S1:E5 - Yeast

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Growing Beer

Ben Richards

17 episodes

9 months ago

Back for a second series and another adventure in brewing, I'm going back through history to find out what it takes to make beer as my ancestors would have done.I'll be growing, foraging and bartering my way to that final brew at the end of the year as I go in search of the guidance, ingredients and techniques that were needed to brew long before we had the benefit of modern equipment and know-how.It's a challenge made considerably harder by the arrival of COVID-19, but where there's a beer - there's a way...

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S1:E5 - Yeast

Growing Beer

24 minutes 8 seconds

8 years ago

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 spread out to create a rich, if a little short, canopy and now I’ve closed the tap the water butt is filling up nicely.

I start the process of collecting samples to be analysed by 2 yeast researchers at the LSI lab at the University of Exeter and experience my first taste of storm damage…

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