I'll Try That Podcast

In this week, we travel to the centre of time in Greenwich, UK, as we discuss Meantime Brewery, in The Pursuit of Hoppiness. In the Hop Topic, Simmo tests his stand-up comedy skills by trying his beer one-liners on us.

Be sure to follow Meantime 📲

👊 Website https://www.meantimebrewing.com/

📷Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meantimebrewing/

🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/meantimebrewing/

💪 Untappd https://untappd.com/MeantimeBrewingCompany

In our first episode of February, we revisit BrewDog and provide an update on all of their shenanigans and PR news, in the Hop Topic. In the Pursuit of Hoppiness, we give our impressions on their Alcohol-Free range of beers, including; Punk AF, Nanny State, Elvis EF and Lost AF. Plus as a bonus, we find out how Simmo has been passing the time during lockdown 3.0.

Be sure to follow BrewDog 📲

👊 Website https://www.brewdog.com/

📷Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brewdogofficial/?hl=en

🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/BrewDog

💪 Untappd https://untappd.com/brewdogbrewery

In this week's episode, we discuss the British brewery institution of Greene King and Morland Breweries Old Speckled Hen, in the Pursuit of Hoppiness. In the Hop Topic, we discuss how Rich is passing the time during lockdown and we try to make sense of crazy beer festivals from around the world!

Be sure to follow Morland Old Speckled Hen  📲

👊 Website: https://www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldspeckledhen_official/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/speckledhenry

💪 Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/greene-king-morland-old-speckled-hen/3121

In this week's episode Joe and Rich welcome Simmo "The Puzzler" back as they discuss a listener's findings on the origins of "proofing" alcohol, in the Hop Topic. In the Pursuit of Hoppiness, they discuss another Cornish stable of Sharp's Doom Bar and review their take on a non-alcoholic version of the beloved beer.

Be sure to follow Sharp's  📲

👊 Website: https://www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharpsbrewery/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharpsbrewery

💪 Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/sharp-s-brewery-doom-bar/7552

In the second part of our Dry January episode, we discuss three new non-alcoholic beers; Infinite Session Pale Ale, Adnams Ghost Ship 0.5% and Big Drop Galactic Milk Stout.

KEY INFO – INFINITE SESSION PALE

Name: Pale

Brewery: Infinite Session

Style: pale ale

Alcohol content: 0.5%

Calories: 36 (per 330ml)

Carbohydrates: 11g (per 330ml)

Sugar: 9g (per 330ml)

Ingredients: malt (barley and wheat), oats, lactose, yeast, water, hops (update 18 March 2019 – this beer no longer contains lactose)

Country: UK

Dispense: bottle (330ml)

Selected stockists (UK): Amazon*, Wise Bartender* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 5% off your Wise Bartender order)

KEY INFO – GHOST SHIP 0.5%

Name: Ghost Ship 0.5%

Brewery: Adnams

Style: pale ale

Alcohol content: 0.5%

Calories: 115 (per 500ml)

Ingredients: water, barley malt, rye malt, hops, yeast

Country: UK

Dispense: bottle (500ml)

Selected stockists (UK): Amazon* Zeroholic* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 10% off your Zeroholic order), Tesco, Wise Bartender

Selected stockists (Australia): Craft Zero

KEY INFO – BIG DROP GALACTIC

Name: Galactic

Brewery: Big Drop Brewing

Style: milk stout

Alcohol content: 0.5%

Calories: 91 (per 330ml can)

Carbohydrates: 17.8g (per 330ml can)

Sugar: 0.3g (per 330ml can)

Ingredients: water, barley, rye, oats, yeast, lactose, cocoa nibs

Country: UK

Dispense: can (330ml) and bottle (330ml)

Selected stockists (UK): Amazon*, Zeroholic* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 10% off your Zeroholic order), Wise Bartender*

Selected stockists (Australia): Craft Zero

Joe and Rich spring into the New Year with our resolutions for 2021 in the Hop Topic. In the Pursuit of Hoppiness, we start our fitness regimes in style as we try two non-alcoholic lagers, Freestar and Lucky Saint.

KEY INFO – FREESTAR

Tagline: The Best Next Thing

Name: Freestar

Brewery: Freestar

Style: lager

Alcohol content: 0%

Calories: 59 (per 330ml bottle)

Carbohydrates: 14.5g (per 330ml bottle)

Sugar: 4.6g (per 330ml bottle)

Ingredients: water, barley malt, fibre, perle hops, citrus oils (bergamot, pomelo, lemon, lime), natural flavouring, Quillaia bark extract, Isohop

Country: UK

Dispense: bottle (330ml)

Stockists (UK): Zeroholic* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 10% off your Zeroholic order), Good Stuff Drinks* (use the code STDR5 at checkout to get 5% off your Good Stuff Drinks order), Light Drinks* (use this link to get 10% off your Light Drinks order), Wise Bartender* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 5% off your Wise Bartender order), Booze Free, Dry Drinker

KEY INFO – LUCKY SAINT LAGER

Name: Unfiltered Lager

Brewery: Lucky Saint

Style: lager

Alcohol content: 0.5%

Calories: 53 (per 330ml)

Carbohydrates: 11.5g (per 330ml)

Sugar: 0.3g (per 330ml)

Ingredients: water, hops, barley malt, yeast

Country: Germany

Dispense: bottle (330ml)

Selected stockists (UK): Zeroholic* (use the code STEADY at checkout to get 10% off your Zeroholic order), Amazon*, Good Stuff Drinks* (use the code STDR5 at checkout to get 5% off your Good Stuff Drinks order), Wise Bartender*, Booze Free

Selected stockists (Australia): Craft Zero

Episode Note

In this week's episode, we travel to the land of the Peaky Blinders as we discuss Bank's Amber Bitter and their attempts to remain relevant to younger audiences. In the Hop Topic, Simmo "wow's" us with many interesting facts.

Be sure to follow Bank's Brewery 📲

👊 Website: https://www.bankssbeer.co.uk/ 

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bankssbeer/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/bankssbeer

💪 Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/banks-s-uk-bitter/21345

Location: Wolverhampton, Midlands, UK

Recent rebrand: https://www.bankssbeer.co.uk/2016/12/13/bankss-amber-bitter-rebrand/

In a special festive edition of the, I'll Try That Podcast, Joe, Rich and Simmo sample different seasonal beers and share their first impressions with one another.

Christmas Music, Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

In this week’s episode, we take a trip down memory lane for Rich as we uncover his family history as publicans in Birmingham, in the Hop Topic. In the Pursuit of Hoppiness, we bound and bounce with the Fursty Ferret ale by Badger Beers.

Be sure to follow Badger Brewery 📲

👊 Website: https://www.badgerbeers.com/

📷 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badgerbeers/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Badgerales

💪 Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/badger-beers-hall-and-woodhouse-the-fursty-ferret/8932

In this week’s episode, the gang take on Chicago’s most popular beer, Goose Island IPA, in The Pursuit of Hoppiness. In the Hop Topic, it's time to chat macro trends as we discuss the new drink that is taking the world by storm of Hard Seltzers.

Be sure to follow Goose Island 📲

👊 Website: https://www.gooseisland.com/

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gooseisland/

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/GooseIsland

💪 Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/goose-island-beer-co-goose-ipa/1353

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Products: Many

History:

Founder, John Hall in 1988

Points of interest:

Goose Island Beer Company is a brewery in Chicago, Illinois, that began as a single brewpub opened in 1988 in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and named after a nearby island. The larger production brewery opened in 1995, and a second brewpub, in Wrigleyville, in 1999