Best Reby Media Podcasts (2025)

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#173 | Taprooms, the latest legislation and how it impacts you 15:19

2d ago15:19

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Changes to off-sales, Martyn’s Law, amendments to smoking rules and introduction of Digital IDs are all key developments that those owning and running taprooms need to be aware of. So with that in mind, we welcomed Piers Warne of TLT to our Brewers Lectures in Bristol last month. Piers has 20- plus years’ experience licensing premises for the sale …

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#326 Revisited: The Green, Green, Shores of Home 36:37

6h ago36:37

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The past months have seen a shift in international trade, of a scale not seen for decades. New US tariffs have created uncertainty for investors, and promise to spark a global trade war. While these new challenges to cross-border trade are unique, recent years have seen another shift in industrial policy, particularly in the UK, with leaders on bot…

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#172 | Building a Brewery 17:58

9d ago17:58

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Earlier this month Lost Cause Brewing, the independent brewery, founded in 2024 by Vik and Colin Stronge, completed a crowdfunding campaign help to bring beer production home to Castleford. So what better time to hear from one of the excellent brewery’s founders. Whie Lost Cause Brewing might be new, its founders are no strangers to making great be…

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#325 Real world sustainability and the digital revolution 33:58

10d ago33:58

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The rise of AI and machine learning promises a revolution in how we live and work. Expert reasoning and mundane tasks will be completed for us in the cloud. But the cloud is not ethereal or abstract. It is a globe spanning mass of physical infrastructure. Enabling this transformation will demand a huge expansion in data centre construction. Data ce…

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#171 | John Driebergen, Great Beyond Brewing Company 26:17

16d ago26:17

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Opening your own brewery, at any point is time, comes with its own challenges and hurdles to overcome. Just ask the team at Great Beyond Brewing Company, and many of their peers. But John Driebergen, Ollie Parker and Nick Walsh have shown that with hard work, determination and a wealth of brewing skill you can succeed. Their ever-popular taproom in…

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#324 A Shift of Power on Europe’s Borders 48:11

17d ago48:11

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This February, with the flick of a switch, there was a vast shift of power on Europe’s borders. The Baltic states’ electrical grids, built in the 1960s while these countries were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union, had been under the control of Moscow. In one weekend, the transmission system operators in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, wor…

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#170 | Tim Weaver, The Brand Weaver 31:39

23d ago31:39

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How can you help keep your brewery relevant for the next generation? Tim Weaver, founder of The Brand Weaver, is on hand to tell you how. The Brand Weaver is an agency on a mission to even the playing field in brewery branding and marketing. Right now, he explains, a handful of breweries dominate with slick branding and sharp messaging—while the re…

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#323 Engineers Deliver Impact: The Engineering Matters Awards 2025 41:10

24d ago41:10

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Engineers from around the world gathered at the Postal Museum in London for the Engineering Matters Awards 2025, presented in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IMechE, and Engineers Without Borders UK, EWB UK. In this episode, we introduce the award gold champions. In episodes to come, we will look in more detail at each win…

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#169 | Ann Obenchain, Brewers Association 8:37

30d ago8:37

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Next month the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America takes place in Indianapolis. From April 28th to 1st May, America’s largest gathering for the beverage alcohol industry will bring together countless figures from across the drinks sectors. And for Ann Obenchain, she lovingly likens it to a ‘taproom on steroids’. Because as we all know, su…

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#322 Engineering Ecosystems: Italy’s Seagrass Meadows 32:16

1M ago32:16

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Seagrass meadows are the engineers of the marine ecosystem. They provide habitats, support biodiversity, prevent coastal erosion and sequester carbon dioxide. For this reason Italy has embarked upon a world leading project to map these coastal ecosystems at a national scale, enabling it to plan protection and restoration measures that will improve …

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#168 | Charlie Harding, Bonne Vivante 15:39

1M ago15:39

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“What Did You Post That For?“ That’s the question asked by Charlie Harding, founder of Bonne Vivante Marketing. And in Bristol recently she shared her top tips and insights designed to help improve your social media presence. At Bonne Vivante, Charlie works with hospitality venues and businesses in a freelance capacity. She does marketing, PR, copy…

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#321 Circular Construction – Designing for Disassembly 20:39

1M ago20:39

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We can reuse and retrofit buildings to extend their lifespans, and reduce their embodied carbon impact. But some structures may not be suitable for full reuse: some will have reached the end of their safe life; others will have no viable reuse; and some retrofit projects may require partial dismantling to reduce loadings on the original structure. …

