Part 2: Hayley Pearce | Shift Brewer | Siren Craft Brew
03/01/24 • 71 min
Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.
*This is part TWO of a two-part episode. In the first part we focus mainly on Fuller's and the earlier part of Hayley's career whilst the second part picks up when Hayley joins Siren Craft Brew. If you haven't listened to it already, you might want to listen to the first part of this before this one.*
So today, I'm heading to Staines and to one of the local pubs of Hayley Pearce, shift brewer at Siren Craft Brew. Hayley's brewing career started with homebrewing with her Dad, before joining Fuller's as part of their graduate scheme and going through a number of different stations, training to run the big kit, helping commission and run the pilot kit at the brewery before joining Siren Craft Brew.
We talk about the differences of what it's like working for a family brewer - "standing on the shoulder of the giants" of previous generations that have brewing at that since 1845 - versus at relatively small (although probably medium-sized) craft brewery founded 11 years ago that has a range spanning everything from West Coast to barley wines, braggots and everything in between.
Along the way Hayley has - in her words - had to figure out her way of doing things in breweries that have often been built around men; with processes, tools and designs that haven't changed much in generations. Hayley's been a proponent for opening doors and removing obstacles to help open brewing up to more people that might otherwise be put off.
We talk about keeping fermenters warm with ski jackets, the ballet performance of getting large malt sacks into the mill with a wheelbarrow and the different languages of brewing that are spoken at different breweries by different people.
So join us as we have a chat with one of the beer people.
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Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.
*This is part TWO of a two-part episode. In the first part we focus mainly on Fuller's and the earlier part of Hayley's career whilst the second part picks up when Hayley joins Siren Craft Brew. If you haven't listened to it already, you might want to listen to the first part of this before this one.*
So today, I'm heading to Staines and to one of the local pubs of Hayley Pearce, shift brewer at Siren Craft Brew. Hayley's brewing career started with homebrewing with her Dad, before joining Fuller's as part of their graduate scheme and going through a number of different stations, training to run the big kit, helping commission and run the pilot kit at the brewery before joining Siren Craft Brew.
We talk about the differences of what it's like working for a family brewer - "standing on the shoulder of the giants" of previous generations that have brewing at that since 1845 - versus at relatively small (although probably medium-sized) craft brewery founded 11 years ago that has a range spanning everything from West Coast to barley wines, braggots and everything in between.
Along the way Hayley has - in her words - had to figure out her way of doing things in breweries that have often been built around men; with processes, tools and designs that haven't changed much in generations. Hayley's been a proponent for opening doors and removing obstacles to help open brewing up to more people that might otherwise be put off.
We talk about keeping fermenters warm with ski jackets, the ballet performance of getting large malt sacks into the mill with a wheelbarrow and the different languages of brewing that are spoken at different breweries by different people.
So join us as we have a chat with one of the beer people.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Part 1: Hayley Pearce | Shift Brewer | Siren Craft Brew
Welcome to we are beer people, a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.
*This is part ONE of a two-part episode. In the first part we focus mainly on Fuller's and the earlier part of Hayley's career whilst the second part picks up when Hayley joins Siren Craft Brew.*
So today, I'm heading to Staines and to one of the local pubs of Hayley Pearce, shift brewer at Siren Craft Brew. Hayley's brewing career started with homebrewing with her Dad, before joining Fuller's as part of their graduate scheme and going through a number of different stations, training to run the big kit, helping commission and run the pilot kit at the brewery before joining Siren Craft Brew.
We talk about the differences of what it's like working for a family brewer - "standing on the shoulder of the giants" of previous generations that have brewing at that since 1845 - versus at relatively small (although probably medium-sized) craft brewery founded 11 years ago that has a range spanning everything from West Coast to barley wines, braggots and everything in between.
Along the way Hayley has - in her words - had to figure out her way of doing things in breweries that have often been built around men; with processes, tools and designs that haven't changed much in generations. Hayley's been a proponent for opening doors and removing obstacles to help open brewing up to more people that might otherwise be put off.
We talk about keeping fermenters warm with ski jackets, the ballet performance of getting large malt sacks into the mill with a wheelbarrow and the different languages of brewing that are spoken at different breweries by different people.
So join us as we have a chat with one of the beer people.
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]
Follow Hayley: On Twitter @sirencbhayley and on Instagram @hayley.pearce
Intro/outro music: That One Time by Midnight Daydream
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Emma Inch | Beer podcaster and writer | Brighton
Welcome to We Are Beer People - a podcast all about the many different people who help us enjoy beer.
Today I'm meeting with Emma Inch, beer podcaster and communicator that was voted UK beer writer of the year in 2018 and has a background in radio, DJing, podcasting, writing, judging, teaching and social work.
And Emma's recent project is called Same Again? A Podcast About Beer Pubs & Mental Health. It's a deft, informative and supportive look at the interplay been these three elements told through the experiences of those in the beer world and we'll talk about this in the podcast as well as Emma's journey to getting where we are today.
Emma lives in Brighton and we were spoilt for choice with the number of fantastic places we could have visited. And in the end we chose to duck out of the rain and into the The Hole In The Wall, a beautifully welcoming pub, tucked away just off the seafront, with an excellent selection of beer and cider on keg and cask and from near and far.
So let's head out of the rainy day and into the pub, collapse our brollies, hang up our coats, order a beer, pull up a chair and have a chat with one of the beer people.
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]
Emma Inch:
- Podcast - Same Again? A podcast about beer, pubs & mental health
- Website - fermentationonline.com
- Twitter/X - @fermentradio
- Instagram - @fermentationradio
The Hole In The Wall, Brighton
- Website - theholeinthewall.net
- Twitter/X - @hitwbtn
- Instagram - @theholeinthewallbtn
Intro/outro music:
That One Time by Midnight Daydream
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