The Hop Addition

Episode 16 is here and its a meandering, contentious, yawning journey through the wonderful world of lagers. This is the hardest style to perfect so we give you some tips as to how to make a good one, and talk … Episode 16 – Largers Read More »

This episode is all about the wonderful world of New England IPAs, we try a seriously impressive homebrewed version, and we talk about all the things that you need to know about to make one yourself. Enjoy.

Episode 14 of the Hop Addition is here! Its a Q&A episode which is the longest we’ve ever done. Lots of information, but should be good for a listen. Many thanks to everyone who sent in questions for us to … Episode 14 – Its a long strange road… Read More »

This episode is a long one, and discusses Pale Ales and IPAs, the blurred lines between them and explains the guidelines. We deliberately didn’t talk about water profiles because as you can appreciate, there are so many which can be … Episode 13 – Threesome. Read More »

Episode 12 is a rambling convoluted run through the world of wheat beers, my guest co-host on this one was Owen Puckett; The Blue Trouser Brewer. We covered just about everything we could think of to do with wheat beers … Episode 12 – Wheat Beers with The Blue Trouser Brewer Read More »

Since my brother from another mother Tricky currently has a crotchfruit and house moving issue to resolve, I’ve recruited a guest cohost for this episode in Andy Lynch of The High Road Brewery channel on YouTube to come on and … Episode 11 – The one with the Scottish Tricky. Read More »

I guess podcasts are like buses sometimes, you wait an age for one and two arrive close together 😉 this episode wraps up the all grain series by looking at packaging options bottles, barrels, kegs and everything in between. We … Episode 10 – Packaging Beer Read More »

The 3rd edition in our all grain series looks at where the magic really happens, in the fermenter! We discuss yeasts and how to keep them happy fermentation gear and gadgets , do’s and don’ts and then go off on … Episode 9 – Fermentation Read More »

The next stage in our all grain process series takes us to the boil, we cover all the aspects related to sterilising, hop utilisation, hot and cold break, off flavours and more but you will probably remember this one more … Episode 8 – The Boil Read More »

I slightly meandering journey through the process of mashing, we were both quite well oiled for this one so a few naughty words might have slipped out and the occasional rant but hopefully you will still enjoy it! In this … Episode 7 – All Grain Process Series – Mashing Read More »

A run through of the different ways you can brew beer at home from kits through to the different types of all grain brewing. A good one for beginners but some general info and discussion for more experienced brewers too. … Episode 6 – Methods for homebrewing beer Read More »

Strap in folks this is a long one! This episode we try and break down water chemistry to its key elements. We also review our first beermail from a listener and take another commercial break! P.s we have given up … Episode 5 – Water Chemistry Read More »

If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the information on Covid 19 in the news then maybe don’t listen to this one but we felt we had to have a chat about whats going on as its such … Episode 4.5 – Wash Your F*cking Hands Read More »

This episode discusses the various methods for harvesting and propagating yeast so you can brew numerous batches from a single yeast pack. We also give a few shout outs to people who have been supporting us during the first few … Episode 4 – Re-Using Yeast Read More »

In this episode we discuss some common off flavours that you might experience while home-brewing and strategies to avoid them. Let us know what you think of the episode, anything that we could improve or got wrong or any questions … Episode 3 – Beer Off – Flavours Read More »

This episodes explores the wide and wonderful topic of hops in beer, why we use them, how we use them and which hops we personally love to brew with.

This is the pilot episode of The Hop Addition. 2 mates who talk about brewing a lot decided to record their conversations and let you listen in. There is some strong language, so its not recommended to listen to this … Episode 1 – The Pilot Read More »