Beer with Nat

Welcome back to Beer with Nat.

After a long hiatus, Season Four is finally here!

This season, you’ll hear from a beer educator, bottle shop owner, beer marketing expert, and more. And – as always – each guest is someone who works in and is incredibly passionate about the beer and pub industry.

Before the new season starts though, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention what’s been going on in the beer industry of late.

Over the past few weeks – here in the UK, in the US, and beyond – women in beer have shown up in numbers to call out the inappropriate and sexist treatment they’ve been subjected to for years.

The movement began thanks to Brienne Allan in the US and Siobhan Buchanan has stepped up here in the UK to help amplify even more voices needing to be heard.

Despite the progress that’s been made these past few years, with more women working in and drinking beer, the thousands of incidents that have been shared on social in recent weeks show just how far we have to go. Not only for equal representation, but – more importantly – for equal treatment. My goal with the Beer with Nat podcast has always been to help shine a spotlight on women in beer, in order to show how many of us there are and to help normalize our presence.

So consider this season yet another reminder from me, and my incredible guests, that beer is for everyone.

Check back soon for the first episode of Season Four.

Today’s guest is Natasha Wolf, London Sales Manager for Manchester’s Beatnikz Republic Brewing Co.

Natasha talks us through her career in beer to date, what interested her in sales, and how each of her previous roles has helped provide her with the skills she needs for the job she’s in today.

We also talk about how she got into beer in the first place, how she’s welcoming other women into beer as the co-founder of the Crafty Beer Girls, and, of course, what she enjoys most about being a part of the beer industry.

Here she is...

Welcome back to Beer with Nat. On every episode, I share a beer and a chat with people who do what they love for a living... they work in the beer industry.

Come on back next week for the first episode of season two!

Today’s guest is the incredible Jaega Wise.

Jagea is head brewer at Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow, East London, the brewery she’s been a part of since it opened in 2012.

When she’s not in the brewhouse, you can catch Jaega on the telly, as she’s a presenter on Channel 5’s The Wine Show.

She’s also been widely recognized for her work as an equality campaigner for the industry, which has seen her so eloquently address the issue of sexism in the beer industry at conferences and festivals up and down the country.

She’s a recently qualified Beer Sommelier and beer judge, too.

As if all of this doesn’t sound impressive enough, Jaega was recently short-listed for Brewer of the Year by the British Guild of Beer Writers for their Annual Awards and was included in the Evening Standard’s Progress 1,000 – a list of London’s most influential people in 2018.

Jaega and I talk about how her background in engineering led her to her current role as head brewer and how her passion for home brewing still fuels her creativity in the brewhouse today.

We discuss the changes that she’s called for to help bring equality to the beer industry and how Jaega is helping in her own way - by organizing the London chapter of her friend, Sophie de Ronde’s, International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day, each March.

Jaega tells me where she finds her inspiration and what she gets up to in her free time. We also talk about what drives her, when she’s at her happiest, what she loves most about being a part of the beer industry, and a whole lot more.

Here she is...

Welcome to Beer with Nat. I’m your host, Natalya Watson, but you can call me Nat – everyone else does!

On every episode, I'll share a beer and a chat with people who do what they love for a living... they work in the beer industry.

From head brewers, to packaging managers, to beer writers, and PRs, they’ve sat down with me to share their stories about what got them into beer, what they do for a living, what they love about the industry, and so much more.

As we’ve all ended up in this industry by pursuing a passion or chasing a dream, you can bet each guest has some pretty incredible stories to tell.

Check back soon for the first episode of Beer with Nat.