Sheffield Hopcast

The first in-person episode with the full team since Feb 2020.

We visit new kids on the block, The Pangolin in Hillsborough. A fantastic little micropub and bottle shop and a much-needed addition to the area. Many of you will know owner Nick Davy from his time at Walkley Beer Co and his appearances on the show in the past.

We look back at what was happening last time we all at together and in a change to the usual format we each pick beers from the venue for each other.

It's great to be back!

It's a return to the virtual Hopcast and a return to a theme we've done before: Beer Cocktails.

Each of the crew come up with own variation on the theme.

Our guest is regular listener Paul who quizzes the team on their real Sheffield beer credentials (spoiler alert: it doesn't go well).

If you don't want to ruin the surprise of just how amazing Paul's beer cocktail creations are, stop reading now.

Here are his recipes:

"For Crying Out Loud" (breakfast stout cocktail)

Add a shot of espresso (Tiamo from Pollards is my choice), shot of Bourbon, (Knob Creek is my choice) tablespoon of Chocolate ice cream (Our Cow Molly is my choice) to !/3 pt of Thornbridge Necessary Evil Imperial stout, and mix.

Whip 100ml of double cream with a shot of Coffee Baileys, and float on top of stout mix.

Top with Coco pops if you are Adam!

"Tropicana Royale"

Freeze a can of Tiny rebel Clwb Tropicana for 90 mins (so it turns to a slush)

Put a shot of Pineapple gin, shot of orange juice, and 1/2 shot of sugar syrup in a glass and top up with beer slushie

For the first time in 14 months, three quarters of the team got together for beer at an actual pub! So that was the perfect opportunity to record a little bonus episode.

We chat a bit about what we've been up to since the pubs have reopened in April.

We're joined by Luke from the awesome Rhythm & Brews podcasts for a bit of a music special.

Except, there's no actual music. But we talk about it a lot.

It's a few days afterwards but this episode is a bit of a St Patrick's Day special.

We all pick a beer roughly along those lines and stake our claims for Irish heritage. Our guest Declan definitely wins that one!

As the reopening of pubs and bars moves closer, we focus on our favourite Brewery Taps.

Adam, Laura, Sean and James are joined by guest Frank, who came up with the idea for the theme.

We each pick out a beer from a brewery with a taproom that we love.

Well... apart from Sean who has to be a bit different, of course!

The panel are joined by Robin Baker from Abbeydale Brewery as they each pick a beer that represents somewhere they'd reeeeeaaaally like to be right now.

There's a real mix of locations and Sean's completely catches James out!

It's our valentines special 2021.

This year we all simply pick a beer we think represents that theme - be it a beer we love or some other meaning.

And Sean might just have met his beer for life!

Have a lovely Valentines however you're spending it and remember - we love you. We really do.

Our guest is Tom Scott who started a digital agency called Little Mesters. Long story short, we use that as the inspiration for our theme this time: Sheffield Heritage.

As ever, Sean's connection is quite tenuous!

There's plenty of beer talk and a nod to a couple of new places opening in Sheffield too.

It's Dry January!

It's Tryanuary!

Well, for us, it's both. We give the panel the choice of 'Dry' - an alcohol free beer - or 'Try' - something they wouldn't normally pick off the shelf.

We're joined by Robin who set up an alcohol free beer delivery club in the first lockdown which has gone from strength to strength (OK no pun intended)

Of course, we're back in lockdown again so we talk about that too.