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Irish Beer Report 01 – White Hag Brewery
September 23, 2016 16:58 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBWe’ve teamed up with the folk at Ireland Craft Beers to bring you monthly reviews of some of the great Irish craft beer that’s now making it’s way to the UK. For the first show our focus turns to The White Hag who are based in County Sligo, North West Ireland. We were sent over […]
Hopinions 02 “Alcohol Free”
September 16, 2016 16:58 - 50 minutes - 44.7 MBFor this week’s Hopinions, we drink 4 beers, all without alcohol and chat about whether they’re actually any good. Beer | Beck’s ‘Blue’, St Peter’s ‘Without’, Brewdog ‘Nanny State’ and Erdinger ‘Alkoholfrei’ Hopinions | Alcohol free beers (we’re talking 0.5% and below)… Blogs | The Ale Trail, Beervana and the Pub Curmudgeon Prizeless Prize | Congrats […]
Hopinions 01 “Drink Fresh”
September 09, 2016 16:58 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBThe first ‘proper’ Hopinions show is packed full of news, 3 great beers fresh from the US and some chatter about labelling and freshness. Beer | Cigar City Brewing Invasion Pale Ale, Jai Alai IPA and Jai Alai IPA aged on white oak Hopinions | Should breweries include bottled/canned on dates as well as BBD? […]
Hopinions 00 “Pilot”
August 26, 2016 16:58 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome to Hopinions, the new podcast from the Beer O’clock Show. In this pilot episode, Steve & Martin get to grips with presenting a new show, play around with some sour beers and talk about the latest Hopinions. Beer | Petrus Aged Pale, Petrus Oud Bruin & Petrus Aged Red Hopinions | Should GBBF feature […]
Episode 157 – The End of The Road
August 12, 2016 16:57 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIt’s our last ever show and we’re live from Hop Burns & Black in what was an emotional evening as we said goodbye. Featuring two collab brews that we made – ‘Echo Peach’ our salted peach IPA with Northern Monk and ‘Starship Fleet: Wave 2’ with Elusive Brewing. We’re also joined by Andy Parker from […]
Episode 156 – Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
August 05, 2016 16:58 - 51 minutes - 20.8 MBOn 26 July 2012, we released the first ever ‘Beer O’clock Show’. Almost 4 years to the date we’re now releasing our last ever ‘studio’ show. It’s an emotional episode as Mark & Steve are joined by long-term #No1Fan Myles Lambert to reminisce about the past and to enjoy Almasty Brewing Co’s ‘Bourbon Barrel Aged […]
Coming soon | Hopinions
August 04, 2016 19:58New from the Beer O’clock Show is Hopinions, our new fortnightly podcast that will be launching on 2 September. Steve will be joined by new co-host Martin Oates from Beer Is The Answer to talk about whats been going on in the beer world, what people have been discussing on social media and what the […]
Episode 155 – Mariage Parfait
July 29, 2016 16:58 - 35 minutes - 14.5 MBIn our penultimate studio show, we’re joined by long term friend of the show and serial guest, Justin Mason. He brings with him the classic Brouwerij Boon ‘Gueze Mariage Parfait’ for us to enjoy. Plus the week’s beery news, loads of #Hopinions and another big box of nothing wings it’s way out of the door […]
Flavour of the Month 06 – Common Grounds
July 27, 2016 05:58 - 10 minutes - 4.31 MBOur latest flavour of the month supported by Little Leeds Beer House is Magic Rock’s stunning triple coffee porter ‘Common Grounds’. You can check out the blog referenced in the show here. It’s Flavour of the Month!
