Comic and parenting observer George Lewis is in the Moon Under Water this week. Best known for his observant parenting sketches, George leaves the kids at the door to take Landlord Robbie and Regular Dan through his dream pub. And he takes us on a journey through gin in film canisters and neat Pepsi syrup to fashion a wonderfully wistful establishment we’d all love to be a part of. Plus there are some nice positive reflections on how having kids can lead to a healthier appreciation of having a d...
Sep 09, 2024•44 min
There’s connoisseurs and then there’s connoisseurs. And today we’ve got a man who has smashed past many milestones in on The Pub Notice Board today. For Robbie and Dan are blessed with the presence of a man who has drunk 50,000 *different* beers in the form of the delightful Andy Morton. And not only that but he's had 50,000 different *British* beers. Andy's someone who's written down every pint he’s ever had since the 1980s, and yet there are still other’s ahead of his figure! It’s a fascinatin...
Sep 05, 2024•29 min
Internet chef and wordsmith WhatWillyCook has built his dream pub, from the foundations to the pumps. Now he fills it with tales and all manner of chat on Drinks In Time, Dream Companions and twiglets. It’s the second consumable bite of the pubbing cherry. And in said cherry is a dive into heroes and a rather harrowing drink which inexplicably Will is choosing to relive. And Dan wheels out a pub quiz which he worries is actually too gettable for once. Top stuff. Will’s @whatwillycook on Insta an...
Sep 02, 2024•28 min
What do you get if you combine one squeeze of lemony p*ss, two cracks of pepper noir and a heaping dollop of Shoju, it’s Whatwillycook’s dream pub of course. There’s a lot of people cooking food online, but there’s few having anywhere near as much of a laugh while doing it as Will Hughes. No not the Crystal Palace midfielder, rather better known to you as Whatwillycook on the socials. He’s got a cracking turn of phrase and combines that with a deep but also everyman gastronomic knowledge. From S...
Sep 02, 2024•37 min
Much to cover on this week’s PNB from intriguing tops to 'raz juice', and accusations of yet more information. This time from Down Under. The landlord and reliable regular are absolutely inundated with requests for correspondents. A Battery? A Draught of Correspondents? Here to provide pubdates from around the globe, the roving reporter network is quickly building a vast web from a road in Liverpool to the US of A. Could it even push into a multi-level system? Who knows. And if you’ve got anythi...
Aug 29, 2024•24 min
Chelsea Dickenson, aka Cheap Holiday Expert has constructed her dream pub. But now for the information which you at home can actively use. Given that Robbie spends half of his life travelling across Europe's watering holes, he has many questions that need answering. As well as a wistful holiday Drink In Time and big light hatred, Chelsea divulges some crucial travel nuggets that could inform your next trip abroad. Proper useful stuff to get that next flight booked, so pens at the ready. Chelsea ...
Aug 26, 2024•32 min
Chelsea Dickenson, more widely known as Cheap Holiday Expert is in building her dream pub. You’ll have no doubt seen Chelsea on social media as the Martin Lewis of weekend and annual leave activities, and she has much to bring to the bar. As someone who has trailed across country after country on a Ryanair budget this is a guest with a cornucopia of foreign beverage insight useful for the man on the street. So what sort of pub can this travel aficionado put together? Well reader, the writer of t...
Aug 26, 2024•44 min
Call AC-12 and bring in Ted Hastings, for there are serious accusations of corruption flying around the 52 Pub Challenge! Our Landlord steps through the South of France portal to join Dan for an absolute boozy shopping trolley full of correspondence. There’s Romanian tales, Dan thinks he’s found the nicest beer in the world, there’s an incredible bucket-based tale and news from Batley sends shockwaves across the correct realm. Have you got something fun for us to read out on the show? Want to be...
Aug 22, 2024•34 min
Musician/YouTuber/Tiktoker Arthur Hill joins Robbie and Dan in the pub he’s just built to dig into some of the bigger questions bobbing around. Namely, has he seen his mum drunk? And, what’s his greatest drink ever in his Drink In Time? And what’s the hot insight into the YouTube scene? There’s some very different pub companion suggestions, human sized animal chat, plus, how big are things? You can catch Arthur’s podcast, Mummy’s Boy, which he does with his lovely mother Lisa, here: https://podf...
Aug 19, 2024•44 min
We’ve got a guest who does it all today. Music, YouTube, TikTok and a podcast that he does with his mum. A content da Vinci, it’s Arthur Hill! And he’s a real pubsman, eschewing the youthful pull of bars, pub chameleon blending into their various settings. And he’s got a delightful one to build, some wonderful tales and nuggets on the YouTube world. Whether it’s delving into his music playing like the national anthem at last orders, ‘acceptable’ shots, fans at urinals or just how wild those inte...
