Beer, Together 🍺 – Finding what’s worth sharing.

About Beer, Together 🍺 – Finding what’s worth sharing.

Two mates with years in pubs and hospitality sit down each week to drink great beer and talk about what actually matters. From craft beer discoveries and UK breweries to honest opinions, food pairings and industry insight, this isn’t a review show — it’s a conversation. No snobbery, just good beer and good company. New episodes weekly.

Publisher

Elton and Matt

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2026

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Rochefort 6: The 7.5% Belgian Beer That Changed Our Minds

   Rochefort 6 is a 7.5% Belgian Trappist beer brewed by monks. But is it genuinely brilliant, or just a very strong beer with an impressive backstory? This week on Beer, Together, Elton and Matt open a bottle of Rochefort 6 from Belgium's Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy. And for Elton, who normally avoids beers this strong, the result is something of a revelation. What starts as a slightly nervous Belgian beer tasting becomes one of our biggest surprises of Series 2. In this episode: Rochefort 6 review: What does this Belgian Trappist beer actually taste like? We explore its caramel sweetness, fruity character, warming spice and surprisingly enjoyable finish. Why is Rochefort 6 called 6 when it's 7.5% ABV? Matt explains the unusual numbering behind Rochefort 6, 8 and 10. Trappist beer vs abbey beer: What makes a genuine Trappist brewery different, and why does the famous hexagonal label matter? Beer brewed by monks: From the abbey's centuries of history to Friday beer tastings and a legal battle over the brewery's water supply. Belgian beer food pairings: Venison, Ardennes pâté, mature cheese, sticky toffee pudding and some rather more questionable suggestions. Can Belgian beer improve with age? We discover why this bottle has a best-before date in 2031 and discuss whether beer really tastes different from bottles and cans. Choose Your Fighter: Rochefort 6 takes on reigning champion Fuller's London Pride. Can a 7.5% Belgian beer defeat a classic British pint? Along the way, we discuss monks, nightclub drinking, the British dairy industry and whether Elton should really be recording a podcast after drinking something this strong. The verdict? A beer Elton expected to dislike ends up becoming our new Choose Your Fighter champion. What's Beer, Together? Two British beer enthusiasts, Elton and Matt, exploring beer one bottle at a time. From traditional British ales and European classics to craft beer and unusual discoveries, we combine beer reviews, brewery stories, food pairings, questionable humour and the occasional disagreement. No beer snobbery. No complicated tasting qualifications. Just two people enjoying beer and learning something along the way. Join the conversation Have you tried Rochefort 6? Is it your favourite Trappist beer, or would you choose Rochefort 8 or 10? Tell us what you think, leave a rating or comment where available, and follow Beer, Together so you don't miss our next Friday episode. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Beer: Trappist Rochefort 6 Brewery: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy, Rochefort, Belgium Style: Belgian Trappist Dubbel ABV: 7.5% Bottle sourced from: Dexter & Jones (https://www.dexterandjones.co.uk) Beer, Together — good beer, questionable opinions, and absolutely no guarantees about the judging.

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   London Pride: Brilliant Beer, Terrible Space Programme

