Beer Prime

WOW! What a packed and EPIC episode!  Clocking in at over 2 hours, its designed for you to dip in and out over the festive period! My guests in this episode are Jack Hobday from London brewery Anspach & Hobday, and I also speak with top Beer Writers Matthew Curtis, Claire Bullen and Adrian Tierney-Jones about their Beers of the Year and Breweries of the Year!!

Additionally, Anspach & Hobday are giving away a mixed case of 24 beers!  Just go to @BeerPrimeUK on Twitter and retweet the competition tweet for the chance to win!  Draw will be made on 28th December and the beer will be with you before 31st December!  What a great way to end the year!

My guest on this episode is Pete Hill, founder of Brewers Eye app.  Pete tells us all about the app and how he came to develop it.  We drink a few beers together from breweries such as Marble, Cloudwater, Wild Card, Brew York, Play Brew and Northern Monk.  There's also Beer News, my Top 10 of beers consumed since the last episode, and news of the next two episodes, including a Christmas Special!!

In this episode I speak with Stu McKinlay of Yeastie Boys, the New Zealand brewery making great beer over here in the UK too.  We talk about the brewery's origins, Stu's move over to the UK to head up operations here, their beers and the support of Hospitality Action, plus much more!  Theres also some Beer News and my Top 10 of beers that I've had in the last 2 weeks!!

My guest this week is Jaega Wise, Head Brewer of East London's Wild Card Brewery, as well as presenter on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme and Amazon Prime's The Wine Show!  We talk about the brewery, Jaega's presenting jobs, hops, IPAs, great can art and much more!  All of this, while drinking three of Wild Card's new beers, which are ***SPOILER ALERT*** amazing!

Cover art photo by @mileswillis

This episode's guest is Robert Wicks, Founder, Owner and Head Brewer at Kent's Westerham Brewery.  We talk about using the finest ingredients, their beers, the brewery's history and Robert answers Weird Beard Rob's Rhinos & Tigers question - with a name drop of a Tennis legend!  All of this while drinking three of Westerham's fantastic beers.  

Then there's Beer News, this week covering the Subscription Boxes and Advent Calendars out there; and the Top 5 becomes Top 10 this week - so many great beers that I felt some couldn't be omitted!

Grab a beer, put your feet up and enjoy (unless you're driving, of course!!)

Packed episode this week!  I talk to Rob from West London's Weird Beard Brewery, and we drink three of their fantastic beers.  There's the normal Beer News and Top 5 features, as well as a little quiz for fun!

I also talk about playing the online Escape Room game The Cyphstress, which is based around Siren Craft Brew's beers! 

In today's episode I speak with Brew York's Head Brewer, Lee Brabham, about their expansion, their beer names and can designs - one of which has had to be withdrawn recently! - and Lee's favourite beers.  All this while we drink a few of their excellent beers.  There's also the latest Beer News and my Top 5 beers of the last couple of weeks.  Enjoy!

By popular demand, here's the full 1 hour 45 mins conversation with the guys from Marble.  It was great fun to record, I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much!  Get yourselves a few beers and press play!

I speak with Joe Ince and 3 of his colleagues at Manchester based brewery, Marble.  Joe sent a lot of great beer in advance and we went through 5 of these beers during the podcast - some of them VERY strong!  This led to a LOOOOONG conversation.  Of course, I've edited it down to standard length, but have received a few messages asking me to post the whole thing.  So in a couple of days time, I'll release a (virtually) unedited cut!  Its great fun, lots of topics are covered and the beers were great!!

What a packed episode!  I speak with James from London Beer Factory and we discuss their beers, their history and what they plan to do for the future, as well as the success of their line in Tesco.  James also tells me what his 3 Desert Island Beers are!

As well as chatting with James, I was also out and about (yeah, I know right?!) and visited the Bristol taprooms of Bristol Beer Factory (no relation) and Wild Beer Co, as well as the Brewery tap of Welsh craft giants, Tiny Rebel!  I recorded those visits and include them in the episode.  There's also Latest Beer News, a round-up of beers I've had over the last couple of weeks and details of my visit to the Siren brewery too!  Phew!!  Get listening!!