Pints of View

Season 1 of Pints of View reaches its grand, foamy finale with a beer that feels like it has arrived wearing lederhosen and carrying centuries of brewing pride. Pete and Cliff pour Ayinger , one of Bavaria’s great traditional breweries, and raise a glass to a first season that has somehow included beer, history, football, AI, space toilets, Dad Joke-Offs, listener nonsense, cheese rolling, strange...

In Episode 31 of Pints of View , Pete and Cliff drink 1664 Kronenbourg Blanc , the cloudy French wheat beer with citrus notes, coriander spice and a very stylish blue bottle. This week’s Top 10 tackles one of football’s biggest arguments: the best World Cup footballers of all time . Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckenbauer, Mbappe and more all enter the debate as the lads try to rank gr...

Episode 30 opens with a beer that brings a bit of Italian warmth to the table: Birra Moretti . First brewed in Udine, in Italy’s Friuli region, by Luigi Moretti’s “beer and ice factory,” Moretti has grown into one of the most recognisable Italian beer brands in the world. The official Moretti history places its origins in Udine and links the brand to the city’s commercial and craft traditions duri...

Episode 29 begins with a cloudy Belgian classic as Pete and Cliff pour Hoegaarden , the famous witbier known for its pale haze, citrus freshness, coriander spice and unmistakably summery character. It is light, refreshing and just unusual enough to spark a proper beer conversation — especially when the lads get into Belgian brewing traditions, wheat beer, orange peel, coriander, and whether Hoegaa...

Episode 28 heads to Australia as Cliff brings along one of the country’s most iconic beers — the legendary Coopers Pale Ale . Famous for its cloudy appearance, bottle-conditioning and fiercely independent spirit, Coopers has become a true institution of Australian brewing. Pete and Cliff dive into the history of the brewery, the unique flavour profile of the beer, and why Coopers continues to stan...

Episode 27 is a special one as Pete brings a beer that sits very close to his heart — the legendary Pilsner Urquell (www.pilsnerurquell.com) , the original golden lager first brewed in the city of Plzeň. Often credited as the world’s first pale lager, Pilsner Urquell set the template for the vast majority of beers enjoyed across the globe today. Crisp, clean, slightly bitter and endlessly drinkabl...

Episode 26 sees Cliff taking us east with a fascinating craft brew from Nanjing — Master Gao Beer , one of China’s pioneering independent breweries. Known for blending Western brewing techniques with Chinese ingredients and influences, Master Gao represents the growing global craft beer movement beyond the usual European and American strongholds. Pete and Cliff explore the flavours, the story behi...

Episode 25 sees Pete arrive in proper Bavarian style with a crisp, refreshing Paulaner from Munich — a beer synonymous with tradition, quality, and of course Oktoberfest . From the very first sip, Pete and Cliff settle into that unmistakable German balance: clean, malty, smooth and dangerously easy to drink. The conversation quickly drifts into Munich’s brewing heritage, why German purity laws sti...

Cheers! Episode 24 begins with Cliff proudly bringing along one of Belgium’s most famous beers — Delirium Tremens , the legendary strong pale ale known for its distinctive pink elephant logo . Before even getting to the tasting notes, Pete and Cliff find themselves wrestling with the pronunciation of Huyghe Brewery , which proves far trickier than expected. Once the linguistic gymnastics are over,...

Episode 23 begins in appropriately monastic style as Pete arrives with one of the most revered beers in the world — Chimay , the famous Trappist brew made at Scourmont Abbey . Brewed by monks since 1966 , Chimay represents one of the great traditions of Belgian brewing: rich, complex beer made to support the monastery and its charitable work. Pete and Cliff explore the flavours of the blonde Chima...

Singha — Cliff brings the Thai classic and we open with a proper tasting: crisp, golden and stadium-ready. The beer loosens tongues — which is handy, because this episode gets unexpectedly honest and a little messy. Headline debates: we kick off with the fallout and wider conversation around the recent BAFTA Tourette’s incident and the reactions it provoked across media, comedy and disability advo...

This episode begins with good intentions and very strong beer. Pete arrives carrying a mystery high-ABV brew intended to be the week’s headline pour — but after one suspicious sip the lads look at each other like crime-scene investigators and quietly abandon the bottle on the table. Panic? A little. Shame? Slight. But Pete executes a flawless rescue mission to the nearest shop and comes back with...

What happens when a beer podcast accidentally goes dry? Episode 20 delivers our most surprising twist yet as Cliff proudly turns up with Erdinger Alkohol-Frei — yes, alcohol free — and unknowingly launches the first sober show in POV history. Panic? Not quite. What follows is genuine shock as both Cliff and Pete discover just how close this German wheat beer is to the real deal. Crisp, refreshing,...