Episode 154 – Summer Smiles American Wheat
July 22, 2016 16:58 - 42 minutes - 16.8 MBThis week we’re joined by more long suffering listeners as Bob & Sarah Maxfield are with us to review Fixed Wheel Brewery’s ‘Summer Smiles’ American Wheat Beer. There’s the normal news, normal service is resumed with the #prizelessprize and another prickly subject is tackled in #hopinions. It’s Beer O’clock! Check out the Midlands Beer […]
Episode 153 – Homebrew Special #8
July 15, 2016 16:58 - 49 minutes - 19.6 MBThis week it’s all about those homebrewers again! In what will now be our last ever Hombrew Special we are joined by Rob Woodland, Paul Hadfield and Rich Caller as they share their beers with us. Rob gives us ‘Prime’ an American IPA with no bittering hops, from Paul we have single hopped saison ‘Springtime […]
Episode 152 – Double DIPA
July 08, 2016 16:58 - 53 minutes - 33.4 MBOnce in a while the planets align and everything comes together, this week’s show was one of those times. When we first asked Rob Derbyshire from Hopzine to come on the season his first response was “only if we do something big and hoppy”. This week Cloudwater released V4 & V4 of their DIPA series […]
Flavour of the Month 05 – Bloody Notorious
July 06, 2016 04:58 - 12 minutes - 7.9 MBOur latest flavour of the month supported by Little Leeds Beer House is the Beavertown and Boneyard collab ‘Bloody Notorious’, a blood orange DIPA. Plus, there’s a special announcement from the guys which you can read more about here. It’s Flavour of the Month!
The End of the Road
July 06, 2016 04:30When we started the Beer O’clock Show in 2012 the ambition was for Steve to take Mark on a journey through beer. 150+ main shows, spin offs & minisodes later, we’ve achieved the original aim. Golden ales, lagers, bitters, stouts, powl owls, sours, saisons and of course, IPAs have all fallen in our wake as […]
Episode 151 – Mad Dog Double
July 01, 2016 13:58 - 33 minutes - 13.2 MBMaking his long-overdue Beer O’clock Show appearance, the legendary Sparkyrite joins us to review two beers from Mad Dog Brewing Co. Featuring ‘It’s All Propaganda’ BIPA and ‘All Day Granola Stout’ this week’s show proves to be an experience sensation for the taste buds. A little bit of news, the newly rebranded #Hopinions section and […]
Episode 150 – Neapolitan Milk Stout
June 24, 2016 16:59 - 26 minutes - 10.6 MBAnother of our long-suffering listeners joins us this week and brings an interesting beer with them. We tuck into Saugatuck’s ‘Neapolitan Milk Stout’ and chat to Louise Mathias about the beer. There’s news of some new beer releases and events, a #hoptopic discussion that gained the most votes to date and another empty box finds […]
Episode 149 – Death By Coconut
June 17, 2016 16:58 - 32 minutes - 13.2 MBWe welcome our second listener pick for season 10, ‘Death By Coconut’ by Oskar Blues Brewery from Colorado. Joining us to review it’s bountyful delights is Luke McGlynn. There’s loads of news as Steve rambles on about the Manchester Beer Week, a prickly #hoptopic and another empty box goes out of the door for the […]
Episode 148 – Session IPA & Shape Shifter
June 10, 2016 16:58 - 31 minutes - 12.6 MBWe’re back for season 10 and it’s an exciting season for us as every beer has been selected by one of our listeners. First up is Martin Oates who blogs at Beer Is The Answer and who selected two Fourpure IPAs – their session IPA and the new Shape Shifter West Coast IPA. Both beers […]
Revisited 09 – Un-Human Cannonball
May 24, 2016 04:58 - 29 minutes - 12.1 MBOnly one beer could resurrect the revisited series and it had to be something Unhuman… We go back to one of our most memorable beers from the early days as we enjoy the 2016 release of Magic Rock’s Un-human Cannonball TIPA. It’s Beer O’clock. Revisited. Click here to listen back to the original review of […]
Episode 147 – Go West: Bristol Beer Live
May 06, 2016 16:58 - 57 minutes - 43.4 MBFor our season 9 finale, we’re giving you another live show from Hop Burns & Black featuring a range of beers from the growing beer scene in Bristol. First up we feature Arbor’s ‘Shangri-la’, followed by Moor’s collaboration with Fullers and Domus ‘Relentless Optimism’ before we finish with Wiper & True’s ‘Milk Shake’. We’re also […]
Episode 146 – Saison Dupont
April 29, 2016 16:58 - 38 minutes - 15.5 MBIt’s the last beer on our journey of Belgian discovery and we take on the classic Saison Dupont with first time guest Matt Chinnery, AKA the Half Pint Gent. We also have a review of the season fuelled by this week’s #hoptopic and the final #prizelessprize of the season is awarded. We’d like to take […]
Flavour of the Month 04 – Little Leeds Birthday Beers
April 27, 2016 05:58 - 14 minutes - 6.11 MBApril’s ‘Flavours of the Month’ supported by Little Leeds Beer House are two collaborations that Little Leeds did with Northern Monk and Runaway Breweries to celebrate their first birthday. First up is the Neopolitan Pale with Northern Monk, and this is followed by the Victorian Brown Stout with Runaway. It’s flavour of the month!
