Friday 5pm

We've had a damned busy week over at the CBC studio. Listen to our adventures in homebrewing TWO imperial stouts, heading out for the launch of a new Budvar Lager, filming with Anspach & Hobday, and Jonny's trip down up to Norfolk. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us the...

We're on location for this week's episode, as we come at you live from the Track Brewing taproom. Join us for a pint of cask Sonoma as we dig into our Omnipollo documentary and debate the amount of calories in a stick of butter. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their pers...

This week we dig into our second blind taste test, the Return of the Trolls, and end up digging out empty beer bottles from Jonny's bins. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective on the world we're all obsessed with. You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast t...

Brad's back as we dive into his sexy weekend in Paris, as well as his even sexier video about nitro pours from last week. With no video this week, we dive into the behind the scenes fun we had at Omnipollo in Stockholm and reveal some of our plans for that content. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting...

It's our second solo episode as Brad heads for a romantic weekend in Paris and doesn't take Jonny. Still we have a content packed show as Jonny takes on two questions, and talks about a rather wild increase in views that has happened to a video released in January. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYaZDarwpc Read about SBR here: https://www.goodbeerhunt...

Basically the Brad show. Brad relives his wild night on the Bermondsey Beer Mile, his regrets about not learning guitar and his love of Ikea. Jonny chimes in when there's a break. Check out this week's video: https://youtu.be/eKcmLMRDoRs Check out our Editorial Code: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L3C-veYly1uaTCuDm79mRg3PSt7PWf4DXK3rzaAcrSo/edit?usp=sharing Check out https://drinker...

This week we talk about Jonny's trip to Duration, our epic shootday and a video that might never see the light of day, and dig into a complex question about the new definition of real ale...and quite what CAMRA were thinking.  This week we forget the title of one of the most famous films of all time, talk about the remarkable Mild Revival here in the UK and once more relive that wild night in...

This week we forget the title of one of the most famous films of all time, talk about the remarkable Mild Revival here in the UK and once more relive that wild night in the pink salt sauna – all while pretending to be talking about Pastry Sour. Check out this week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UVq1EbpsLU Check out Uncanny: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010x7c Check out Filmbu...

This week we talk Brave Noise, posting beers, £18 cans of IPA and all about just how goddamn good our West Coast IPA with Russian River came out... Watch this week's video: https://youtu.be/fYeZJNSsuxQ Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective on the world we're...

This week Brad gets poisoned by Mexican soda, Jonny makes measuring a freezer into a mission, and we take a question about why Liverpool is lagging behind in the craft brewing world. Watch this week's main video: https://youtu.be/Csu_tlcQG_U Watch this week's bonus video: https://youtu.be/lQmLKDmZ7dQ Watch Toyspotting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7orOGT4als Brought to you by the tea...

This week is a bumper episode as we talk about "THAT" documentary about BrewDog, and our own reaction to it. We then dig into this week's video in which we build our own homebrewery and studio and reveal that next week's video is a homebrew episode with the one and only Russian River! Oh, and Brad has had his Weetabix. Watch this week's video here: youtu.be/FXGTK7dDILY Wat...

Brad takes a long walk on a cold beach, Jonny finds an explosion in the Brudio, and we spend most of the podcast talking about fish. That's right – it's time for another episode of the Friday 5pm podcast that barely mentions beer. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imr_QoIlAXo Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an ir...

It's that time of year again, where you try to relax with a nice beery podcast and we send your mind down some dark and mysterious alleyways. This week we talk about Brad's pub crawl of the West End, Jonny's latest homebrew adventures, and what dog would represent a West Coast IPA. Yep. Watch this week's video here: youtu.be/FXGTK7dDILY Brought to you by the team behind the Cra...

It's Friday 5pm and we're BACK! Join us as we dig into our first shoot and video of the year, discuss Jonny's new cardigan, and wonder whether we should be on ticktock. We also take a question on Manchester Bitter and discuss the next generation of Bob and Paul's excellent Gone Fishing. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLsANi2ENc Brought to yo...

Happy Friday beer geeks! You made it, and your reward is Brad being back on the Pod. Join us for a ramble with him around Amsterdam, a chat about this week's Low Brau, and a question about the biggest brewery we still consider "craft". Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m436IB2gz_Y Buy the Queer Brewing DIPA here: https://shop.cloudwaterbrew.co/collec...

In this month's feature length episode we are joined by one of our heroes – the incredible, enthusiastic and utterly lovely Olly Smith. Olly is, in our opinion, the great wine communicator of our time but he is also a huge beer geek. We talk to him about our campaign, #keepcaskalive, and get his perspective on what needs to be done to protect real ale. Along the way we takes diversions into t...

It's a first ever solo Friday 5pm podcast today! Brad has finally made it to Amsterdam, so Jonny is left to derail his own conversations and does a pretty good job of it. Join him for musings on the Bell's sale, Amazon's Beer Masters, and this week's clickbaity video! Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_utlf2Z74 Watch the progress of the shed h...

Beer time baby! But not for Jonny, who is knee deep in paint. Join us to hear more about the brewshed, our upcoming pod with Olly Smith,  and all the behind-the-scenes nonsense from this week's video at DEYA Brewing. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_utlf2Z74 Watch the progress of the shed here: https://twitter.com/BeerChannel/status/1448279439436140544 Bro...

You heard it here first folks. This week, slightly under the influence, we dig into which celebs drink what; why Brad had a TIPA at 11.30am and other important life questions. We also take a look back at the full #keepcaskalive series after the finale went live on Wednesday. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYf_8scZsng See the photo of our Prime Minister: https://...

This week we take a break in building our new brewery and studio to talk about Margate, this week's video and our amazing new sponsor, THE MALT MILLER. There are also some NSFW moments, and the surprising admission that neither of us trust magicians. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/MHv4ebfo4mc See Jonny's photo: https://twitter.com/BeerChannel/status/14514594886246481...

It's the return of the Bubble for a big episode all about video games! This week we talk to Peter and Eren of Auroch Digital, creators of upcoming homebrew game Brewmaster. We get the lowdown on that exciting project, as well as digging into the business of making games – the world of Triple A and Triple I developers, worker exploitation, the effect of professional gamers and Youtubers, the b...

This week is a softly spoken episode because both of us drank too much Barley Wine last night. We still manage to have a fight about sparklers though, and to go through the comments on this week's video all about the future of cask ale. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyZJYREIuU Read the blog about sparklers here: https://www.beeretseq.com/origins-of-the-be...

So Brad went and got himself COVID, and decided to celebrate by burning his house down. Meanwhile, Jonny is on his book tour and has apparently made an indecent proposal to the person he's staying with Bristol. Also, we talk about beer – cask mostly. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyZJYREIuU Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.co...

This week we are speaking to you from the past, back before the apocalypse/before Brad had to start isolating. We talk about the start of our Keep Cask Alive campaign, and talk about our trip to Fuller's to film the final scenes. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/koBkpVVouMk Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-gui...

This week we unveil a massive project we've been working on for SIX MONTHS, we all age about 20 years as Brad tells us about his back troubles, and we dive into the etiquette/sanity of drinking beer while homebrewing.  Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/dCjxMUYswSQ Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-s...