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Growing Beer

Ben Richards

Is it possible to grow all of the ingredients needed to brew a beer from just one small plot? I'm going to find out and, weekly from September 27, Growing Beer is your way to follow my journ...

Growing Beer Podcast Guide

Listen to Growing Beer, a Arts podcast by Ben Richards. Stream 17 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

17 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

17 episodes

S2:E6 - Sustainability

It's the final episode, certainly for this series and I suspect for the Growing Beer journey. We've spent the last 5 episodes delving into o...

1:13:25Sep 14, 2021

S2:E5 - The Brew

We're into the final stretch, going through the last couple of processes with the ingredients and equipment, and then into the brew itself....

30:05Dec 14, 2020

S2:E4 - Foraging

We're heading out into the countryside as we go on the hunt for the wild plants that we can use to brew our ale in the final episode. We'll...

24:41Nov 24, 2020

S2:E3 - Barley

This episode we're finding out about that key ingredient - barley. I speak to an archaeologist and brewing duo to find out how beer came to...

29:59Nov 9, 2020

S2:E2 - Bees and mead

This episode we're on the hunt for that earliest of sugar sources - honey. I take a visit to beekeeper and mead-maker Thomas O'Hanlan to fin...

34:14Oct 26, 2020

S2:E1 - Finding Beer

I'm back for a second series and this time we will be taking a journey through history as well as beer. 2020 will see us finding out how our...

27:57Oct 11, 2020

S1:E11 - The End

We're at the end of the year, at the end of the project, and about to find out if it was all worth it. I run through the final few days, ann...

25:03Dec 5, 2017

S1:E10 - Fermentation and bottling

In this, the penultimate episode, we've safely navigated the brew but I've still got to guide the beer through the fermentation, bottling, n...

22:09Nov 28, 2017

S1:E9 - Brewing

It's the start of November and after 11 months of digging, growing and harvesting we've finally arrived at the big day - it's time to combin...

23:31Nov 21, 2017

S1:E8 - Harvest pt.II

It's the last activity on the allotment as I work out how to judge when the hops are ripe before picking and drying them ahead of the brew....

24:30Nov 14, 2017

S1:E7 - Harvest

It's harvest time! We've sort-of survived the summer and now I need to bring in the barley, regardless of how much or how little is still th...

29:42Nov 7, 2017

S1:E6 - Equipment

July is now behind me, and I couldn't be happier to see the back of it. The British summer has caused serious problems - problems that cause...

29:40Oct 31, 2017

S1:E5 - Yeast

It’s mid-June, and the plot feels as if it’s all starting to come together. The hops are off up the strings like rockets, the barley has spr...

24:08Oct 24, 2017

S1:E4 - Water

It's a hot and tiring start to May, and I'm grateful to have finally got to grips with the soil preparation and barley sowing. The hops look...

25:23Oct 17, 2017

S1:E3 - Barley

It's the start of April, and while life is beginning to pop up across the plot it's not all wanted. I report back on the early hop progress,...

23:31Oct 10, 2017

S1:E2 - Hops

It's February, and while the rubbish may be gone, the weeds are not. I struggle with minor construction, discover why you don't ask children...

22:03Oct 4, 2017

S1:E1 - The Beginning

It's January, it's freezing cold and I've got half a tonne of rubbish to shift before I can even think about planting or brewing. I explain...

24:13Aug 30, 2017

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