This week on Radio Oedipus, we’re taking the road less travelled and taking a trip to Riga, in Latvia. After exploring closer to home, the obvious places to go were America and the UK but by concentrating on well travelled roads you ignore so many other places as possibilities, like Latvia and Labietis. A craft brewery in Latvia that makes familiar favourites like IPAs but also offers more intriguing local styles like sour braggots, meads, chestnut bocks.

Co-founder and brewer Reinis Pļaviņš is our tour guide around Latvia and tells us what being a Northern European craft brewery is all about.

Useful Links

Labietis

https://labietis.lv/lv/

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This week on Radio Oedipus we head to the Netherlands’ newest food hotspot: Nijmegen. Chefs Do Bongers (Basic Theory Ferments) and Emile van der Staak (Restaurant De Nieuwe Winkel) are passionate advocates of local, plant-forward food. Could they be shaping the future of gastronomy? Michelin certainly thinks so, as it’s just awarded Restaurant De Nieuwe Winkel one star for the quality of its food, and a green star for its sustainable way of working. Tune into find out what’s cooking in Nijmegen.

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Restaurant De Nieuwe Winkel

https://denieuwewinkel.com/

Basic Theory Ferments

https://www.basictheoryferments.nl/

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This week we talk beer and beats with Sander Nederveen.

It turns out that our head brewer is a massive (hip) hop head, so for one episode only we put him on the other side of the mic. He rocked up to the studio to spin some vinyl and riff on the similarities between sampling records and recipes.

Can he kick it? Tune in to find out.

Track list

Extince - Tisniewaar

Madlib - Stepping Into Tomorrow

Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz

Oh No - The Funk

Jimmy Smith - Walk On The Wild Side

De La Soul - Stakes Is High

J Dilla - F**K The Police

Rubberen Robbie - Steuntrekker

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