Luke and Andrew look back over 2018 and pick 4 of their favourite beers from the year and discuss what deserves a top rating, how pissed you need to be to rate it and how much of a crime it is that Tom Waits hasn't released anything in 2018.

Beers include:

North Brewing x Northern Monk - Hit the North v2 Brut IPA (Brut IPA)

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Andrew and Luke are joined by Paul Wade, from Brutalligators and Wade Bros Productions, to do an on-air pub crawl through the iconic music venues of Camden, London, from Amy Winehouse's watering hole (spoiler: it's every pub apparently) to the fact that Oasis are terrible (sorry Paul).

Pubs visited (Beers drunk):

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Andrew and Luke are turning Japanese and proving that everyone was kung-fu fighting, with this special episode dedicated to Japanese beers. Domo Arigato Mr Roboto.

Beers in this episode:

Theme by Mawkin. Outro music by Babymetal. Awful singing by Andrew.

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

The very first LIVE Rhythm & Brews podcast in front of an ACTUAL AUDIENCE. Luke and Andrew pop down to Mason & Co, and are joined by beer extraordinaire Rebecca Pate (@rpate) to talk about Spanish beer, math rock and (of course) Tom Waits.

Beers include:

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Andrew and Luke sit down with Fullers' ex-Head Brewer and current Global Brand Ambassador, John Keeling, to talk about what craft lager is, free jazz odysseys and selling out to Big Beer.

Beers in this episode:

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Andrew and Luke sit down to drink some craft beer via UK supermarkets, discuss brotherly pop bands, drinking beer and sausage for breakfast and how to pronounce weird Belgian words

Beers include:

Title track by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Luke and Andrew sit down with Stu McKinley from Yeastie Boys, the amazingly awesome Australian (right, stu?) brewery. We talk about making beer that gets you hate mail, Antipodean country music and how New Zealand is actually just the 8th state of Australia.

Beers included in this episode:

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Luke and Andrew are joined by Luke's mum for an evening of weird and wonderful beers, and Andrew teaches two philistines (or one and his mum) how to properly taste beer.

Beer Listing:

Theme tune by Mawkin.

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Andrew and Luke head up to Edinburgh to chat with Pat from Twitter celebrity (and occasional brewery) Pilot Beer, drink all their beer and talk about Pat's favourite topic: Untappd.

Featuring:

Tunes from Curtis Mayfield, Kid Canaveral, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Dead Brothers (and definitely not from Pilot, Andrew, that isn't happening)

Theme tune by Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.

Luke and Andrew sit down with Jo Llewellyn-Jones, co-founder of Brew Club, the open brewery in London, and chat about Napalm Death, fraud hobos and Chocolate Truffle Pale Ales.

Beers in this episode:

Theme tune from Mawkin

Theme tune is “I Can Hew” by Mawkin, from their album The Ties That Bind.