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. It's a real Hootenanny of a Hopisode!

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 run?

A: Memo ran dumb.

Hop on in!

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. A truly patriotic and hoppin' good time for all! And of course, a lot of historic nonsense!

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!