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#167 | Paul Anspach, Anspach & Hobday 29:59

1M ago29:59

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Every so often a beer comes along and things just click. A combination of brilliant branding, a brilliant brewery and, of course, a brilliant beverage are essential ingredients for a beer that resonates with the consumer. And with London Black, the 4.4% Nitro Porter from Anspach & Hobday, you’ve got just that. The brewery, founded by Paul Anspach &…

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#320 International Year of Quantum: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics 35:34

1M ago35:34

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Quantum mechanics has transformed our understanding of reality, but how did we get here? In this episode, we celebrate the International Year of Quantum, marking 100 years since the birth of this groundbreaking field. From the fierce debates between Einstein and Bohr to the mind-bending implications of superposition and entanglement, we explore how…

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#166 | Lessons in Licensing 17:05

2M ago17:05

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Off the back of his most recent address at this week’s Brewers Lectures in Bristol, we revisit Piers Warne’s talk from February 2024 where we asked him to share his experiences and expertise from the licensing world, the opportunities that can arise and the potential pitfalls to avoid. Piers is a licensing lawyer at TLT and has 20- plus years’ expe…

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#319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison 23:31

2M ago23:31

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Britain’s biodiversity has been declining sharply over the last 50 years. The country is now one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world. Despite legislation and efforts to stem the tide of wildlife population decline, little has helped. In February 2025, the UK government announced a new approach to reintroductions of beavers in England. …

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#165 | Bec Blake, Sellar 24:38

2M ago24:38

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Meet Bec Blake. In the last 13 years she has worked in almost every corner of the craft beer industry. From working in her local beer bar, she moved her expertise and passion for the industry over to the US where she became the Head Beer Buyer at Whole Foods Market. From there she ventured into B2B sales as the Southern California off-trade represe…

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#318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear 33:56

2M ago33:56

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At a unique hackathon in Manchester, a diverse group of hackers, coders, and gamers gathered to design digital solutions for the nuclear industry, blending innovation, teamwork, and pressure-driven problem-solving. The event, called HackAFuture, served as a groundbreaking careers initiative, offering the winning team not just bragging rights, but j…

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#164 | Caitlín McErlean, Cloudwater 24:34

2M ago24:34

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What beers have you enjoyed brewing lately? For today’s guest it would probably be an alcohol-free Negroni sour, or perhaps an alcohol-free Margarita Gose. Quite the shift from Delirium Nocturnum, the Belgian Strong Dark Ale that helped open her eyes to the wonderful world of beer. But for Caitlín McErlean, part of the team at Manchester-based Clou…

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#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design 28:38

2M ago28:38

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When we search for causes of accidents, we often assume a binary: either mechanical failure, or human error, were to blame, and we must pick between them. But labelling an accident as caused by human error doesn’t teach us anything. It makes no effort to understand what caused people to make the decisions they did. From aviation and healthcare to e…

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#163 | Alex Kerr, Two Flints 24:29

2M ago24:29

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“It takes two flints to make a fire” Where did the inspiration for your brewery name come from? For Alex Kerr, founder of Windsor, Berkshire-based Two Flints, he has his own story to tell. And drawing influence from the famous quote from Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age novel Little Women was just the place to start. Opening at the end of 2022, Tw…

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#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals? 43:29

2M ago43:29

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AI is evolving so fast it eludes definition. The potential impact of the field is barely understood, even by those working in it. ‘Move-fast-and-break-things’ practitioners are deploying AI systems in autonomous vehicles, in courts, in medical diagnosis, and now even at the heart of the US federal government. Few of the constraints that govern indi…

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#162 | Kate Hyde, Hand Brew Co 26:15

3M ago26:15

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Which brewery, which style, or which beer, got you into the wonderful world of brewing? We will all have our own response and that’s what makes this liquid so great. And for today’s guest, it was a Bitter that lit that fire. But instead of a beer from a classic British brewery, it was one being produced, and enjoyed, by locals and tourists alike, i…

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#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet 43:23

3M ago43:23

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How should engineers think about their duty to design safe structures? For IStructE’s head of climate action Will Arnold, this duty extends beyond the structure, to the safety of everyone on the planet. With renewable energy cutting operational carbon emissions, the majority of the engineering sector’s impact on climate change now comes from embodi…

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#161 | Russ Clarke, Amity Brew Co 22:11

