Friday 5pm

We're back from our summer hiatus and going full waffle right from the start. Find out about Jonny's house move and garage flood, Brad's AirBnB, and all the filming we've done while we've been off air including trips to Bristol, Norfolk and soon Sheffield. We also take a question about our favourite podcasts, Youtube channels and TV shows.  Brought to you by the team behin...

This month's feature episode tells the amazing story of Henry Davies, otherwise known as Pillowheat. Henry owns a store on Carnaby Street, one of the world's most exclusive shopping streets, but sells something unusual – exclusive pre-1997 Vans shoes and clothing. What started as a collection of vintage clothing has turned into a business, and an utterly unique one at that. Learn all abo...

This week is a bumper episode as we prepare for a two week mid-season break. Join us as we talk about the amazing time we had at Bigfoot, this week's video all about hop rubbing with Cloudwater, our trip to Darkstar and a bit about botulism. Sure. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNhRvCBXG8 The video with Cloudwater v3:  ??? Brought to you by the team behind...

We're off to Bigfoot festival tomorrow, where we will be warming up the main stage for early risers with a mix of unedited nonsense and ill advised shandy blends. We talk about our festival outfits, this week's video all about Unity Brewing Co, and about a new idea for a video all about hops. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/BW97BO4jhQQ Brought to you by the team behin...

It's an epic episode this Friday after a busy week for both of us, and our most successful video in a while! Join us for analysis of our Mountain IPA brew with Wild Card, talk of Jonny's unexpected trip to a Somerset Leisure Centre, and we take a question about what makes a great beer brand. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/hBs3eA7nspk Brought to you by the team behind...

This week we AGAIN have to remind ourselves that we're a beer podcast after a diatribe against condiment packets derails us. Once we're back on track we talk about this week's video, dive into the comments and take the mother of all questions about independence. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNuAhzOuraE Brought to you by the team behind the Craft...

It's Friday! It's 5pm! It's time for a BIG announcement about the channel as we team up with the Grainfather for a year-long partnership making amazing homebrewing videos. We talk through our first video, which goes live next week, and then turn to the important matter of erm... whether Mountain IPA is like Korean Pop music. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/fXlPKU...

You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This month we talk to David of Ballykilcavan Farm & Brewing about being a 13th generation farmer presented with incredible challenges – the realities of arable farming, global warming, the price of grain – and how he hopes the opening of a brewery will assure his family estate's future. We also geek out about the brillia...

We're back after a week break due to... well to a trip to Wickes. Anyway, we start by addressing the incredible work of Brienne at Notch, who has been bravely sharing the stories of sexism and sexual assault in the brewing industry and is bringing about real change. Below are some links to help out. We then get to this week's video all about British spontaneous beer, a question about whe...

This week's podcast is brought to you from a classy room of the Lewes Premiere Inn, where Jonny and Brad have been staying whilst visiting Burning Sky and The Beak Brewery! Join us as we talk British spontaneous beer, deodorant, and this week's video about Mild and NEIPA with Boxcar! Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/E2LNMnLZ8_Y Brought to you by the team behind the Cra...

Grab a beer and settle in for one of the silliest intros that's ever happened on Friday 5pm! Once we wrestle the train back on track we talk through this week's video about Baltic Porter and have a chat about Jonny's latest book which is nearly..... so nearly there. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBZi6fipPzw Join the Grainfather Big Brew Day here:...

You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This month we welcome Ali of the London Pub Explorer, an incredible Instagram account that documents the best pubs in London. While beer geeks tend to focus on the beer lists, Ali focuses on their history, the buildings and the stories while campaigning for their protection and the culture that has built around them. We talk abou...

This week we talk RISKY BOYS, the strong version of a crispy boy that we just made up. We also dive into the hundreds and hundreds of comments on our video about Cloudwater's move into supermarkets, and reveal some of the episodes coming your way soon after a mammoth week of recording. Watch this week's video here , read Jonny's GBH piece on Cloudwater here , and watch Jonny drink t...