This week Pete turns up with 4 bottles of Hazers Gonna Haze from Belching Beaver Brewery (San Diego) and the studio instantly goes soft, juicy and very opinionated (don't miss the playout song). We open with a proper tasting — pillowy haze, tropical fruit notes and a surprisingly polite finish — then use that mellow haze as fuel for three loud conversations: our studio Top 10 sportspeople of t...

Cliff touches down with a crate of Laker Red (Waterloo Brewing link below) and we immediately turn to treachery — specifically, cinematic treachery. Episode 18 is built around our Top 10 movie betrayals of all time : the scenes that hit you in the gut, rearrange your loyalties and leave you shouting at the screen. From Fredo in The Godfather Part II to HAL’s cold logic in 2001: A Space Odyssey, we...

Pete flew in the Kiwi vibes with Pilsner Hops from Brothers Brewery (Auckland) and we used that crisp, floral session pour to open a big conversation about print, power and passing your test. Our main game: a friendly — and very subjective — Top 10 of the best-selling books in history . We aren’t claiming an academic list; these are the works that landed in people’s hands the most, inspired riffin...

Cliff returns from Canada with a suitcase souvenir that matters: Juicy Ass , a punchy Canadian IPA, and it sets the tone for one of our biggest, broadest episodes yet. What starts as a beer tasting quickly expands into a globe-spanning conversation about power, history, pubs, and a planet under pressure. At the heart of the episode is our Top 10: the largest empires of all time . From the vast, la...

Episode 15 is travel and tourism heavy. Pete rolls up with Wusu beer and the conversation becomes a round-the-world check-in. We discuss the hotspots and the headaches of modern travel — crowds at Copacabana and New Year’s Eve, Macao’s gambling scene, post-Covid rebound, Jet2 / package holiday banter, and whether Beijing, Bangkok or London deserve to top your bucket list. The episode’s centerpiece...

Pete and Cliff wave goodbye to 2025! Cliff brings Extra Elderflower Vedett to the table and the rest of us bring the receipts: this episode is our noisy, affectionate attempt to rank the Top 10 popular-culture moments of 2025 . We’re not doing academic history — just what made feeds explode, pubs argue, and watercoolers crackle. Expect everything from art-world sleuthing to meme formats so bafflin...

It’s the Pints of View Christmas Special and Pete has arrived with a bomber of Fogcutter Double IPA from Lost Coast Brewery — loud hops and louder opinions guaranteed. We begin by arguing the real centrepiece of Christmas: turkey or ham? (There’s gravy, maple syrup and fruit-pie collateral damage.) From there we launch into our Top 10 Christmas movies — a list assembled from nostalgia, emotional m...

This week Cliff opens a fruity surprise: Lindemans lambic pours and the studio instantly smells like a dessert counter. We use that sweetness as an excuse to count down the Top 10 fruits sold worldwide (bananas, watermelons, apples and the usual suspects), argue about whether sales should be measured by weight or value, and debate the best ways to pair fruit-forward beers with food — from M&S...

Episode 11 is Pete’s round — he brings Chang (ThaiBev’s famous lager) and we use it as fuel to rank the Top 10 TV shows of the last 25 years . Expect spirited debate on heavy-hitters ( Breaking Bad , The Wire , Game of Thrones , Mad Men , Succession ), nostalgia trips (from Friends to Doctor Who ), and detours into local memories (Bradford, Everton, the 1996 Manchester Arndale bombing) and pop-cul...

Episode 10 pours Goose Island IPA (Cliff’s round) and launches us into a chaotic, affectionate tour of the world’s top tourist attractions. We attempt a Top 10 — featuring Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Great Wall of China, Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge, Vatican City / St Peter’s, Sagrada Familia, Times Square and the Acropolis — then wander off into the best and worst travel moments:...

Episode 9 pours Bia Saigon while Cliff and Pete attempt to rank music history’s giants. We run a noisy Top 10 conversation — from The Beatles and Queen to Drake, Eminem and Taylor Swift — and explain why sales, streaming and fandom make that list messy. Alongside the music hall of fame we cover: the flooding in Vietnam, Saigon’s beer scene, Australia’s under-16s social-media ban debate (TikTok vs...

Cliff strolls in with Kirin Ichiban , and the boys offer honest reviews on one of Japan's finest beers. Pete looks ahead to a bowl of Vietnamese pho, and we argue Top 10 Oscars , Tolkien (well, Cliff does) and Tesla. A relaxed, wide-ranging chat about films, beers (and whether cans are better than bottles), zoos, videogames and everything in between. Pour a drink and join us. Kirin Ichiban (fe...