Beer O'clock Show Podcasts

Here we go then folks… strap yourselves in, crack open your Hippo Beers Behemoth Box and floor the accelerator until you hit 88.8mph. In our first Hopinions on Films special we ‘pair’ the following beers with Back to the Future, a timeless classic about the time travelling adventures of Marty Mcfly. We chose to drink […]

In our latest crossover episode, we sit down with Luke & Andrew from the Rhythm & Brews podcast to discuss whether music makes beer taste better. Beer | Brewdog ‘Live East Coast Crush’, ‘Jackhammer’ and ‘Nitro Jet Black Heart’ Hopinions | Is your drinking experience heightened by the right music? Prizeless Prize | The big box […]

This week we’re drinking beers from St Austell in Cornwall and chatting about if London is still considered as the epicentre of the UK beer scene. Beer | St Austell ‘Baobab’, ‘Korev’ and ‘Eureka’ FABQ | Check out Tasting Nitch’s original video here Hopinions | Is London still at the forefront of the UK beer scene? Prizeless […]

For May’s Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer House, we’re featuring the Magic Rock & Other Half collab ‘Half Cut’. We also give a run down of the other beers that you may have come across this month. If you’ve had any of the beers we mention, let us know your thoughts on […]

This week we’re joined once again by Ruth Mitchell to guide us through the beery delights that Berkshire has to offer. We also place our bets on who we think will be the next UK buy out as well as covering two polls. It’s a long one folks… Beers | Renegade ‘Craft Lager’, Elusive Brewing ‘Plan B’ […]

In the latest Irish Beer Report we enjoy a couple of beers from Boundary Brewing in Belfast. | D’etre passion fruit saison | Forever Ago NE style IPA   We’ve been sent these beers for free by the folks at Boundary Brewing but this hasn’t influenced our thoughts on the beers that we featured.

We’re back from a few weeks off with a mammoth show  where we chat about what we got up to during our break and have a look at the latest news. Beers | Fyne Ales ‘Nice’, ‘Naughty’, ‘Ragnarok’ and ‘Mills & Hills’ Hopinions | Following Sam Smiths ban this week, what do you think to […]

In this special episode, Steve & Myles Lambert are joined by The Ale Lady at Thornbridge Brewery for a tasting of ‘Lukas’, ‘Raindrops on Roses’, ‘Kipling’, ‘Am:Pm’ and ‘Mango Halcyon’ with Ben from the brewing team. This was part of the Big Beery Night 16 auction lot that Myles & Steve won an included a […]

It’s our season finale… Martin recaps a recent trip to Coventry and Steve gets a bit angry about Brewdog. Again. We also get our geek on and spend a LOT of time talking about Marvel & DC’s cinematic/television universes Beer | Deya ‘Steady Rolling Man’, Burning Soul ‘Oct IPA’ & Adnams ‘Both Barrels’ Hopinions | Geekery –...

This week we’re chatting about using ratings to guide our choices while also dipping into the Hop City 2017 line up and asking if Brewdog’s equity scheme is really equitable. Beer | The White Hag/Kinnegar ‘Irish Coffee Nitro Stout’, Vliegende Paard Brouwers ‘Prearis Quadrupel’ and ‘Prearis Quadrocinno’ Hopinions | Has an Untappd rating/scor...

This week we’re back in the studio and chatting about beers that have blown us away. We also get around to finally reviewing the Alltech Craft Brews & Food Festival that we attended a few weeks ago. Beers | Pirate Life ‘Throwback IPA’, ‘IPA’ & ‘IIPA’ Hopinions | When was the last time you had […]

In the latest Irish Beer Report we enjoy a couple of beers from Metalman Brewing from Waterford | Pale Ale American style pale ale | Sgt. Pepper sage & pepper saison We also look forward to where you can try some of the best Irish beer in the UK this St Patrick’s Day.   We’ve […]

This week we’re joined by guest and beer sommelier Ruth Mitchell to talk about the choices we make about drinking. Beer | Edinburgh Beer Factory ‘Paolozzi’ & Flying Dog ‘Easy IPA’ Gin | Wayfarer & Renegade Brewery ‘Ukko’ Hopinions | With off trade sales overtaking on trade why do you choose to drink at home instead of the […]

