Best Mrs Joanne Love Podcasts (2024)

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190 - Lager Series: Mexican Lager 1:09:53

4d ago1:09:53

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This week, we're embarking on a flavourful journey south of the border to explore the enigmatic world of Mexican lagers. But do we once again have more questions than answers? We contrast craft enthusiasms with macro lager charm and question how a slice of lime became synonymous with a whole genre of beer. From the Austrian-brewed history of the Vi…

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189 - Core Ranges and Formative Beers 1:44:31

11d ago1:44:31

1:44:31

In this episode we tap into the world of core beer ranges, the power of first beer impressions, and the essence of a brewery's core lineup. What makes a great core range and what do you expect from a brewery’s flagship beers? Do you have a favourite core range? We also took this opportunity to taste through some beers Jo brought back from the US fr…

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188 - Quarter 1 2024 Review: Completing Our Goals One Sip At A Time! 1:32:54

18d ago1:32:54

1:32:54

It's been a wild ride this first quarter of 2024, keeping us busy when we should be working on our beer goals and the drink harder challenge! Despite our best efforts to stay on top of our beer check-ins and tracking, we admit, keeping up has been a bit of a struggle. But it's all in the name of good beer and great company! But! We have a few updat…

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187 - Guess The Hop: Understanding and Identifying Hop Varieties 1:16:48

25d ago1:16:48

1:16:48

This week, we're delving deep into the world of hops with Siren’s thrilling challenge of "Guess the Hop." Using the challenge as a starting point, we guide you through the intense and important process of judging hops for brewing, discussing the meticulous attention to detail and keen sense of smell required. We share our experiences of identifying…

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186 - A Conversation With... Matt Lincoln 1:47:04

1M ago1:47:04

1:47:04

He’s back! Our mate, Matt Lincoln, formerly of Siren and Unbarred, and who has been on the podcast a couple of times, is leaving us to move to the US! Tori took the opportunity to ask him about the move and revisit his background in beer. Matt gives us his current insights into Atlanta, where he is moving to, and adds his top tips for moving a beer…

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185 - Yonder Mystery Beers 2024 1:00:33

1M ago1:00:33

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Tasting beers blind is a hard task, but it’s also really fun! This week we are trying to guess what Yonder’s 2024 mystery beers are and arguing about it along the way! We discuss blind beer tastings in general – they are a great way to train your tasting palate - and ways you can set up your own. As it happens, Jo has a kit for that in her Etsy sho…

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184 - Lager Series: West Coast Pils 1:08:27

2M ago1:08:27

1:08:27

Who knew there could be some new hotness in lager?! Continuing our lager series, we look at West Coast Pils, which is billed to be the hottest beer style of 2024 (do you agree?!) As a new style, there aren’t any definite style guidelines for West Coast Pils yet, so we dig into what you should expect. We tried three versions from UK breweries and lo…

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183 - A Conversation With... Craft Beerings 1:08:59

2M ago1:08:59

1:08:59

You know we love supporting women owned businesses at A Woman’s Brew, and who better to visit us than Carys from Craft Beerings. You may have seen Carys’ offerings at beer festivals – beautiful earrings, bracelets and more made from craft beer cans. We talk about the origins on Craft Beerings, her creative process and what makes a beer can perfect …

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182 - A Conversation With... Holy Goat 1:33:12

2M ago1:33:12

1:33:12

We are super excited this week to have Johnny from Holy Goat on the podcast. If you’re new here, Holy Goat is one of our fave sour breweries with it’s gorgeous beers! We talk all things Brett fermentation, fruit and where recipe ideas come from. We hear all about the history of Holy Goat and try to make Johnny pick a beer that represents the brewer…

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181 - Brave Noise Round Up: Hand Brew Co 1:42:23

2M ago1:42:23

1:42:23

We are still here, being brave and making noise and very glad to see a new Brave Noise beer! This time it’s from Hand Brew Co and we were very pleased to chat to Kate, their head brewer. Our lovely friend Pip also joined us as proceeds from the beer are going to support The Coven – welcome back to the pod Pip! We chat about the positive experiences…

