Sober Boozers Club

About Sober Boozers Club

Ben Gibbs (https://www.instagram.com/sober_boozers_club?igsh=MXVmdWY3MG9qNHFmMA==) is an award-winning beer writer, alcohol-free beer expert, and founder of The Sober Boozers Club. Since giving up alcohol in 2022, he’s tasted over 1000 alcohol-free beers from around the world and become one of the UK’s leading voices in the sober beer scene. Ben combines humour, honesty, and deep knowledge to help people discover how to enjoy beer without the booze.

Publisher

Ben Gibbs

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

3 Apr 2024

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   Henry Beercock Explains How He Built Schmaltz Brew From Scratch

   Hull is not the first place most people name when they talk about the UK alcohol-free beer scene, and that’s exactly why this chat matters. I’m joined by my friend Henry Beercock, who’s taken a few years of alcohol-free living, community building, and relentless curiosity and turned it into something tangible: Schmaltz Brew, Hull’s first dedicated alcohol-free brewery. We get into the messy, honest backstory too. Henry talks about the shift from weekend binge drinking to rebuilding his healt...

2. 

   8 May 2026

   A Deep Dive Into Alcohol-Free Beer Culture And Craft Innovation

   A beer arrives by DHL and we crack it open on mic: Lucky Saint Lime and Sea Salt Lager, zesty, lightly saline, and weirdly moreish in a way that makes you think about hydration as much as hops. From there, we go wide. I’m joined by award-winning beer commentator Martin Dixon, the man behind Alcohol Free World, who has tried well over 2,000 alcohol-free beers and helped shape how the UK talks about non-alcoholic beer. We get into Martin’s story, starting with a 2009 Dry January that simply ne...

3. 

   23 Apr 2026

   From Craft Beer Obsession To Alcohol-Free Rituals After A Brain Injury

   He went out for a bike ride and woke up almost three weeks later in critical care. Tom’s story is frightening, funny in places, and deeply human: a craft beer lover with “Reinheitsgebot” on his helmet, forced into sobriety after a severe traumatic brain injury and a 19-day coma, then left to rebuild a life where alcohol is suddenly a risk he can’t ignore. We talk about what that does to identity when beer has been your social glue, your hobby, and your language with friends. We get into craf...

Who has been a guest on Sober Boozers Club

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Richard Gray
• NA Brewskey
• Martin Dixon
• Richard Casement
• Sam Ray

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

6,956

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

94

YouTube

68

Engagement

32