Women & Beer
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Think beer. Think boys with beards? Think again. The last time Sheila Dillon reported on the women in British beer, in 2013, she met Sara Barton head brewer at Brewster's brewery in Lincolnshire. At the time Sara was the only woman head brewer in the country and women were drinking only a tenth of all the beer sold in the UK.
Today that figure has nearly tripled, Sara has become the first woman to be named 'Brewer of the Year' by the Guild of Beer Writers, and women all around the UK are turning to jobs in brewing.
And yet Sheila still prefers a glass of wine in the pub.
In this programme, beer sommelier Jane Peyton introduces Sheila to some of the most exciting beers being brewed by women brewers (or brewsters) in the country. Louise Mulroy and Lucy Stevenson, co-creators of podcast 'We Made a Beer' demystify the art of brewing. Chemical engineer-come-head brewer at London's award winning Wild Card brewery shares a one-off brew created by a group of brewers on International Women's Day. We hear from 'FEM.ALE' a British festival for all celebrating beer brewed by women. And Sheila asks if there is a biological reason she remains unconvinced by a pint of bitter.
Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury.
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| 0:49.0 | If I could transport you anywhere, anywhere in the world right now, where would you go? |
| 0:58.0 | My money's on somewhere with friends around you, sunshine, somewhere with a cool glass of something in your hand. A beer? |
| 1:07.0 | My name is Jane Payton. I'm a beer sommelier, writer and beer drinker. My name's Sarah Barton. I run and own Brewster's Brewery in |
| 1:16.1 | Grand from Lincolnshire. We're currently sitting in a wonderful pub in Brighton |
| 1:20.6 | called the Grand Central. It's a sunny day. We've got some very |
| 1:24.1 | elegant glassware on the table and we're here to try and persuade Sheila that |
| 1:28.3 | she should be drinking beer. I know I should be, but beer's probably not what would be in my cool glass. |
| 1:36.0 | I have a sort of schizophrenic relationship to beer when I'm forced into tasting it on the program like now. There are lots of beers I find |
| 1:44.7 | delicious, but in pubs and restaurants I almost always order wine. You might be |
| 1:50.7 | listening thinking how old-fashioned my tastes are, but it gives me no cheer to tell you that I'm not alone. |
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