Business of Beverages

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  The Quizness of Beverages 21.04.2025 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Our Short silly quiz continues! Which drinks business was founded in 1824? Which well known drink was originally created to be a mixture for Whiskey? If you have a suggestion or clues for a drink we should tackle, please click on the link above! Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All...
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  The Quizness of Beverages 14.04.2025 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Our short silly quiz continues... Which drinks business buys more Saffron than anybody else? Which drink was created in Australia by Thomas Mayne? If you have a suggestion or clues for a drink we should tackle, please click on the link above! Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions...
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  The Quizness of Beverages 24.03.2025 11min

  Send us Fan Mail Our Short silly quiz continues! Which drinks business was bombed in WWII? Whose "Traditional" beer isn't as traditional as you might think? If you have a suggestion or clues for a drink we should tackle, please click on the link above! Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are th...
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  BizBevPod Book Club - Chapter Two 17.03.2025 28min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn which beverage books should be next on your reading list, if you have already finished the books we recommended in our first Book Club! Following a very well recieved Book Club episode a while back, we return with teh second chapter in what will definitely become a regular feature for us. Once again, Foxy and Will are joined by the drinks polymath, Judith Boyle, to review and recommend beverage books that we have found inspiring. Here's a ...
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  The Quizness of Beverages 10.03.2025 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Our Short silly quiz continues! Which beverage brand was founded by a Swiss watchmaker to settle upset stomachs? Which drink was launched in 48 countries in a few short years, only to be withdrawn from all in an even shorter timescale? If you have a suggestion or clues for a drink we should tackle, please click on the link above! Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/pro...
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  BizBevPod Book Club - Chapter One 03.03.2025 30min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn which beverage books should be next on your reading list. In the first of what we hope will be a regular feature, Foxy and Will are joined by the drinks polymath, Judith Boyle, to review and recommend beverage books that we have found inspiring. Here's a link to the books discussed: Tasting Beer - Randy Mosher McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland by Pete McCarthy | Goodreads What I Know About Running Coffee Shops by Colin Harm...
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  A matter of taste: How FlavorActiv killed "The Man From Del Monte" 17.02.2025 51min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn how product taste testing went from a status driven lottery (where one mythical taster/ "man from Del Monte" could decide on the quality of a whole batch) to a systematic quality tool for companies to improve their products and people. After a brief break, we return with an in-person interview with Richard Boughton and Tom Brown from FlavorActiv, the leading sensory solutions company. We discuss how the "dream job" of product tasting in a brewery/...
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  The Quizness of Beverages (A.K.A. A Shot Of...) 20.01.2025 15min

  Send us Fan Mail More quiz fun, this time with a pair of unexpected beverages. Please send us suggestions and/or questions using the link above. Please also subscribe to help us keep the pod ad free. Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times.&nbsp...
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  Mighty Mouse - Honesty beats Sustainability for Mouse Kingdom Liqueurs 13.01.2025 41min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn how Mouse Kingdom Liqueurs believe that honesty > sustainability when it comes to making luscious, low-impact, local liquids in Manchester. We jump straight into a discussion with Felix Crosse who started Mouse Kingdom Liqueurs with a mission to improve the quality and sustainability of the liqueurs used in the leading UK bars. Hands on and honesty are the hallmark of his approach and he shares the insights of building wonderful liquids from...
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  The Quizness of Beverages (A.K.A. A Shot Of...) 06.01.2025 12min

  Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! Our Quiz is back, better than ever... well actually it's pretty much the same, but that's the way we love it! Please send us suggestions and/or questions using the link above. Please also subscribe to help us keep the pod ad free. Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opi...
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  Foxy's Tales: Jakarta! 16.12.2024 32min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn about the vibrant and distinctive beverage culture in Jakarta, Indonesia. Foxy (Pádraig Fox) has been away a lot in recent weeks, trotting the globe and exploring the drinks culture is different locations. Here he brings us an on the ground report on everything from coffee to cocktails in Jakarta. Mopeds, robots, fried eggs, toilet seats and even the Manchester derby all get a mention! Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs fo...
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  A Shot of... (The Quizness of Beverages!) 09.12.2024 13min

  Send us Fan Mail It happened! A listener finally sent us in questions for our short, silly drinks quiz and we're thrilled. Firstly because somebody loves a beverage based quiz as much as we do, but secondly because we didn't have to do the research work ourselves for a change! If you think you've got a good drink/set of clues, just drop us a text by clicking the link above, or find us on LinkedIn or X. Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn B...
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  Who are you without your history? Eibhlin Colgan from Guinness & Carol Quinn from Jameson on the importance of the past, to the future. 02.12.2024 59min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn how brands like Jameson and Guinness invest in their future by entrusting their past to Archivists. It's exceptionally rare to get Diageo and Pernod Ricard to agree on anything (!) but the importance of brand archives is central to both Guinness and Irish Distillers. Eibhlin Colgan and Carol Quinn sat down in the Connoisseur Bar in the Guinness Storehouse to explain that a corporate archive is central to preserving and enhancing brand value. Arc...
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  A Shot of... (The Quizness of Beverages!) 25.11.2024 12min

  Send us Fan Mail The drinks quiz that nobody asked for is back! If you have a drink that you want us to take on, send us a text using the link above Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times. We're not sponsored but we would appreciat...
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  Study Brewing & Distilling in Dublin! Rena Barry- Ryan & Terence Delaney explain the advantages of a Post-Graduate qualification from TU Dublin 18.11.2024 56min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn how Ireland's leading Technological University has created a stackable, flexible, hands on and industry led range of qualifications for students who want to advance in the beverage industry. Guest Rena Barry-Ryan and Terence Delaney give the perspective of the academic and student as Will and Foxy relay their own experiences. Click here to see the TU Dublin courses Fulltime, part time, etc. Support the show For more high-lights and low-do...
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  A Shot of... (The Quizness of Beverages!) 11.11.2024 13min

  Send us Fan Mail The drinks quiz that nobody asked for is back! If you have a drink that you want us to take on, send us a text using the link above Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times. We're not sponsored but we would appreciat...
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  Cask Strength?: Martin Purvis explains why the global cask supply chain can't be taken for granted anymore. 04.11.2024 52min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn how casks are the underappreciated linchpin of the distilling industry and how their future is looking very uncertain amongst rising demand, restricted supply and changing regulations. Martin Purvis is a trans-national treasure trove of information and analysis of the spirits industry. From Manchester to Edinburgh to Kentucky, via Africa, Martin has been building expertise in how commodities drive commerce. Casks have become his focus over the la...
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  A Shot of... (The Quizness of Beverages!) 28.10.2024 11min

  Send us Fan Mail The drinks quiz that nobody asked for is back! If you have a drink that you want us to take on, send us a text using the link above Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times. We're not sponsored but we would appreciat...
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  Is that a real job?! - Maggie Kimberl is a professional Bourbon critic & journalist. Dream job? Yes & No... 21.10.2024 35min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode you'll learn why independent professional, unbiased journalism is vital to the long term health of the drinks industry. With Foxy unavailable we jump straight into an interview with Maggie Kimberl. Maggie has been a professional critic and journalist covering spirits in general, and Bourbon in particular, for over a decade. The industry has boomed in that time but the dream job she once had is heading towards a nightmare. The twin challenges of declining medi...
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  A Shot Of... (the Quizness of Beverages!) 14.10.2024 14min

  Send us Fan Mail The drinks quiz that nobody asked for is back! If you have a drink that you want us to take on, send us a text using the link above Support the show For more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedIn Business of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating. Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity. All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times. We're not sponsored but we would appreciat...