3M ago22:11

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In starting Amity Brew Co back in 2020, the team wanted a business that stood for community, friendship and good beer. And more than four years on, they can proudly say they’ve achieved just that. But that doesn’t mean they’re planning on slowing down, though. Far from it. Because in 2025, the West Yorkshire business is set to take its next excitin…

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#314 Remote Operations, To the Moon and Back 44:54

3M ago44:54

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Ten years ago, Fugro set out on an ambitious mission: to bring expert staff off of vessels, and into a purpose built remote operations centre, or ROC. The first of these ROCs, in Houston, now allows specialist staff to work on multiple projects at once, giving customers the real time data and analysis they need... The post #314 Remote Operations, T…

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#160 | Simon Webster, Thornbridge 22:20

3M ago22:20

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There are certain joys, certain constants when it comes to the world of beer. And one of those has to be the pleasure when scanning the bar for a pint and you happen across the pump clip for Jaipur on cask. It’s a seminal beer that has stood the test of time and this year the brewery responsible, Thornbridge, based in the Derbyshire Dales, celebrat…

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#313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for Biodiversity Gain, from Planet Beyond 40:09

3M ago40:09

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The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has a 100 year history of mapping the world’s oceans. John Nyberg, technical director, explains how the organisation’s role in understanding our oceans is evolving. Now, rather than just recording ocean depths for mariners, the organisation is setting standards for how we record environmental data. …

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#312 Lifting Each Other Up — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, People 44:38

3M ago44:38

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What do engineers build? Often, the answer will be bridges and dams, apartment blocks and factories. But in everything they do, engineers are also helping to build communities. They are contributing to building people’s careers, and it is those jobs that are central to building a better world. In this episode, the last of four... The post #312 Lift…

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#159 | Evin O’Riordain, The Kernel Brewery 25:51

3M ago25:51

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The London brewing scene has changed a great deal in the last decade. Styles have come into, then gone out of, fashion. People have learnt their trade across it and, in many cases, moved on to different companies, different counties, different countries. We’ve also seen breweries open, breweries consolidate, breweries close. But thankfully, one mai…

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#311 Transforming the World, and the Economy — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 3 59:31

3M ago59:31

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At the core of engineering and manufacturing, is the transformation of materials. A tree becomes a book. A stone is transformed into a concrete bridge, rocks into steel and glass skyscrapers. Each of these transformations are inefficient. Raw materials are lost to waste. Mechanical energy is converted into lost heat. In this inefficiency, we gradua…

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#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 2 1:02:45

3M ago1:02:45

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Across every sector, from manufacturing to transportation, energy to construction, the race toward a net zero future is reshaping how we work, produce, and consume. These industries have powered global growth for decades, but now, they must also lead the way in securing a sustainable future. The scale of the challenge is immense. Achieving a... The…

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#309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 1 55:26

3M ago55:26

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What links draught excluders and nuclear reactors? Or carbon capture and methane monitoring? As we enter a generation of change, these and other ideas will be key to developing efficient, decarbonised energy, and to how we use this energy in our homes. This week, we introduce the shortlisted entries for the 2025 Engineering Matters Awards.... The p…

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#158 | Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing Company 47:56

4M ago47:56

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In the world of beer, there are a number of real positives when it comes to working for, or running, a brewery. Creating something that people enjoy, savour and value is a goal in any artistic venture. And in ownership, so is the ability to provide employment, development and satisfaction to your team. Another purpose for many businesses is the abi…

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#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s 32:12

4M ago32:12

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We live in a world where data and connectivity are essential to almost everything we do. Cable and satellite connections add value to business through trade and collaboration, and enrich our personal lives with the ability to engage with friends and family around the world. Maintaining these connections is a central aim of engineers in... The post …

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#157 | Make your mark in marketing 24:00

4M ago24:00

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When you’ve worked with award-winning brands in the world of beer and whisky delivering digital communication and paid media strategies, you’re likely to know a thing or two about the world of marketing. And today’s guest, has done just that. Looking back at the last 12 months, Scottish brewery Vault City can toast another incredible year. They rel…

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#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering 19:24

4M ago19:24

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For many of us, now is a season of giving. A well chosen gift can bring lasting joy. But it’s easy to get wrong. One of the finest gifts anyone can give, is the gift of engineering. But how can engineers and designers ensure that when they share their gifts, they really meet the needs... The post #307 Giving the Gift of Engineering first appeared o…

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#156 | Beer, Brewing and London Life 25:02