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180 - Lager Series: Kellerbier 54:45

2M ago54:45

54:45

We apologise in advance for this episode in our lager series on Kellerbier – it may cause more questions than we answer! You will have seen beers called Kellerbier, you may have seen beers listed under the style, but what exactly is a Kellerbier and why is this style so confusing? We attempt to answer this for you and share some examples you can tr…

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179 - Cocktail Beers: Espresso Martini 1:07:20

3M ago1:07:20

1:07:20

It’s been a while, but we are bringing you another cocktail beer episode! This time we are looking at the delectable Espresso Martini. You know how Jo & Tori love coffee! We drink beers from Wiper & True, New Bristol and Yonder and decide if your espresso martini loving friends would drink the beers with you. As per, we hit you up with some fun fac…

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178 - Your Beer Challenge If You Choose To Accept It! 1:47:38

3M ago1:47:38

1:47:38

You know we love a challenge here at A Woman’s Brew, so we thought we’d create our own beer challenge this year, alongside our beer goals. We look at the Drink Harder challenge for 2024, which we will take part in again and then think about tasks we could add to our own A Woman’s Brew beer challenge. Will you be following the Drink Harder challenge…

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177 - New Year Who Dis?! 1:34:42

3M ago1:34:42

1:34:42

We’ve made it to January 2024 – New Year, New You and all that, or maybe just New Year, same you because you are awesome! We’re looking at reflecting and resetting in this week’s episode. Tori & Jo give you a run down of what they got up to over the Christmas break and if they actually managed to add anything to their Drink Harder challenge. Spoile…

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176 - Conversations with a Beer Widow 1:01:29

3M ago1:01:29

1:01:29

At the end of last year, Jo got stuck in Germany. Tori took the opportunity to record an episode with her husband Rik. You will have heard us talk about our long-suffering partners, if you’ve been listening to us for a while. Both of our husbands are very supportive of what we do – luckily for us! Rik answers Tori’s questions about being a beer wid…

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175 - Lager Series: Radler vs Shandy 1:05:17

4M ago1:05:17

1:05:17

We are back with our lager series and this time we are looking at a refreshing mix of Radlers and Shandies. Where did these beverages come from? Why did we start cutting beer with fruit juice anyway? And what is the difference between a Radler and a shandy? We drink 4 different versions to ease you in and we want to know – what’s the best beer to m…

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174 - End of Year Review 2023 1:53:25

4M ago1:53:25

1:53:25

We have come to the end of 2023 and it’s time for our Q4 review. Did we accomplish all of our beer goals? How did we do with our Drink Harder challenge? We also share our goals for 2024 and of course, those Untappd Stats! We are planning a beer challenge for next year – what challenges would you like to see included? Let us know! Get in Touch: Emai…

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173 - Christmas Time 2023 with ELusive's Mince Pie Barleywine 1:26:42

4M ago1:26:42

1:26:42

It’s that festive time of year again and this year we bring you a selection box of mince pie barleywines from our friends at Elusive Brewing. While we sip on those, we chat about Advent calendars, Christmas traditions and the history of mince pies. Tori even shares some silly Christmas cracker jokes! What are you drinking for Christmas this year? A…

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172 - Build Your Dream Taproom! 1:58:34

4M ago1:58:34

1:58:34

If you had your own taproom, what would it be like? What are your perfect taproom and pub aesthetics? What events and fun things would you have happening? Join us as we play build your dream taproom! We preface this with the note that we understand that there are real life space and financial implications, but we are going full fantasy mode here! T…

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171 - Lager Series: Rice Lager 1:19:43

5M ago1:19:43

1:19:43

We are back with our lager series and this time we bring you Japanese Rice Lager! With Tori jetting off to Japan we thought we would bring you some actual Japanese versions…. Listen to find out how that worked out! This style is pretty new in the grand scheme of lagers, so we bring you a little history and a little bit about using rice in beer and …

