Happy Friday beer geeks! You made it, and your reward is Brad being back on the Pod. Join us for a ramble with him around Amsterdam, a chat about this week's Low Brau, and a question about the biggest brewery we still consider "craft". Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m436IB2gz_Y Buy the Queer Brewing DIPA here: https://shop.cloudwaterbrew.co/collections/queer-brewing/products/queer-brewing-fight-light-hell-dipa Watch the guys making underground swimming pools here: ...
Nov 19, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 71
In this month's feature length episode we are joined by one of our heroes – the incredible, enthusiastic and utterly lovely Olly Smith. Olly is, in our opinion, the great wine communicator of our time but he is also a huge beer geek. We talk to him about our campaign, #keepcaskalive, and get his perspective on what needs to be done to protect real ale. Along the way we takes diversions into the best Bond films, the English wine revolution, Pingu, and his NEW BOOK The Home Cocktail Bible. Watch t...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 25
It's a first ever solo Friday 5pm podcast today! Brad has finally made it to Amsterdam, so Jonny is left to derail his own conversations and does a pretty good job of it. Join him for musings on the Bell's sale, Amazon's Beer Masters, and this week's clickbaity video! Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_utlf2Z74 Watch the progress of the shed here: https://twitter.com/BeerChannel/status/1448279439436140544 Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The...
Nov 12, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Beer time baby! But not for Jonny, who is knee deep in paint. Join us to hear more about the brewshed, our upcoming pod with Olly Smith, and all the behind-the-scenes nonsense from this week's video at DEYA Brewing. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P_utlf2Z74 Watch the progress of the shed here: https://twitter.com/BeerChannel/status/1448279439436140544 Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the out...
Nov 05, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 69
You heard it here first folks. This week, slightly under the influence, we dig into which celebs drink what; why Brad had a TIPA at 11.30am and other important life questions. We also take a look back at the full #keepcaskalive series after the finale went live on Wednesday. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYf_8scZsng See the photo of our Prime Minister: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/27/sunak-and-johnsons-beer-draught-relief-photocall-goes-flat Broug...
Oct 29, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 68
This week we take a break in building our new brewery and studio to talk about Margate, this week's video and our amazing new sponsor, THE MALT MILLER. There are also some NSFW moments, and the surprising admission that neither of us trust magicians. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/MHv4ebfo4mc See Jonny's photo: https://twitter.com/BeerChannel/status/1451459488624648193 Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the o...
Oct 22, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 67
It's the return of the Bubble for a big episode all about video games! This week we talk to Peter and Eren of Auroch Digital, creators of upcoming homebrew game Brewmaster. We get the lowdown on that exciting project, as well as digging into the business of making games – the world of Triple A and Triple I developers, worker exploitation, the effect of professional gamers and Youtubers, the bizarre world of Glitchers, and why you should never, EVER say "just" to a programmer. Watch astronaut Tim...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This week is a softly spoken episode because both of us drank too much Barley Wine last night. We still manage to have a fight about sparklers though, and to go through the comments on this week's video all about the future of cask ale. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyZJYREIuU Read the blog about sparklers here: https://www.beeretseq.com/origins-of-the-beer-sparkler/ Watch the Forest & Main video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkS-niq1Vo Brought to yo...
Oct 15, 2021•27 min
So Brad went and got himself COVID, and decided to celebrate by burning his house down. Meanwhile, Jonny is on his book tour and has apparently made an indecent proposal to the person he's staying with Bristol. Also, we talk about beer – cask mostly. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyZJYREIuU Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons Buy just the book: https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/a-...
Oct 08, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 66
This week we are speaking to you from the past, back before the apocalypse/before Brad had to start isolating. We talk about the start of our Keep Cask Alive campaign, and talk about our trip to Fuller's to film the final scenes. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/koBkpVVouMk Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons Buy just the book: https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/a-year-in-beer-a-beer-lovers-guide-to-...
Oct 01, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 68
This week we unveil a massive project we've been working on for SIX MONTHS, we all age about 20 years as Brad tells us about his back troubles, and we dive into the etiquette/sanity of drinking beer while homebrewing. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/dCjxMUYswSQ Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons Buy just the book: https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/a-year-in-beer-a-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons/...
Sep 24, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Brad's hungover, but we still bash through an absolute mountain of news and comments on our new video and still find time to go down a rabbit hole about the difference between a shandy and a diesel. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/dCjxMUYswSQ Buy the Year In Beer book & box: https://www.beermerchants.com/a-year-in-beer-the-beer-lovers-guide-to-the-seasons Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inv...
Sep 17, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 66
This week we're trying to talk SODA after an inspiration trip to Square Root, but instead we get a lesson in fashion from Brad, and some choice quotes about sandals. After that we dive into this week's surprisingly uncontroversial video about the beauty and the beast that is Untappd – and what needs to change. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/dCjxMUYswSQ Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting ...
Sep 10, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 65
It's a bit of a waffle start this week, as Jonny regales us with his late night Twitter wars and dedications to pub staff. After that we dive into our video on fermentation, our live show with Unity, and our next homebrew exploit with the Portabru. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/iAzXTJE9V9Q Watch the Unity live show here: https://youtu.be/mm_5wEZU9-c Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting ne...
Sep 03, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 64
It's a bumper show as we give the behind the scenes thoughts of our trips to Hook Norton Brewing and DEYA as well as this week's video at Malt Miller with Andy Parker. On top of that we take a very in-depth question about IPA names and why we be part of the imperial guard. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/bJPleSI0oKQ Read the article on the history of IPA here: https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2021/8/24/empire-state-of-mind-interrogating-ipas-colonial-identity Join our live sho...
