Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! After what feels like an age, we're back with another episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast! Non-beer matters might have been slowing us down, but this is a full-throttle episode with lots of different interviews. Our main chat comes courtesy of award-winning Great Newsome Brewery. Based in East Yorkshire, Great Newsome have been brewing since 2007 and are situated on a working farm. Director Matthew Hodgson talks us through h...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Yeah? What Of It? Here's some bonus content courtesy of our friends at this Nottingham-based podcast. Recently, Dave D had a beer and a chinwag with Kehan and Harry, who attended one of the Craft Brew Festivals during the summer and were keen to find out more about Britain's only touring beer event. So sit back and listen to some new voices talking about beer and festivals and why the guys can't wait to return to The Nest for Nottingham's...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages! Here we go again, just in time for the last bank holiday of the year, it's time for the latest episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast! Autumn might be in the air, but one last heatwave has definitely been choc ice weather, and East London's Pillars Brewery delivers in spades with their Choc Ice Eisbock. Find out all about it in Hype or Tripe! Brew To Me also has a summer vibe with Shandy Shack on deck for some lager vibes, matched ...

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! It has been hot, hot, hot, but the beers are still nice and cold for the latest episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast! We enjoy speaking to all our guests, but every so often we have a chat to breweries where the enjoyment in what they do really shines through, and this was the case with Neighbourhood Brew Co. Based near Stockport, Jake and Corinne are very proud of their beers, and with good reason. Dave B was suitably impres...

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! May is proving a big month for birthdays and Daftaboutcraft are here for another celebration in our latest episode! Mysterious Brewing turned two by the time you listen to this and we spoke to co-founders and co-brewers Adam Sculthorpe and Ken Adams to get the lowdown on what they had planned for the big day plus everything that has happened since they launched. It's a great chat, and one that shows how you can grow a brewery slowly and organi...

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! Have an early Easter treat on us, its the latest episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast! Sulwath Brewery have been operating for 30 years this year and were an amazing surprise to both Daves in our feature interview. Scott Henderson is the third generation of the family to be involved in the brewery and he got in touch having listened to previous episodes. If you want classic beers brewed to an exceptionally high standard, Sulwath a...

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! Spring has just about sprung and it's time for another hit of your favourite craft beer podcast, Daftaboutcraft, THE craft beer podcast! Rewind to 2024 and both Daves were blown away by a new brewery putting out excellent pales. Dark Element Brew Co proved the hype was real with a stunning first year of brewing, and the man behind the magic, Tom Kendall, joins us to discuss how the year has been, as well as enjoying some birthday beers to...

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 champion...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages!It's a new year and a new episode of your favourite craft beer podcast, Daftaboutcraft!We start 2025 with a returning guest, but this time he brought beer! A lot has changed for Dan Harvey, aka Radio City Beer Works, since we last spoke to him in October 2022. The brewery has gone from strength to strength and Dan brings us up to speed with all the changes.A new year requires a new feature, so in Pints Of View, Dave and Dave discuss whether one ...

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 collect...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages!Longtime listeners will know that as much both Daves love beer, they also love cheese! Each year there has been a special bonus cheese and beer episode for Christmas, but this year is definitely the best yet!Andy from The Courtyard Dairy in Settle, on the borders of the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District, joins us to talk through some wonderful British cheeses, and discusses the type of beers that work best with them.Andy's knowledge is second to...

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 that ...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages!In our latest bonus episode we chew the fat with Ben Balla-Muir, sales director for Only With Love Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex. After a busy summer on the festival circuit, Only With Love are now in collab mode and also starting to gear up for dry January, which is anything but dry for them given their range of alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers, together with calorie-free sodas.Ben tells us all about the brewery, his journey in the beer indus...

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 I...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages!It's time again to listen to Dave and Dave, it's another episode of Daftaboutcraft, the craft beer podcast!Our main guests hail from Swindon, as Vibish Brewery join us. Dan and Tom have carved out a loyal local following but their beers can easily hold their own on a wider scale... these guys are names to note!Kohia Nelson has piqued the interest of both Daves over the last few months, and they complete their journey with the hop courtesy ...

Dave B and Dave D are waiting for your messages!We're back, and we've got not one, but two new sponsors on board! We're delighted to now be backed by Craft Brew Festival, curators of unique beer festival experiences across Britain, and Mosaic Board Print, manufacturers of epic beermats.On to our latest episode, and we had a very informative chat with Will France, Brand Manager for Weekend Project Brewing Co. This Cheshire-based outfit may be new in terms of releasing beer, but the experience ...