Welcome to We Are Beer People - a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

After a little hiatus from me (Rob) and the podcast, we're back up and running - this time perhaps with episodes coming at a bit of a slower, more manageable pace, but I'm really excited to share this episode which has been a long time in the making.

This time we head up to Ironbridge in Shropshire to meet a ceramicist, Lucy Young, who has is making waves (clay waves?) with brewery and beer group beer tankard collaborations.

There's a huge amount of skill and finesse that goes into creating a tankard that's right for the brand, that drinks well and makes you want to take another sip.

In this episode we talk about how Lucy got into ceramics, the big jump from teaching, the different steps involved and setting up collaborations with different breweries across the country.

Follow Lucy:

Website: https://www.lucyyoungceramics.co.uk/

Instagram: @lucyyoungceramics

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Intro/outro music:

That One Time by Midnight Daydream

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Welcome to We Are Beer People - a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

I wonder how much we stop to think about who is in the pub with us, who's there's having a drink, who's behind the bar, who made the beer you're drink.

And perhaps, the more important question is who is not there? Fewer than one in 20 adults with learning disabilities in England are in paid work.

And that's where the Count Me In Collective comes in. Today's guest, Becky Whinnerah, co-founded the Count Me In Collective with her husband John.

The Count Me In Collective (which you might hear called CMIC or C MIC) is a movement designed to improve the representation and experiences of those with neurodiversities and learning disabilities within hospitality and brewing.

Becky has a background as an artist, a brewer, a landlord, a musician, a lecturer and teacher; and has direct experience as a parent-carer for her children.

Their work begins with networking and collaborations within breweries, pubs and bars, increasing awareness of communities who may not find beer, pubs and bars as inherently welcoming as many of us do.

What started as an idea, has seen several collaborations with Berkshire breweries, a crowdfunding campaign and the creation of a brewery in the back of Reading's Castle Tap pub.

What's been truly wonderful is hearing how much of a difference this is already making to the people that are being Counted In and to the breweries and pubs that are getting involved.

This takes an awful lot of hard work from a collective of volunteers - so if you'd like to help with your time, skills, partnerships, guidance or donations please get in touch with Becky and you can find the details and social media channels at CMIC.UK

With that, I headed to The Castle Tap pub to have a chat with one of the beer people about making beer a place for everybody.

With huge thanks to Cara and the team at The Castle Tap for hosting us and creating such an inviting, welcoming place.

Follow CMIC:

Website: https://cmic.uk

Twitter: @countmeincoll

Instagram: @countmeincollective/

Facebook: Count-Me-In-Collective/

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Website: www.wearebeerpeople.co.uk

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Intro/outro music:

That One Time by Midnight Daydream

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Welcome to We Are Beer People - a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

Some places are intertwined with particular styles and serves of beer.

Think of foamy pints of cask beer pulled up from a cool cellar with a handpump in a British pub

Travel to the West Coast of the USA and you're at the home of bright crisp IPAs, full of pine and citrus.

When it comes to lagers, these are differentiated from ales by their use of bottom-fermenting yeast at cool temperatures over a relatively longer time, we might think of mainstream examples that are commonly seen at bars. But they have a history that goes back to medieval times when beers were stored, or lagered, in caves for months and months with yeast that happily worked in these temperatures.

Europe has a rich history of lager production which influenced Bavarian and Bohemian

Today we're chatting with Radim Zvánovec, global brand ambassador at Budweiser Budvar Brewery, the Czech state-owned brewery that is based in the town of Chess Kay bood-yayyo-vitseh at a site where they have been brewing for hundreds of years. The modern brewery has been incorporated since 1895 and uses a celebrated approach to brewing beer that's rigorously followed to this day. Using the same water from artesian wells, malts, hops, yeast and time.

So let's find out a little bit about Radim and his journey into beer, being a global brand ambassador and the wonderful world of lager.

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Get in touch on email: wearebeerpeoplepod@gmail.com

Follow Radim:

Instagram: @radim_zvanovec

Twitter: @radim_zvanovec

Follow Budvar:

Twitter: @BudvarUK

Instagram: @BudvarUK and @BudvarGlobal

Year of the Lager

budweiserbudvar.com/uk/yearofthelager-celebration

Intro/outro music:

That One Time by Midnight Daydream

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.