Episode 145 – Sussex Brewery Showcase
April 22, 2016 16:58 - 1 hour - 25.9 MBIn our second county showcase, we’re joined by Rachel Smith from Look At Brew to take us through the best that Sussex has to offer. We tackle four beers selected for us by Rachel to highlight where the Sussex brewing scene is right now. Embracing modern beer packaging , we have cans from Gun Brewery […]
Episode 144 – Troubador Obscura
April 15, 2016 16:59 - 38 minutes - 15.2 MBWe head back to Belgium for the penultimate time this season as we dive into this Belgian stout/dark beer from Brouwerij The Musketeers. There’s an interview with Brew Club plus the usual news. #hoptopic and another #prizelessprize is awarded. It’s Beer O’clock!
Episode 143 – Manchester Beer Week
April 08, 2016 16:30 - 5 MBThis week it’s all about Manchester as we having the driving force behind the Manchester Beer Week with us on the show to review two beers from the event’s headline sponsor, J.W. Lees ‘MPA’ and ‘Evening Star’ As always there’s a ton of news, another #hoptopic and we award one more #prizelessprize It’s Beer O’clock! […]
Minisode 02 – It’s A Kind Of Magic
April 06, 2016 05:58 - 17 minutes - 7.07 MBThis had to happen one day. But it needed it’s own space, it’s own show, it simply couldn’t be part of a normal season… In this one-off special we take a taste of Magic Rock Brewing‘s recent High Wire canned released and also Steve’s all time favourite beer, Cannonball. It’s a kind of magic!
Episode 142 – Wake Up Juice
April 01, 2016 16:58 - 43 minutes - 17.3 MBContinuing our Belgian theme but from the heart of England, this week we feature ‘Wake Up Juice’ and Belgian Tripel from Twisted Barrel Ale in Coventry. There’s also an interview with Ritchie Boswell and Carl Marshall from Twisted Barrel. The’s a ton of news including the most anticipated beer release of the year, another #hoptopic […]
Episode 141 – Homebrew Special #7
March 25, 2016 17:58 - 1 hour - 29 MBIt’s that time again… The highlight of every season, where we’re lucky enough to get to sample some amazing beers that are being produced in people’s homes. This time around we’re drinking a porter from Will Millard, a sweet brown from our first international homebrewer, Sarah Finney and finally a barley wine from Richard Harrall. […]
Episode 140 – Tongerlo Blond
March 18, 2016 17:58 - 32 minutes - 13.1 MBThis week we head back to Belgium to try Haacht Brewery’s award winning ‘Tongerlo Blond’. There’s plenty of news, some pointless discussion about a TV programme, another full on #hoptopic and we award another big box of nothing in the #prizelessprize All of this plus we give you the low down on this year’s Birmingham Beer Bash with an […]
Flavour of the Month 03 – Even More Jesus VIII
March 16, 2016 06:58 - 11 minutes - 4.59 MBMarch’s ‘Flavour of the Month’ supported by Little Leeds Beer House is a collaboration between Siren Craft Brew and Evil Twin Brewing. Even More Jesus VIII is an imperial stout that has been barrel aged in hazelnut liqueur barrels. It’s flavour of the month!
