Return of the Fat Jedi

All things Imperial with Damian Doherty from Emperor's Brewery

Season 6

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Episode 200

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…!  Craft beer is on the rise, queues of beer nerds are lining up for the latest Imperial Stouts and a brave alliance of brewers has formed to bring down the Galactic Empire known as ‘Big Beer’.

In this last instalment of the Hop Forward Podcast, we sit down opposite Damian Doherty from Emperor’s Brewery in The Fat Jedi (aka Damian’s truly intergalactic beer cellar!) to chat all things Imperial Stouts, Porters and Barley Wines.   We reminisce about the rise of craft beer, what has changed over the past 10-15 years, how to brew a truly great high-gravity beer, and Damian is put through his paces to see whether he truly is a Jedi or is as mediocre as an Untappd score.

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