Beer Idiots: Recent Episodes
Beer Idiots
Join two wild and crazy guys on our adventures interviewing brewers from around the world, while taking hte piss out of pretenders while standing up for drinkers and clubs (when we are sober).
Mati Sild, a brewer at Lehe Brewery, in Keila, Estonia, talks about being at the start of Estonia’s craft beer boom and maintaining quality. Sild joined Lehe in 2016 after brewing during his university days during summer stints at microbreweries.
Karolina Simal, Linda van Loon and Hélène Spitaels talk about the reason behind Pink Boots Europe and the need to empower more women in the beer sector. The three were part of the meeting of Pink Boots Europe held 27 August in Brussels during the BxlBeerFest. Simal represents the Pink Boots chapter in Spain, van Loon, who is from the Netherlands, represents the Benelux region, while Spitaels, who is from Belgium, is a board member of the French-speaking chapter. Other members from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Monaco also attended the meeting.
Situated next to La Senne or Zenne river where the wild yeasts roam, Boon Brewery has spearheaded the lambic/geuze revival that has made the beer style famous worldwide. We talk with Frank Boon, legendary lambic producer and historian, and take a walk through the brewery with his son Karel.
Bob Montgomery of Hill Farmstead Brewery, based in Vermont, US, discussed getting back to the roots while making great beer.
Germán Fritsch, co-founder of Cervecería Granizo, in Valparaíso, Chile talks to the Beer Idiots at Leuven Innovation 2022 about barrel ageing, culture, ingredients, Belgian colabs and how craft brewers are faring in his country.
Bastian Englschalk of Blech.Brut in Bamberg, Germany tells us about marketing strategies in lager town. Bletch.Brut was founded by Benedikt Steger in 2018. Steger gained his spurs breweries In Germany, London and Paris before founding Blech.Brut.