{"id":18122,"date":"2016-04-26T15:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T03:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=18122"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:16:52","slug":"beer-diary-podcast-s05e02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2016\/04\/26\/beer-diary-podcast-s05e02\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Diary Podcast lost episode (s05e02) \u2014 Dave Wood & Denise Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"

In September 2015, we sat down for a few beers ‘on the record’ with our friends Dave\u00a0Wood<\/a> and Denise Garland<\/a>. Dave is the general manager of Wellington beer bar Hashigo Zake<\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0current President of SOBA (the Society of Beer Advocates<\/a>) and Denise is a journalist \u2014 and both have long been key members\u00a0of the beer community. The episode was nearly lost (a few others were) but we belatedly present it here. They\u00a0talked about the rapid evolution of the local scene, their introductions to it and their ‘epiphany’ beers, the simple pleasures of everday beers in their right place, and the joys of making your own homebrew. We also discuss the bar business, SOBA festivals, women-in-beer groups like Beerded Ladies\u00a0and Pink Boots, lament the general lack of brown ales and have a few dated-but-foreboding words to say about company takeovers \u2014 Dave idly ponders a Ballast Point buyout that was just a few weeks in the future.<\/p>\n