Beer O'clock Show Podcasts

In our latest show we’re joined by guest and friend of the show Clayton Chisholm as  we look back at an amazing Crimbo Crawl in Newcastle and discuss train beers. It’s also the second part of our Golden Pints trilogy in which winners for #TrainBeer, Supermarket, Branding, Blog/Website, Beery Podcast and the Simon Johnson Award […]

This week is all about the trilogy! We start off our Golden Pints by looking back at our beers of 2016. Beer | Northern Monk Trilogy ‘Yeast’ (with Cigar City Brewing), ‘Hops’ (with Epic Brewing) and ‘Malt’ (with De Molen) Hopinions | Can you name your beer of 2016? Prizeless Prize | Congrats to first time winner Andrew […]

Our latest Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer house is a Christmas Special! Steve is joined by Hopinions host Martin as we try ‘Stille Nacht’ from De Dolle Brouwers. Not just one bottle, but we’re lucky enough to try the 2016 and 2015 versions. We’d be keen to hear your thoughts and what […]

In the latest Irish Beer Report we feature  a couple of beers from Rascals Brewing Co from Dublin. | Wunderbar IPA | 8:01 Mint Choc Stout   We’ve been sent these beers for free by the folk at Ireland Craft Beers but this hasn’t influenced our thoughts on the beers that we featured.  

In an episode that closes our current story arc, we discuss whether there really needs to be a definition for craft beer in the UK. Beers | Nobby’s Brewery Best Bitter & American Pale Ale Hopinions | Does craft beer really need a definition? Blogs | Mark Johnson, Pete McKerry and Sarah Finney Link | Relief from Alcohol Products […]

This week we’re talking about the Rites of Passage through beer. What does you journey look like and is it important? Beers | Fullers ‘Black Cab Stout’, Bob & Sarah Maxfield’s homebrewed DIPA & Liberty Brewing Co ‘Knife Party IPA’ Hopinions | If you go back to the start of your beer journey knowing all that you […]

In the second part of our Goose Island special, we continue to chat with Josh & Jonny about some of their special releases. Beer | Halia & Bourbon County Brand Stout (2015) Hopinions | Does big beer ownership impact on your buying decisions & Is selling up the same as selling out? Blog | The Moral High Ground: […]

In the first part of 2 very special episodes, we sit down with Josh & Jonny from Goose Island to discuss beer, ownership and history. Beer | Goose Island 312, IPA & Brewery Yard Hopinions | Is big beer ownership of smaller brands a good thing for the industry? Blog | The Moral High Ground: Shades of grey […]

This week we take Hopinions into the field as we’re in the store room at The Alehouse in Chelmsford, chatting to the former landlord Alex about cask beer. Hopinions | Tell us your thoughts on cask beer using #Hopinions on Twitter Prizeless Prize | Back in the game, Sparkyrite returns to claim the big box […]

This week we chat about old beers coming back, branding and when re-branding is done well. Beers | Adnams ‘Dry Hopped Lager’ and Pilsner Urquell Hopinions | Hofmeister is back as ‘craft’. Are you going to try it and what other beers would you like to see make a comeback? Blogs | Mark Johnson, Yes! […]

This month’s hottest new release is ‘Double Heathen’ from Northern Monk Brew Co. ‘Double Heathen’ follows hot on the heels of the popular ‘Heathen’ and ‘Heathen Mango Lassi’ that NMBC have released this year. Will this 10% double IPA be too much for Mark to handle?   This show is supported by Richard & Bryony […]

This week it’s all about the Independent Manchester Beer Convention, or Indy Man as it’s know to most of us. Beers | Brewdog ‘Born To Die 04.11.16’ Hopinions | How was your Indy Man? Prizeless Prize | Congrats to first time winner Mrs Beer Snob #McKerryBomb Interview | Steve chats to Jonny Heyes from Indy Man about the […]

