It’s been one hell of a month: 13-hour workdays, passive-aggressive Teams messages, and enough stress to make even a session IPA feel like rocket fuel. So, I cracked open some cans, hit record, and things got… interesting.

This episode, I share some utterly surreal personal news (spoiler: I may or may not be the new host of MasterChef), shout out some cracking comedy shows from Amelia Bayler and Kate Hammer, and recount a much-needed escape to leafy Dunblane.

Of course, there’s beer — a ridiculous lineup ranging from turnip-scented despair to liquid gold, with tasting notes that veer from “angel jizz” to “the beer equivalent of a skateboard to the back of the head.”

It’s chaotic, unfiltered, and very possibly career-ending. Pour yourself something strong and join me.

Amelia Bayler

Kate Hammer

Sheep in Wolf's Clothing Brewery

Scarsworn

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🎙️ The Bearded Beer Pod — June Edition! 🍻

Alright you magnificent, malt-obsessed maniacs — your unapologetically hungover host is back for the June instalment of The Bearded Beer Pod! Expect absurd labels, dangerously boozy hop-bombs, surprise sours, and the occasional pint you only bought because the sticker made you laugh in the bottle shop.

This month we’ve got a jam-packed episode:

🍻 Beer reviews galore — the good, the bad, and the what-the-actual-fuck-was-that?

🌈 A live Pride takeover from Edinburgh’s legendary Salt Horse bar, with a taplist so fabulous it needs its own feather boa

🎙️ An exclusive sit-down with Lucy from Closet Brewing to talk all things beer, Pride, and brewing brilliance

🤘 Plus a few Slayer stories, some unsolicited life advice, and a heroic plug for our utterly unnecessary but life-enhancing sponsor: PINT POUCH™ — the world’s first wearable beer bladder. Fill it, strap it, pretend it’s medical.

So whether you’re hiding from relatives at a wedding, half-cut at a festival, or sick to death of reusable cups, get this episode in your ears. It’s daft, it’s boozy, it’s got glitter beer and a label that says “bum eggs.”

What more do you need?

Listen now wherever you get your pods, and join the beautiful, unhinged chaos.

#BeardedBeerPod #CraftBeerPodcast #Pride2025 #LiquidViolence

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Alright you beautiful, beer-bloated renegades — the chaos continues in this month’s episode of The Bearded Beer Pod! It’s May, the evenings are long, the fridge is empty, and somehow we’ve ended up reviewing beers that taste like everything from Lilt-soaked Ron Jeremy to “Calpol for grown-ups”. You’ve been warned.

This month, I’m waxing lyrical about the absolute carnage of Gatekeeper Metal Night at La Belle Angele, the savage brilliance of Roast Battle Scotland, and shouting out the brilliantly shonky Rank Rotten Podcast. Plus, I’ve officially launched the Bearded Coffee Rant Vlog — caffeinated grumbling on YouTube every Friday, because why not ruin your morning too?

Beer-wise, it’s been a wild ride: DIPAs that punch you in the throat, AF beers that taste like dusty floors, and one that reminds me of a stripper’s spangly thong. As always, expect wildly inappropriate descriptions, unfiltered opinions, and the kind of chat that gets you barred from family group chats.

This episode is proudly sponsored by Barry’s Inflatable Garden Sheds — because nothing says “I’ve given up” like a bouncy shed.

Tune in, grab a cold one, and lower your expectations. It’s a riot.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Cheers, ya glorious degenerates! 🍻

Rank Rotten Pod

Bearded Beer Blog on YouTube

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Alright you beautiful bunch of beer-loving legends — The Bearded Beer Pod is back with a fresh new look, the same old theme tune, and a frankly lazy attitude towards making a new one.

In this month’s episode: I got barricaded in my office by a rogue beer delivery, bid a teary farewell to the final haul from a certain beer shop, and got emotionally flattened by the Custard Sessions at Edinburgh’s Blue Blazer. Expect fizzy AA batteries, flumpy DIPAs, a TIPA that nearly put me in a skip, and a few outrageously dodgy beer facts you never asked for.

Massive thanks to Brew 61 for a cracking care package and to Krafty Kirkcaldy for dangerously good hospitality.

So grab a cold one, whack this in your lugholes, and remember — the sun’s kinda out, the beer’s cold, and it’s good to be alive. Same jingle, fresh chaos.

Brew 61

House of the Trembling Madness

The Custard Sessions

Amelia Bayler

Richie Brown

Brew 61's Generous Beer Drop!

House of the Trembling Madness Unboxing

Brew Ridge Trail & Beyond Vlog

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Alright folks, we’re back for another round of The Bearded Beer Pod – your monthly sip of craft chaos, curious conversations, and top-tier bants.

This month’s episode comes with a heady mix of bitters and bittersweet. I return from a flavour-filled jaunt to Bristol, where King Street served up pints so fresh they practically introduced themselves. Expect shout outs to some cracking local spots and heartfelt appreciation for the magic being poured behind the bars down south.

But it’s not all sunshine and session IPAs – March brought its fair share of emotional hangovers too. A close call with redundancy and the sudden end of a meaningful friendship bring a deeper, more reflective tone to this episode. Sometimes it’s not just about what’s in the glass, but what’s weighing on your mind.

Zero Degrees Microbrewery Tour and Tasting | Bristol

Bearded Beer Blog Takes Bristol | Beer, Shenanigans & Questionable Decisions

Siren Craft Brew Mystery Box Un-Boxing

I think that's it...

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It’s February, the month of the Braw Beard & Moustache Championships, a month that may only have 28 days, but trust me, it crams in at least 45 days' worth of absolute shenanigans! Buckle up, because we’re diving headfirst into the world of wild beards, mind-blowing music, and some absolutely belting beers.

Braw Beard & Moustache Champs 2026

Jack Traynor

Dave Arcari

Trevor Babajack Stever

Zero Degrees Brewery Visit

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I made it back for two months in a row. Yay, me.

Listen to me talk bollocks about wanky beer for 25 minutes or your pubes will turn pink and fall out.

Sheepdog Coffee

Siren Mystery Box

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I'm back, boys!

I really do need a producer or something to poke me and make me record these episodes! Anyway, we're all caught up and you can listen to me make noises, interview a man from Mash Gang and rant about wankers over the course of 50, fun-filled minutes!

In no particular order:

Mash Gang

Mortal Kocktail

Braw Beard Promo Video and BTS

Big Swally Edinburgh Vlog

London Vlog

My fucked up knee

Kate Hammer

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Back in the real world this month and the confines of my home studio for September's edition of the BBP!

No one reads this bit, so just pop it on and listen to me lose my shit at crap jokes what I said for 25 minutes.

FEATURED:

Billy Kirkwood

Odin's Beard Care

Krafty Fine Drinks

Down the Hatch

The After Swally

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