Zymurguys Podcast

We long to listen to etheral bubbling, brewers and winemakers use deathmetal and Mozart to make their yeast dance, and a wheel of cheese enjoys some hip hop.

A Colonial era sugar cane industry gives an isolated community of monkeys a taste for rum, and Lauri questions the motives of mushrooms.

Beer is delivered to the Western front by every teenage boys favourite plane, and we consider the tasting notes of aviation fuel

An Austrian wine syndicate tries to cheat the system by sweetening wine with antifreeze, and Lauri travels back in time to assassinate a bunch of popes. 

Thrill seekers and cheese enthusiasts risk it all for a little taste of forbidden cheese, and Gordon Ramsey ruins everything.

Generations of soldiers are enchanted by a painting of a woman hanging in a Melbourne pub, and we nail listing all French names.

A woman losing her wedding ring starts the tale of one of the world's best monastic breweries, and we wonder why there aren't more Trappists using Australian hops in this do-over of Episode 26 - Orval

A conservative country backs out of the largest beer sponsorship deal ever in the final moments, and Bob and Lauri play a round of disc golf and try shaking off podcasting rust.

A catastrophic tank failure fills the streets of London with beer, and Bob spends some time in an Estonian hospital while Lauri likes living dangerously.

The beer of choice for backpackers from the world over is born in decades of turmoil, and Bob's chair is confiscated by the Police.

Britain creates a fleet of WW2 soldier getaway vessels, and Bob and Lauri are utterly unimpressed by an American battleship.

A Tibetan Yak Herder opens a brewery at the top of the world, and the guys experience Deschutes deja vu.

A long history of innovators invent ways to put bubbles in beverages, and we discover why no one drinks pints in space.

A wartime attempt to curb drinking backfires spectacularly, and we long for the early days of the lockdown.

We get no closer to the truth about a hotly debated beer style, and Lauri reluctantly becomes the voice of a generation.
And yes, we know Peter the Great and Catherine weren't an item. We wanted to say "the Third" but alas..

Famous fictional beverages find their way into the flesh realm through questionable copyright infringements, and Bob is unimpressed by a Hobbit Pub.

The origins of our most common beer package are shrouded in mystery, and we wonder if marble in beer creates any off flavours

Turmoil in Ireland helps to cement the Black stuff as part of the national identity. A very special episode with our first guest, Tim.

Resourceful brewers facing the attrition of war struggle to supply soldiers with Beer, and we finally reach the inevitable "origins of the IPA" talk.

Medieval Bavarian beer rules hold sway over German politics for centuries, and Bob wonders if Henbane is also Peoplebane.