Mythology of Brewing w/ Katrina Pfeiffer
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes we take advantage of the beers in our fridge and the booze on our shelves. Thanks to future brewmaster Katrina Pfieffer, we got to learn not only the science behind brewing, but also the history and mythology of the process!
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of college/school, food waste/spoilage, gendered work, Christopher Columbus, war/battle, mobsters/tax evasion, and alcoholism (http://drughelpline.org/).
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Amanda recommends Legends from the Pacific podcast. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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Guest
Katrina Pfeiffer is a future brewmaster and dicemaker. Learn more at starsinmydie.com or on Twitter @StarsinMyDie1
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.0 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.4 | And this is episode 181, the mythology of brewing with her friend Katrina. |
| 0:13.7 | I got to admit this episode makes me miss being able to go to breweries. |
| 0:18.4 | A whole bunch. |
| 0:19.2 | A whole bunch. |
| 0:19.7 | But it does make me appreciate the |
| 0:21.5 | local breweries that I have around that I can order from and support my local businesses. |
| 0:26.5 | Absolutely. I have been enjoying some beers from Transmitter Brewing, which is a urban farmhouse |
| 0:32.3 | brewing tap room here in the city that I can't visit at the moment, but I can enjoy their |
| 0:37.0 | fabulous beers. I've been really rocking the moment, but I can enjoy their fabulous beers. |
| 0:38.4 | I've been really rocking the dogfish head, which is right by where Jake's mom lives down in |
| 0:43.5 | Delaware. And she's been sending up cases for me because, ooh, I miss it. I miss it so much. |
| 0:50.1 | Amazing. I've been like rationing the gin that they also make that you gave us, I think at your |
| 0:54.9 | Bachelorette party. I probably did. Yeah. So good. You know, it's also so good, Julia. |
| 0:59.4 | Is it our new patrons? Our new patrons. Thank you and welcome to Chelsea, Jen, Thia, Emily, Lisa, |
| 1:06.2 | Ashley, and Brittany. We really, really appreciate you coming on board, along with those of our |
| 1:11.9 | supporting producer-level patrons, Tankeroon, Hannah, Alicia, Sarah Landon, Nikki, Megan, Deborah, |
| 1:18.3 | Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Neil, Jessica, and Phil Fresh. |
| 1:21.9 | You all deserve a beer that you've been hoarding for a long time, and you're waiting for |
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