The Skol Hop

As the Vikings wrapped up their 12th win of the season over the Chicago Bears, we had friend-of-the-show Forrest on to talk all things NFC North. We tried 4 different Iowa brewed beers on this episode. Austin had SingleSpeed’s Mint Tip the Cow, Forrest had Confluence’s Gray’s Lake Nessie with Coffee, and Evan had two from River Ridge Brewing - Friends’ Vanilla Porter and Lucky Catch Irish Red Ale....

While Austin couldn’t smuggle some Iowa Beer into Jamaica, he enjoyed some good old fashioned Red Stripe and Evan enjoyed a Cherry Pylon from Twin Span Brewing in Bettendorf, IA. With beers in hand, we hang out (virtually) to gush over the Vikings convincing win over the Falcons in week 14. We cover everything from Sammy D’s 5 touchdowns, Addison and Jefferson combining for over 260 yards, and Byr...

Austin had to spin The Wheel again, the Vikings keep on trucking, and we got the opportunity to hang out with Dustin Baker and Janik Eckardt of Vikings Territory, Purple PTSD, and Vikes Now. With the Vikings win over the Cardinals in Week 13, they improved to 10-2. Austin picked the Cardinals to win in his preseason picks and The Wheel forced him to the Sprite Challenge. He did pretty well and onl...

‘Tis the season to try festive holiday beers! We tried Backpocket’s Winter Lager , a cranberry lager that hits the spot as the weather starts to cool off and the Vikings season starts to heat up. We had friend of the show Forrest (the Bears fan) on to talk about the Vikings OT win at Soldier Field. Ranging from Caleb Williams’ ascension as an NFL quarterback to the horrendous officiating, we hit s...

Well, we were wrong. In our preseason picks, Evan and Austin both tabbed the Vikings to lose to the Titans in Week 11 which means we both spun the Wheel of Purple Punishments. The Saltine Challenge was the punishment doled out this time. Did we succeed? Let us know in the comments! After that, we relished a great beer from Adventurous Brewing out of Bettendorf, Iowa called Pod Unsubscribed and it...

Join us as we take a look back at the Vikings gritty 12-7 win over Jacksonville and look ahead to their 2nd of 3 straight games on the road at Tennessee. Evan had to suffer the consequence of the Wheel of Purple Punishments and we tried a really, really good pumpkin beer from Millstream Brewing - Pumpkin With Benefits . We made some movie references along the way and, as always, we had a ton of fu...

Austin fell victim to the Wheel of Purple Punishments yet again, and his punishment was pretty spicy! He was able to wash it down with some great beer from LionBridge Brewing out of Cedar Rapids. We try their Fun Size Chocolate & Vanilla Porter - delicious! We spend way too much time rehashing the Vikings SNF victory over the Colts. We talk NFL officiating, Justin Jefferson, Cam Akers, Cam Rob...

We feature another great beer from Big Grove Brewing (Wade Wisely) while we hash out all of the good and bad from the Vikings loss to the Rams on Thursday Night Football in Week 8. We went live on our YouTube channel during that game and we decided to preemptively spin the Wheel of Purple Punishments while we were live. At the time of the spin, the game was tied and we were split in our preseason...

The Vikings lost a close one to the Lions which means we had to spin the Wheel of Purple Punishments. What a silly idea, the Wheel of Purple Punishments. Our featured beer tonight is from SingleSpeed in Waterloo . Austin brought their Hold My Pretzel Festbier, and we really enjoyed it! We look back at the frustrating things from the Lions game, but there were some positive takeaways too. We talk R...

We enjoyed more beer from Titonka Brewing and got to work discussing everything that’s happened so far for the 5-0 Minnesota Vikings at their bye week. We dig into the crazy stat that’s been circulating about how the 4 teams in the NFC North lead the league in point differential and are also all above .500. We wonder out loud if the Vikings are the best team in that division and who their biggest...

The Vikings are 5-0 and we escape the wrath of the wheel of Purple Punishments! It’s easy to talk about your favorite football team when they’re undefeated and we wasted no time getting down to business to talk about the Vikings win over the New York Jets in London this past week. We discuss our roses and thorns from the game and give out game balls. Somehow, Kirk Cousins re-enters the chat and we...

