In this special release, Martin & Steve are chatting with Ken Grossman, founder and owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co
We talk to Ken about the iconic Pale Ale, his brewing journey, building breweries and what the future holds for Sierra Nevada
Beers | Sierra Nevada ‘Pale Ale’, ‘Stout’, ‘Torpedo’ & ‘Fantastic Haze’
Find out more about Sierra Nevada here
Outro track ‘Hey Soul Sister’ produced by George Bentall & Annalesse Giles
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This week Martin & Steve are discussing the value of #beerpoints and calories in beer. The news is full of new releases and we might have discovered a beer featuring sabro that we actually enjoyed!
Beers | Siren Craft Brew ‘Twin Flames (Classic)’, ‘Twin Flames (Nitro)’, ‘One Through Three’ and ‘Cacao & Cherry Broken Dream’
Hopinions | Do you earn #BeerPoints for exercise? | If breweries were forced to display the number of calories in their beer, would it affect your choices?
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This week Martin & Steve are joined by long time friends Janice & Wayne Dunne, aka The Irish Beer Snobs, to chat lockdown in Ireland, human nature and festival-going
Beers | Oakham ‘JHB’, Hobsons ‘Postman’s Knock’, Sambrook’s ‘Battersea Rye’, Tyne Bank ‘Silver Dollar’, Titanic ‘Stout’ & Bedlam ‘Phoenix’
Hopinions | Would you go to a beer festival yet?
Links | Dublin Bar scenes | Research methodology |
Irish Beer Snobs | Twitter | Website | Podcast
Many thanks to the folks at Best of British Beer for sending us both a Virtual British Beer Festival box to try on the show. Although these were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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This week we’re wondering what even is a bank holiday these days and talking about early beer of the year contenders
Beer | Cheshire Brewhouse ‘DBA’, ‘Blues Breaker’, ‘Lindow’ and ‘Cheshire Gap’
Hopinions | We’re 1/4 of the way through the year, any beer of the year contenders for you yet?
Links | Buy the NHS a pint | Cheshire Brewhouse | Cabin Fever
Many thanks to Shane Swindells from the Cheshire Brewhouse for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts.
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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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This week we’re joined by Andrew & Luke from Rhythm & Brews podcast to talk about Liverpool, trends in beer and stealing glasses.
Beers | Northern Monk ‘Striding Edge’, Griffin Claw Brewing ‘Downtown Bourbon Brown’, Cloudwater ‘West Coast Pale’, Wild Beer ‘Huis V.2’ and Mad Hatter ‘Feed Your Head’
Hopinions | Have you ever taken/stolen glassware from a pub and why?
Rhythm & Brews | Podcast | Twitter | Live event | Trends of 2019
Many thanks to Beer Merchants Tap for hosting the podcast this week
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In our latest show we enjoy a few beers while taking a look back at our recent trip to Manchester and discussing the future of CAMRA
Beers | Cloudwater ‘Small Citra Simcoe Pale’, The Kernel ‘Pale Ale Citra’, Magic Rock ‘Hedonic Escalation’, Lagunitas ‘The Waldos’ Special Ale’ and Beer Nouveau ‘Salacia Cabreuva’
Hopinions | Is Manchester now the beer capital of the UK? | In light of yesterday’s CAMRA vote what does this mean for its future as an organisation that represents beer drinkers?
Beer Festival Links | Lock & Key Beer Con | Festival of Brewers | London Brewers’ Alliance Craft Beer Festival
Blogs | Mark Johnson | Boak & Bailey
The Ale Lady | Said this…
Many thanks to the folks at Lagunitas for sending us The Waldos’ Special to try for free, this didn’t influence our thoughts on the beer. Thanks also to Liquorice in Shenfield for letting us use their tasting room to record this week.
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This week our focus is on the lower end of the ABV scale as we feature 5 beers ranging from 2.9% to 4.2%.
Beers | The Kernel ‘Table Beer’, Summer Wine ‘Pico Diego’, Gipsy Hill ‘Simcoe’, Track ‘Sonoma’ & Adnams ‘Blackshore Stout’
Hopinions | Are there enough good session beers around or is it just about the big ABV now?
Thanks to Liquorice in Shenfield for letting us use their tasting room to record this week.
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This week, we’re joined by Mark, Ashley and Tom from the Men Beerhaving podcast to take a walk on the dark side of beer.
Beers | Beavertown ‘Black Betty’, Magic Rock ‘Dark Arts’, Guinness ‘1798’, Innis & Gunn ‘Vanishing Point 01’ and Brewdog ‘Death or Glory’
Hopinions | Dark beers | Does barrel ageing make a beer better?
Men Beerhaving Badly | Episode 20 featuring our appearance on ‘Guest Ales’ can be found here and make sure to subscribe/follow the chaps on your podcast/social media platform of choice
Many thanks to the folks from Innis & Gunn for sending us the Vanishing Point 01 for free, this didn’t influence our thoughts on the beer.
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