Friday 5pm
Welcome to the Friday 5pm podcast, a weekly ramble chat from Youtube's award-winning Craft Beer Channel designed to be consumed as you sup on your first beer of the weekend. Join us for a weekly roundup with behind the scenes stories, beer news and whatever Brad decides to dredge up from his mind palace this time.
Crack a beer and join us every Friday at 5pm to wind down and a look back at the week in beer, including the comments on this week's Youtube video.
Episodes
274 episodes
Friday 5pm – it's not an ESB
This week we answer the questions on everyone's lips and no, it's not an ESB. Brad's got his tin foil hat on and a Terry's Chocolate Orange Calendar, and Jonny is pouring Mliko Brown Ales.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/d_eH6oO...
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Season 2
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Episode 229
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1:05:11
Friday 5pm – is that a Polly Pocket?
We're back from various parts of the world. Brad's been eating Spag Bol in Japan, Jonny's been drinking cask by a roaring fire, and we have a lot to catch up on.
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Season 2
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Episode 228
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47:09
Frightday 5pm – Ernie Schwarznegger
This week we're leaning into Halloween with a token hooded intro, then getting stuck into our Utopian brewday, Meantime visit, and Dubbel homebrewing.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ucBJzZLKcVg
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Season 2
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Episode 227
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48:17
Friday 5pm – if anyone's listening
This week we relive our festival, Love & Beer, muse about the idea of the CBC Awards, and dig a bit too deep in Dunderwasser.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo-tCM-0A
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Season 2
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Episode 226
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48:59
Friday 5pm – erogenous is the wrong word
This week we're using the wrong words, binging House of Madri, and tasting Jonny's Oktoberfest bier.GET TICKETS TO LOVE & BEER: tinyurl.com/love-and-beer-2025WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80x-4v_DwtE...
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Season 2
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Episode 225
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55:05
Friday 5pm – bad sculptures
This week Brad muses on how CBC will be immortalised and Jonny offers a tank pour to someone else for a change.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/H1HRhgPf5lwGET TICKETS TO LOVE & BEER: tinyurl.com/love-and-beer-2025
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Season 2
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Episode 224
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1:09:41
Friday 5pm – multicasking
This week Jonny is literally brewing while podcasting. Brad has lost some teeth.SIGN THE PETITION: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716686TIX TO LOVE & BEER: https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/love-beer-3-festival...
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45:46
Friday 5pm – yellow citric bullet
It's International Talk Like a Pirate day, we've been in Cornwall breaking St Austell's cask line, and then in Devon brewing a triple decocted Czech pils. This is why the video was late. Sorry.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ky...
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Season 2
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Episode 223
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43:03
Friday 5pm – ankle swingers
Apparently young people in short trousers are putting ice in their beer. And now so is Brad.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djJhQgMSDk0WATCH THE KOUT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJcBfaMcOcs
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Season 2
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Episode 222
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49:47
Friday 5pm – replica Blobby suit
This week Jonny tries his latest homebrew, Brad's been watching a show about Noel Edmunds opening a pub, and the sheer weight of bad news forces us to talk about BrewDog.LEARN ABOUT THE TAYBEH BEER: https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/pales...
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Season 2
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Episode 221
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56:06
Friday 5pm – unseen particles
This week Brad and Jonny have not insignificant hangovers, but are recording at 10am. This explains most of what happens in the podcast.This week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGbZibrutfkKout Na Sumave video: https://ww...
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56:19
Friday 5pm – cccraft beer
This week we've got LOTS to catch up on – not one but THREE CBC events, our trip to the Great British Beer Festival, the Champion Beer of Britain result, and of course two videos to talk through.BUY THE DONZOKO BOX: donzoko.org/cans/craf...
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Season 3
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Episode 220
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55:11
Friday 5pm – Industrial Slushie Machine
This week we find out cheese helps hangovers, Slushie machines need to be BIG, and muse of why badly poured Czech beer tastes worse than badly poured German beer.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UeL9Y5hF6YY
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Season 3
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Episode 219
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53:03
Friday 5pm – George the Fifthman
These week Brad's been planning Nitro Fest, Jonny's been filming at St Mars of the Desert, and we both agree the Aldi Beer Dispenser is crap. But it could be great....The pub Jonny couldn't remember the name of was The Harlequin...
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Season 3
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Episode 218
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55:08
Friday 5pm – The Gurse
This week, someone's been filling a glass handbag with stout, The FT did an expose on the finances of BrewDog, and Jonny's been ranting on the internet again.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQVJ3LHF58READ...
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Season 3
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Episode 217
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54:54
Friday 5pm – We're back!
After 5 weeks in the wilderness (occasionally literally) we're back on the pod with news of our campaign, Jonny's next book, our video with Harvey's and something about bees with broken legs.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.c...
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Season 3
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Episode 216
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1:02:23
Friday 5pm – bears on the moon
This week is the last podcast for a few weeks as Brad is off to the Fjords, Jonny to Cape Town, and um... water bears to the moon?WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UiR2m5XYWOg
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Season 2
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Episode 215
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43:25
Friday 5pm – Isle of Dan
This week we mostly talk about Bedford.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IELJ6JCewQ4
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Season 2
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Episode 214
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49:02
Friday 5pm – show me generation
Jonny's won another Fortnum & Mason Award! Brad's been pub crawling with the Wicker Man! And we dig into the craft beer reports of the US and UK.WATCH THIS WEEK'S VIDEO: https://youtu.be/flfxCqqesX4Check out ElBurritomonster: htt...
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Season 2
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Episode 213
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58:41
Friday 5pm – don't touchi the Tucci
This week we celebrate a response to our petition, release a video NOT about cask, and worry what will happen if Stanley Tucci comes to the Fortnum & Mason Awards next week.
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Season 2
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Episode 212
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35:16
Thursday 5pm – bigger than Katie Perry in space
This week we've been all over the national media – ITV News, The Guardian, Times Radio... but we spend most of the podcast talking about THAT space trip, someone else's Youtube video, and a chef in a gimp suit. The usual stuff.WATCH TWEE...
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Season 2
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Episode 211
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46:28
Friday 5pm – Francask Boozetsar
This week we relive the chaos of last night's live show, muse on stunts to get our petition to 100,000 signatures, and try to make a pub out of Francois Bourgeois.SIGN THE PETITION HERE: tinyurl.com/save-caskGET THE POSTERS & ...
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Season 2
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Episode 210
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52:23
Friday 5pm - sign our petition!
It's the end of Keep Cask Alive series but not the campaign! Join us as we discuss the next steps for getting cask ale UNESCO recognition, as well as some beer news and the fact that Jonny is brewing again!SIGN THE PETITION: https://peti...
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Season 2
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Episode 209
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49:11
Friday 5pm – bottle caps don't pop
This week we dig into the science of the sound of a beer opening, mourn the future of our species as Toronado is sold to a tech bro, and dig into the comments of what's being heralded as the Best Episode of Keep Cask Alive yetWATCH THIS ...
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Season 2
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Episode 208
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55:00