Jason Freedman and Philip Vondra are outdoorsy New Yorkers with a book just published entitled Beer Hiking New York: The Tastiest Way to Discover the Empire State.
Colin Renton is an outdoorsy Scotsman with a book recently published entitled The Wine Runner: My Year of Hard Yards and Vineyards.
Host Tony Fletcher (an outdoorsy half-Scot and half-English Brit who also has USA citizenship) talks with Jason and Colin about the joys travel both near and far, about running and hiking and… you guessed it, about beer and wine.
Along the way, the three discuss:
- The similarities between craft beer and craft wine, the stewardship of the land and how the taste of that land ends up in the can or the bottle… it’s terroir, people.
- How Colin set about running 12 races in 12 countries in 12 months, visiting 12 wineries and bringing home 12 bottles of wine.
- How he set on this ambition with the goal of running his first marathon at age 60
- How Jay and Philip set about choosing just 33 great hikes and breweries in a State that has hundreds of each.
- Why the first hike in the book starts from Port Authority Bus Terminal in the middle of Manhattan.
- Why there is only one brewery in Manhattan but tons in Brooklyn.
- Why high-ABV IPAs are so popular in New York but why there is much to the State’s beer-making culture than that.
- The different types of hikes that are available to everyone in New York.
- The multitude of running options across Europe that are either hosted by, or run through, vineyards.
- Why Colin chose to avoid the obvious regions within France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Portugal…
- …And why he included runs and wineries from England, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Belgium.The greatest hike on Colin and Philip’s doorstep that they never knew of.
- The best Belgium beer in New York.
- How climate change is affecting wine making (and running) all across Europe. And how Colin sought to minimize his carbon footprint with his travels.
- Why it’s okay to choose not to drink alcohol – and why it’s okay to enjoy alcohol.
Beer Hiking New York: The Tastiest Way to Discover the Empire State is published by Helvetiq
Jason Freedman can be found at Instagram.com/gunksrunner
The Pain Cave podcast he hosts with Philip Vondra is https://www.gunksrunner.com/paincave
The Wine Runner: My Year of Hard Yards and Vineyards is published by Polaris.
Colin can be found at https://twitter.com/ColinRenton1
Theme music this episode is ‘A Word That Doesn’t Rhyme’ by The Dear Boys.
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