Aug 27, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 63
We're back! Well, most of us is...Jonny has four fewer teeth and is uncharacteristically quiet in this episode, as we discuss our trip to Crossover Blendery, our homebrew tips episode and the beery adventures that prevented us releasing an episode last week. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/2-lPKO5MmBQ Watch last week's episode: https://youtu.be/QtE6j3hsI6k Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviti...
Aug 20, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 62
This week we talk fear of off flavours, perfect pitch, Beerstagrammers, Brew London and why you shouldn't put off going to the dentist... or indeed ask Brad about what happened when he put off going to the dentist. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/LhUuB3e8SBg Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective on the world we're all obsessed with. You’re listening to...
Aug 06, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 61
It's a bumper episode this week as we talk about Duncan Bannatyne for longer than he has ever talked about before, wade through the amazing comments on this week's Low Brau episode, and take an involved question about turning pro after years of homebrewing. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLlnD2nNFvY Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective...
Jul 30, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 60
It's HOT here in the UK, and this week we released some seriously hot content too, all about the amazing exploits of Crisp Malt in bringing back three heritage grain varieties. We talk through that adventure, as well as our trip to Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield before digging into the comments and THAT Gladiator shot. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspective on the wor...
Jul 23, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 59
We're back from our summer hiatus and going full waffle right from the start. Find out about Jonny's house move and garage flood, Brad's AirBnB, and all the filming we've done while we've been off air including trips to Bristol, Norfolk and soon Sheffield. We also take a question about our favourite podcasts, Youtube channels and TV shows. Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their p...
Jul 16, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This month's feature episode tells the amazing story of Henry Davies, otherwise known as Pillowheat. Henry owns a store on Carnaby Street, one of the world's most exclusive shopping streets, but sells something unusual – exclusive pre-1997 Vans shoes and clothing. What started as a collection of vintage clothing has turned into a business, and an utterly unique one at that. Learn all about his journey from Sydney to London, his discovery of original Vans, his obsession with Skate culture and how...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This week is a bumper episode as we prepare for a two week mid-season break. Join us as we talk about the amazing time we had at Bigfoot, this week's video all about hop rubbing with Cloudwater, our trip to Darkstar and a bit about botulism. Sure. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNhRvCBXG8 The video with Cloudwater v3: ??? Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to g...
Jun 25, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 57
We're off to Bigfoot festival tomorrow, where we will be warming up the main stage for early risers with a mix of unedited nonsense and ill advised shandy blends. We talk about our festival outfits, this week's video all about Unity Brewing Co, and about a new idea for a video all about hops. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/BW97BO4jhQQ Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give...
Jun 18, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 56
It's an epic episode this Friday after a busy week for both of us, and our most successful video in a while! Join us for analysis of our Mountain IPA brew with Wild Card, talk of Jonny's unexpected trip to a Somerset Leisure Centre, and we take a question about what makes a great beer brand. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/hBs3eA7nspk Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give ...
Jun 11, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 55
This week we AGAIN have to remind ourselves that we're a beer podcast after a diatribe against condiment packets derails us. Once we're back on track we talk about this week's video, dive into the comments and take the mother of all questions about independence. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNuAhzOuraE Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their perspe...
Jun 04, 2021•28 min
It's Friday! It's 5pm! It's time for a BIG announcement about the channel as we team up with the Grainfather for a year-long partnership making amazing homebrewing videos. We talk through our first video, which goes live next week, and then turn to the important matter of erm... whether Mountain IPA is like Korean Pop music. Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/fXlPKU9capU Learn more about the Grainfather here: https://grainfather.com/ Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer C...
May 28, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 54
You’re listening to the bubble, the podcast turning beer inside out. This month we talk to David of Ballykilcavan Farm & Brewing about being a 13th generation farmer presented with incredible challenges – the realities of arable farming, global warming, the price of grain – and how he hopes the opening of a brewery will assure his family estate's future. We also geek out about the brilliance of barley and David's annual wet hop beer, made with hops also from his farm. This episode was part o...
May 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 22
We're back after a week break due to... well to a trip to Wickes. Anyway, we start by addressing the incredible work of Brienne at Notch, who has been bravely sharing the stories of sexism and sexual assault in the brewing industry and is bringing about real change. Below are some links to help out. We then get to this week's video all about British spontaneous beer, a question about whether breweries should brew more different styles, and then plug TWO upcoming live events! Follow Brienne on In...
May 21, 2021•27 min•Ep. 53
This week's podcast is brought to you from a classy room of the Lewes Premiere Inn, where Jonny and Brad have been staying whilst visiting Burning Sky and The Beak Brewery! Join us as we talk British spontaneous beer, deodorant, and this week's video about Mild and NEIPA with Boxcar! Watch this week's video here: https://youtu.be/E2LNMnLZ8_Y Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irreverent look at beer from the outside, inviting new people to give us their...
May 07, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Grab a beer and settle in for one of the silliest intros that's ever happened on Friday 5pm! Once we wrestle the train back on track we talk through this week's video about Baltic Porter and have a chat about Jonny's latest book which is nearly..... so nearly there. Watch this week's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBZi6fipPzw Join the Grainfather Big Brew Day here: https://www.facebook.com/grainfather Brought to you by the team behind the Craft Beer Channel, The Bubble takes an irre...
Apr 30, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 51
