Zymurguys Podcast

Resourceful brewers facing the attrition of war struggle to supply soldiers with Beer, and we finally reach the inevitable "origins of the IPA" talk.

Medieval Bavarian beer rules hold sway over German politics for centuries, and Bob wonders if Henbane is also Peoplebane.

A long standing tradition of isolated home brewing comes under threat from new government regulations, and we try to extract milk from a penguin.

A puzzling traditional Korean medicine that fixes nearly all your ailments causes us to gag, but is everything truly as it seems or is it a decades long joke that has gotten out of hand?

A peculiar tradition of naming beer vessels makes ordering a beer in Australia a bewildering experience, and Lauri continues to imply that a horse might have been stabbed.

A vicious campaign lasting centuries finally destroys an ancient brewing tradition, and we consider the hygiene of human saliva and Bob gets sprayed with a mystery liquid in Argentina.

Our hosts take a vicarious voyage to Vietnam to deliver beers in a deadly war zone,  "Fortunate Son" plays from a helicopter and Dennis Rodman doesn't actually drink Estonian vodka.

Our hosts step on the toes of an EU initiative to protect traditional styles of beer, and Dennis Rodman becomes a fan of Estonian Vodka. Is yeast best transported in shampoo bottles?

Vicious rumours harm the sales of a popular Mexican brew, and we consider that carbohydrates are the true cause of hangovers.

A British brewery is relocated brick by brick to the hermit nation, and we consider visiting North Korea for a beer festival

An early form of British divorce is settled over a pint, and we wonder just how much value there was to a shilling.

In Episode 3, the advanced age and dwindling numbers of Trappist Monks threatens a proud brewing tradition, and we wonder if we could handle a solemn monastic lifestyle.

Episode 2, where we hear all about how a defiant Bishop decided to shake up the status quo on the beer market in Lower-Silesia of the Middle Ages.

Inaugural episode of Zymurguys, where we meet our hosts and find out all about why the blue cans that have become a symbol of Australia are really never drank in the country of it's origin.