Aug 19, 2024•48 min
Both the Landlord and Regular are swanning about Europe this week, as is their want. But Robbie joins us from The Moon Under Water’s German outpost to chat to We Are Beer director Greg Wells. We Are Beer run some of the UK’s biggest beer festivals and they also recently released their Top 50 UK Beers list, so be sure to have a look at the list for a buffet of British recommendations. Robbie and Greg settle in to cover all sorts. From carbon positive beers and current trends to behind the scenes ...
Aug 15, 2024•24 min
Grammy-winning band Dry Cleaning have constructed and stocked their dream pub. But that’s just the start, for we’ve got a lot of rules to dig into, some ingenious pub features to unveil, and a unique grandmother to discuss. Throw in a bready sommelier who must turn their hand to anything, it’s a delightful chat with our prospective landlords Flo and Lewis. Want to share anything with The Moon Under Water? Or maybe you’ve got some thoughts on something Flo & Lewis had to say. Well it can feat...
Aug 11, 2024•34 min
Flo and Lewis from post-punk band Dry Cleaning are in with Robbie and Dan to build their dream pub. We’re looking at two pubfessionals, who’ve put a serious amount of thought into their setup. So much so that Regular Dan’s own facts are sidelined for a guest masterclass in knowledge nuggets. There’s an ingenious food suggestions, talk of pets, Antiques Roadshow and being the complaint guy. Check out the second part of the chat for so much more! Want to share anything with The Moon Under Water? R...
Aug 11, 2024•49 min
Many a musing in the Moon today for the Landlord and his Regular as Robbie and Dan sift through your thoughts with a tooth comb. And a fine one at that. Nearly as fine as our prospective pub correspondents up and down the land. And the job applications take us off in directions as varied as Great Historical Pub goers and KPIs. If you have your own amusing musing, such as a great rubber of time gone by, to send in to us the place to email is robbie@moonunderpod.com. Or feel free to DM us on socia...
Aug 08, 2024•25 min
Comedian, actor, writer, everythinger, Stevie Martin has built her dream pub brick by brick, pint by pint. It’s a really lovely classic pub called Jack’s Balls. Now it’s time for her to let us know of a whole host of things that’ll also be going down there including the drink she’d most like to relive and her Dream Pub Companion. We skate across your usuals - nuts, wasabi peas etc. - but also into the some more rogue tales such as milky jaunts and the charms of sad karaoke. Stevie is at the Edin...
Aug 05, 2024•37 min
Multi-talented comedian, actor and writer Stevie Martin descends on the Moon Under Water to design her own magical dream pub! And with her pub comes an inside scoop on the working practices of gastropubs of the past, discussion of the delightful land of Durham and what W H Smith even is. Oh and a big testicular sign. Check out the second part of the chat for so much more! Stevie is at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe throughout August performing at Monkey Barrel. Go see her, she's very funny. Want ...
Aug 05, 2024•48 min
Lots to deal with on today's PNB, taking in the four corners of the world: Newport, Leytonstone, Thetford and Kazakhstan. The latter locale featuring a fascinating insight into the establishments of Karagandy. The quest to find Britain's cheapest pint potentially reaches its peak with an astonishing finding from South Wales and we have more of your correspondent applications. If there's anything that tickles your fancy to tickle our Landlord's fancy then send it in! robbie@moonunderpod.com is wh...
Aug 01, 2024•27 min
Now that Aussie comic Josh Thomas has built his dream pub he beds in to inform Robbie and Dan of all the bad things that will take place there. Namely, bland food, a horrific favourite memory and a pub companion who wouldn’t want to talk to him. All sounds like great, cool stuff. This is the 2nd part of our chat with Josh. You can listen to this episode on its own if you like - it'll make sense - but we’d recommend listening to the first episode to get the full experience. In the first part of o...
Jul 29, 2024•28 min
The Moon Under Water manifests itself in Melbourne as we’ve got energetic comedian and Taskmaster Australia star Josh Thomas building his dream pub! Let’s cut to the chase here. Here’s a pub for The Gays (TM). BUT *we think* others are also welcome. At the end of the day there’s certainly big gay energy floating about what is hands down a completely 100% original pub in all of its choices with artichokes and Mama’s Juice amongst the unexpected items making an appearance. You can catch Josh’s liv...
