This episode we were joined by James Buxton from Thornbridge to sample some bottle conditioned beers and a Gin Barrel aged Saison. We had an informal chat about his beer journey, his role in field sales and how life has been in the beer industry over the last 12 months and the uncertainties that has brought. We also cover his creative endeavours in…

This episode we were joined by Steve from the Beer O’Clock Show podcast, the longest running UK beer podcast. We each picked a themed trilogy of beers to drink and discussed Steve’s beer journey and the birth of the Beer O’Clock Show. We also discussed the places we'd like to go and drink when pubs and bars can open again and covered some local new…

Beer Nation 2020 is a collaborative podcast, organised by Steve from Beer O’Clock Show podcast. Five years on from Beer Nation 2015 an assortment of podcasters gathered virtually to discuss the station of the Beer Nation in 2020. Thanks to Steve for organising and to Emma Inch of Fermentation Radio for hosting. Links: Beer O’Clock Show: https://twi…

Beer Nation 2020 is a collaborative podcast, organised by Steve from Beer O’Clock Show podcast. Five years on from Beer Nation 2015 an assortment of podcasters gathered virtually to discuss the station of the Beer Nation in 2020. Thanks to Steve for organising and to Emma Inch of Fermentation Radio for hosting. Links: Beer O’Clock Show: https://twi…

This episode we were joined by Andy Parker from Elusive Brewing in Berkshire and we sampled three Elusive beers whilst firing questions at him! We got the whole story, from Andy’s humble homebrew beginnings right up to surviving 2020 and plans for the future.We were also joined by friend of the show Rob Edwards of Wednesday Beers blog, bringing his…

For our 31st show we were joined by our friend from the North: Rob from Hopzine and we drank beers from Glaswegian brewery Overtone and welcomed back a much loved beer from Magic Rock, the legendary Magic 8 Ball. We discussed our hoppy excursions to Newcastle, Leamington and Stratford on Avon!Links:Overtone Brewery: https://www.overtonebrewing.comT…

For our 30th show we boarded the hype train and drank some beers from Other Half, one of the world’s highest rated breweries. We tried super fresh cans of DDH Small Citra Everything and DDH Space Diamonds and discussed whether the UK breweries are now on par with the big names of US brewing. Thanks to Cloudwater and Little Leeds Beerhouse for bring…

After a short break we are back and talking about our return to the pub. We are joined by special guest Adam from the Sheffield Hopcast to talk about our experiences, good & bad, in pubs and taprooms. We drink beers from The Kernel, St. Mars of the Desert, Cloudwater and Twisted Barrel. Sheffield Hopcast: www.sheffieldhopcast.co.uk @sheffhopcastGet…

In this episode, our second recorded remotely under ‘lockdown’, we drink lagers from Budvar and Utopian breweries and talk to our guest Rob Edwards about his Wednesday Beers blog and his new Mixcloud music show, Social Distancing Sounds. Rob was drinking beers from Villages and Leviathan breweries. Technical note: Apologies for the lo-fi nature of …

This time we recorded our first podcast under lockdown conditions so we resorted to technology to get connected. We were joined by friend of the show Archie from Thirsty Pioneers brewery and we chatted about drinking at home, buying beer mail order and what the local breweries have been doing to keep business going during these unprecedented times.…

Beers Without Frontiers

Beers Without Frontiers

Beers Without Frontiers

In this episode we recount our recent trip to Manchester for the Crimbocrawl, a yearly event set up by our friends at Beer O’Clock show podcast. We also sample a mystery beer supplied and disguised by our mate Rob @Hopzine. We talk about our trip to the recently opened Colmore Tap, a new Thornbridge pub in central Birmingham and we run through our …

In this episode we welcome special guest The Ale Lady to the show and we drink several imperial stouts! We also talk about our recent attendance at the inaugural West Midlands Craft Beer Festival in Coventry and feature interviews with Andrew from Rhythm & Brews podcast, Rob from Wednesday Beers blog, Ritchie from Twisted Barrel and Sam & Sam from …

This episode we talk about the Independent Manchester Beer Convention, or as everyone knows it: Indyman. Held every October in Manchester it is the most popular beer festival amongst modern/craft beer fans. We discuss our time at the festival and the fringe events and other Manchester taprooms, bars and pubs we visited. Also we sample some rare bee…

For episode 20 we headed over to Redditch to visit Lab Culture Brewery. We spoke to sales and collaboration manager John Waterman about the unique set up they have, running a brewery integrated into a hi-tech vertical farm that grows vegetable crops under LED lights.We sample two of their beers, the Galilale Galilei west coast style IPA and their C…

This episode we headed to the beautiful Peak District in Derbyshire for the Thornbridge Peakender Festival, a three day celebration of beer, food, music and more. We were joined by special guests Steve from the Beer O'Clock Show podcast and Laura, Adam and James from The Sheffield Hopcast to discuss our Peakender experiences, guess the Mystery Beer…

In this episode we are joined by friend of the show Dave Moore and special guest Jake Nash, Social Media and PR executive from Purity Brewing. We discuss the power of social media in the beer industry and also our recent trip to the inaugural Beer Central Festival in Digbeth, Birmingham. We also try to guess the mystery beer, talk about this month'…

This time we are joined by Archie and Joe Skelcher from Thirsty Pioneers Brewing Company, a new nano brewery set up in rural South Warwickshire. We ask them about their beer journeys and setting up the brewery. We discuss Brewdog’s new Punk AF and other alcohol free beers currently on the market and we also recap our recent Hoppy Excusions at Beer+…