The Vikings beat the Jets in London! Austin and Evan share their initial reactions to the win!

Join us as we hang out with Dustin Baker of Vikings Territory and Vikes Now ! We talk TJ Hockenson's timeline for return, Vikings trade talks, surprises from the Vikings season so far, and extensions for Kwesi, KOC, and Sam Darnold. We always enjoy our chats with Dustin! Grab your favorite beverage and join us! Skol! Shoutout to Big Top Ventures for sponsoring today's episode! They can get you the...

We celebrate our favorite team being 4-0 with some free beer compliments of Titonka Brewing out of Titonka, IA! They provided us with their Rooster Tail Red and their Middle of Nowhere New England IPA. Both were great! And so was our conversation as we recap all that happened in the Vikings win over the Packers, making them the final undefeated team in the NFC. We also look ahead to the Vikings tr...

The Vikings took it to the Texans in Week 3 and we both picked the Vikings to lose in our preseason picks. You know what that means…The Wheel of Purple Punishments strikes again!  If you’re looking for some entertainment (and a couple of dudes who like drinking beer and talking about the Vikings), you won’t want to miss this. While we suffer the consequences of the Wheel, we enjoy the Eagle Amber...

The Skol Hop makes their predictions for a week 3 showdown against the Houston Texans at the Minnesota Vikings!

We made it to the Iowa Podcast Awards and had a blast recording a live episode while we were there! Of course the Vikings had to go out and beat the 49ers, which meant that we couldn’t say the word “Vikings” per the Wheel of Purple Punishments. We netted roughly 80 pushups between the two of us, but it certainly could have been worse. In between bouts of pushups, we sipped on 5ive Cities Brewing’s...

The Vikings  beat the 49ers  in the home opener at US Bank Stadium! Austin and Evan share their initial reactions to the win!

A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! Football is back, baby! Fall is here and we kicked things off the right way by sipping on a delicious beer from Toppling Goliath - the Caramel Apple Fandango. Put quite simply, it’s autumn in a can. We highly recommend! In addition to great beer, we had a Vikings victory to talk ab...

The Vikings looked pretty darn good in the season opener at MetLife Stadium against the New York Football Giants. Evan and Austin of  @TheSkolHop  give their immediate reactions to the week 1 victory for the purple team! Join us each week on our podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4CgGXjGG6JvvNp4WvAm2vR?si=ca090b8ba6a44f75 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skol-hop/id1687810587 https://...

A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! We’ve tried a lot of different Iowa beers in 55 episodes, but today we came across a new brewery and it did not disappoint! We tried Keg Creek Brewing’s Midwest Haze as we preview some of the upcoming Purple Punishments that we’ll subject ourselves to if we incorrectly pick the Vik...

A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! It’s almost fall, and you know that that means? Amber beers and NFL Cutdown Day! Thanks to Gezellig in Newton, IA for the delicious Amber Lager we were able to enjoy. While sipping on these we discuss the Vikings final preseason game against the Eagles and the inevitable roster cut...

A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! Joined by friend of the show Forrest this week, we enjoy Exile’s Gnomey’s Travels while we touch on all of the major Vikings news from the past week (McCarthy out for the season, Gilmore and Corral join the Vikings). We also make some snap predictions on NFC North records, and it’s...

We’ve got some BIG news to share! We’ve been nominated for a handful of awards at the first ever Iowa Podcast Awards in September! We spend a little bit of time explaining which awards we’ve been nominated for and announce that we’ll be recording an episode LIVE at the awards on September 15th (week 2 home opener against the 49ers)! To say we’re pumped is an understatement. We’d love it if you wen...

With only a few weeks until the 24-25 NFL season is in full force, we decided to look back one final time on the 23-24 season and discuss our favorite and least favorite Vikings moments. Wasting no time at all, we turn the corner sharply in our conversation with Dustin Baker of Vikings Territory and discuss 3 training camp myths that have been busted with a few weeks of camp and the preseason stil...