Today’s guest is the incredible Jaega Wise.
Jagea is head brewer at Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow, East London, the brewery she’s been a part of since it opened in 2012.
When she’s not in the brewhouse, you can catch Jaega on the telly, as she’s a presenter on Channel 5’s The Wine Show.
She’s also been widely recognized for her work as an equality campaigner for the industry, which has seen her so eloquently address the issue of sexism in the beer industry at conferences and festivals up and down the country.
She’s a recently qualified Beer Sommelier and beer judge, too.
As if all of this doesn’t sound impressive enough, Jaega was recently short-listed for Brewer of the Year by the British Guild of Beer Writers for their Annual Awards and was included in the Evening Standard’s Progress 1,000 – a list of London’s most influential people in 2018.
Jaega and I talk about how her background in engineering led her to her current role as head brewer and how her passion for home brewing still fuels her creativity in the brewhouse today.
We discuss the changes that she’s called for to help bring equality to the beer industry and how Jaega is helping in her own way - by organizing the London chapter of her friend, Sophie de Ronde’s, International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day, each March.
Jaega tells me where she finds her inspiration and what she gets up to in her free time. We also talk about what drives her, when she’s at her happiest, what she loves most about being a part of the beer industry, and a whole lot more.
Here she is...
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Episode #047 | Lucie Dallas, General Manager of The Griffin Whetstone
Episode #046 | Helena Adedipe, Co-Founder of Eko Brewery
Episode #045 | Ruth Mitchell, Operations Director at Elusive Brewing
Episode #044 | Lana Svitankova, Beer Writer, Translator, and Brewery Ambassador for Varvar Brew
Episode #043 | Pip Young, Founder of The Coven Brewsters
Episode #042 | Emma Heal, Managing Director of Lucky Saint
Episode #041 | Allison Macdonald, Head Brewer at Malt Shovel Brewers
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Episode #040 | Lorraine Copes, Founder and CEO of Be Inclusive Hospitality
Episode #039 | Amy Todd, Owner and Analyst of Zymology Labs
Episode #038 | Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson, Director and Founding Partner of East London Brewing Company
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Episode #036 | Mellanie Struthers, Co-Founder of Draught Drop
Episode #035 | Sophie de Ronde, Head Brewer at Burnt Mill Brewery
Episode #034 | Ruvani de Silva, Freelance Beer Writer
Episode #033 | Cherisse Ketchum, Co-Founder of Gusto Brand Marketing
Episode #032 | Jules Gray, Owner of Hop Hideout
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