Two mates sit down for “just one pint”… and three hours later they’re still going.

This week on Beer, Together, we crack open Beavertown Brewery’s Neck Oil – one of the UK’s most recognisable craft beers – and ask the big question:

👉 Is it actually a great beer… or just a safe one?

We get into:

• The rise of Neck Oil and how it went mainstream
• What happens when craft beer gets bought by big players like Heineken
• Why some beers become “gateway beers”
• Craft vs craft-style – does it even matter?
• The truth about drinkability vs flavour

Plus the usual chaos: barbecue pairings, turbo shandies, bottle shop philosophy… and somehow a man in a go-kart.

No snobbery. Just good beer and good company.

Jaipur helped change British craft beer — but does that still make it the pint you’d order today?

In episode 3, Elton and Matt get stuck into Thornbridge Jaipur: the beer, the history, the bitterness, and whether a classic can still win you over after the first pint. Along the way there’s BrewDog crossover, bad homebrewing decisions, pub stories, and the all-important second pint test.

Good beer, good chat, no snobbery.

Episode 2 of Beer, Together.

We get into BrewDog, £10 pints and what’s really happening to craft beer. From Chicken in a Box to French and champagne, it’s the usual mix of stories, opinions and life in pubs and hospitality.

No snobbery — just good beer and good conversation.