For 2015, I will be reviewing beer-centric podcasts that you should either add to your playlist or not, and our first review is of 4 Brewers.
Here is the description of 4 Brewers podcast from the website:
“Well, in short, we are Four Brewers with a microphone. If you are a person interested in listening to people talk about brewing, tasting blind, guessing beers by reading crappy reviews, brewer interviews, recipe formulation and other fun stuff, this is a perfect match for your ear buds. We’ll be releasing weekly episodes for your listen pleasure. Grab a beer and drink along with us.”
If the two podcasts that I listened to were any indication, then they should also add that it is mostly in-jokes and people talking over each other. I am sure it is a blast to make. All the participants seem to be having a grand old time. But this “old-man” found it to be a bunch of noise and not a lot of information to be found. Not that I need staid news readers informing me brusquely about how to formulate a recipe but it would be nice for the lead host to have a modicum of control and for the podcast to stay on point. Instead of 45 minutes to an hour, it could be a tightly edited 20 minutes?
Maybe other shows are different. Interviews with pro brewers sounds good. But I will be waiting for other people to tell me to tune in.