The 1895 Podcast

In this episode of The 1895 Podcast, we're joined by Taylor Anderson, Development Engineer at McDantim.

Anderson explains the technology behind mixed gas draught beer systems and the story of how McDantim came to develop it - beginning in the mid-1980s, when Guinness put out an open call for a gas blender that could keep up with demand from its pubs across Ireland and the UK.

We discuss what makes the perfect pint and how on-site blending benefits both drinkers and bar owners and why accuracy matters so much.

Anderson also explains how lessons learned in the beverage industry have taken McDantim’s technology into a much wider range of applications including welding, food packaging, heat treating and laser cutting, as well as refrigerant and CO2 mixes that replace sulphur hexafluoride in foundries.

In this episode of The 1895 Podcast, we revisit the closing panel session of gasworld's North American CO2 Summit 2026, as our panel dissect the what if scenarios raised across the event.

Joining the conversation were: Bruce Woerner, of Woerner CO2 Consulting; Rich Gottwald, of the Compressed Gas Association (CGA); Jeff Holyoak, of Aircapture; and Vida Gabriel, of TerraFixing.

This session covered the reliability of CO2 supply, 45Q and 45Z tax credits, and whether carbon credits could outbid the merchant market for the CO2 molecule. The panel also discuss if direct air capture is already economically viable, what 100 million tonnes of CO2 from data centre power could mean for the industry, and the need for new sources to come online.

In this episode of The 1895 Podcast, we look back at the dry ice panel session that took place at gasworld's North American CO2 Summit 2026.

Joining the conversation is Troy Betts, of A+ Heler's Dry Ice & CO2, and Stephanie Coleman, of CMC Dry Ice Manufacturing.

In the session, our experts cover how independent producers maintain supply throughout CO2 shortages, the growth of dry ice blasting and food deliveries, and why trust and transparency are key for the industry.

In this episode of The 1895 Podcast, we are live in Houston ahead of gasworld's Helium Super Summit 2026.

We preview the event and look forward to all of the presentations and talking points to expect from the next two days of the conference including the current health of the helium market, how geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could have an impact on the industry, where the upcoming demand is coming from, and the new producers that are aiming to become the next generation of helium supply.

The 1895 Podcast took to the stage in the US for the very first time, recorded in front of our audience at gasworld's North American CO2 Summit in New Orleans.

Hear from our guests: Steve Martin, of 2JCP, and Sara Elkady, of Stormfisher as we discus CO2, e-fuels and the need for pace.

We take a look at if e-fuels are a new market for CO2 producers or a competitor for the same supply, if we should be focussing on pace over perfection, and why first-of-a-kind projects are being held back.