For March’s Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer House, our listeners chose the Deya Brewing Company & Verdant Brewing Co ‘High Planes Drifter’ DIPA. We’re joined by our first ever guest on Flavour of the Month as beer sommelier Ruth Mitchell joins us to chat about the beer and to give a run […]

In our final crossover podcast of the series, we sit down with Wayne & Janice Dunne (AKA The Irish Beer Snobs) to talk about 10 things you never knew you wanted to know about beer festivals. Beer | Station Works ‘The Foxes Rock IPA’ Hopinions | The best thing about beer festivals / The worst thing about […]

In the latest Irish Beer Report we chat to Liam & Colin from Ireland Craft Beers about the growing Irish beer scene and Cormack from Honest Brew about bringing Irish beer into the UK. The folks from Honest Brew have also given our listeners a discount code so that they can get 10% off any Irish beer […]

This week we’re looking back at some great beers we’ve had recently and chatting about what it means for a beer to be “on trend”. Beer | Six Degrees North/Magic Rock ‘Magic Six’, Chorlton/Vocation ‘Sour & Death’ & Lervig/Hoppin Frog ‘Sippin Into Darkness’ Hopinions | Should beers in a brewery’s core range change to...

In our third crossover podcast, we’re with Roland from Steve & Roland’s Beer Podcast talking about coffee, beer, coffee and beer and coffee in beer. Beer | Elusive Brewing/Affinity Brew Co ‘Brimful of Masha’, Põhjala Brewery ‘Must Kuld Colombia’ & Weird Beard ‘Double Pearle (Jim Beam Barrel  Aged)’ Hopinions | Coffee beers… Ar...

This week we return to our ‘second studio’ Brewdog Shoreditch to record a collab within a crossover with a guest! We’re joined by Michael Lalley of Bushcraft Beer and Stu McKinley from Yeastie Boys to discuss the things that influence our buying decisions. Blog | Michael’s ‘Three Bullet Tuesday’ that was the catalyst for this […]

This week we’re straight from a British Guild of Beer Writers event with the CAMRA Revitalisation Committee to talk about what’s next for CAMRA. Beers | Bude Brewery ‘Haven’ amber ale, ‘Porthbud’ pale ale & ‘Black Rock’ porter Hopinions | In today’s beer world, is CAMRA still needed? Blogs | Myles talks FOMO, Beer Manchester...

Our latest Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer house introduces a slightly revised format. Now, you get to choose the beer we drink each month, and this month you chose Verdant Brewing Co’s ‘Roy, I Want A Hilux’ pale ale. If you’ve had this beer, let us know your comments below or on […]

This week is the first part of the beer podcast crossover event of 2017 as we sit down with Ross & Tom from Beernomicon to talk through the first five Untappd Commandments. Beer | Throughout the recording we enjoyed ‘1048’, ‘1060’, ‘1064’ & ‘1070’ from the wood courtesy of Beer Nouveau Hopinions | This week’s question was [&#8...

As the aftershocks of #CaskGate continue to rumble on, this week we turn our attentions to the growing number of craft beer festivals in the UK. Beer | Hawkshead/Cigar City ‘Tiramisu Imperial Stout’ & Siren/Cigar City ‘Barrel Aged Caribbean Chocolate Cake’ Hopinions | Is the UK reaching craft beer festival saturation point? Blogs | Pete […]

We’re back for 2017 with a huge show to get the year going! Will it all be #CaskGate and Murk Bombs? Beers | Theakston ‘Distiller’s Cask Range’, Wylam ‘Solar Terminator’ & Brewdog ‘Hop Shot’ Hopinions | What do you think will be the biggest beer trend this year? Blogs | #CaskGate – this handy round […]

It’s the final part of our Golden Pints 2016 Trilogy and in this mammoth episode we look at Best UK Brewery, Best Overseas Brewery, Best New Brewery of 2016, Best Pub/Bar/Taproom, Independent Retailer of the Year, Online Retailer of the Year and Beer Festival of the Year. Beer | Fullers Past Masters 1910 Double Stout […]