This is GBH Out Loud, and I’m Ashley Rodriguez.
Today you’ll hear GBH contributor Beth Demmon read “Witch (Craft) Beer — How a New Wave of Brewers are Incorporating Magic into Beer,” published on Good Beer Hunting’s website on October 31, 2019.
Did we plan to release a story about witches on Halloween? Yes, we did, but Beth’s story manages to go beyond stereotypes and explores the world of the unseen, and the spiritual forces that some brewers tap into to create their beer. Part of Beth’s fascination with witches, as you’ll hear her discuss, is primal. It’s the search for the unknown, and the belief that there are things around us we cannot always see or immediately understand—but which can have an outsize impact on our lives.
Here’s Beth reading “Witch (Craft) Beer — How a New Wave of Brewers are Incorporating Magic into Beer.” Listen in.