This week we are assume you're all in the pub, or listening to this hungover after being in the pub. So enjoy this soothing ASMR version of Friday 5pm. Ok not really, actually we talk about maggots quite a bit so it's kind of the opposite. We also talk Best Bitters, take a trip to Harvey's Brewery, and take a question on homebrewing outside. Watch this week's video here and wat...

It looks like we dodged a bullet with our What Even Is Lambic video this week, so join in the relief in this week's Friday 5pm! We read through our favourite comments, go on rants about Fourpure's new Lager branding, THAT Punk Squirrel IPA video and take a question about Belgium's amazing beer glassware. Watch this week's video here , join tonight's live show here , watch...

It's Good Friday tomorrow so that means that Friday feeling starts a day early! Join us for the behind the scenes chat about this week's Low Brau episode – the first in a new playlist about beer tech.  We also get stuck into a question about extract brewing, and tomorrow's appearance on Siren's Grateful 8 Digital Beer fest! Watch this week's video here and pick up the Sire...

It's Caskmas Eve and Jonny are like two kids waiting for Santa as we prepare for the Cask Festival Broadcast tomorrow with Five Points. Listen in as they chat about Easter beer, Cascadian Dark Ale, taking AC/DC to court in shorts, and why breweries insist on putting giant beers in 440ml cans. Watch this week's video here , join the Five Points Cask Festival Broadcast here  tomorrow from...

This week Jonny and Brad filmed their first video on location since October, and celebrated by having one too many. They carry that energy over to today's podcast with lots of rambling about spies, bottomless lasagne and the benefits of slow mo for padding out short episodes. Finally, we take a great question about isolating and propagating wild yeasts! Watch this week's video here , buy...

After a brief rant at the absolutely STATE of the world, we enjoy an typically nonsensical chat about technology and beer, the art and science of homebrew, the cultural loss of pubs being closed, and something about fake Glenn's Vodka nearly sending Brad to an early grave. Watch this week's video here , see the Red IPA recipe here and buy the Five Points Cask Ale box here . You can also...

This week we look back on our biggest video of the year – Stout vs Porter.  We analyse the bits we got wrong, the bits we got right and whether a Stout can ever be referred to as crispy.  Somewhere along the line this turns on a lot of chat about Batman, and how he would have to monetise his work in the modern world.  Yeah it's one of those episodes. Watch this week's video here and buy...

You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This month we chat to Jonny's favourite Youtuber, Alex – also known as French Guy Cooking. Alex has over 1.7 million subscribers who love his unique, obsessive and story-focused approach to cooking videos. Sure you get recipes and tips, but mostly you see a madman building beef-ageing machines, making his own knives and pans...

Phil Collins has haunted a few of our videos and podcasts, but never as much as he does today as we dive straight into Brad's bizarre dream about red plastic, that Call on Me Video, and which of Phil Collin's songs are least cool. Oh – we also talk about this week's 100k subscriber celebration video, and take a question about beer snobbery. Watch this week's video here . Brough...

This week Jonny blindsides Brad with a cracking question from the audience about his dream bar taplist. They also discuss the 400 comments left on their final World Series episode about the best core beers, the idea of serving cask on the beach in Rio De Janiero, and tonight's live show with the one and only Beak. Watch this week's video here , and enjoy that Shit Guinness Instagram acco...

This week Brad got up very early in the morning and seems to have found the BBC News most-read section, while Jonny got up very late with a Franconian Kellerbier hangover. They wrestle the train back on track to talk about their Best Brewery in the World video, go through the comments and take a question from a viewer about beer and pudding matching. Watch this week's video here , our video a...

Jonny's back on the booze, Brad is having out of body experiences and we manage a podcast that is mostly about beer! Join us as we dissect Jonny's Dry January video, some great comments on the role of alcohol in flavour extraction and why all DIPAs seem to be 8% ABV. Watch this week's video here and join the Pressure Drop live show here ! Brought to you by the team behind the Craft...