   Fuller's London Pride is one of Britain's most recognisable traditional bitters. But in a world of craft beer, hazy IPAs and modern pale ales, is there still a place for the classic British pint? This week on Beer, Together, Elton and Matt review Fuller's London Pride, the iconic amber ale first launched in 1959, and ask whether traditional British bitter is being left behind by a new generation of beer drinkers. Brewed at the historic Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, London Pride has been a fixture of British pub culture for decades. But since Japanese brewing giant Asahi acquired Fuller's brewing business in 2019, has anything really changed? And can a traditional bitter compete with today's increasingly adventurous craft beer market? Armed with a 500ml bottle of London Pride at 4.7% ABV, two very different glasses and an unreasonable amount of brewery trivia, we get stuck in. 🍺 Fuller's London Pride: Our Beer Review We're tasting the bottled version of London Pride, exploring its amber colour, biscuit and caramel malt character, dried fruit sweetness and gentle hop bitterness. How does it compare with other classic British ales such as Hobgoblin, Badger Tangle Foot, Spitfire and Wadworth 6X? Does London Pride deserve its reputation as one of Britain's great bitters? And why does a hand-pulled pint of cask ale offer such a different experience from the bottled version? There's also a surprisingly passionate discussion about creamy beer heads, sparklers, proper cellar management and the lost art of serving a great pint. 🏭 Fuller's Brewery: History, Heritage and Japanese Ownership Elton shares memories of touring the historic Griffin Brewery, including its extraordinary layout, wartime cellars and connections to London's pub history. Along the way, we discover and discuss: Why London Pride takes its name from a tiny flower associated with London's Blitz-damaged streets. How Fuller's became connected to Brentford Football Club and the famous Griffin Park. The unlikely story of Fuller's producing 7UP alongside its traditional ales. What happened when someone attempted to send a pint of London Pride towards space. Why the sale of Fuller's brewing business to Asahi in 2019 marked such a significant change for an iconic British beer brand. London Pride's surprising connections with rugby sponsorship, including the British & Irish Lions. As ever, Matt is on hand to question how much of Elton's brewery-tour knowledge should actually be believed. 🇬🇧 Is Traditional British Bitter Dying Out? This is where the conversation gets particularly interesting. Why are modern craft beers like Beavertown Neck Oil and BrewDog Wingman so accessible to new drinkers, while traditional bitters struggle to attract the same attention? Have British drinking habits fundamentally changed? Did the marketing of Boddingtons and John Smith's help or harm the reputation of bitter? And are pubs doing enough to introduce drinkers to classic cask ales? We explore the difference between cask beer, bottled bitter and modern craft ale, and ask whether traditional British beer needs to evolve or simply rediscover its audience. 🍽️ What Food Goes with London Pride? From sausages and mash to steak and ale pie, fish and chips, roast beef and East London's famous salt beef bagels, we explore the best food pairings for a classic English bitter. Naturally, the conversation descends into a disagreement about what qualifies as brown food and the proper pronunciation of bagel. 🥊 Choose Your Fighter: London Pride vs Erdinger Weißbier Last week's champion, Erdinger Weißbier, returns to defend its title. We judge London Pride within its own beer style using our three categories: Flavour – Does it deliver everything a great traditional bitter should? Finish & Appearance – Can bottled London Pride match the presentation of a properly poured pint? Drinkability – Is it a beer you'd happily return to? #LondonPride #FullersBrewery #BritishBeer #BeerPodcast #BeerTogether

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Erdinger Weissbier: The German Wheat Beer That Isn’t Allowed at Oktoberfest

   Erdinger Weissbier is one of the world’s best-known German wheat beers — so why isn’t it served at Oktoberfest?This week on Beer, Together, Elton and Matt try the Bavarian Weissbier from Erding, tackle the very particular Erdinger pouring ritual and discover exactly why there’s so much banana and clove hiding in a bottle of wheat beer. We get into German beer purity laws, bottle conditioning, Erdinger’s brewing traditions, Bavarian food pairings and the brewery’s rather unfortunate position just outside Munich. There’s also a suspiciously medical-looking Weissbier glass, an unnecessary running-water sound effect and Elton attempting to finish a beer from a style he openly dislikes. Then it’s Choose Your Fighter. Erdinger faces reigning champion Mad Squirrel Sumo across Flavour, Finish & Appearance and Drinkability, judged within its own Weissbier category. And somehow, against almost everything Elton believes about banana-flavoured beer, we have a new champion. 🍺 Beer: Erdinger Weissbier 🇩🇪 Style: Weissbier / German wheat beer 📍 Brewed: Erding, Bavaria 💪 ABV: 5.3% If you enjoy beer reviews, craft beer, German beer, wheat beer, brewery stories and two mates taking beer considerably more seriously than necessary, follow Beer, Together on Spotify. Like, follow and comment: Are you an Erdinger fan — and where do you stand on banana in beer? 🎥 Beer, Together is also available on YouTube. Beer, Together — Finding Something Worth Sharing.

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