Love is in the air this month on the Hopcast… … As it’s Valentine’s Day, we set Sean the task of picking a beer each of the team will love. So will he pick right for Laura, Adam and James? And will he actually like the beer he picks for himself?! Thanks to our awesome…

Welcome to the first of our new series of special episodes, Hopcast Stories – where we go under the surface of the beer scene to hear the amazing tales of the people within in. Our first Hopcast Story comes from Martha and Dann, who travelled the East coast of the United States, half of Europe and the…

It’s our first birthday and so we head back to where it all began: Bar Stewards. Al and Charlie join James, Adam and Laura for our Tryanuary special, as we each bring a beer to try we wouldn’t normally go for. We get through beers from Black Jack / Wild Weather, Yonder, Northern Whisper, Magic…

It’s December and so the Hopcast team get into the festive spirit in the only way we know how – going on a pub crawl… or should we say Podcrawl. Adam, James, Laura and Sean make four stops around Sheffield, with each responsible for picking one round. Whose beer pick will prove the most popular? We start…

November’s Hopcast comes from The Lescar in Sharrow Vale and gets us in the festive spirit, trying out four Christmas beers. Adam, Sean and Laura are joined by our special guest, Hannah from Neepsend Brewery. James is away for the main recording, but we hear from him as he chats to Josh from Blue Bee brewery…

Here’s the story of the opening night of Sheffield Beer Festival 2018 at Kelham Island Museum. James catches up with the organisers along with Sean and Laura, plus the charity side of the festival, news of an amazing book, gluten free beer, and the Bar Stewards may pop up too.