CL-024 Jonny Garrett is born to be wild

For just over a year, Good Beer Hunting has focused on a variety of stories
to highlight the evolution of wild and sour ale in America as part of our
Into the Wild series, brought to readers in collaboration with New Belgium
Brewing. Through these stories, however, it's been impossible to ignore
what's also going on outside the U.S., where interest in this unique
category has also been increasing.

In this episode of the GBH Collective, we’re checking in with Jonny
Garrett, one of Good Beer Hunting’s London-based team members, who’s most
recently explored various ideas of wild, sour, and mixed-fermentation beer
for an Into the Wild story about Lambic, and a podcast with the founders of
Yonder Brewing & Blending. Jonny and I are going behind the scenes of his
stories as part of this special series of interviews to dive deeper with
Good Beer Hunting contributors and friends on topics of writing, beer and
all the ways they intersect.

The question that lingers throughout this conversation, as it has for Good
Beer Hunting’s ongoing Into the Wild series, is about exploring just what
exactly is happening—and as best we can determine, why—with traditional
beer styles in a modern context. This includes discussion of foraging for
ingredients, how a seaweed and yuzu beer changes flavor over the course of
two years, and what’s next for “wild” in the UK scene.

This is Jonny Garrett, GBH writer and podcaster. Listen in.