It’s Black Friday and in what has become an annual tradition, the annual Goose Island Bourbon County Stout is now available.
We were lucky enough to get invited to the preview tasting and Steve had a chat with Goose Island’s Shoreditch Brewpub Head Brewer Andrew Walton about this year’s release.
We were invited to the preview launch by Goose Island’s PR company Zeitgeist and got to try the beers for free. This hasn’t influenced our thoughts.
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We’re back in the studio and looking back at the last couple of months in the Hopinions Multiverse while musing over our Desert Island Bar picks.
Beers | Howling Hops ‘Pale XX’, ‘House IPA’, ‘New Old London’ and ‘Quicksand’
Hopinions | Desert Island Bar
Many thanks to Chris at Howling Hops for the beers, this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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Martin and Steve settle down in front of a cozy fire with a few bottles of beer to enjoy this seasonal romantic comedy…
Salt ‘Just Another Dream’*
Jefferson’s Brewery ‘Across the Miles’**
Three Hills ‘In Pursuit No 2’**
Duvel ‘Triple Hop Citra’***
Left Handed Giant ‘In These Waters’**
Brewdog ‘Beetle Mania’****
Brewdog ‘Radio Zomebie Phone In’****
*This was gifted to us by Salt Beer Factory…
**These were gifted to us by the folks at Real Ale…
***This was gifted by the folks at Duvel…
****This was gifted to us by Brewdog as part of 2018’s advent calendar…
… and none of this influenced our thoughts on the beers or the masterful turn of Rowan Atkinson in this film
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This week we enjoy a number of beers and dive into the world of beer pricing.
Beers | Hawkshead Brewery ‘Mosiac Pale’, ‘Route 590’ & ‘Fashionably Late’, North Riding Brewery ‘Amaretto Porter’, Northern Monk/By The River ‘Northern Powerhouse Series 007 Imperial Maple Brown’ and Brewdog ‘Sink The Bismark’
Hopinions | Should half a pint cost half the price of a pint?
Links | Glynn Davis ‘Half Measures’ | Fantasy Pub Crawl | Rhythm & Brews Live
Many thanks to Hawkshead, #No1Fan Paul and Brewdog for sending us beer to try for free on the show, this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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In Hopinions Episode 90, Martin & Steve discussed their Fantasy Pub Crawl, and included feedback given via this Twitter Poll…
Hopinions is 3 years old and we’re celebrating with a selection of beers that you can buy as part of your weekly shop!
Beers | Brewdog ‘Funk x Punk’, North Brewing Co ‘Lost Cosmonauts’, Brewdog/Cloudwater ‘NEIPA’, Vocation/Magic Rock ‘Hang Loose’, Lost & Grounded/Brooklyn Brewery ‘Face In The Crowd’ and Wild Card ‘Raspberry Chocolate Donut Stout’
Hopinions | Micro pubs?
Links | Beers Without Frontiers Peakender Podvention
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We’re back from our summer break and diving straight back into more of the great beers that we’ve got from Brew York.
Apologies for the restless dog in the background during the early part of the show!
Beers | Brew York ‘Time Travelling Taxi’, ‘Rhubarbara Striesand’, ‘Hey Mango’, ‘Goose Willis’ and ‘Stay True’
Hopinions | Is it time to stop putting fruit in canned beer?
Interview | The Ale Lady returns to Mount Saint Bernard Abbey a year on from the release of Tynt Meadow to have another conversation with Father Erik
Links | Rhythm & Brews Live Podcast | Craft & Slice Fantasy Pub Crawl
Many thanks to Lee from Brew York for sending us beer to try for free on the show, this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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Here’s a show that we’ve been threatening to do since we first started the Hopinions on Films spin off series. So sit back, get your sunglasses and best 80’s brooding look on as we enter Santa Carla…
Omnipollo ‘Arzachel’*
The Kernel ‘India Pale Ale Galaxy Enigma Vic Secret’*
Uncruliar Brews ‘Rhubabbey’**
Box Social Brewing ‘Campfire Porter’***
Thornbridge ‘Necessary Evil’****
*These were gifted to us by the folks at Real Ale, visit their website and claim 10% off any order over £25 before 31 August by using the code Beer O’clock…
**This was gifted to us by listener and Hopinions Official Numbercruncher Sean O’Reilly…
***This was given to us by Box Social when Steve visited the brewery a while back…
****This was gifted to us by the folks at Thornbridge…
… and none of this influenced our thoughts on the beers or The Lost Boys being an absolute cult classic
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This week we head out on a world-wide fantasy pub crawl, exploring places that we’d really like to enjoy a pint or two at.
Beers | Brew York ‘Kaijuice’, ‘Cereal Killa’, ‘Barghest’, ‘Imperial Tonkoko’, ‘Medjuicia’ and ‘Mocha Man Randy Savage’
Hopinions | Can you name your top 3 pubs/bars/taprooms that would be in your fantasy pub crawl?
Many thanks to Lee from Brew York for sending us beer to try for free on the show, this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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This week we’re getting stuck in to some amazing beers that were sent to us by listener of the show Will Watkins. We also discuss if size matters and talk about the latest acquisitions by Beer Hawk / ZX Ventures / ABIn Bev.
Beers | Amundsen Bryggeri ‘ Dessert In A Can – Pecan & Maple Pie’, Other Half Brewing ‘DDH All Green Everything’, Brouwerij Bosteels ‘Limited Release 2018 Single Batch BBB01’, Dogfish Head ‘120 Minute IPA’ and Wicked Weed Brewing ‘Barrel Aged El Paraiso’
Hopinions | Preferred size of pre-packaged beer
Beer Hawk | Glynn Davis Beer Insider | Matt Curtis | Euroboozer |
Links | More about Kveik |
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