Our 16th Episode sees us joined by Carl Marshall, brewer at Twisted Barrel Ale to talk about his beer journey and recent trip to the breweries and taprooms of Berkshire. We also discuss our hoppy excursions over the last month or so: visits to Two Tailed Lion in Leicester and Cork and Cage a new bar in Stirchley, Birmingham. We have a return of the…

Our 15th Episode sees us joined by friend of the show Dave Moore and catching up on our hoppy excursions over the last month or so: we discuss trips to Cloudwater Friends and Family Festival in Manchester, The Cask 2019 Festival in London and trips to York and Leeds. We have a return of the Mystery Beer game where we try and guess what unlabelled b…

Our 14th Episode sees us head out on location to Stirchley in Birmingham to have a chat with Josh Hughes of Glasshouse Beer Co. where we discuss how he got started in brewing, working at Brewdog and then founding his own brewery in the suburb of Birmingham that has deep family connections for him. Follow them on social media:Twitter: @glasshousebru…

Our 13th Episode brings discussions about Fuller’s brewery being bought out by Japanese brewing giants Asahi along with tales of our ‘Hoppy Excursions’ over the last month or so. We also introduce our ‘mystery beer’ feature and sample the following beers:Mystery Beer… listen in to hear what we thought it wasWylam – Searching For The Joys Again 4.7%…

In our 12th episode the BWF team head over to Birmingham again to talk about the #Tryanuary campaign with Regional Coordinator Catherine Webber and Local Champion Rob Edwards. We discuss the aims of the campaign and what events are coming up in the West Midlands area. We also discuss some of our beery highlights of 2018 such as festivals, taprooms …

In our 11th episode the BWF team stay local – we headed over to Beer Gonzo taproom in Coventry to speak to Coventry’s newest (pico) Brewery Mashionistas based in Ealsdon. We asked Flo and Simon from the brewery about their beers and their future plans. We also got to try two of their beers in advance of their launch event on 1st December at Beer Go…

In our 10th episode the BWF team focus on Manchester, the Northern powerhouse of beer and the location of the recent Indy Man Beer Con - the Glastonbury of modern beer festivals in the UK. We also cover the recently opened tap rooms of Cloudwater and Northern Monk breweries along with other Manchester ‘must visit’ locations such as Café Beermoth an…

In this episode the BWF team travel to Cherry Reds bar in the heart of Birmingham to talk beer blogging and the Birmingham beer scene with Rob and Dave from http://www.wednesdaybeers.co.uk and Bob from http://midlandsbeerblog.co.uk We discover what inspired them to start blogging and what they think of the current Birmingham beer scene. We also cov…

In this episode the BWF team delve into the world of Brut IPAs, a new style of dry IPA that has recently emerged. We look at the techniques used to produce these beers and sample four UK brewed examples of the style. We also cover the recent Thornbridge Peakender festival, Weird Beard brewery open day and the Twisted Barrel Ale bank holiday beer fe…

For this episode the BWF team sample some Belgian beers and try a beer from the UK’s first Trappist brewery to see how it compares. We are joined by fellow beer geek Dave who muled back a box of Tynt Meadow from Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire in order to bribe his way onto the podcast! It worked!We discuss our recent beer festival expe…

For this episode the BWF team hopped on the train to Birmingham and huddled around a microphone in independent bottle shop Clink in Digbeth. We were joined by special guest Rob Derbyshire of @Hopzine beer reviews on You Tube and discussed reviewing beers on YouTube and the news that Beavertown have sold a minority share to behemoth brewers Heineken…

The BWF team chat with Gemma and Steve from The Old Post Office, a Warwick micro pub and winner of Heart of Warwickshire CAMRA pub of the year 2018. The pub has been very successful since opening in 2014 serving cask ale and traditional ciders. Recently they have added two keg lines for craft beers and are serving some of the most in demand beers f…

Episode 4 – Supermarket Sweep Simon, Charles and Neil venture into the supermarkets and bring back some beers from Four Pure, Yeastie Boys, Marks and Spencer and Wild Beer. We discuss Beavertown’s recent announcement that their beers will soon be available in Waitrose and what the increasing amount of craft beers in supermarkets means for both the …

Back in 2014 Ritchie Bosworth and Chris Cooper set up the UK’s first ‘pico brewery’ using a tiny 60 litre kit, brewing in Chris’s garage in Tile Hill, Coventry. Demand soon outstripped supply and they set up in FarGo village, an artistically repurposed industrial space in Coventry City Centre, designed exclusively for creative, independent business…

Simon, Charles and Neil sample beers from local Coventry brewery Twisted Barrel and Newcastle brewery Wylam. We also discuss brewery crowd funding and brewing beer at BeerTorrent in Leamington, the Warwick winter beer festival and the 6 degrees of Beaveration event hosted by Beavertown brewery in London.Beers tasted: Twisted Barrel Wrapped in Simco…

Simon, Charles and Neil visit some pubs in Leamington Spa and sample beers from Thornbridge, Arbor, Tiny Rebel, Magic Rock and ABC. They also discuss their beer highlights from 2017 and try and forecast what we might see in 2018.Beers Without Frontiers

Simon, Neil and Charles try beers from Cloudwater and Northern Monk breweries and talk about the beer scene in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.Beers Without Frontiers