This week we’re chatting about supermarkets and the role that they are playing in (craft) beer. Beers | Odyessy Brew Co ‘Ego Wars No 2’ and ‘Double Zombie Blood’ Hopinions | With the advent of craft beer sections in supermarkets are new drinkers being duped by cheap/macro impersonators? Blogs | A Female View, The Telegraph & […]

In a sudden change of plan due to rail problems, Martin, Steve and guest Matt Chinnery find themselves downstairs in Brewdog Shoreditch recording this week’s show. Beers | Matt – Brewdog ‘Doodlebug’, Brewdog ‘Live Dead Pony Club’, Celt Experience ‘Battle of the trees’ & Brewdog ‘Ship Wreck’ / Martin – Stone ‘Citrusy W...

He’s back! Mark returns to the airwaves to bring you the latest Flavour of the Month from Little Leeds Beer House. This month we’re drinking the beer that everyone is talking about, the latest addition to Beavertown’s core range, ‘Lupuloid IPA’   This show is supported by Richard & Bryony from the Little Leeds Beer […]

We’ve teamed up with the folk at Ireland Craft Beers to bring you monthly reviews of some of the great Irish craft beer that’s now making it’s way to the UK. For the first show our focus turns to The White Hag who are based in County Sligo, North West Ireland. We were sent over […]

For this week’s Hopinions, we drink 4 beers, all without alcohol and chat about whether they’re actually any good. Beer | Beck’s ‘Blue’, St Peter’s ‘Without’, Brewdog ‘Nanny State’ and Erdinger ‘Alkoholfrei’ Hopinions | Alcohol free beers (we’re talking 0.5% and below)… Blogs | The Ale Trail, Beervan...

The first ‘proper’ Hopinions show is packed full of news, 3 great beers fresh from the US and some chatter about labelling and freshness. Beer | Cigar City Brewing Invasion Pale Ale, Jai Alai IPA and Jai Alai IPA aged on white oak Hopinions | Should breweries include bottled/canned on dates as well as BBD? […]

Welcome to Hopinions, the new podcast from the Beer O’clock Show. In this pilot episode, Steve & Martin get to grips with presenting a new show, play around with some sour beers and talk about the latest Hopinions. Beer | Petrus Aged Pale, Petrus Oud Bruin & Petrus Aged Red Hopinions | Should GBBF feature […]

It’s our last ever show and we’re live from Hop Burns & Black in what was an emotional evening as we said goodbye. Featuring two collab brews that we made – ‘Echo Peach’ our salted peach IPA with Northern Monk and ‘Starship Fleet: Wave 2’ with Elusive Brewing. We’re also joined by Andy Parker from […]

On 26 July 2012, we released the first ever ‘Beer O’clock Show’. Almost 4 years to the date we’re now releasing our last ever ‘studio’ show. It’s an emotional episode as Mark & Steve are joined by long-term #No1Fan Myles Lambert to reminisce about the past and to enjoy Almasty Brewing Co’s ‘Bourbon Barrel Aged […]

In our penultimate studio show, we’re joined by long term friend of the show and serial guest, Justin Mason. He brings with him the classic Brouwerij Boon ‘Gueze Mariage Parfait’ for us to enjoy. Plus the week’s beery news, loads of #Hopinions and another big box of nothing wings it’s way out of the door […]

Our latest flavour of the month supported by Little Leeds Beer House is Magic Rock’s stunning triple coffee porter ‘Common Grounds’. You can check out the blog referenced in the show here. It’s Flavour of the Month!

This week we’re joined by more long suffering listeners as Bob & Sarah Maxfield are with us to review Fixed Wheel Brewery’s ‘Summer Smiles’ American Wheat Beer. There’s the normal news, normal service is resumed with the #prizelessprize and another prickly subject is tackled in #hopinions. It’s Beer O’clock!   Check out the Midlands Beer […]

This week it’s all about those homebrewers again! In what will now be our last ever Hombrew Special we are joined by Rob Woodland, Paul Hadfield and Rich Caller as they share their beers with us. Rob gives us ‘Prime’ an American IPA with no bittering hops, from Paul we have single hopped saison ‘Springtime […]