Ginger and I met years ago over beer and chocolate.  She was in Michigan to present at the MBG and MBAA Winter Conference and took an extra day or so to hang on the farm. Ginger is a tireless advocate for equity in marketing, and has made a name for herself by establishing her own consulting businesses, Women Enjoying Beer. and The Fifty Percent.    We talk shop including beer, gender, service and training.   Here’s Ginger from the secret lair at Red Horse Ranch.  

The Drinks: New Holland's Mischievous II Sour Ale & Pilgrim's Dole Wheatwine 2014

The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson

Guest Bio: Ginger Johnson

TED talker, book author, beer enthusiast and marketer. Ginger's a dynamic speaker and founder of a few companies, one of which is Women Enjoying Beer. WEB = the only company on the planet studying women & their relationship with beer (yes. really). She's also involved in The Fifty Percent a project with Meagen Anderson, using data to improve our world. Helping beer businesses earn more customers and maximize their marketing dollars is what it’s all about. Learn more about her at womenenjoyingbeer.com andgingerjohnson.com + on Twitter @gingerjohnson   She's appreciative of people who buy the book, since she's working on making her fine husband a kept man. 

Talking beer, music, collaboration and creativity with a talented panel of musicians and beer enthusiasts, featuring Kyle Hollingsworth of the String Cheese incident and Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Grammy winning Peter Madcat Ruth of Madcat Midnight Blues Journey and The Change, Mike Shimmin from Joshua Davis Trio and others, and Nicholas Barron from The Strapping Owls. We talk shop, taste beers and even play a little music.

The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson

Live music performed and improvised by our esteemed panel. 

Kyle Hollingsworth - String Cheese Incident and KHB: Keyboards, Vocals

Fred Bueltmann - New Holland Brewing and Strapping Owls: Sousaphone

Peter Madcat Ruth - Madcat Midnight Blues Journey:  Harmonica

Nicholas Barron - Nicholas Barron Band & Strapping Owls - Guitar & Vocals

Michael Shimmin- Joshua Davis Trio - Cajon

The Drinks: 

New Holland Brewing beers:

The Poet - Oatmeal Stout

Black Tulip Tripel - Belgian-style Tripel

Hoptronix - Double IPA

Dragon's Milk Reserve w Lemon and Raspberry

Drinking pints at the market with Richard is a quintessential British experience.  We got to talk about his history, the UK beer market and all sorts of other stuff.  Next time, we’ll need to get his business partner Mike to join us, as the two of them together is even better.  Here we are from The Rake at Borough Market in August of 2016.

The Drinks:

The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson

Guest Bio:

Richard Dinwoodie has been in the beer industry for almost thirty years.  He has been a champion for a diverse marketplace, fighting to provide more beer choices available to consumers, from around the world.  With his business partner, Mike Hill, he operates UTO Beer, off sale, and The Rake at Borough Market and Tap East brewpub at Stratford International, and is an Internationally recognized beer judge.