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170 - Interesting & Unique Ingredients 1:07:52

5M ago1:07:52

1:07:52

There’s been talk recently about ingredients in beer and if here, in the UK we should restrict what can go in a beverage called beer. Here at A Woman’s Brew we say why stifle creativity?! So, we bring you some beers that use interesting or even unique ingredients. Some of these beers we’ve been sitting on for a little bit, so they may be difficult …

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169 - She Drinks Beer 2nd Birthday Beer! 1:02:47

5M ago1:02:47

1:02:47

We are delighted to have Kelly from Good Chemistry back on the podcast this week, chatting about their new beer All Welcome. The beer was brewed to celebrate the 2nd birthday of She Drinks Beer – a regular night at the pub for women who enjoy beer. To mark the occasion, Kelly and the team at Good Chemistry welcomed women from the Bristol hospitalit…

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168 - Session Stouts 1:03:38

6M ago1:03:38

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Stouts – for some they are a seasonal indulgence and others they are an all year round affair. But often you will hear in the craft beer community cries of ‘it’s too thin!’ or ‘this would be better if it was barrel aged!’ We are here to challenge this misinformation – session stouts are a thing and they can be just as flavourful as your 15% syrup t…

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167 - Beer Tarot with Courtney Iseman 43:55

6M ago43:55

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Beer is often linked to music, pop culture and other interests that craft beer drinkers enjoy – but have you ever considered pairing beer with tarot? Courtney Iseman has been pulling tarot cards and pairing them with beer experiences for a while in her newsletter Hugging The Bar, which Jo loves to read. She’s now put her experience into a new beer …

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166 - Lager Series: Festbier 52:39

6M ago52:39

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We couldn’t just tell you about Marzen, we have to do Festbier as well! The current favoured beer of Oktoberfest, we talk you through how this relatively young beer style came about and what to expect in your mass! Check out the rest of our lager series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmO-fOFdLEdqjHZZ2nkKqXCB6zg_UW2Jq What crispy bois …

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165 - Lager Series: Marzen 1:15:17

6M ago1:15:17

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We are a bit late for Oktoberfest this year, but we’d drink a Marzen all year round! Continuing our lager series, we’re moving to Munich and the beer festival of all beer festivals. Marzen was one of the original beers drunk at Oktoberfest, so lets look at its origins and what you should expect from the style. Beers we tried: Klosterbrauerei Weisse…

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164 - Social Media and Beer 44:39

6M ago44:39

44:39

During our visit to Unbarred to brew Like & Subscribe (available now!), we sat down with Emma Inch and Dan Philips to talk Social Media. You might love it, you might hate it, you might have a relationship status that’s ‘it’s complicated’ with social media, we all have our viewpoints. And the internet is the place to air those! We discuss our own re…

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163 - Like & Subscribe! 52:57

7M ago52:57

52:57

Have you liked & subscribed?! We were given the unique opportunity by our friends at Unbarred to collaborate on a beer. Now, that doesn’t sound too unique, as you know we’ve done that before. However, this time we were collaborating with other content creators as well as a brewery! Pulling together all the people who love craft beer so we can suppo…

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162 - It's Our 3rd Birthday! 1:41:57

7M ago1:41:57

1:41:57

It’s our birthday!! Can you believe we’ve been doing this little thing for 3 years now?! Thank you to each and every one of you that has listened and watched so far. We revisit ice cream beer with three beers inspire by our fave dessert. We also look back at what we’ve achieved over the last three years and share what we are most proud of. Beers we…

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161 - Q3 Review 1:33:42

7M ago1:33:42

1:33:42

How are we ¾ of the way through the year already?! It’s time for our Q3 roundup, where we let you know how our beer goals are going! We’ve been to a few places this quarter and share our Bristol and Brighton beer recs with you. There’s some pumpkin spice latte chat (tis the season, jump 5 mins in if you want to skip it!) and we consider writing our…

