All Things Beer
Pat Woodward and Mark Richards explore the world of craft beer from their base in Columbus, Ohio. While beer is the focal point, our discussions and interviews include forays into the worlds of music, travel, science and history. Many episodes feature expert guests who provide an insiders perspective on the art, science and history of brewing.
Episodes
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Żywiec Porter
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Rich in color, flavor and tradition, this strong Polish beer has been brewed according to the traditional recipe from 1881, with the Munich malt and special malts for caramel and color plus the highest quality aromatic hops. Everything together creates a unique combination of taste. Head up to Weiland's to grab one and join us for a beer worth drinking.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
50th Episode Collaboration AMP English IPA
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
To celebrate our 50th podcast we hosted a party at Brewcadia loacated upstairs from Barley's Brewing Company downtown. We invited everyone who has been a guest on the show in the past 8 year run of the show for the tapping of a cask of our collaborative brew, called AMP IPA. This collaborative beer was created along with brewmaster Angelo Signorino at Barley's Brewing Co.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Utopias
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
We are joined by beer writer Bill Babbitt who popped by the studio to share a Sam Addams Utopias, a boundary bending, barrel-aged beer that blurs the line between beer and fine spirit. At 28% ABV, it’s definitely a beer worth sharing. Its reputation puts it on every beer drinker’s bucket-list and we are indebted to Bill for sharing it!
Monday Feb 12, 2024
La Fin du Monde
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
In tribute to Quebec, Unibroue named this fantastic Tripel after the land encountered by 16th-century French explorers who thought they’d reached the end of the world. To date, it has won 55 medals and honors from top international competitions, including 13 platinum distinctions and 29 golds at prestigious events such as the Chicago Beverage Testing Institute's World Beer Championships and the World Beer Awards. La Fin du Monde is definitely a beer worth drinking!
Monday Feb 05, 2024
All Things Pizza
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Do you believe in Columbus style pizza? Jim Ellison, author of Columbus Pizza: A Slice of History and founder of the city's first pizza tour sure does! Jim joins as our guest this episode and chronicles one of the city's favorite foods. Also along for the ride is Columbus craft brewing pioneer Lenny Kolada who takes no back seat when it comes to pairing pizza with beer.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Ohio Beer with Rick Armon
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
No one has written more extensively and authoritatively on craft beer in the Buckeye state than Rick Armon. A journalist by trade, Rick has published two books on the beers of Ohio – Ohio Breweries in 2011 and 50 Must Try Beers of Ohio in 2017 – in addition to his influential Ohio Beer Blog that covered Ohio beer and breweries throughout the teens. We couldn’t think of a better guest for our 50th episode, so Mark and I made a pilgrimage to Akron where Rick was kind enough to sit down with us and talk about the past, present and future of Ohio beer.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Oil of Aphrodite
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Jackie O's Oil of Aphrodite is an American double stout brewed with locally harvested black walnuts and Belgian candied syrup. English, German, American, and Belgian malts are accompanied by Pacific Northwest hops, creating a sweet and rich springboard for deep nuttiness making this dark brew definitely is a beer worth drinking.
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Cask Ales
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
This episode we talk all things cask ale with Angelo Signorino of Barley's Brewing, the only brewery where you can count on getting a cask ale in Columbus. We then pivot to our British correspondent, Nick Smith, proprietor at Steam Machine Brewery in Durham UK to get his perspective on the current state of cask ale in the UK and C.A.M.R.A. (campaign for real ale).
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tripel Karmeliet
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
We here at All Things Beer have got something new for you, something we are calling "A Beer Worth Drinking". Think of these as bonus episodes where we’ll introduce you to beers that are world class examples of style, rich in history, story and flavor.
Definitely a beer worth drinking, we present Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet, one of the best beers in the world and a capstone for the Tripel style.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Top 10 Columbus Area Breweries 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Columbus Underground's annual reader survey had a huge response in the category of local breweries for 2023. Join us as we review their list, refute it, explain what we look for in a top brewery, and present our official 2023 All Things Beer Top Ten Columbus area breweries list. Who will be number one? Listen to find out!