Ed Hughes is a certified beer sommelier, the author of Just add Beer - a book about beer and food pairing - and also one of my oldest friends. Based in Cornwall he works at Sharps Brewery as an educator and advocate for Molson Coors but also the beer category as a whole.

This is a wide ranging conversation about beer, where we drink through 10 different beers reflecting a bunch of styles, whilst covering the ingredients, production, marketing, packaging, culture and public perception of beer - with more than a little bit of beer and food chat. Quite a few chefs get name checked.

Expect to learn how German lagers dominated the world, what defines a cask ale, who drinks the most beer in the world, what food you should pair a Belgian Lambic Ale with, and what a 10% beer aged 14 years tastes like.

Beers Tasted:

Sharp’s Offshore Pilsner
Staropramen
Bamberg Rauchbier
Sharps Doom Bar
Blue Moon
Sharps Chalky’s Bite
Duchesse de Bourgogne
Boon Oude Geuze
Sharp’s Quadruple Ale 2011

Ed's Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Add-Beer-Ed-Hughes/dp/1999647807

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#26 Ed Hughes - Beer Sommelier, Beer Styles, Sharps Brewery