Breandán Kearney joins me this week to discuss his new book Hidden Beers of Belgium, which features many small brewers in Belgium as well as the stories and brewers behind them.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (48:25)
- This week Breandán Kearney joins me to talk about his new book Hidden Beers of Belgium (Amazon Affiliate Link). Breandan is an author and runs a podcast called Belgian Smaak. He has been recognized by the North American Guild of Beer Writers, British Guild of Beer Writes and the Belgian Podcast Awards.
- Breandán introduces his book and what motivated him to write it.
- We discuss what a “Hidden Beer of Belgium” is and the criteria he used to find the beers featured in the book.
- The chapters are divided loosely by beer character. We start with “Thirst Crushers” which are drinkable beers with lower alcohol.
- Each of the beer sections includes a backstory about the brewer and the beer. Breandan shares one of his favorite backstories.
- We talk about several other styles including Belgian Sours and Hoppy beers like Hazy IPA.
- Breandán tells us about how Abbey style beers have a significant influence over many of the Belgian beers in his book.
- We discuss his chapter on “Unusual Suspects” and what it really takes to create a unique beer in the widely varying Belgian beer market.
- Breandán talks about stouts and his chapter on “Cereal Killers”.
- He shares his closing thoughts on the innovative Belgian beer culture.
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