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 Catasaqua, and Neuweiler and Horlacher from Allentown. What better way to celebrate a Friday the 13th in June 2025! Hop back with us to Ye Olde Weird Pennsylvania!

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 out festival of sci-fi nerdery and inter-galactic nonsense! Oh, and they taste test some port!

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 including:
Irish Cream Porter by Zero Gravity Brewing in Burlington, VT,
McMunn's Irish Red and Shooter McMunn's Stout by Lost Rhino Brewing in Ashburn, VA,
and of course the original Irish stout - Guinness!

It's a springtime hoptacular!
Hop on it!

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!