NEWSFLASH! Someone made an audio version of our book and didn't tell us! And they made it surprisingly sexual. Once we recover from the shock we talk about this week's video eating bugs, the fact that someone thinks we are in a cult, and the enduring success of our Strongest beer in the World video – before taking a homebrew question that we don't really have an answer to... Watch this week's video here , our Oktoberfest live show here , and buy our sexual audiobook here. Brought to you by the t...
Oct 17, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 28
It's a week of trying new things as Brad has a go at the intro to the podcast, and Jonny travels to Hereford to help with the apple harvest and get to grips with the world of cider. Hear all about what he learned there, before we dive into an unusual acerbic set of comments about our latest video, tasting the strongest beer in the world. Oh, and we give a little preview of tomorrow night's live show, based on the theme of OKTOBERFEST! Watch this week's video here , and line up tomorrow's live sh...
Oct 09, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 27
You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This week Jonny heads down to Elusive Brewing, a microbrewery in Woking, England to meet founder Andy Parker. Andy is a bit of a celebrity in the homebrewing world, having written books on the topic and inspired hundreds more beer geeks to take up the mash paddle. After winning £5,000 in a homebrew competition, though, he decided to found a commercial brewery and bring his enthusiasm for experimentation and a wide variety of st...
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 16
We're stuck inside as Storm Barbara or whatever it is batters our shores, but we've got a heartwarming and jam-packed episode for you as we dive into this week's video all about Pilsner, talk about our upcoming Oktoberfest live show, relive our late-night interview with Untappd founder Greg, and take a question all about matching beer and food/carbohydrates. Check out our latest video here , grab the Oktoberfest taster case here , and watch our Untappd interview here ! Brought to you by the team...
Oct 01, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Afternoon beer geeks. We've got a bumper episode for you this week, as we talk about our surprisingly controversial Thornbridge video, the joy of bus-ride pub crawls, our next full Bubble Episode and how Brad got ridiculed by Nick Cave because he got sunburned in Sydney. We also answer another fan question. I say answer it, we actually deflect pretty hard. Check out our latest video here ! Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel and sponsored by Beer Merchants, The Bubble takes ...
Sep 25, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 25
We're back! And we're immediately completely and utterly off topic! Join us for a proper ramble about our exploits in surfing and snowboarding, and then lots of homebrew chat as we wrestle to bring the podcast ship back under control. We also take our first recorded question – which sends us on a reverie about the olden days of fermenting in caves and clay pots. Yeah, we're not sure what this podcast is, either. Check out our latest video here , read our blog about the brew here , and check out ...
Sep 18, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 25
It's the last Friday 5pm for a little while because Jonny is off to get HITCHED! We start by talking about that exciting development before moving on to something equally (OK maybe not equally, but still very) exciting in the second episode of our homebrew NEIPA odyssey with Lallemand UK. We managed to brew a beer Verdant's head brewer actually enjoyed, and have been emboldened to do lots and lots more homebrew content in future. So stay tuned. In other news, Brad got recognised in a park and ov...
Sep 04, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Happy Friday beer geeks! This week we discuss our latest homebrew odyssey – this time using a dried version of Verdant Brewing Co's house yeast made by Lallemand. As well as exploring what's possible with amazing yeast, we also accidentally make a CO2 bomb, discuss how Punk IPA is underrated, insult Samuel L Jackson and do silly voices when quoting homebrewers. So we're winning friends everywhere we turn. Check out this week's video here , watch Brad's BrewDog airlines trip here , and check out ...
Aug 28, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 23
This week Brad and Jonny are in the same room for podcast recording for the first time in...well...the first time. We talk about Brad's scooter woes, Brick Brewery being underrated, Jonny's amazing homebrew NEIPA, and the fact that GMO is fine. Totally fine. We're all fine with it. Right? Check out this week's video here , buy tickets to LCBF here and read Jonny's article about GMO yeast here . Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel and sponsored by Beer Merchants, The Bubble t...
Aug 21, 2020•23 min
Another week done and dusted! This week we relive our five-hour live-show marathon, talk about Jonny's trip to Thornbridge, go through this week's video at Mikkeller's new London brewpub and dive into the effects of storing beer at room temperature based on a comment on our clickbait hit of the summer, Are You Buying Your Craft Beer Wrong? Check out this week's video here , our Are You Buying Your Craft Beer Wrong? video here , and our video in which we destroy three bottles of Punk IPA by heati...