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160 - A Conversation With... Mysterious Brewing 1:34:31

7M ago1:34:31

1:34:31

We’re solving the mystery that is Mysterious Brewing, this week! We chatted to Ken, co-founder of the brewery about his homebrewing background and how the brewery began only 5 months ago. We were very lucky to try 3 beers from Mysterious – Citrus Triangle, Citra single hop pale, Black Light, a black IPA and Sitka, a spruce ESB. Ken gives us his bes…

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159 - Unpopular Opinions 1:54:00

8M ago1:54:00

1:54:00

Everyone has an opinion on beer, some of them more popular than others. We gathered some of your unpopular opinions about craft beer and share our own thoughts on the subjects. Do you agree with our thoughts or do you have any unpopular opinions of your own you’d like to share? Let us know! Get in Touch: Email: awomansbrewpodcast@gmail.com Website:…

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158 - Lager Series: Bocks 54:14

8M ago54:14

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We are continuing our lager series with episode 3 looking at Bocks! There are several different styles of bock beer, so we look at all of them, and a mixed fermentation version for good measure! Beers we tasted were: Einbeck by Overtone Celebrator by Ayinger Aventinus by Schneider Weise Eisbock by Kulmbacher MF Bock by Ampersand And if you want to …

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157 - Tea Time 1:25:47

8M ago1:25:47

1:25:47

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! Grab your favourite bone china cup – it’s tea time! We’ve talked about tea in beer, but this time we look at beers that emulate tea flavours. Tori gets educational and teaches us all about different types of tea and hits us with the fun facts! Beers we tried in this episode were: Tamaki II by …

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156 - Brave Noise Round Up: Attic Brew Co 48:44

8M ago48:44

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Today we make a Brave Noise with Cath from Attic Brew Co. Attic’s Brave Noise beer is available now and Cath tells us why it was important for the brewery to be part of this initiative. Cath is also the founder of Brum Beer Babs and Brum Brew Fest. Jo has serious FOMO from nit being able to go to Brum Brew Fest – maybe we can go next year?! We chat…

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155 - Lager Series: Helles 1:29:29

9M ago1:29:29

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Episode two of our lager series focuses on Munich Helles! Cleaner than a Czech Pils, and designed in response to their arrival in Germany, Helles is made to be drunk in quantity and enjoyed with friends. We look at a traditional version and compare it to craft, alternative and hotness versions! Our beers are from: Augustiner Pillars Siren Craft Bre…

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154 - Brave Noise Roundup - Balance Brewing & Blending 39:50

9M ago39:50

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In this episode we are being brave and making noise with Balance Brewing & Blending and their Brave Noise beer. It’s great to have a saison in the Brave Noise arsenal, a very delicious one too! We chat about why Will & James wanted to be part of the Brave Noise initiative and the changes they would like to see in the beer industry. We touch on the …

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153 - A Conversation With... Beyond Belief Brewing 1:13:08

9M ago1:13:08

1:13:08

Did you know you can make beer out of pasta? We didn’t, but Beyond Belief Brewing are here to show us how they aim to be more sustainable by using food waste in their brews. Christian talks about how the brewery came about and what their plans for the future are. If you want to try the beer, keep an eye on the Beyond Belief website or catch them at…

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152 - Q2 Review 1:38:50

9M ago1:38:50

1:38:50

Where has 2023 gone?! We’re in quarter 2 already so let’s check in on our beer goals. As always Tori is overachieving in our attempt at the Drink Harder challenge, but Jo is smashing her personal goals. If you want to have a go at the Drink Harder challenge from Katie’s Beer School, check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2-oc-jr4d/?utm_so…

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151 - Lager Series: Czech Pilsner 1:32:51

10M ago1:32:51

1:32:51

Welcome to our new series about Lager! Often people just ask for ‘a lager’, but there are so many different styles that come under the umbrella of lager. We wanted to share our favourites with you! We’re starting with Czech Pilsner, also known as Czech Premium Pale Lager. We look at the history of the style, tasting notes according to BJCP and shar…

