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About the Podcast
The Campaign for Real Ale’s new podcast Pubs. Pints. People. brings you interesting stories each week about the world of beer, cider and pubs. Tune in every Tuesday with hosts Katie Wiles, Ant Fiorillo and Matt Bundy as they chat to special guests and learn about beer writing, brewing jobs, cider making and more. Each episode includes a ‘dive’ into CAMRA’s 50-year archive and a beer and food recipe, courtesy of food editor Sue Nowak.
Episode 1 – Unsung Heroes
Now available
There are a lot of jobs in brewing aside from making the beer. Sit down with David Bremmer from Robinsons Brewery to find out how they got a band like Iron Maiden to collaborate with them, and Ben Watson, sensory test lead at Beavertown Brewery.
Episode 2 – All about beer writing
Now available
Learn all about the art of beer writing with legendary beer writer Pete Brown and Roger Protz.
Episode 3 – Craft Beer
Now available
We interview Craft Beer Channel’s Jonny Garrett and Channel 4’s Beer Expert Mark Dredge about what makes craft beer really craft.
Episode 4 – All about… cider!
Now available
Learn all about real cider and perry as we speak to cider producers Tom Oliver and Susanna Forbes as well as Cider Museum Director Elizabeth Pimblett.
Episode 5 – Women in beer
Now available
Hear from the women changing the face of the brewing industry as we sit down with Jane LeBlonde of Mothership Brewing and Annabel Smith, co-founder of Dea Latis.
Episode 6 – Beer heritage
Now available
Learn all about beer and pub heritage as we sit down with Beer Noveau to learn about heritage recipes and Geoff Brandwood who will talk about CAMRA’s pub heritage campaigns.
Episode 7 – beer diversity
Now available
Improving diversity in beer has been a big topic in recent years. We will sit down with Ignition Brewery about how they’re actively recruiting people with learning difficulties to work in the brewery and also Emma Inch, beer diversity champion and multi-award winning broadcaster.
Episode 8 – Homebrewing
Available 2 June
Homebrewing is booming during lockdown – let’s find out how to brew our own with Homebrewtique founder Claire Russell and former homebrewer turned professional, Andy Parker of Elusive Brewing.
Your hosts
Katie Wiles
Katie is the podcast producer and also heads up the communications department at the CAMRA head office. She’s been working at CAMRA – first in the campaigns team and later in comms, for over five years. An enthusiastic beer drinker, she also sits on the Board of Directors for the British Guild of Beer Writers and occasionally blogs and writes about beer for CAMRA’s BEER magazine.
Matt Bundy
Matt is a proud member of the Mid-Chilterns branch who discovered CAMRA at his local pub, The Rising Sun in Berkhamsted, where he enjoys nothing more than a good pub quiz over a few local ales. He is originally from Cumbria and takes regular pilgrimages to stock up on ales from his home county. He is the podcast’s cider aficionado and is currently trying his hand at making his own home-grown cider, with mixed results. When not down the pub he works in comedy television and has turned his hand to stand-up comedy, also with mixed results.
Ant Fiorillo
A Northerner at heart, Ant moved to Bedford after his job bought him down to the South East. While real ale and craft beer is more commonplace across the world nowadays, Ant didn’t really get his thirst for the drink until he settled more permanently in the UK – A brief introduction to a variety of ales on a pub-crawl one afternoon signalled a final farewell for the ‘fizzy stuff’! These days, Ant enjoys a more relaxed pace of life with his wife and son in the leafy suburbs. While he’s far from a seasoned ale drinker, joining CAMRA has allowed him to indulge his passion for socialising, enjoying a decent pint and now even bring back some of that entertainer he left overseas to our very own Podcast. You’ll often hear Ant before you see him, but he’s always ready to share something delicious with anyone he meets.
Cook with Sue Nowak
BEER Magazine food editor Sue Nowak is releasing new recipes with beer each week for podcast listeners!
Check out the below for all the latest.
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