Episodes Beer O'clock Show

We’re back with another season and in this episode we cover off the major news stories of the last month and dig into a number of hopinions. Beers | Fyne Ales Origins Brewing ‘Goodnight, Summer’, ‘Pandora’, ‘Amphora’ & ‘Kilkerran Wee Heavy’ Hopinions | How important is freshness to you? | What do you think will be the […]

Welcome to The Tasting Room. For this Hopinions #Tryanuary special, we’re joined by Justin Mason as we work our way through a number of beers that are new to us all. Beers | Boundary/Honest Brew ‘Of the Hills’, Downstream ‘Hybrid IPL’, Cheshire Brewhouse ‘Lupy as a Toucan’, ‘Govinda (Chevallier Edition)’, ‘Govinda (Organic Plumage Archer Edition)’, ‘Conger […]

Back in October Steve visited Stone Brewing Berlin for the day and between pouring IPAs into his face all day long, he sat down with Stone Berlin’s Master Brewer, Thomas Tyrell for a quick chat.

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the #12BeersOfXmas, Steve wanted to do something different… So here’s a podcast featuring reviews of all 12 beers, and some familiar (and not so familiar) guests. Beers | (1) Shepherd Neame ‘Christmas Ale’ (2) Elusive Brewing/Wild Weather ‘Herman Toothrot’ (3) Atom ‘Neutron Star’ (4) Cromarty ‘Anniversary Ale V’ (5) Weird […]

It’s our end of year show and we take a run through of some of the key Golden Pints awards. We’re also recreating a tasting experiment that first appeared on The Beer Channel (check that video out here) Beers | Galway Bay ‘200 Fathoms’, Goose Island ‘Bourbon County Stout (2015)’ and Harviestoun ‘Ola Dubh 12’ Hopinions […]

Buckle up, don’t forget your shoes and join us for another classic film. This time we get stuck into the ultimate Christmas movie, Die Hard, with this box of specially selected beer from Beer Merchants which you can order to drink along with us. We chose what we thought was the best order for the beers, […]

In this post-Crimbo Crawl episode we try to cover everything from the busiest week of news as well as take a look back at our day out in Sheffield. No beers to talk about, no polls to cover, just three blokes chatting in a pub…

This week we’re rocked by the fact that we recorded a show under a hour! Beers | Wild Weather Ales ‘First Person Fruiter’, ‘Peach of a Weekend’, ‘Breakfast at Sciliy’s’ and ‘Skadoosh’ Hopinions | In the modern UK beer market do breweries need their beers in cans to stay in the game? Links | Steve & Roland talk […]

This week we dive into the Fullers & Friends box of beers, get stuck into loads of news and take a look back at our first 50 shows. Beers | Fullers & Hardknott ‘Peat Souper’, Fullers & Fourpure ‘Galleon’, Fullers & Marble ‘Matariki’, Fullers & Cloudwater ‘NE IPA’, Fullers & Thornbridge ‘Flora & The Griffin’, Fullers […]

A slightly different show this week as we take a look back at the last few weeks of beery adventures that we’ve had. We also round up a few polls and really get stuck into our listener comments. Beers | Ampersand ‘Umlat’, ‘Cocow’, ‘Farmhand’ & ‘Hopwell’ and Grain ‘Slate’ & ‘Lignum Vitae’ Hopinions | Collaborations, Pumpkin Beers […]

This week we’re joined by Jonny from Cave Direct to talk us through a beginners guide to loving Belgian beer. We also chat about crowd funding in the modern beer scene and Cantillon’s recent announcement. Beers | Elusive Brewing ‘Plan B’, Brasserie de la Senne ‘Taras Boulba’, Unity Brewing ‘Coalescence Saison’, Brasserie Dupont ‘Saison Dupont’, Brew […]

In the second half of the Midlands Special, we continue chatting to the folks behind the Midlands Beer Blog. Beers | Twisted Barrel ‘Wake Up Juicy’, Fixed Wheel ‘Big Mig’ & Fownes ‘King Korvak’s Saga’ Hopinions | What makes a place a great beery destination? Links | Part I of the Midlands Special | Midlands Beer Blog   […]

We sat down with Rich from Burning Soul to talk about winning the Thirsty Games at Indy Man, starting a new brewery and the beer scene in the Midlands.

We sit down with Josh from The Wolf in Birmingham and guest co-host Carl Marshall to chat about tap handles, tap takeovers and the beer scene in the Midlands.  

In the first half of our Midlands Special, we’re talking to the folks behind the Midlands Beer Blog and Carl from Twisted Barrel about Carl’s poll/post asking if the Midlands has been overlooked. Beers | Twisted Barrel ‘Lokai’, Glasshouse ‘Me Julie’ & Green Duck ‘Ricochet’ Hopinions | (Courtesy of Carl Marshall) Do you think the beer scene […]

Beavertown were recently invited to Stone Berlin to help them celebrate ‘Cantoberfest’ – a celebration of the perfect packaging for beer. Randomly, this was on the same day that Steve visited the brewery… Never one to miss an opportunity, Steve grabbed a beer with Logan Plant – 3 years on since we last spoke to […]

This week we chat about whether the death knell has been rung for pumpkin beers in the UK market and branding. Beers | Vocation ‘Yakima Pilsner’, ‘Smash & Grab’ and collab with Chorlton ‘Sour Smash’ Hopinions | Branding. Is it important? Links | Beavertown to stop producing Stingy Jack   Many thanks to Ant from Vocation for sending over […]

This week we’re at the Victoria Inn in Colchester and we’re joined by Andy & Richard from the pub to talk about the divisive device, the sparkler. Beer | Great Heck ‘Trafalgar’ & Colchester Brewery ‘Ambassador’ Hopinions | Sparklers Links | The Cask Report   Many thanks to Andy, Sheena & Richard from the Victoria Inn for […]

In the second part of a unique crossover collab with the Craft Beer Channel, we’re at Ghost Whale in Brixton talking about hazy IPAs, following the blind tasting we did on the channel. Beers | Lervig ‘Tasty Juice’, Redchurch ‘Great Eastern India Pale Ale’ & Almasty ‘West Coast IPA’ Hopinions | Our summer styles series – lagers, […]

This week we’re joined by Johnny from Beer Frontiers to talk social media and beer while drinking beers that have recently created a buzz on social media for one reason or another. Beers | Lost & Grounded ‘Running with Sceptres’, Magic Rock ‘Salty Kiss’ & Brew By Numbers 10|10 Hopinions | Does social media…? Links | Check our […]