This conversation was recorded on 17 September 2015 and is one
of those 'lost episodes' we mentioned in s05e05. Two more to come
shortly.
We sat down for a few beers 'on the record' with our friends
"_blank">Dave Wood and
"https://twitter.com/DemiseG" target="_blank">Denise Garland.
Dave is the general manager of Wellington beer bar
"http://hashigozake.co.nz/" target="_blank">Hashigo
Zake as well as the current President of SOBA (the
Society of Beer
Advocates) and Denise is a journalist — and both have long been
key members of the beer community. They talk about the
rapid evolution of the local scene, their introductions to it and
their 'epiphany' beers, the simple pleasures of everday beers in
their right place, and the joys of making your own homebrew. We
also discuss the bar business, SOBA festivals, women-in-beer groups
like Beerded Ladies and Pink Boots, lament the general lack of
brown ales and have a few dated-but-foreboding words to say about
company takeovers — Dave idly ponders a Ballast Point buyout that
was just a few weeks in the future.
