Mikkeller Stories: Beer Geek Breakfast
09/01/22 • 35 min
The Mikkeller Origin Story
This is the story about a group of friends that shared a great passion for beer, and about how one of them took that passion and turned it into a serious business.
It is the story about how a pot of coffee ended up in a bucket of beer and brought a school teacher from home brewing in his Copenhagen kitchen to stardom on the international craft beer scene.
Obvious beer to enjoy when listening to this episode: Beer Geek Breakfast.
Host + producer: Danny Pang
Editor + sound design + music: Rune Grassov
Featuring:
Mikkel Bjergsø - Creative Director and Founder of Mikkeller
Pernille Pang - Brand Director, Mikkeller, (Former Head of Press), Mikkel's ex-wife
Myles Oelofse - Old friend of Mikkel
Lasse Emil Møller - Old friend of Mikkel
Mike Murphy - Former Brewer at Gourmet Bryggeriet, now Lervig Brewery, Norway
Millimeter Produktion - 2022
The Mikkeller Origin Story
This is the story about a group of friends that shared a great passion for beer, and about how one of them took that passion and turned it into a serious business.
It is the story about how a pot of coffee ended up in a bucket of beer and brought a school teacher from home brewing in his Copenhagen kitchen to stardom on the international craft beer scene.
Obvious beer to enjoy when listening to this episode: Beer Geek Breakfast.
Host + producer: Danny Pang
Editor + sound design + music: Rune Grassov
Featuring:
Mikkel Bjergsø - Creative Director and Founder of Mikkeller
Pernille Pang - Brand Director, Mikkeller, (Former Head of Press), Mikkel's ex-wife
Myles Oelofse - Old friend of Mikkel
Lasse Emil Møller - Old friend of Mikkel
Mike Murphy - Former Brewer at Gourmet Bryggeriet, now Lervig Brewery, Norway
Millimeter Produktion - 2022
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Mikkeller Stories: Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen Special
Step into the vibrant atmosphere at one of the worlds most acknowledged beer festivals, Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen and listen to the stories from fans, brewers and organizers when they all celebrate beer at the two-day festival, which started out in 2012 and has grown bigger and bigger over the past 11 years.
Each year brewers and staff from around 100 of the best craft breweries in the world travel to Copenhagen with only their best beer in their luggage, while 8.000 beer lovers attend the festival and taste and rate a whole lot of different pours – from lagers, stouts and sours, to wild ales, non ABV and everything in between.
“It is not about selling beer, it is more about ‘this is our best beer’” as one of the organizers of the festival states in this episode.
Episode Beer: Whatever you drink today.
Host + Producer: Danny Pang
Editor + Sound Design + Music: Rune Grassov
Featuring:
Mia Malig Obbekjær, former Event Manager, Mikkeller
Stephan Michel, Brewer at Mahrs Bräu, Germany
Henok Fentie, Co Founder and Brewer, Omnipollo, Sweden
Mikkel Bjergsø, Creative Director and Founder of Mikkeller
Jacob Pedersen, Tattoo Artist and Brewer, Crooked Moon Tattoo/Brewery, Sweden
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Guests at MBCC 2021/2022
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