his best brews. This episode was recorded live at the Cambridge Beer Festival in May 2019. Available to download and listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts  

From the original lease to the distinctive advertising, and from the earliest recipes to the invention of the widget, Guinness is a brewery with a rich 260 year history. Take a step inside the Guinness Archive alongside archivist Fergus Brady, and discover some of the secrets that bring this unique beer alive.

Beer and whisk(e)y: great drinking buddies and close relatives in the family tree of booze. But what's the relationship between them? What do they share and how do they differ? Where do barrels and wood fit in? And what can we learn about beer from its spiritual cousin? Feat. Dougal Sharp (Innis & Gunn), Sean Burke (Porterhouse Brew Co), Garrett Oliver (Brooklyn Brewery) and resident beer sommelier, Jane Peyton.

The 'craft' beer revolution in the UK is often associated with railway arches and industrial estates. But that's not the whole story. Beer is going back to the country. Emma is joined live at the Cambridge Beer Festival by Sophie de Ronde (Burnt Mill Brewery), Miranda Hudson (Duration Brewery) & Bates (Duration Brewery).