This week Martin & Steve are joined by Katie, owner and head brewer at Nomadic Beers in Leeds to talk about surviving a pandemic, serving the local communtiy and using freshly picked hops in beers Beers | Nomadic Beers ‘GeeGee’ & ‘Dukka’ Hopinions | Should the U.K. celebrate it’s fresh hop harvest beer heritage more than […]

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Hopinions 162 “Cask Is Queen”

This week Martin & Steve are diving into the world of alcohol free beers, for the third time… Beers | Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing ‘Lager Day Saints’, Athletic Brewing Co ‘Upside Dawn’ & ‘Run Wild’ Hopinions | Should drinking a beer ever be “a struggle”? #50Beers50Years | Follow Steve’s journey and what the Sorting Tankard […]

Hopinions 161 “Alcohol Three”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by Jonny Garrett to talk about seasonal drinking and his new book ‘A Year In Beer’ Beers | The Kernel ‘Belgian Pale Ale Goldings’, ‘IPA Citra Colombus’, ‘Brown Ale Amarillo’ and ‘Imperial Brown Stout London 1856’ Hopinions | Do you find you change what you drink according to the […]

Hopinions 160 “Seasonality”

This week Martin & Steve are celebrating five years of podcasting together with the Hopinions 5th Birthday special We look back at some recent beery adventures, talk about our top five moments from the last five years and also reveal all the details about our Brew York & Elusive collaboration beer Beers | Brew York […]

Hopinions 159 “Five Alive”

In this special release, Martin & Steve are joined by Jamie Allsopp and Pete Brown to talk about the process of bringing back a long lost brand and creating beers to match Allsopp’s | beers can be ordered from their website here or from Best of British Beer here | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram […]

Hopinions 158 “The Rebirth of Allsopp’s”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by Guest Drinker Stephen O’Kane to discuss endangered animals and outdated laws Beers | Fauna Brewing ‘Pango Table Beer’, ‘Cheetah Lager’ & ‘Wild Dog IPA’ Hopinions | If you were interested in opening a pub, what would be the most likely thing to stop you from doing so? […]

Hopinions 157 “The Surrender Principal”

This week Martin & Steve check in on the listeners and try some of the Origins range from Fyne Ales Beers | Fyne Ales ‘Home 2019’, ‘Nàdar Celeia’, ‘Nàdar Jester’ & ‘Nàdar Rhubarb’ Hopinions | Pubs open, festivals back, how are you feeling about things? Links | Code of Conduct |  Points of Brew   […]

Hopinions 156 “How You Feeling?”

In this special release, Martin & Steve are joined by beer hoarder Jezza to drink their way through a selection of beers that were brewed to commemorate the Royal Wedding in 1981 Were they any good and were they even drinkable? We also investigate what’s happened to the breweries who brewed these beers, reminisce about […]

Hopinions 155 “40 Years”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by author, writer, photographer and co-founder of Pellicle, Matt Curtis to talk about his new book ‘Modern British Beer’ and what that statement actually means. Beer | Fyne Ales ‘Jarl’, Braybrooke ‘Keller Lager’ & Deya ‘Steady Rolling Man’ Hopinions | Can cask beer be considered modern? Matt’s work | […]

Hopinions 154 “Modern British Beer”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by Dani, aka The Ale Lady to talk about running pubs, the community and beer subscriptions Beer | Thornbridge ‘Bear State’ & ‘Secret World’ Hopinions | How do you think the general public views a job in hospitality? Links | Leeds Beer Tours | Thornbridge Beer Club

Hopinions 153 “The Pub That Shall Not Be Named”

This week Martin & Steve are enjoying beers sent to us by a listener from the states, Graham Gilbert. We also put the world to rights in terms of current behaviour in pubs and we’re talking table service Beer | Henhouse ‘Stoked’, ‘IPA’, Humble Sea ‘Socks & Sandals’ & Firestone Walker ‘Double Mind Haze’ Hopinions […]

Hopinions 152 “Respect”

In this special release, Martin and Steve talk about the country’s most popular style of beer, lager We are joined for this round table discussion by Mario Canestrelli, Head Brewer from Braybrooke, Reece Hugill, Owner and Head Brewer from Donzoko, Alex Troncoso, Founder and Head Brewer from Lost & Grounded and Richard Archer, Co-founder and […]

Hopinions 151 “The One With The Yellow Fizzy Thing”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by Robert Lindsay, owner and founder of Six Degrees North to talk about the inspiration behind the brewery, can sizes and making tough decisions Beers | Six Degrees North ‘Wanderlust’, ‘Hopclassic’, ‘We Are Not In This Together’ and ‘Darkness Inside’ Hopinions | Bigger beers in smaller cans? Six […]

Hopinions 150 “Six Degrees of Separation”

This week Martin & Steve are making beer at home using the Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co ‘Pinter’ system. There’s a mega return to beery adventures and we talk about what defines a micro pub Beers | Greater Good Brewing Co ‘West Nuevo’ & ‘Four Saisons’ and Yeastie Boys ‘Other World’ & ‘Englebert Pumpernickel’ Hopinions […]

Hopinions 149 “Adventures In Beer Making”

This week Martin & Steve are joined by Combie from Round Corner Brewing and talking about taproom experiences around the world Beers | Round Corner ‘Steeplechase’, ‘Hoppin Spree’, ‘Mackinaw’ and ‘The Society For The Encouragement of Virtue’ Hopinions | Do you think tap rooms are an essential part of a brewery’s offer? Round Corner | […]

Hopinions 148 “The Pursuit of Perfection”

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