Hoppy Dudes Podcast
Lee and Jerry are two "Hoppy Dudes" who met in kindergarten in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. The year was 1969. Shit was wacked in this town back then so they've got some stories! Oh yeah, they like beer and wine and other party potables. Tune in for fun, nonsense, lunacy and some scientific alcohol related "research"!
Episodes
It's HopToberFest! Our Hoppy Headed Heroes welcome back their pal from Nashville, independent filmmaker and musician, Douglas Wayne! It's a festival of American fest brews to ring in the Oktoberfest season!
We're tasting selections from Honor Brewing, Old Busthead and Sierra Nevada.
Oompa, baby!
The Hopsters reunite with their old pal Jake Blackmon from Hub City Brewing, but this time they get a taste of his latest masterworks from Church Street Distilling! There's rum, there's bourbon, there's gin, there's all kinds of amazing spirits flowing through this Hopisode!
So put on your Sunday best and git yo' asses to church - Church Street Distilling that is, in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland.
Hop thyself to redemption!
Mike Slusser and Linda Null sit down with the Hopsters and dig into their history, music, gigs gone wild and everything else that makes Hopeless Semantics a musical tour de force not to be missed! Plus, there's tasty wine from 868 Estate Vineyards in Loudoun County Virginia. Hop On That!
Holy hoppitude, did that really happen? The Hopsters discuss epic awkward moments in their lives and tast some hoppy beer alternatives. Selections include: Flying Embers Prickly Pear and Guava Citra hard kombucha, as well as Passionfruit Mosaic hard cider from Potters Craft Cider. It's a coast to coast beer alternative hopisode!
Hop on it, folks!
It's Professors of Hopitude for this Hopisode! The Dudes get historically hysterical and lay down the low down of our founding fathers' brewing activities. It's a Fourth of July tribute to 250 years of American brewing! They taste the Rules of Civility series by Dynasty Brewing located in Leesburg Virginia, procured from George Washington's historic home at Mount Vernon. Get your tri-cornered drinking cap dusted off and let t...
The Hopsters head to the beach, the Outer Banks to be exact! They rove up and down the OBX, from Corolla to Manteo, to find the best the bars, brews and spirits that the barrier islands have to offer and they dig deep with the hard working folks that make this vacation land the magical place that it truly is! It's boozy blanket bingo with two beach bound bozos!
They talk with Scott Smith at Outer Banks Distilling, purveyors of...
The Hopsters sit down with the Lost Rhino crew: Owner Matt Hagerman, Public Events Manager Stephanie Dalton and Head Brewer Ed Dick. It's the 15th anniverary of the Hoppy Dudes' favorite watering hole and we get deep into the history of the brewery. The tastings include silver medal winning Rhino Chasers pilsner, gold medal winning Final Glide hefeweisen, gold medal winning Cold Front IPA and Gold medal winning Coconilla stou...
Work is a four letter word. The Dudes remember all the four letter words thoughout their early daze. Remember Sears and Chi Chi's? Yeah, so do the Hopsters! Now stop yer yappin' and GIT BACK TO WORK! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there's beer tasting! Oskar Blues - Dale's Pale Ale, Dogfish Head - Greatful Dead Juicy Pale Ale and Yuengling's Lord Chesterfield Ale!
Hop On It!
The Hopsters continue their discussion on toys from their childhood. SSP racers, action figures, erector sets, it's all here for with a generous helping of nonsense. Of course, the Irish and Irish style beer tastings continue as well with Smithwick's Red Ale and Zero Gravity Irish Cream Porter.
Hop it up!
That's right, the Hopsters are hitching a ride on the Way Back Machine to play with their favorite toys from the 1960s and 1970s. We're talking about Tonka, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, G.I. Joe, Action Jackson, Major Matt Mason, Creepy Crawlers and, of course, The Erector Set! There's even a Baby Alive crawling around the Legos and Fisher Price Barnyard! Plus, it's St. Pattys day beer tasting with your grand hosts Liam O'Hall-ister...
There be monsters under that bed! And in the woods! And in that LAKE! The Hopsters delve into the various myths and legends of famous, infamous and not-so-famous creatures of lore! The Boo Hag, Raystown Ray, the Giwoggle, The Abatwitch and more! Also, there's blind beer tasting challenge! What beer is it? Only the Hop Heads know! Or DO they?
Get your Cryptids out of their cages and let them run wild, moster style! The b...
It's a retro look back at technology during the Hopster High School DAZE! We're talkin' rotary phones, walkmans, mixed tapes and how they had to wake up 3 hours before they went to bed just to get to school on time! Man you kids today got is SOOOOO EASY! There also a history of craft beer to include a tasting of Yuengling Lager, Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams Boston Lager! True pioneers of the craft brewing early days.
Hop on it!
The Hopsters continue the saga begun in Season 2, Episode 6. Not-So-Fast Times At Whitehall High - Part 2 covers the junior and senior years at Whitehall Coplay High School of the two goofballs and their exploits. Was there a fight in the student bookstore? Was there a teacher called "Fish"? And exactly what happened at graduation that we are still talking about today? All of this and more, plus, a wine tasting from Virginia ...
It Didn't Have To Happen! But it did! The Hoppy Dudes explore the magic of the Industrial Arts at Whitehall High School in the 1980s. Metal, wood AND print shop! We've got a Wedge, a Jet and even a Bot! Better put your safety goggles on for this one! Lee's got a banana and he's not afraid to whip it out!
It's a Christmas Video Special of global proportions! The Dudes, in Vienna, Austria! There's beer, there's gluhwein, there's Christmas markets and of course, Nonsense! Did somebody say shoehorn?
It's daddy/daughter day on this episode! That's right, the hoppy dads meet the hoppy daughters to discuss THE PILLARS OF OLD AGE on Black Friday! Hey, I know a guy...
There's also cider tasting and Olde Timey Slang vs. Modern Slang! Its sooooo RIZ!
Don't miss what's HOPPINING!
The Dudes head north to their old stomping grounds - Hokendaqua Pennsylvania! Its a hops and malt extravaganza at Hawk Mountain Brewery with host Jessica Ritz and special guests Mike Brosious and Marty Rowan. There's tastings including Catty Light, Shut Up Bird and Forever Weekend. And then the gang reminisces about crazy times in the Pocono mountains of old, weird Pennsylvania! Long live the Slanty Shanty!
Hop on that mountain!
Recorded live on Halloween, October 31st, 2025, The Hopsters team up with Richard Tyson for a spooktacular horror hopisode! They dig deep into the graveyard of horror films and there's even a Trivia Torture Chamber! Someone is guaranteed to loose a finger!
Beers reviewed:
Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin
Elysian Night Owl
Ommegang All Hallows Treat
Hoppy Halloween!
The Hopmeisters discuss past party mayhem from back in the day with their good friend and fellow Whitehall High alum John Broschak, whose more recent exploits in Michigan send the Hopisode into Michigander beer heaven, with reviews of Founders and Bell's stouts and porters. Ooooh, dark and heavy we go!
Hop on it!
The hop handlers are invited into Nick Bousquet's sacred Vault of Malt for some truly transformative brew tastings. These are much sought after concoctions from some of the world's most creative and innovative brewmasters:
Rusty Nail from Fremont Brewing,
Dorothy from Hill Farmstead Brewing
and the infamous Atrial Rubicite from Jester King.
It's a real BREW-HA-HA that is not to be missed!
Hop on it!
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