This episode, Rich and Doug – two Englishmen – wax lyrical about Scotland’s amazing craft breweries (including the big Dog in the room). Also: Gordon Brown, rocket design, horses arses and drunken fighter pilots.

Note: Apologies for the sound quality in this one. We lost the main recording, so had to use the fallback recording on Rich’s dictaphone. You get used to it.

We explore the breweries that call the Alpine regions of France, Austria, Slovenia and Italy their home.  

With thanks to Jan Ulrich for use of his track 'Elevator Music'

Doug and Rich discuss the recent Beer52 Awards (spoilers!) and much more.  Who was that man from Leeds?  What beer does Ryan Reynolds taste like?  And what movie does this beer remind you of?

All this and more...

Join us as we talk about the best beers from around the world, and the people and places that make them. Each week we'll talk about beer, travel and everything in between.

Beer52's Struan Logan and Phil Hall are back from an eventful weekend at the Budapest Beer Week craft beer festival.  Having discovered beers from leading Hungarian brewers Monyo and Reketye, they also tasted the wares of the best breweries along the length of the Danube - the theme of this month's edition.  Hear about their drinking adventures in the city and what they got up to at the beer festival.

Ferment editor Richard Croasdale is just back from visiting the Peak District, home of Thornbridge brewery.  As hosts of the epic Peakender beer festival, this month's Beer52 selection is made up of our picks from the event.  Rich and Doug talk about Thornbridge's New England IPA, Green Mountain, and what else will be pouring at the festival. 

Exploring the craft beer scene of South Korea, with beers from The Booth, Magpie, Wild Wave and Amazing, Beer52 co-founder Fraser Doherty talks us through the breweries behind this month's beers.  One For The Road host Doug Garry is interested to hear about how the journey took the Beer52 team to North Korea - to do the first ever brewery tour of the Hermit Kingdom, ultimately brewing a 'peace beer' with one ingredient representing North and another representing South.

Ferment editor Richard Croasdale is back from a trip to Maine, New England - half a stone heavier and a lot happier.  We're exited to talk about not only the five great breweries we brought back for our members, but also the food and drink experiences that this wonderful city has to offer.