
Zymurguys Podcast
Where fermentation (and especially beer) meets funny, obscure and interesting stories from history.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode 34 - Magical Penis Wine
A strange rice wine from China helps men with their virility issues through the use of various animal appendages, and Lauri deletes his browsing history after researching a questionable countdown
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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32:23
Episode 33 - Thorrablot
The Icelandic independence moment revives a long forgotten Pagan feast, and we find out the government name of Jaws.
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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48:23

Episode 32 - The Sweet Sounds of Fermentation
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.
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Episode 32
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49:29
Episode 31 - Drunk Monkeys of St. Kitts
A Colonial era sugar cane industry gives an isolated community of monkeys a taste for rum, and Lauri questions the motives of mushrooms.
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Episode 31
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44:51

Episode 30 - Spitfire Beer Runs
Beer is delivered to the Western front by every teenage boys favourite plane, and we consider the tasting notes of aviation fuel
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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23:19

Episode 29 - Zum Wohl, Glykol!
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.
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Episode 29
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36:58

Episode 28 - Most Dangerous Cheese
Thrill seekers and cheese enthusiasts risk it all for a little taste of forbidden cheese, and Gordon Ramsey ruins everything.
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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33:20

Episode 27 - Chloe
Generations of soldiers are enchanted by a painting of a woman hanging in a Melbourne pub, and we nail listing all French names.
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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34:58

Episode 26 - Orval (Again)
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
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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43:05

Episode 25 - Bud vs Qatar
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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37:58

Episode 24 - The Great London Beer Flood
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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39:18

Episode 23 - Bia Street, Hanoi
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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40:01

Episode 22 - Floating Breweries of WW2
Britain creates a fleet of WW2 soldier getaway vessels, and Bob and Lauri are utterly unimpressed by an American battleship.
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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24:11
Episode 21 - The Highest Altitude Pint (The King of Yaks)
A Tibetan Yak Herder opens a brewery at the top of the world, and the guys experience Deschutes deja vu.
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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40:08

Episode 20 - Carbonation
A long history of innovators invent ways to put bubbles in beverages, and we discover why no one drinks pints in space.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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41:56

Episode 19 - The Six o'clock Swill
A wartime attempt to curb drinking backfires spectacularly, and we long for the early days of the lockdown.
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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51:10

Episode 18 - Everyone is Wrong About the Baltic Porter
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..
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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52:37

Episode 17 - Duff
Famous fictional beverages find their way into the flesh realm through questionable copyright infringements, and Bob is unimpressed by a Hobbit Pub.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:28
Episode 16 - The Six Pack
The origins of our most common beer package are shrouded in mystery, and we wonder if marble in beer creates any off flavours
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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42:06

Very Special Episode - The Blacklist
Turmoil in Ireland helps to cement the Black stuff as part of the national identity. A very special episode with our first guest, Tim.
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Season 1
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1:02:17

Episode 15 - Confederate Possum Beer
Resourceful brewers facing the attrition of war struggle to supply soldiers with Beer, and we finally reach the inevitable "origins of the IPA" talk.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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43:08

Episode 14 - Reinheitsgebot
Medieval Bavarian beer rules hold sway over German politics for centuries, and Bob wonders if Henbane is also Peoplebane.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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40:59

Episode 13 - The Antarctic Home Brew Ban
A long standing tradition of isolated home brewing comes under threat from new government regulations, and we try to extract milk from a penguin.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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30:11
