In the latest Irish Beer Report we enjoy a couple of beers from Metalman Brewing from Waterford
| Pale Ale American style pale ale
| Sgt. Pepper sage & pepper saison
We also look forward to where you can try some of the best Irish beer in the UK this St Patrick’s Day.
We’ve been sent these beers for free by the folk at Metalman Brewing but this hasn’t influenced our thoughts on the beers that we featured.
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This week we’re joined by guest and beer sommelier Ruth Mitchell to talk about the choices we make about drinking.
Beer | Edinburgh Beer Factory ‘Paolozzi’ & Flying Dog ‘Easy IPA’
Gin | Wayfarer & Renegade Brewery ‘Ukko’
Hopinions | With off trade sales overtaking on trade why do you choose to drink at home instead of the pub?
Prizeless Prize | For the second show in a row, Cowboy Drinks Craft takes the honours
Blogs | Connor Murphy/MCR Beer Week, Pete McKerry, Pub Curmudgeon and Boak & Bailey
Facebook | Check out our round up of our beers of February exclusively on our Facebook page
Many thanks to Fuller’s Counting House for providing us with a room to record this podcast. All of our beers were paid for although Ruth did provide the gin for free, but none of this influenced our thoughts.
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For March’s Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer House, our listeners chose the Deya Brewing Company & Verdant Brewing Co ‘High Planes Drifter’ DIPA.
We’re joined by our first ever guest on Flavour of the Month as beer sommelier Ruth Mitchell joins us to chat about the beer and to give a run down of the other beers that you may have come across this month.
We also look forward to Hop City at Easter where you’ll be able to get your hands on some of the hoppiest beers ever assembled in one place in the UK.
If you’ve had any of the beers we mention, let us know your thoughts on Twitter.
This show is supported by Richard & Bryony from the Little Leeds Beer House. They’re great folk and they give us this beer for free, but that doesn’t affect our opinions the shop or the beer. If you’re ever in Leeds make sure to pop in, say hi and enjoy a beer in the wonderful surroundings of the Corn Exchange.
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In our final crossover podcast of the series, we sit down with Wayne & Janice Dunne (AKA The Irish Beer Snobs) to talk about 10 things you never knew you wanted to know about beer festivals.
Beer | Station Works ‘The Foxes Rock IPA’
Hopinions | The best thing about beer festivals / The worst thing about beer festivals
Interview | We chat to Dr. Gearóid Cahill, head judge of The Dublin Craft Beer Cup and director of brewing science at Alltech about beer judging
Part II | Make sure to check out part 2 on the Irish Beer Snob feed, available from Sunday 5 March 2017
We attended the Alltech Craft Beer & Food Fair on media passes that gave us free access to the event and some beer tokens. We were looked after incredibly well and provided access to the media lounge and rooms for recording. None of this has influenced our views on the event or beers we try and we are exceptionally grateful to Tracey & Aoife for looking after us.
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In the latest Irish Beer Report we chat to Liam & Colin from Ireland Craft Beers about the growing Irish beer scene and Cormack from Honest Brew about bringing Irish beer into the UK.
The folks from Honest Brew have also given our listeners a discount code so that they can get 10% off any Irish beer order – just use ‘save10irish’ at checkout.
The Irish Beer Report will return soon with more great beer.
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This week we’re looking back at some great beers we’ve had recently and chatting about what it means for a beer to be “on trend”.
Beer | Six Degrees North/Magic Rock ‘Magic Six’, Chorlton/Vocation ‘Sour & Death’ & Lervig/Hoppin Frog ‘Sippin Into Darkness’
Hopinions | Should beers in a brewery’s core range change to stay on trend?
Blogs | Pub Curmudgeon’s ‘Love of a lifetime‘ & Matt Chinnery’s review of Stokey Beer Fest
Prizeless Prize | The big box of nothing returns to the North this week as Cowboy Drinks Craft takes the honours
We’re grateful to Matt at Six Degrees North for sending us ‘Magic Six’ . The fact that we were given this beer for free did not influence our thoughts on it.
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In our third crossover podcast, we’re with Roland from Steve & Roland’s Beer Podcast talking about coffee, beer, coffee and beer and coffee in beer.
Beer | Elusive Brewing/Affinity Brew Co ‘Brimful of Masha’, Põhjala Brewery ‘Must Kuld Colombia’ & Weird Beard ‘Double Pearle (Jim Beam Barrel Aged)’
Hopinions | Coffee beers… Are they any good and what’s the best you’ve had?
Cheers | To Phil Hardy from Otter’s Tears Beer Co for providing a venue for recording this podcast
We are grateful to Roland and Has Bean Coffee for providing the coffees and beers for this podcast for free. This hasn’t influenced our thoughts on the coffees and beers that we featured.
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This week we return to our ‘second studio’ Brewdog Shoreditch to record a collab within a crossover with a guest! We’re joined by Michael Lalley of Bushcraft Beer and Stu McKinley from Yeastie Boys to discuss the things that influence our buying decisions.
Blog | Michael’s ‘Three Bullet Tuesday’ that was the catalyst for this week’s show
Beer | Brewdog ‘Small Batch 90 Shilling’
Hopinions | What most influences your beer buying decisions?
We’re really grateful to Brewdog Shoreditch for hosting us again and to Stu & Todd for plying us with beer all night. This may or may nor have affect our views on a number of subjects…
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This week we’re straight from a British Guild of Beer Writers event with the CAMRA Revitalisation Committee to talk about what’s next for CAMRA.
Beers | Bude Brewery ‘Haven’ amber ale, ‘Porthbud’ pale ale & ‘Black Rock’ porter
Hopinions | In today’s beer world, is CAMRA still needed?
Blogs | Myles talks FOMO, Beer Manchester considers his ‘local’ and Martin reviews ‘Around The Tube in 80 Pubs’
Prizeless Prize | The best picture ever from Steve, who finally wins his first big box of nothing
We’ve been sent these beers for free by the folk at Bude Brewery but this hasn’t influenced our thoughts on them.
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Our latest Flavour of the Month with Little Leeds Beer house introduces a slightly revised format.
Now, you get to choose the beer we drink each month, and this month you chose Verdant Brewing Co’s ‘Roy, I Want A Hilux’ pale ale.
If you’ve had this beer, let us know your comments below or on Twitter.
This show is supported by Richard & Bryony from the Little Leeds Beer House. They’re great folk and they give us this beer for free, but that doesn’t affect our opinions the shop or the beer. If you’re ever in Leeds make sure to pop in, say hi and enjoy a beer in the wonderful surroundings of the Corn Exchange.
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