5M ago25:02

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Some things are just meant to be. And today’s guests are an example of just that. When Young’s ceased its London brewing operations in 2006, it looked to signal the end of a historic site where beer has been brewed since at least 1533. The brewery would officially close on 25th September 2006 but, thanks to John Hatch, a nano-brewery was kept on-si…

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#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf 41:34

5M ago41:34

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This week, we are returning to Rothera, in the Antarctic, where, in 2021 the British Antarctic Survey had just completed work on a project it has called ‘the world’s most extreme construction site’. Pour yourself a warming drink, and enjoy the episode. We’ll be back with a new episode next week. Since the end of... The post #306 Revisited: Building…

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#155 | Jenny Karlsson on a life in Whisky 35:27

5M ago35:27

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Did you know that in addition to our Brewers Journal Podcast, we also run The Distillers Journal Podcast, too? And there’s where today’s guest episode comes from. If we’re lucky our careers, coupled with an appetite for new experiences, can allow us to visit, work and live in different countries around the world. And in the case of today’s guest, s…

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#305 Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions 39:11

5M ago39:11

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Nature-based solutions are emerging as vital tools to tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss by leveraging nature’s inherent resilience to protect and restore ecosystems. This episode explores how innovative approaches can make these solutions mainstream and economically viable while addressing complex challenges like urban …

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#304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm 43:55

5M ago43:55

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During the last Ice Age, glaciers scored huge trenches through the land beneath the Irish Sea. Today, those valleys are filled with softer material and sit between tracts of hard rock, creating a diverse landscape that wind farm developer Codling Wind Park has had to research in painstaking detail before it can begin installing its... The post #304…

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#154 | 40 years young – Wye Valley Brewery 28:41

5M ago28:41

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Reaching an important milestone in any business is a real achievement. It’s the culmination of hard work, commitment and the result of providing a quality product or service. Probably both…. And in 2025, today’s guests will toast their 40th year in the world of beer. And as we all know, that simply doesn’t happen by accident. Since starting out in …

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#303 Gathering data at the speed of a train: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Health & Safety Gold Champion – Fugro RILA 21:46

5M ago21:46

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Monitoring and maintaining an entire rail network can be costly, slow and, for those working on the track, very dangerous. Specialised trains were developed that could be mounted with sensors for collecting data on track gauging and track condition, however these couldn’t be mounted together. In this episode we look into the development of RILA... …

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#153 | A Love of Lager 18:30

5M ago18:30

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When it comes to the world of beer, Lager is big business. Recent research from Heineken in its 2024 Beer Report shows that Lager’s share of the on-trade market by value stands at 70%. In short, two out of every three pints poured in the UK is a Lager. And when we talk about Lager, there is really something for everyone. In the UK we’ve had a wealt…

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#302 Conservation, Community and AI: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Community Gold Champion — iNaturalist 20:00

5M ago20:00

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From habitat destruction, to use of pesticides, the arrival of invasive species and the growing impact of climate change, life, in all shapes and sizes, is fighting to survive. To protect the world’s biodiversity, first we have a better understanding of what and where that biodiversity is. In this episode we delve into iNaturalist, the... The post …

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#301 Electrifying Sydney: Transformational Energy Systems 36:42

6M ago36:42

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In the early 1900s Sydney was transformed by its first electric lighting system, which was so bright compared to gas lamps it was hailed as “turning night into day”. The network did much more than just light up the streets. It democratised power, electrifying communities, homes and businesses for the first time. The system, designed by... The post …

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#300 Bonus: Powering Net Zero 37:48

6M ago37:48

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Governments and businesses around the world have made commitments to achieve Net Zero by the middle of the century. This will require engineering innovation, and changes to practices, standards and regulations, across the generation, transmission, storage and transport segments. In this episode we explore these challenges and how they intersect. Th…

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#299e Highways UK Live – A Legacy of Excellence 42:25

6M ago42:25

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The Thames had been for thousands of years London’s main route to the sea. But it is also an obstacle. The last crossing east of London is the bridge and tunnel at Dartford, and this is often congested. But a new crossing has been proposed further down the river. Throughout its planning, the focus has... The post #299e Highways UK Live – A Legacy o…

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#152 | How we launched a new cider business 33:04

6M ago33:04

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Launching a new business is always an exciting time. It’s also a challenging one, too. In our sector, you need a quality liquid, great branding and a team that knows the industry. Thankfully, with today’s guests you have all of those and more. Earlier in the summer, the cider category welcomed one such new addition. Developed by a team with decades…

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