Aug 14, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 22
It's 37 degrees in London. Our minikegs are exploding, we're cracking open beers at 11am and Jonny has a horrible tank top on. Luckily you don't need to see any of that because it's a podcast – but you do get to hear about Jonny's near miss with a keg explosion and all the exciting plans for tomorrow's live show which is going to be our most ambitious and therefore chaotic yet. We then dive into this week's video all about how to get the best from your local bottleshop and indeed your rating sit...
Aug 07, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 21
On the hottest day of the year we discuss suntan lotion and shower gel before finally getting back to beer. Hear all about the comments from our Tripel video – including a scandal involving coriander – as well as all the details of next week's Lockdown Craft Beer Festival in association with the amazing team behind London Craft Beer Festival. Otherwise, enjoy all the show links right HERE: Check out this week's video here , Brad naked in the shower here and the Lockdown Craft Beer Festival case ...
Jul 31, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 21
It's not been a good week at the Craft Beer Channel. Jonny is reeling after some of his favourite breweries banded together and managed to raise the taxes for small independent businesses, and Brad got literally ants in his pants and they went to TOWN. We discuss both devastating pieces of news and then talk about the not-as-good-as-it-sounds job of beer judging, before announcing more details of the Lockdown Craft Beer Festival. Check out Jonny's article about Small Brewers Relief here , watch ...
Jul 24, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 21
We open the show with some TERRIBLE breaking news about Jonny's teenage beer obsession and things don't really improve from there. There's lots of talk about bad ice cream, our latest video in which we get called out for spreading lies about West Coast IPA, and we google some very basic French words. We do, however, have some exciting news about two more live shows – the first one of which is NEXT FRIDAY with the one-and-only Wild Beer Co. Check out this week's video here , our video with Troegs...
Jul 17, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 20
It's a bumper edition this week as Brad is on great waffle-form. We talk about the first week of pubs being open and the fact we have a LIVE SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT when we'll do a taste-along of our Tunnocks-inspired collab with Glen Affric. We then spend ages taking about pants (!?) before finally digging into this week's video, all about the best ways beer geeks can help pubs and breweries through the toughest time in their history. Check out this week's video here , our video with Yonder right h...
Jul 10, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 19
It's the last Friday of UK lockdown, and Brad isn't phased at all. Honest. This week we chat through our amazing collab video with Glen Affric, when we tried to recreate the Tunnock's Wafer in liquid form. Diving into the comments we talk about hops, barrels and finish up with a deep dive into the history of... erm...marshmallows. Check out this week's video here , read Jonny's article on the future of beer culture here , and please donate to Black Lives Matter here . Now is the time for action....
Jul 03, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 18
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we are flying high off the best week we've ever had on our Youtube channel in terms of views. We've had a crazy 50,000 views and 500 comments just on our homebrew series in the last week, and we have been blown away by the response. Happily we're delighted to say we have ANOTHER brewing video coming next week so join us as we drop some hints, and muse about how the reopening of Britain's pubs is going to go.... Click the links to watch our first and second homebrew epis...
Jun 26, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 18
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we are having the week of our LIVES thanks to the huge response to our homebrewed cask ale video. We discuss all the comments and messages we've received after the first episode of our attempt to recreate hand-pulled real ale at home went live then get to talking about what we'll be asking Cloudwater founder Paul Jones when he joins us LIVE on Youtube tomorrow night at 8pm. Most it's gonna be about chins and toilets pep talks apparently. Check out this week's video here...
Jun 12, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 17
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we are on very strange form today. Probably the lack of sleep from the world tearing itself apart. Today we talk a bit about Wednesday's live watch-along party and our upcoming cask ale homebrew video, but mostly we talk about Westvleteren, what Wagyu beer cows drink and whether our new Netflix pitch, SCIENCE MONKS, is a good idea or not. Spoiler, it's not. Check out this week's video here , and please donate to Black Lives Matter here . Now is the time for action. Join...
Jun 05, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 16
It's Friday, it's 5pm and WE ARE BACK! This week we talk through what we missed while we've been off air – notably the launch of not one but TWO new live shows, the merger of of Martson's brewery and Carlsberg, discuss the nationalisation of pubs, and our latest video all about Wild Beer Co's Coolship release. We also pay tribute to Roger Ryman, head brew of St Austell who sadly passed away this week. Check out this week's video here , read Jonny's piece on Marston's here and see Jonny brewing a...