Jul 29, 2024•48 min
Landlord Robbie and Regular Dan convene to open all your happenings, and there are applicants flooding in to be official pub correspondents across the globe. Elsewhere Dan accidentally goes into the wrong pub and there’s more happenings around Britain’s Cheapest Pint. And where is it that all this delightful conviviality correspondence floods into? Well it’s robbie@moonunderpod.com of course! And DM us on @moonunderpod on Insta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 25, 2024•27 min
Step inside comedian Aurie Styla’s newly dreamed up pub, Left of the Lick, and have a drink. Here you’ll find chat about what it takes to be a good voice over artist, reminiscences about Notting Hill Carnival, and revelations about Aurie’s mum wanting him to get drunk. Aurie and Robbie also face off in Dan’s pub quiz, this time testing their knowledge of games that have been turned into films. This is the 2nd part of our chat with Aurie. You can listen to this episode on its own if you like, but...
Jul 22, 2024•37 min
The Moon Under Water is upping sticks and moving to South London, as comedian, actor, and voice over artist Aurie Styla designs his dream pub with a distinct ‘New Brixton’ feel. Love is in the air, coffee is in the pipes, and no way will there be any music coming out of a jukebox. Listen to find out why Guinness Punch should really be served with an egg, how a gig tale leads to a sneaky listener suggestion, and why Aurie’s cousin is banned from ever working in his pub. Want to share anything wit...
Jul 22, 2024•52 min
Robbie and Dan both return from excursions across the English Channel packed with stories of French pub trips (or cocktail bars and some very English sounding pubs). On the noticeboard this week: a detailed exploration of the differences between drinking in Germany and the UK from a expat living in Berlin, tales of mid-gig pints, and another pre-wedding drink stop. Keep sending in your correspondence to robbie@moonunderpod.com, or find us on Instagram @moonunderpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jul 18, 2024•24 min
Now that win aficionado Tom Gilbert has finished building his dream pub Robbie now makes it his mission to ask every question you have ever wondered about the enormous subject of ‘wine’. ‘Corked’, ‘orange’, ‘biodynamic’, it’s all covered by a true grape expert. We also find out Tom’s Dream Pub Companion and the drink he’d most like to relive. This is the 2nd part of our chat with Tom. You can listen to this episode on its own if you like - it'll make sense - but we’d recommend listening to the f...
Jul 15, 2024•41 min
We’ve got a bona fide expert building their dream pub in the form of Tom Gilbey - wine extraordinaire. From running marathons tasting a wine every mile to comparing Kylie and Gary Barlow’s rosés, he’s bringing wine expertise to the masses online and his whole life working in wine means he really knows his Vinos from his Verdés. As well as building his pub Tom is also absolutely jam packed nuggets of information useful to anyone who enjoys the odd glass of red or white. It’s an incredibly interes...
Jul 15, 2024•39 min
Europe’s most well-travelled landlord has been to the Basque Country, so once again he returns with a dispatch from the continent. He’s also been to a transporter bridge, which will be an exciting fact for those from Middlesbrough. There’s also an incredible industrial level short poured pints tale and we receive a suggestion that Peroni’s premium perception is purely down to a rebadging. Whether it’s German pubs or your pitches to be local correspondents if you have anything for the boys then r...
Jul 11, 2024•26 min
Comedian Reginald D Hunter has finished the work on his dream pub, ‘The Brando’. With him being an American who has lived on these shores longer than in the US, we now settle in to dig into his opinion of the Brits loving beans and the Britishness of the question “what’s your best beverage experience?” This is the 2nd part of our chat with Reginald. You can listen to this episode on its own if you like - it'll make sense - but we’d recommend listening to the first episode to get the full experie...
Jul 08, 2024•26 min
American comedian Reginald D. Hunter is in this week to build his dream pub! And what a wild tour it is. Well known to many of you for appearances offering a withering Southern drawl on Have I Got News To You, he’s bringing some sensibilities from across the pond to his boozer. Tales of his dad’s moonshine and American commercials populate a watering hole I think we’d all like to settle into for a few. In the first part of our chats our guests build their pub. In the second part we will be settl...
Jul 08, 2024•42 min
Guten Tag and welcome to a Euros Pub Special! For those averse to the beautiful game, fear not because this is a pubs and drinks podcast. Germany is a top tier destination for brewhouses and beer. The Germans are as welded to them as Sweet Caroline is regrettably welded to Brits. So with the Euros currently happening there right now, Europe is descending on the country for a month of revelry, football and great pubbing. Robbie and Dan get the lowdown on all things German hospitality straight fro...
Jul 04, 2024•28 min
Behold, internet funny man Seán Burke’s dream pub, ‘The Elephant and Piano’. Robbie and Dan pull up a stool next to Seán to dive further into the pub world, discussing snacks (Taytos obviously getting a mention), the omnipresence of the Irish Pub around the world, and the joys of a pub quiz. This is the 2nd part of our chat with Seán. You can listen to this episode on its own if you like - it'll make sense - but we’d recommend listening to the first episode to get the full experience. In the fir...
Jul 01, 2024•33 min