Episode 139 – Custard Porter
March 11, 2016 17:58 - 46 minutes - 17.6 MBAnyone for pudding? This week we feature ‘custard porter’ a collaboration between Cloudwater and Brouwerij Kees. In the news we’re talking events and beer releases, there’s a defining #hoptopic and another stunning #prizelessprize Plus we look forward to ‘Go West: The Bristol Beer Live Podcast’ which will be our next live event at Hop Burns & […]
Episode 138 – Achel 8 Bruin
March 04, 2016 17:58 - 36 minutes - 14.5 MBThis week we head back to Belgium to sample an Authentic Trappist Product in the ‘Achel 8 Bruin’ from possibly the brewery with the longest name ever, Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis. There’s news, more discussion in #HopTopic and another fantasic #prizelessprize for you to feast your eyes on. All this plus an interview […]
Episode 137 – Northern Star
February 26, 2016 17:58 - 46 minutes - 18.8 MBThe North Is Coming. We head back to our favourite UK beery city this week as we feature Northern Monk’s ‘Northern Star’ mocha porter. To cement this episode’s northerness we have Rob Derbyshire from HopZine joining us for the review and also have an interview with Russell and Tyler from Northern Monk. If that wasn’t […]
Episode 136 – Gauloise Ambrée
February 19, 2016 17:58 - 38 minutes - 14.8 MBThis week we head back to Belgium to tackle Brasserie du Bocq’s ‘Gauloise Ambrée’. There’s a bumper edition of the news featuring new beers, new twitter events, new podcasts and some stuff about the actual beer industry. We’ve another twitter-busting #hoptopic for you to get involved in and an old friend smashes this week’s #prizelessprize. […]
Flavour of the Month 02 – DIPA V2
February 17, 2016 19:49 - 11 minutes - 4.69 MBFebruary’s ‘Flavour of the Month’ supported by Little Leeds Beer House is Cloudwater’s DIPA V2. The first version was Steve’s beer of 2015, so how the will the latest version fair? It’s flavour of the month!
Episode 135 – Session IPA
February 12, 2016 17:59 - 42 minutes - 16.8 MBThis week we drink a beer ‘best served with music’, Island Records & Two Tribes Brewery ‘Session IPA’. Plus we have an interview with the guys behind the beer. We also have Pete McKerry from Brewgeekery to review the beer with us and to provide us with one of the most Twitter-busting #hoptopic conversations we’ve ever […]
Episode 134 – Viven Imperial
February 05, 2016 17:59 - 27 minutes - 11.4 MBWe’re back for another season of beer fueled fun! Season 9 is here and we’re finally taking on the Belgians with thanks to Beautiful Beers in Bury St Edmunds. First up is Brouwerij van Viven’s ‘Imperial IPA’… Also on this week’s show, there’s a recap of the biggest news stories from the last month, the #prizelessprize […]
Flavour of the Month 01 – Applelation
January 25, 2016 20:55 - 11 minutes - 4.74 MBWelcome to ‘Flavour of the Month’ supported by the fantastic Little Leeds Beer House. Each month we’ll be taking the latest and most discussed beery release and putting it under the Beer O’clock microscope. For January 2016, we’re looking at Beavertown’s bramley apple saison ‘Applelation’. It’s flavour of the month!