May 29, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 16
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we FORGOT TO DO A PODCAST LAST WEEK. So we have lots to chat about as we cover off our Imperial Stout video, live cheese tasting with Ned "the Sneb" Palmer, and this week's emotional video with Jonny and his three-year-old Geuze. We also talk about how our eyebrows are as independent as a good craft brewery, and a bit about Back to the Future. Standard beer-related stuff. Check out the Geuze video here , the Imperial Stout video here , the Back to the Future video here,...
May 15, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 17
You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This week we are joined by three previous guests to discuss the impact that Coronavirus and the world's response to it is having on our our beloved beer industry, as well as restaurants and our mental health. We talk to Andrew Missell of Alcohol Change UK about how our drinking habits are changing; John West, managing editor of Merger Market about its effect on the financial markets and brewery sales; and Tim Anderson, Masterch...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we are still recovering from our epic Live Show on Wednesday! We dissect what went so goddamn right with that show, look at the controversial comments on our brownie video, and then talk about rum ham.... at least we think that's what Brad is talking about. Oh - and we tell you about another exciting project we've got on the horizon! Check out this week's video here , read Jonny's Mikkeller piece here and see Jonny cooking with Tim Anderson HERE ! Brought to you by the ...
May 01, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 16
It's Friday, it's 5pm and we are clearly going insane. Join us for news of next week's live show, and some in depth chat about whether brewing is a science or an art – but also for unverified rumours about Tony Blair's urine cycle and Brad's promise to solve answer pretty much every question any human has ever asked. So grab something from the fridge and settle in to Friday night with the Craft Beer Channel! Buy our drink-along case here: https://www.beermerchants.com/the-craft-beer-channel-comb...
Apr 24, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 15
It's Friday, it's 5pm and another week in lockdown is over. This week we discuss our chaotic but hugely successful live pub quiz, our controversial video about beer ageing, and the fact that Paul Rudd still looks 18. We also have some big news about our next live show and how you can get more involved than EVER! Check out this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkSPjN3y62U And judge Jonny's beer stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y5QfpOlaE3Gvj9aIs5d3k...
Apr 17, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 14
It's Friday, it's 5pm and the weather is trolling us. Join Jonny and Brad as they mostly fret about their weight, talk about tracking down and ageing rare beer and reveal the details of our next live show, coming at you at 8pm on Wednesday 15th April! The bar Jonny mentions is called In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst. No wonder he couldn't remember. Check out this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmuAPTKLUF0 And judge Jonny's beer stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.googl...
Apr 10, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 14
You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This week we are joined by the beer writing legend that is Pete Brown. Author of too many books to mention, once Jonny is done fan-girling we get to talking about Pete's former life as an advertising mogul, when he worked on campaigns for both Heineken and Stella Artois. Learn the backstory of some famous beer ads, and how beer advertising went so wrong in the late 2000s. Here are some links to the adverts we mention... enjoy! ...
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min
It's Friday, it's 5pm and WE'RE STILL STUCK INSIDE! Thankfully, we've got 20 minutes of pure ramble for you as we discuss our beer stashes, Aldi lagers, Robinsons Lemon Barley and how generous Gary Lineker is. Check out this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_W1rqnRQ8 And judge Jonny's beer stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y5QfpOlaE3Gvj9aIs5d3kT4KY8uUTNnUNwjA4-Vs1pE/edit?usp=sharing So grab something from the fridge and settle in to Friday night ...
Apr 03, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 13
It's Friday, it's 5pm and this week we're giving you every reason we can to be cheerful, and despite everything there are LOTS. We know things are really tough right now, but much of humanity is showing it's good face – even footballers. For details of all the amazing breweries helping out the NHS click here: https://twitter.com/JonnyGarrett/status/1242780428119007232 So grab something from the fridge and settle in to Friday night with the Craft Beer Channel! Brought to you by the team behind th...
Mar 27, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 8
It's Friday, it's 5pm and this week we're talking about our apparently controversial CBD video, and our idea to support indie retailers through the Covid-19 crisis – by making a pub in our own house and inviting you guys! Oh, and Hobnobs. So grab a tinny on the train, or a pint in the pub, or something from the fridge and settle in to Friday night with the Craft Beer Channel! Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel and sponsored by Beer Merchants, The Bubble takes an irreverent ...
Mar 20, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
