Beer O'clock Show Podcasts

It’s that time of year again folks! Magic Rock’s annual release is out in the wild and for your listening pleasure we take on the whole Cannonball Run… Beers | Magic Rock ‘Cannonball’, ‘Neo-Human Cannonball’, ‘Human Cannonball’ & ‘Un-Human Cannonball’ Hopinions | Do you still get excited by annual release beers |...

This week we’re in Deptford, in the Hop Stuff Brewery’s Taproom talking to owner James Yeomans about mental health in the workplace. We also got to sample a few of Hop Stuff’s beers and enjoyed a cracking pizza. Beers | Hop Stuff ‘Pilsner’, ‘Renegade’, ‘Freudian Slip’ & ‘Woody Barrelson’ Hopinions | Should the drinks i...

In our latest show we enjoy a few beers while taking a look back at our recent trip to Manchester and discussing the future of CAMRA Beers | Cloudwater ‘Small Citra Simcoe Pale’, The Kernel ‘Pale Ale Citra’, Magic Rock ‘Hedonic Escalation’, Lagunitas ‘The Waldos’ Special Ale’ and Beer Nouveau ‘Salacia Cabreuva’ Hopinions |...

Suit up, grab a beer and join us for one of the greatest superhero movies of all time. This time we get stuck into Marvel’s Avengers Assemble as we work our way through a selection of beers that we’ve put together for this episode. We tried to drink the beers in the most sensible(?!?) order, […]

After a recording break, we’re back with a mighty show covering all of the big news stories, four (count em) polls and some beers from Signature Brew. Beers | Signature Brew ‘Studio Pilsner’, ‘Roadie’, ‘Backstage IPA’, ‘Nightliner’, ‘Treble’ and ‘Anthology’ Hopinions | Should breweries/pubs push St George’s Day...

This week we are back at the Victoria Inn in Colchester where we are joined by landlord and landlady Andy & Sheena and their bar manager Richard. We talk all things pub and almost forget about the beer that we’re drinking. Beers | East London Brewery ‘Cowcatcher’ (cask) Hopinions | What do you look for in a […]

This week our focus is on the lower end of the ABV scale as we feature 5 beers ranging from 2.9% to 4.2%. Beers | The Kernel ‘Table Beer’, Summer Wine ‘Pico Diego’, Gipsy Hill ‘Simcoe’, Track ‘Sonoma’ & Adnams ‘Blackshore Stout’ Hopinions | Are there enough good session beers around or is it just about the […]

This week we’ve teamed up with Beerbods to bring you the ‘Ones to Watch 2018’ box. However, 12 beers in one night is too much for even us to get through so we drafted in some help from Justin Mason & Matt Chinnery to help us get through the box. Beers | Velvet Owl Brewing Co […]

This week, we’re joined by Mark, Ashley and Tom from the Men Beerhaving podcast to take a walk on the dark side of beer. Beers | Beavertown ‘Black Betty’, Magic Rock ‘Dark Arts’, Guinness ‘1798’, Innis & Gunn ‘Vanishing Point 01’ and Brewdog ‘Death or Glory’ Hopinions | Dark beers | Does barrel ageing make a beer...

In this week’s epic show, we chat about great beers we’ve had recently, put things on lists, revisit the Ten Untappd Commandments and go back to some breweries and beers that we’ve featured before. Beers | Renegade Brewery ‘Snake Oil’, Elusive Brewing ‘Invisible Wall’, Siren ‘Acid Jam’ & White Hag ‘Black Boar’ Hopinions &#1...

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 [&#8230...

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 Ar...

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 ‘Anniversar...

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&#8217...

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 | Col...

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 Dup...

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 sc...