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 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!
The Dudes get hoppin' with Douglas Wayne, indie singer songwriter of critically acclaimed Americana music. It's real hootenanny of Oktoberfest bier tasting, music and stories of from Virginia to Nashville to Los Angeles. Hey Ya'll, come on and sing along and let's git this Bottle Rocket lit!
The Dudes chat with award winning Filmmaker, Novelist and former Merchant Marine Owen Palmiotti at the Wild Hare hard cider cabin in Leesburg Virginia. Bartender Ben Tehune serves up the delicious Wild Hare cider selections and hijinx ensue. Go ahead, dress up like a pirate and lets get HOPPIN'!
The Hopsters interview "Crazy Farmer" Jeff Boogaard, veteren, entrepreneur, podcaster and owner and founder of Cannabreeze, Virginia's premiere hemp farm and production facility. Located in Lovettesville, Virginia, Cannabreeze is a sprawling campus of cannabis. The Dudes get "into the weeds" with Jeff and discuss the history and health benefits of CB-D and CB-G as well as the Cannabreeze Experience. Then they go head to head in a ...
It's summertime and the dudes discuss what it was like to be a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s. There's creek walking, deadly playgrounds and a slinky that craves human blood! There's also a review of the "beers of summer" to include Schlafley Summer Lager, Victory Summer Love and Offshoot Beer Company Relax. Git yur cold ones and hop on it!
The Hopsters catch up with educator, festival promoter and fantastic fiddler Stacey "The Grenade" Sinclair in Berryville VA. Find out exactly what makes Stacey tick and learn about the explosive event The Watermelon Pickers Festival at the Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, September 4-6, 2025. There's some pickin' and some grinnin'! And of course there's some craft beer tastin' from Virginia brewers Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery...
Jerry and Lee explore some extreme beers from Dogfishhead Brewing - aged 120 minute IPAs from the vault of Beer Miser Jerry. Then there's a bunch of random, off-the-cuff discussions about all kinds of nonsense, including: current trends in driving etiquette (did he just pass me on the shoulder?), glaring podcasting omissions (we forgot Yoda), and cheesy novelty songs from the 1970s (we've got a great big convoy).
Q: How did memo ru...
Jerry and Lee revisit trips to Washington DC for the 4th of July in 1984 and 1984. It was The Beach Boys on the National Mall with Ringo Starr and John Stamos on Drums, The Ojays, America and Three Dog Night to name a few. It was a party to celebrate America's birthday and they were there to celebrate and take in all the sights and sounds of nearly a million party hungry Americans. In honor of DC, they taste 3 beers from DC Brau. ...
The Hopsters engage in a history lesson for old, weird Pennsylvania! It's a trip down memory lane as they regale us with tales from their parents and their grandparents experiences growing up in Pennsylvania way back when. There's coal miners, hobos, scary midwives, steam train accidents, rock fights, and lots more! They also discuss the history of beer in eastern PA including the Yuengling brewery in Pottstown, Eagle Brewery in Ca...
This Hopisode features tales of beach bound buffoonery at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Hopsters recount decades of summer nonsense on the barrier islands and sample some local brews including: Whalehead Brewing, Swellsa Brewing and the first craft beer in North Carolina, The Weeping Radish. Hop on the beach buggy, just keep the sand out of your bathing suit!
Have you seen my rhino? The Hopsters interview Matt Hagerman and Stephanie Dalton of Lost Rhino Brewing in Ashburn, VA. That's right, the Hoppy Dudes' own backyard brewing extravaganza! Matt spins the tale of how it all began in the great commonwealth of Virginia!
Hop on that Rhino and riiiiiiide!
The Dudes, with special guest Tom Codella, continue their head-to-head comparison of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises. Did someone say Jar Jar? That Kirkin' Spocker can kiss my Vader! It's a galactic geek-fest for Episode 9 with a port tasting fit for a Romulan emperor!
Lee and Jerry send Star Trek and Star Wars into battle!
With special guest, Sci-Fi Guru, founder of the Facebook group "Happy Hour At Ten Forward" and all around Hoppy Guy, Tom Codella, they judge the franchises on the following criteria:
Monsters and Creatures
Music
Ships and Modes of Transportation
Weapons
Heroes
Villains
Comic Relief
Secondary Characters (human)
Secondary Characters (alien)
Overarching Themes
It's a real geek ou...
Lee and Jerry are on the road again to Hagerstown, Maryland where they interview Lloyd and Sheree Thoburn, owners of Hub City Vinyl and Live At Hub City Vinyl. They discuss the genesis and operation of the largest vinyl store in Maryland as well as one of the top music venues in the Mid-Atlantic. Additionally, they taste some of the draft choices at the venue by Cushwa and Antietam Breweries. Big music in little Hagerstown!
Lee and Jerry delve into the early years of high school in the 70s and 80s at Whitehall Coplay High School. There's a planetarium, a natatorium, ill-fitting swim truncks (emphasis on the "ill"), frosh football, print shop and spitball fights, basketball gone wrong, high school dances, The Clap (the punk band, not the venereal disease) and plenty of other adolescent nonsense. And of course Beer! Lots of irish inspired tasting includ...
Lee and Jerry visit Hub City Brewery and Church Street Distillery in Hagerstown, Maryland and interview Jake Blackmon, the creative force behind one of the most innovative, eclectic and absolutely fantatic brewery/pub/distillery facilities in the country!
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