JD | Canning line lead | Siren Craft Brew

12/15/23 • 68 min

Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

If there's one theme in this episode it's the siren song call of the woodsmoke from a distant pub. We meet with Jamie Duffield (who you may know as JD) the canning line lead at Siren Craft Brew.

JD's known for recipe design and innovation - plenty of that at Wild Weather - and most recently with an amazing smoked porter called Fire and Stars (it's available in bottleshops but not currently on Siren's website and I'd recommend you get yourself a can or two!) He's also known for brewing with Spruce Tips and we'll hear about how he's worked with local homebrewers, Reading Amateur Brewers.

We'll talk about his interest in beer and learning all about it and how this has helped him as an assistant brewer at Bingham's and (head brewer at) Wild Weather, as canning line lead at Siren Craft Brew and working behind the bar and in the cellar. As well as generally having that guiding force for finding out how the things he's interested in work.

We recorded this at the George & Dragon, Siren's countryside pub in Swallowfield (known for its amazing food and an incredible line-up of Siren brews), thank you to the team for their hospitality and for the warming glow of the fireplace that drew me in with the welcome of the woodsmoke.

And finally, we have our first live performance on the podcast, I may have asked JD to bring one of his other interests, the accordion, with him to the pub.

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Intro/outro music: That One Time by Midnight Daydream

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Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

If there's one theme in this episode it's the siren song call of the woodsmoke from a distant pub. We meet with Jamie Duffield (who you may know as JD) the canning line lead at Siren Craft Brew.

And finally, we have our first live performance on the podcast, I may have asked JD to bring one of his other interests, the accordion, with him to the pub.

Follow us to stay updated:

Website: www.wearebeerpeople.co.uk

Social media: @wearebeerpeople on X (Twitter) and Instagram

Get in touch on email: [email protected]

Siren Craft Brew:

JD:

Instagram

Links:

Reading Amateur Brewers

Intro/outro music: That One Time by Midnight Daydream

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Andy Barnes | Brewery co-owner | Dolphin Brewery | We Are Beer People

Welcome to We Are Beer People, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

We are chatting with Andy Barnes, who co-owns Dolphin Brewery with his wife Laura. And they’ve built up quite the reputation; crafting delicious sour beers, that blend seasonal fruits and combine yeasts and bacteria to create unique, in perfectly packaged bottles.

Andy describes how his hobby of homebrewing got out of control - after winning a homebrew competition he went from brewing 25 litre batches to transforming his garage into a brewery.

We recorded the conversation in the hidden gem that is the cellar of the Three Guineas Pub by Reading Railway Station.

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Matt Curtis | Journalist | Pellicle

Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.

As the palpable promise of Christmas builds, many of us will be drawn towards our favourite pubs, bars, taprooms and bottleshops to drink our favourite beers with our favourite people. And curiosity probably got us there, but what was it that sparked that in us?

Today's guest is Matt Curtis, a journalist, author, photographer, and founder and editor of the magazine, pellicle. It's fair to say that Matt has a curiosity about beer, its history and the people that make it possible. A curiosity that we can all benefit from. And it's from people like Matt that we can learn and discover more about the culture and context around beer.

Matt's just written a book called Manchester's Best Beer Pubs and Bars and we hear all about how he made sense of Manchester after moving to the area by running from pub to bar to brewery and taproom joining the dots of the beer world and helping chart his surroundings.

So grab yourself a seasonally appropriate drink and join us as we head into the pub.

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