Daftaboutcraft - Craft Beer Podcast

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! You might think we know a thing or two about what beer should taste like, but we thought it would be a good idea to get some tips from the professionals. So, join us on this special bonus episode as we learn how to taste beer like a pro, courtesy of accredited beer sommelier Jamie Percival and Chris Scott, owner of ThirtyFifty, who run wine tastings across the UK. Jamie and Chris also offer courses for all levels on beer and wine tasting throug...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Tonsillitis troubles and festival frolics, but you don't have to wait any longer, the latest episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast, is here! The sun is shining again and there's not much better than enjoying a crisp lager and a few rays at the same time. Blackjack Brew Co feel the same as evidenced by the seven styles of lager they brew! Matt from the brewery joins us for a deep dive on all things lager and Blackjack. Titanic Plum...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! This episode is a special bonus, which we are delighted to release to coincide with a brand new craft brewery being launched in the UK. Coldframe Brewing is launching today, May 2, and we were able to talk to the man behind the project, Simon Court, just days before the big launch. Simon's ethos is to brew beers that are connected to the local area, in this case Cornwall. Simon is passionate about creating and sourcing ingredients that ar...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Easter may not be quite here yet, but that doesn't mean you can't have a treat, go on, indulge yourself, it's another episode of Daftaboutcraft! We love finding out about the people behind the beer, and in James and Nia Rylance, aka Ideal Day Family Brewery from Cornwall, there's a great story to be told. James will probably be able to forget more about beer than most people will ever learn, having been around the scene for a long time - ...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Not one but two episodes to start the year and, after chatting to Ben Gibbs, aka Sober Boozers Club, we felt it was only right to give him his own episode. Ben's story on how he overcame alcoholism and has become an authority on alcohol-free craft beer is inspiring, fascinating and unflinching in equal measure. The craft beer scene has caught up to making quality alcohol-free beer and in some part that is due to people like Ben, who have cha...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Dave D was recently asked to take part in a live Instagram and LinkedIn chat with The Brand Weaver called Beer Meets Podcast: How to get your brewery heard. The conversation deals with some Daftaboutcraft history and touches on how a podcast like ours can potentially help a small craft brewery. It was something different for us and an experience we really enjoyed. So, just in case you missed out on hearing the chat, we're adding it to our coll...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Ho ho ho! It's time for your Christmas instalment of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast! Dave D and Dave B must have been good this year, as they finish on a high with some awesome beers courtesy of Oxfordshire-based Bman Brewery. Alex Berryman is the man behind the beer and tells us all about how Bman came to pass. Brew To Me only has one beer, but it's a doozy, as Twisted Tree Brewery continue the Oxfordshire theme with a corking stout ...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! It's Halloween! And what better thing to do at Halloween than mess around with pumpkins! We might not be doing any carvings but what we're doing this time is trying not one, not two, but three pumpkin beers from those Sheffield legends Abbeydale Brewery, whose pumpkin spiced ale Pilgrim was first released in 2017 and now forms the backbone of the trilogy we're sampling. Joining the original are Twilight Pilgrim, a pumpkin spice latte stout and ...