The Dudes head north to their old stomping grounds - Hokendaqua Pennsylvania! Its a hops and malt extravaganza at Hawk Mountain Brewery with host Jessica Ritz and special guests Mike Brosious and Marty Rowan. There's tastings including Catty Light, Shut Up Bird and Forever Weekend. And then the gang reminisces about crazy times in the Pocono mountains of old, weird Pennsylvania! Long live the Slanty Shanty!

Hop on that mountain!

Recorded live on Halloween, October 31st, 2025, The Hopsters team up with Richard Tyson for a spooktacular horror hopisode! They dig deep into the graveyard of horror films and there's even a Trivia Torture Chamber! Someone is guaranteed to loose a finger!

Beers reviewed:

Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin Elysian Night Owl Ommegang All Hallows Treat

Hoppy Halloween!

The Hopmeisters discuss past party mayhem from back in the day with their good friend and fellow Whitehall High alum John Broschak, whose more recent exploits in Michigan send the Hopisode into Michigander beer heaven, with reviews of Founders and Bell's stouts and porters. Ooooh, dark and heavy we go!

Hop on it!

The hop handlers are invited into Nick Bousquet's sacred Vault of Malt for some truly transformative brew tastings. These are much sought after concoctions from some of the world's most creative and innovative brewmasters:

Rusty Nail from Fremont Brewing, Dorothy from Hill Farmstead Brewingand the infamous Atrial Rubicite from Jester King.

It's a real BREW-HA-HA that is not to be missed! Hop on it!

The Dudes get hoppin' with Douglas Wayne, indie singer songwriter of critically acclaimed Americana music. It's real hootenanny of Oktoberfest bier tasting, music and stories of from Virginia to Nashville to Los Angeles. Hey Ya'll, come on and sing along and let's git this Bottle Rocket lit!

The Dudes chat with award winning Filmmaker, Novelist and former Merchant Marine Owen Palmiotti at the Wild Hare hard cider cabin in Leesburg Virginia. Bartender Ben Tehune serves up the delicious Wild Hare cider selections and hijinx ensue. Go ahead, dress up like a pirate and lets get HOPPIN'!

The Hopsters interview "Crazy Farmer" Jeff Boogaard, veteren, entrepreneur, podcaster and owner and founder of Cannabreeze, Virginia's premiere hemp farm and production facility. Located in Lovettesville, Virginia, Cannabreeze is a sprawling campus of cannabis. The Dudes get "into the weeds" with Jeff and discuss the history and health benefits of CB-D and CB-G as well as the Cannabreeze Experience. Then they go head to head in a Hemp vs. Hops quiz. Hop on it duuuuuudes!

It's summertime and the dudes discuss what it was like to be a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s. There's creek walking, deadly playgrounds and a slinky that craves human blood! There's also a review of the "beers of summer" to include Schlafley Summer Lager, Victory Summer Love and Offshoot Beer Company Relax. Git yur cold ones and hop on it!

The Hopsters catch up with educator, festival promoter and fantastic fiddler Stacey "The Grenade" Sinclair in Berryville VA. Find out exactly what makes Stacey tick and learn about the explosive event The Watermelon Pickers Festival at the Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, September 4-6, 2025. There's some pickin' and some grinnin'! And of course there's some craft beer tastin' from Virginia brewers Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery. It's a real Hootenanny of a Hopisode!

Jerry and Lee explore some extreme beers from Dogfishhead Brewing - aged 120 minute IPAs from the vault of Beer Miser Jerry. Then there's a bunch of random, off-the-cuff discussions about all kinds of nonsense, including: current trends in driving etiquette (did he just pass me on the shoulder?), glaring podcasting omissions (we forgot Yoda), and cheesy novelty songs from the 1970s (we've got a great big convoy).

Q: How did memo run?

A: Memo ran dumb.

Hop on in!