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150 - Brave Noise Roundup Spookton x Women In Beer 1:05:21

10M ago1:05:21

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We are still being brave and making noise, with our latest Brave Noise episode! This time we welcome back Jon from Spookton to chat about his version of Brave Noise. We also welcome Amelie from Women in Beer to talk about how the proceeds from Spookton’s beer will benefit the beer community. You can grab Spookton’s Brave Noise here: https://spookto…

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149 - Hop Water 41:33

10M ago41:33

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Breweries are looking for ways to diversify in the current climate, and one of those ways is hop water! It’s potentially a good alternative if you aren’t drinking for whatever reason – but are they as good as they sound? And how are they made? We try three different hop waters and throw in a Cloudwater soda for good measure. We try: Lupho Apricot &…

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148 - A Conversation With... Good Chemistry 42:12

10M ago42:12

42:12

While at Bristol Craft Beer Festival, we were delighted to catch up with Kelly from Good Chemistry Brewing! As the owners of the beautiful Kings Head pub in Bristol, we chat about what it’s like to take over a pub and give it a new lease of life. Alongside the pub, Good Chemistry also have their own taproom at The Good Measure and Kelly talks to us…

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147 - Will It Slushy? 42:32

10M ago42:32

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Welcome to the Will It Slushy podcast takeover! Yes, Tori has really taken that joke all the way with a YouTube channel and everything. Tori gives you her top tips for procuring a slushy maker and what she has learned from her experiments in slushy-ing. We take three different beers and try them in the slushy machine with varying results: The Myste…

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146 - Hop Products 1:21:15

11M ago1:21:15

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We love hops! Fruity, juicy, spicy, bitter and all the other good stuff they add to our fave beers. But what options do our brewers have when choosing how they will add them to their brews? As drinkers, do you know what things like T90, BBC, Lupomax and Cryo even mean? Never fear! We are here to explain them all! We take a look at the hottest addit…

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145 - Fine Cider 1:42:14

11M ago1:42:14

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We are straying from beer this week and taking a deep dive into fine cider! With breweries doing collabs with cider makers, we thought you’d like to know a bit more about this apple-based beverage. We talk you through how cider making differs from brewing and some of the lingo you need to know when choosing a cider to try. Cider tasting is a lot li…

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144 - Flanders Red & Oud Bruin 1:05:13

11M ago1:05:13

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This week we bring you a touch of beer education. One of our favourite beers is Duchesse De Bourgogne – a Flanders Red ale. But what should you expect from this style and how does it relate to Oud Bruin, also know as Flanders Brown? We look at tasting notes for these styles, the history behind them and sprinkle in a few fun facts. How different rea…

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143 - International Women's Collaboration Brew Day 2023 1:30:33

11M ago1:30:33

1:30:33

Our annual International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day round up is here! This year, Tori and Jo went to different breweries, so share their experiences of the day. Jo was lucky enough to go to Burnt Mill and celebrate 10 years of IWCBD with founder Sophie De Ronde. Tori visited Double Barrelled and shared the day with our friends Ruth and Charlott…

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142 - A Conversation With... DMC Brewery 1:20:54

12M ago1:20:54

1:20:54

Welcome to A Woman’s Brew, where women talk about beer! The lovely Ele from DMC Brewery chats to us this week about ginger beer! As a brewery that specialises in ginger beer, and what Ele refers to as ‘other weird beers’, she is definitely an authority on the subject. We discuss the process of brewing ginger beer, the choice of ingredients and how …

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141 - Star Wars Day 2023 1:26:49

12M ago1:26:49

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We know we’re late, but in a galaxy far, far away we were on time! Happy (belated) Star Wars day! Star Wars and beer seem to be inextricably linked – in the fictional world and ours. We drink through some Star Wars beers from our stashes and talk about alcoholic beverages in the series. We also see what Star Wars drinks you could get at Disney – wh…

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