Hey everyone we're BACK! Join us on the Youtubes for 45 minutes of cosy, heartfelt chats about Franconian lager, northern beer culture, the beers in our heads, and erm... nitro lagers... with the inimitable lager legends Donzoko. youtu.be/T55_Ft0CKfM

WE'RE BACK BABY! It's time for our annual look forward to the year in beer, trying to pick out what we think the big trends will be in the UK and also further afield. We also look back at whether our predictions for 2025 were right, wrong or just plain stupid. youtu.be/Iql0r18ftSo

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HANGOVER DAY! If you're bored of scrolling on your phone eating toast, how about filling out our annual CBC survey to guide what we make and how we do it for 2026? Some BIG questions in there as Youtube evolves so please do lend us your views. forms.gle/z9xVE4d6An8i...

TOMORROW IS OUR CHRISTMAS LIVE SHOW! It’s too late to order a drinkalong box but grab some festive bevvies and join us at 8pm. You’ll also want to get a some mince pies, chocolate orange & blue cheese to get the full experience. And yes, there’s a QUIZ WITH PRIZES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGG0...

Hey everyone it's time for the last video of the year! This week is the finale of our Christmas brew - and things do NOT go to plan. Can I pull off a Christmas miracle and brew the Best Dubbel in the World? youtu.be/4FQiaDvLAns

This week's podcast is out and so is our Drinkalong box for next week's live show! Grab yours from @beermerchants and join us at 8pm on the 19th December for mince pies, good beer and bad jokes. Maybe a quiz? www.beermerchants.com/craft-beer-c...

Hey everyone! It's time for the annual Christmas video! Grab a beer and at least one mince pie, then strap yourself in with some tinsel and enjoy the sleigh ride. youtu.be/x9YIxs7wXPA

A little note on this. We haven't made much homebrew content of late, because our narrative/deep dive approach takes a LOT of time. If you love our homebrew stuff, do consider joining our Patreon (and homebrew forum) here: www.patreon.com/craftbeercha...

Hey all it's time for this week's video and we're back HOMEBREWING! Join me for the first of a two-parter in which I try to homebrew an iconic Westvleteren beer. No, not that one. youtu.be/d_eH6oOnm5s

Hey everyone, the brewday video of Planet Beer TV's Bright IPA is now live on their channel! Go watch it, drop them a comment, and tell them we're gonna win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyv...

Hey all! In case you missed last night's Love & Beer liveshow, you can watch it back right here: youtube.com/live/cUWk80X... x

We're going live on the channel for Love & Beer digital edition in 15 mins everyone! grab a beer (or three) and join us! youtube.com/live/cUWk80X...

BIG NEWS! We can announce that our Love & Beer Live Show will be happening NEXT THURSDAY at 8.30pm. The drinkalong box has 8 festival beers in, including our collabs with Baron, Utopian and Drop Project! VERY limited availability so be quick if you want in. www.beermerchants.com/craft-beer-c...

This Friday, 14th November, we'll have Sumave Pilsner, pouring from 5pm, and we're rather excited about it! A collaborative brew between @teamutopian.bsky.social & @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social to pay homage to a part of Czech brewing history. You won't want to miss it!

This Friday, 14th November, we'll have Sumave Pilsner, pouring from 5pm, and we're rather excited about it! A collaborative brew between @teamutopian.bsky.social & @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social to pay homage to a part of Czech brewing history. You won't want to miss it!

NEW VIDEO! This week we play with the Fizzics Draft to get an absolute creamer of a nitro pour with A&H Black, and then find a hack to get a pretty good Snyt on a Czech Pils as well. Home Foam Party Game Changer or plastic fantastic? You decide. youtu.be/LqeOQc906nM

Hey everyone! It's fireworks night so what else could we do a video about other than SMOKED BEER! Learn about how most beer once had the taint of smoke, and how different materials can add different flavours to any kind of style... youtu.be/BiBfUABrzWg

It's time for this week's video! This week we're trying to recreate Kout 12 - a fabled and beautiful beer brewed by a now closed brewery in the wilds of Czechia – with our good friends (and pilsner nerds) Utopian. youtu.be/ucBJzZLKcVg

NEW VID! This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...

TOMORROW.

The count down is on! FIVE days until our annual celebration of collaboration, homebrew, ingredients and street food. There are still tickets left - £25 gets you a glass, tote, a free pour and access to all THESE amazing breweries and their collab beers! tinyurl.com/love-and-bee...

My phone autocorrects Strava to Strata, in case you're wondering about my current life choices.