Episode 133 – All Black
January 15, 2016 17:59 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBIn our first ever Winter Special, we’re broadcasting live from Hop Burns & Black again, and this time it’s all about New Zealand. We feature and taste 5 beers with a live audience and we chat to Todd from the NZ Collective and Stu from the Yeastie Boys. On the menu for tonight’s special was […]
Beer Nation 2015
December 29, 2015 21:25 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBBeer Nation brings together the UK beer podcasting community for a collaboration broadcast and takes a look at the state of the beer nation in 2015. Hosted by our very own Mark and Sophie from The Beertalkers, we also welcome to the table Roland from Steve & Roland’s Beer Podcast, Daniel from the Original Gravity podcast, […]
Episode 132 – Vintage Ale 2014
December 18, 2015 17:59 - 48 minutes - 19.5 MBIt’s the end of another season and we say goodbye with a beer that’s becoming our staple end of year finisher, the Fuller’s Vintage Ale (2014 edition). We take a look back over what has been our biggest season ever and chat about our highlights of the season. We also talk Golden Pints for which […]
Golden Pints 2015
December 11, 2015 19:15It’s that time of year again. It’s always nice to have a think back over your beery year and to highlight those beers and moments that have made the year memorable. So here goes with my Golden Pints for 2015 and here’s looking forward to another great year in 2016! Best UK Cask Beer One […]
Episode 131 – Two Hundred Fathoms
December 11, 2015 17:59 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBThis week we welcome Mr & Mrs Beer Snob, Wayne & Janice Dunne back to the Beer O’clock studios to review Galway Bay’s barrel aged imperial stout ‘Two Hundred Fathoms’. We catch up on all the news, give away another first time #prizelessprize and there’s a bonus interview with Caroline Hennessy, author of the Irish […]
Episode 130 – Sourdough
December 04, 2015 17:59 - 50 minutes - 115 MBThis week we feature Wild Beer’s ‘Sourdough’ with guest reviewer Ben McCormick. Ben will be know to many on Twitter as the originator of the beer advent calendar, and this beer features part of his calendar for this year. We also chat to Ben about the rise in popularity of the ‘beer advent calendar’ and this […]
Episode 129 – Yellow Belly
November 27, 2015 17:59 - 1 hour - 144 MBThis week we welcome Buxton Brewery head brewer Colin Stronge to the show talk to us about all things Buxton including the Yellow Belly imperial stout with us. No news this week, just wall-to-wall chat with Colin, plus listener questions, the #prizelessprize and another Twitter-engaging #hoptopic. All this plus an interview with beer writer and […]
Revisited 08 – Sierra Nevada Double
November 24, 2015 21:29 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBTo finish our Revisited series, we go back to the first American beer we ever tasted and the one which we feel gave us our ‘beery revelation’, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. If that wasn’t enough, we also take on the pale’s bigger and badder brother, Torpedo IPA to see this series off in style. […]
Episode 128 – Revelation
November 20, 2015 17:59 - 40 minutes - 93.3 MBWe’ve all been there. We’ve all had that moment, and this week we enjoy Dark Star Brewing’s ‘Revelation’ in cans. Plus thanks to the guys at Dark Star we’ve giving you a chance to win a six pack in #BeeryRevelations. In the news we talk about another craft acquisition, the rainbow project, Irish beers taking […]
Episode 127 – Homebrew Special #6 (The Imperial March)
November 13, 2015 17:59 - 57 minutes - 131 MBIt’s time for our seasonal trip down homebrew lane as we invite 3 homebrewers from the first 3 homebrew specials back for a slight variation on a theme. This time round, we told the guys what we wanted and laid down the groundrules… the beers had to be black, had to be impy and had […]
Episode 126 – Organic Chocolate Stout
November 07, 2015 13:58 - 46 minutes - 107 MBWe go all out traditional this week with Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout – a beer that we both tried while on one of the Dragon & Flagon Pub Tours in London. While Mark has been a little poorly (#manup / #poormark), Steve goes a little crazy and in the news we chat about […]
Episode 125 – Essex Brewery Showcase
October 30, 2015 17:59 - 1 hour - 148 MBThis week is something new for us as we focus on a single county in our Essex County Showcase jointly hosted by Justin Mason. We tackle four beers that have been carefuly selected for us by Justin to highlight where the Essex Brewery scene is right now. Starting with Crouch Vale’s ‘Brewers Gold’ we then […]