Sheffield Hopcast

In 2015 when the beery podcast world was much more sparse, The Beer O'Clock Show rounded up a few other podcasters to discuss the Beer industry as it was in 2015.

Five years later with over 50 UK beer podcasts, Steve (Beer O'Clock Show) rounded up a new selection of Beer Podcasters to take a fresh look at the beer world 5 years on to see what has changed. Here is part two.

Big thanks to Steve for organising it and to Emma Inch for hosting and to all the following podcasts:

Beers Without Frontiers, Rhythm and Brews, Beer with Nat, Men Beerhaving Badly, Beer O'Clock Show Hopinions, Points of Brew and Ferment Radio

In 2015 when the beery podcast world was much more sparse, The Beer O'Clock Show rounded up a few other podcasters to discuss the Beer industry as it was in 2015.

Five years later with over 50 UK beer podcasts, Steve (Beer O'Clock Show) rounded up a new selection of Beer Podcasters to take a fresh look at the beer world 5 years on to see what has changed. Here is part one.

Big thanks to Steve for organising it and to Emma Inch for hosting and to all the following podcasts:

Beers Without Frontiers, Rhythm and Brews, Beer with Nat, Men Beerhaving Badly, Beer O'Clock Show Hopinions, Points of Brew and Ferment Radio

It's a bit of Christmas special this week as we help judge the Penistone Homebrew Club's 2020 competition.

The standard is - frankly - phenomenal.

We're joined by Geoff and Jack from the homebrew club and entrants in the competition.

Eight beers but which will win it?!

It's just Laura, Adam and James for this one as we rock out three cracking beers all under 4%.

There's a fair bit more ranting to be done as we head into the revised tier 3 restrictions next week.

Somehow this falls as our penultimate episode before Christmas but we might try to sneak in another Christmas special too. Watch this space!

We're having an American Celebration on the Hopcast this week.

We're joined by Darren from Industry Tap to share some beers with a US theme and reflect on the last couple of weeks.

Mental health takes centre stage for a lot of the conversation this time around. It's really hard times for everyone right now and it's OK not to be OK. We will get through this, together, and we'll all be back with our friends soon.

We're after your ideas for how we can mark Christmas this year, in the absence of our usual December Podcrawl. What do you want from a ho-ho-hopcast and would you like to be involved?

And Sean picks the winners for our first ever prize draw. And the third round of the FA Cup.

We get in on the Funk Fest action with our own episode of funky beers. For some reason, we all end up picking two beers rather than one, this week.

Laura and Jim fill us in on how the Funk Fest At Home weekend has gone, with a variety of virtual events led by Abbeydale Brewery and friends.

Plus - there's plenty for us to talk about with several changes in lockdown regulations since our last episode - and now the second full national lockdown looming.

And keep an ear out for our first ever Hopcast beer giveaway!

This week we are calling our 50th episode. We've done a few specials and Half-pint episodes but this is number 50 for the main show.

We've 2 great guests, Jay Kerr and Nick Davy from Walkley Beer CO. and in a time where we are uncertain what the future of pubs looks like, we take a casual look back at the last few years of the pub scene in Sheffield.

We enjoy beers from Thornbridge, Vibrant Forest, Cloudwater (soda), Beavertown, Team Toxic and Solvay Society.

This week with Sean and James away Adam and Laura are joined by Laura's other half and Abbeydale brewer Jim and a guest listener Simon Dewhurst.

We drink beers from Yeastie Boys, Lost and Grounded, Kirkstall Brewery and a Solvay Society and Wilderness collaboration.

We discuss thoughts on the recent changes to rules for pubs during the Covid-19 pandemic and look ahead to a virtual Funk Fest.

The sun is shining and so that calls for a good old summer slurper!

James, Adam and Sean are joined by Laura live from Leeds and Sean brings along a special guest too - the legendary Dave Unpronounceable!

With more uncertainty about where things are heading with new Covid rules, we have a good chat about pubs and various other topics.

It's another Bank Holiday weekend and so what better way to mark it than sharing a beer with friends?

James, Laura and Sean are joined by Hannah from Neepsend Brewery to chat about vegetables, former jobs, and just a little bit of beer and brewing.