This week Martin and Steve are joined by another guest drinker Simon Dewhurst to enjoy some beers and talk about details on beer packaging and pubs reopening in the UK

Beers | Anspach & Hobday ‘The Zest of Friends’, & ‘The Cream Ale’, Brewdog Overworks ‘Cosmic Raspberry’ and East London Brewing Co ‘All City Poet’

Hopinions | What information do you prefer on a bottle/can?

#SummerSesh Jukebox | Spotify Playlist

Many thanks to Anspach & Hobday and Matt Chinnery from East London Brewing Co for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

This week Martin and Steve are diving into four beers from Andy Parker’s Elusive Brewing while we continue to discuss how pubs in the UK may reopen

Beers | Elusive Brewing ‘Overdrive Lap 18’, ‘Level Up: Level 22’, ‘Shadow of the Beast’ and ‘Altered Beast’

Hopinions | Do you think that social distancing can be truly achieved in pubs?

Link | Roger Ryman: In His Own Words by Emma Inch at Fermentation Radio

This week Martin & Steve are talking heritage beers and we’re joined by returning (serial) guest drinker Ruth Mitchell

Beers | Cheshire Brewhouse ‘Disco Fruit Baby’, ‘Mosaic’ & ‘Govinda’

Hopinions | In your view, what classes a beer as a ‘heritage’?

Govinda | Watch the video here

SummerSesh | Session 1 | Session 2

Many thanks to Shane Swindells from Cheshire Brewhouse for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

This week Martin & Steve are enjoying some refreshing lagers and talking about associations in (and with) beer

Beer | Freedom ‘lager’ and Utopian ‘Rainbock’

Hopinions | How much do affiliations/associations influence your beer buying?

Fantasy Pub Crawl Europe | Early Bird | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3

Many thanks to Freedom Brewery and Utopian Brewery for sending us some beers to try on the show. Although these were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

While one of us nurses a slightly sore head, we’re joined by guest drinker Paul Grant to chat about our current fear of missing out on new beers

Beers | SIgnature Brew ‘Nightingale’, ‘All Together’ & ‘Pink Vinyl’

Hopinions | Over the last few months how have you been feeling about new beer releases?

Fantasy Pub Crawl Europe | Early Bird | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3

Many thanks to Signature Brew for sending us some beers to try on the show. Although these were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

This week we’re talking about how our behaviours towards drinking and physical activity may have changed and how pubs may re-open in the future

Beers | Beavertown ‘Nanonbot’, Cloudwater ‘Light Lager’ and Thornbridge/Hawksmoor ‘Session IPA’

Hopinions | Over the last 6 weeks has your drinking | Over the last 6 weeks has your physical activity

Mark Johnson’s Post | Can be found here

Many thanks to Beavertown for sending us Nanobot to try on the show. Although this was gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

This week we’re joined by our first ‘guest drinker’ Richard Taylor as we talk about pubs being closed and blending beers. We also chat about our ‘Mount Rushmore’ of beers.

Beers | Anspach & Hobday ‘The IPA’ & ‘The Porter’ and Broughton Ales ‘Wee Jock’ & ‘Old Jock’

Hopinions | Which 2 beers would you choose to blend and why?

Fantasy Pub Crawl | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3

Links | Boak & Bailey Proporval

Many thanks to Anspach & Hobday and Broughton Ales for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

This week Martin and Steve are discussing what corkage means and the different ways in which we view it

Beers | Utopian Brewing ‘British Pilsner’, ‘Unfiltered British Lager’, ‘British Lager’ and ‘Dark Lager’

Hopinions | Are you happy to pay corkage on beers to drink in bars/bottle shops?

Fantasy Pub Crawl | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3

Many thanks to Utopian Brewing for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts. 

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. 

We’re back and prodcuing our first Hopinions episode via Skype!

Beers | Abbeydale ‘Heavy Nettle’ & ‘Deliverance’ and Anspach & Hobday ‘The Ordinary Bitter’ & ‘The Sour Dry Hop’

Hopinions | If you could only spend your day in one, which would it be?

Many thanks to Abbeydale and Anspach & Hobday for sending us these beers to try on the show. Although they were gifted to us this didn’t influence our thoughts.