Beer, Baby & Brewing Politics w/Hannah Ison

About this episode

The episode features an interview with brewer Hannah Ison discussing her journey in the brewing industry and the intersection of beer and politics.

This week the Legendary Brew Crew cracked open a conversation that went way deeper than beer. We sat down with Hannah Ison, brewer, industry leader, mom, deadlifter, and certified chaos coordinator to talk about her wild journey from grassroots politics and backpacking through Guatemala to running brewing operations and helping shape the future of craft beer in Pennsylvania. We got into everything: The beer that changed her life Hostel hopping, wanderlust, and finding breweries around the world Brewing while pregnant and navigating motherhood in production brewing The evolving state of craft beer and why guilds still matter How politics and beer overlap way more than people think Plus all the usual Brewsing Banter foolishness, side quests, and unhinged tangents Hannah kept it real about the realities of the industry, the importance of community, and why craft beer still has room to grow, especially when it comes to inclusion, accessibility, and supporting the people actually making the beer. And of course… we talked about what everybody was drinking: Troegs - Pennsylvania Light Lager Wilmington Brew Works - Mexcelente Especial Mexican Lager This episode is equal parts inspiring…

People in this episode

Host: Brewsing Banter Productions LLC

Guest: Hannah Ison

Topics covered

• craft beer
• motherhood
• politics
• inclusion
• community
• brewing industry

Keywords

• craft beer
• brewing politics
• Hannah Ison
• motherhood in brewing
• community
• inclusion
• Pennsylvania beer

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Troegs - Pennsylvania Light Lager, Wilmington Brew Works - Mexcelente Especial Mexican Lager

Places: Pennsylvania, Guatemala

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