NEW VID! We're at Baron Brewing making a DIPA to end all DIPAs – 28gpl of Simcoe, Strata, Motueka & Krush. Very excited to see what people think of this beer at Love & Beer Fest next week! Tickets still available btw! youtu.be/80x-4v_DwtE

There's still tickets for our festival on 17th October at the Beer Merchants Tap! It's a celebration of collab brews, street food and homebrewing – with stunning beers from the UK's best plus free homebrew samples, hop/malt sampling & BBQs and burgers! www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/love...

It was a joy to judge this with some other great people. There is so much great work going under the radar by women in this industry and it's about time we celebrated those people! Congrats to everyone shortlisted!

The Love & Beer Festival, curated by the Craft Beer Channel and The Malt Miller, is returning for a third year, this time at a new venue beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/02/l... #beer #beernews #beerfestival @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social

NEW VIDEO @everyone! This week we are at Utopian Brewing, who make world-class traditional continental lagers using all British ingredients – something they were told couldn't be done. youtu.be/H1HRhgPf5lw

Today's thumbnail folks! Live around 4pm....

In case you missed it, this is what happens when two Youtubers try a real job.

"I've broken the cask line, Bradley" This week we did our first ever shifts as professional brewers, working the day at St Austell as they brewed Tribute – we filled casks, handled the mash, skimmed yeast and of course tested it at the end... youtu.be/21Vo1LTDrNo

Hey! Sorry for the delay with this week's video. We are on the train after a truly MAD 48 hours at St Austell (for Keep Cask Alive s3!) and Utopian a beer for our upcoming festival. Talking of mad, the pastry sour & stout in this week's video are also utterly insane. youtu.be/kyQzSmQaVBQ

Hey all - sorry we missed our upload today. We were so busy at St Austell I never finished up all the upload shiz. I'll send live tomorrow at 4pm instead!

Next month @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social host their annual Love & Beer festival. It’s a celebration of all things beer and homebrewing. Here’s some photos from last year at Hackney Brewery (RIP).

Excited to reveal the line-up for Love & Beer 2025! There are going to be some amazing beers on the day - we have already brewed with Baron and are off to Utopian next week! Link to tix are in our bio!x

One of our favourite live shows!

Hey everyone! Sorry it's a day late but this week's vid is live! I head to the Cape's wine region to visit a brewery that focuses on using native hops, local herbs and spices, and wine barrels. And just days after we visited, one of the beers won the Best Beer in Africa 2025. youtu.be/djJhQgMSDk0

New video! We're still in Cape Town, but this time we're brewing a collab syrah-barrel-aged Baltic Porter with Woodstock Brewing... then hosting a beer dinner for 150 people. Whelp. We also learn about South Africa's prohibition during COVID... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wtU...

Hey all! Fancy a beer? Brad and I will be at the Pressure Drop tap in Tottenham on Friday from 7pm to try the rebrew of our collab Double Pale Fire, False Azure! Come down and hang with us, have a free half, and maybe a brewery tour!

10 MINS TIL THE FOAM PARTY!

Don't forget we're LIVE on Youtube tonight at 8pm with the one and only Reece from Donzoko, purveyors of foamy beers for good times. Grab some lagers and snacks and tune in! youtube.com/live/lVdbt80...

Hey EVERYONE! WE'RE HITTING THE BEACH! WE JUST CAN'T SEE IT! I'm still in Cape Town, and this week I'm visiting a beachside brewery that's known for making phenomenal hazy beer – but I also find philosophy, great wild ale, and even a lactose beer I don't hate. youtu.be/NGbZibrutfk

And here's the link: www.ft.com/content/27e3...

Baffled and proud to have a feature in @ftweekend.com today! All about the death and hopefully rebirth of British hop farming. Massive thanks to St Austell, Buxton and Farams for the info, and to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for connecting me.

In other news, we're having a FOAM PARTY next Friday. grab the taste-along box and join us on Youtube from 8pm!

Hey everyone look a NEW VID! In the first of a four-part series about the beer scene in Cape Town, I visit the amazing Banana Jam cafe – a Caribbean restaurant with a brewery on the first floor that happens to be one of the original craft breweries in South Africa. youtu.be/qOp-vRtfc2A

It's the end of the week. Treat yo'self!

Hey everyone – afraid to say there's no podcast today as Brad is ill. Let's all wish him well, and crack a beer at 5pm anyway.x

In other exciting news... our next live show! On Friday 22nd August we'll be joined on the channel by the lovely Reece of Donzoko, when we'll drink through six delicious beers from our very own GOLD RIMMED GLASSES! The taste-along box is at the link: www.donzoko.org/cans/craft-b...

Hey everyone this week's video is now live! Join us as we ask the simple and not at all controversial question of who makes the best IPA in England? And then we drink 20 of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C55y...

Hey everyone so unfortunately due to being at GBBF this week I've not quite finished the video in time. We're going to send it live at 4pm tomorrow instead – and as it's a IPA blind taste test, and tomorrow is IPA Day... we're gonna call it fate.