ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
What makes a beer iconic? Join author and host Jeff Alworth as he unpacks the stories behind the world's most influential beers, exploring the history, personalities, and unexpected moments that transformed a single brew into a legend.
The One Iconic Beer podcast is available on all the major podcast platforms. All About Beer releases new episodes of the podcast every month.
The One Iconic Beer podcast is available on all the major podcast platforms. All About Beer releases new episodes of the podcast every month.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 9 hours
Average audio length:
48 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
9 episodes
since Oct. 15, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this episode, we’re doing something different. John Holl, the editor of All About Beer and the producer of this show, is going to join Jeff to discuss iconic beers. Now that we've recorded 7 episodes of the show, it's worth taking a step back and considering the concept of a classic or iconic.
W…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
American IPAs have been brewed up and down the West Coast for over 45 years. In that time, they changed a lot. One of the most important moments for the style's evolution came in 1999, when Russian River released an early example of a double IPA. Pliny the Elder used techniques we now consider comp…
One beer “gave us a vocabulary that includes the word pilsner for a style of beer, the word pilsner for a type of malt, and the word pilsner for a type of glassware,” observes the Prague-based writer Evan Rail. “No other brewery has had that type of impact,” he concludes.
He isn’t exaggerating. I…
In 1993, Deb and Dan Carey released Wisconsin Belgian Red, the third beer they made at their new Wisconsin brewery, New Glarus. It was one of the country’s first “sour” ales, and it created quite a stir, and not just because it was so unusual. The Careys weren’t on a momentary flight of fancy. Rath…
On this episode, you'll hear the remarkable story of Bass Pale Ale. This story begins at the dawn of the industrial age, and charts Bass’s rise as one of the first global brewing brands. Over the course of two centuries, its pale ales evolved to meet the times, and today we know Bass as one of Brit…
If you stop into most breweries and nearly any bar or restaurant in New England today, you’re going to see an IPA on the menu, and it will almost certainly be hazy. New England has one of the most distinctive beer cultures in the US. It wasn’t always like this, however. In fact, until about fifteen…
Walk into a taproom today, and you might see “Italian pilsner” listed on the menu. Have you ever wondered where Italian pilsners came from? Surely this isn’t a reference to Peroni or Moretti, those old 19th century Italian beers? No. The style is more recent—thirty years old in 2026—and it dates ba…
On this premiere episode we examine Allagash White, perhaps the world's most iconic interpretation of this classic Belgian style. Yet what we think of witbier today is a recent reinvention of an older, wilder style of beer brewed in the village of Hoegaarden.In this episode, we'll hear from author…
A note from Jeff Alworth: "I am very excited to announce the launch of a new podcast: “One Iconic Beer.” The first episode will go live on Monday, and we’re busy putting together the second episode, which will follow in a month. Anyone familiar with my “Making of a Classic” series on this blog will…
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