In Episode 31 of Pints of View, Pete and Cliff drink 1664 Kronenbourg Blanc, the cloudy French wheat beer with citrus notes, coriander spice and a very stylish blue bottle.

This week’s Top 10 tackles one of football’s biggest arguments: the best World Cup footballers of all time. Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckenbauer, Mbappe and more all enter the debate as the lads try to rank greatness across generations.

The strange story this week is the magnificent chaos of the German cheese-tumbling champion, as German YouTuber Tom Kopke conquers the famous Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling race in Gloucestershire — a sport that seems to involve equal parts bravery, gravity, dairy and poor judgement.

Plus, Pete and Cliff go head-to-head in a World Cup Joke-Off, featuring football puns, groan-worthy punchlines and possibly the worst use of VAR in comedy history.

🍺 Featured beer: 1664 Kronenbourg Blanc
⚽ Top 10: Best World Cup footballers of all time
🧀 Story: German cheese-tumbling champion
😂 Feature: Pete and Cliff’s World Cup Joke-Off

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Pete and Cliff drink 1664 Kronenbourg Blanc, debate the greatest World Cup footballers of all time, marvel at the German cheese-tumbling champion, and battle through a World Cup Joke-Off packed with terrible football puns.

Pints of View Episode 31 features 1664 Kronenbourg Blanc, a Top 10 debate on the greatest World Cup footballers of all time, the bizarre story of German cheese-rolling champion Tom Kopke, and Pete and Cliff’s World Cup Joke-Off.

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Episode 30 opens with a beer that brings a bit of Italian warmth to the table: Birra Moretti. First brewed in Udine, in Italy’s Friuli region, by Luigi Moretti’s “beer and ice factory,” Moretti has grown into one of the most recognisable Italian beer brands in the world. The official Moretti history places its origins in Udine and links the brand to the city’s commercial and craft traditions during the era of Italian unification.

Pete and Cliff get into the flavour, the label, the moustached man, and the question that always follows a big international lager: is this a genuinely classic beer, a holiday beer, or simply the sort of dependable pint that works best with pizza, sunshine and shouting at football?

Then comes one of the most serious Top 10s the show has attempted: wars by number of casualties. It is a subject that demands a different tone from the usual lists. The lads look at why these figures are so difficult to compare, how civilian deaths, famine, disease, displacement and missing records complicate every estimate, and why “ranking” wars can feel uncomfortable even when the purpose is historical understanding. Our World in Data notes that war deaths are often counted differently depending on whether a source includes combatants only, civilians, famine, disease or indirect deaths; it also stresses that the human cost of war goes far beyond battlefield deaths.

This is not a celebratory Top 10.
It is a sobering attempt to understand scale, memory and human cost.
The lads keep the tone respectful while still bringing their usual curiosity and conversational style.

After that, the episode lightens with the return of “Hoppy to Hear From You!”, as Pete and Cliff read listener comments, questions and complaints from around the world. Expect beer recommendations, Top 10 disagreements, and at least one message that should probably have been intercepted before reaching the studio.

And finally, Superfight! returns — the show’s gloriously silly battle game where absurd characters, ridiculous powers and questionable logic collide. After the heavy historical segment, it is exactly the kind of nonsense required to restore balance to the universe.

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This week Pete and Cliff pour an Italian classic: Birra Moretti.

Also in this episode:

🌍 A serious Top 10 on wars by casualty numbers
📬 Hoppy to Hear From You! returns
⚔️ Superfight! brings the chaos back
🍺 Moretti history, tasting notes and pub-style debate

A thoughtful episode with some very necessary silliness at the end.

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This week Pete and Cliff discuss one of their most serious Top 10s so far: the wars with the highest casualty figures in history, and why such numbers are difficult to compare responsibly.

The featured beer is Birra Moretti, the classic Italian lager, which opens a wider conversation about brand heritage, brewing tradition and global beer culture.

Also included: listener feedback in Hoppy to Hear From You and a lighter finish with Superfight.

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Episode 29 begins with a cloudy Belgian classic as Pete and Cliff pour Hoegaarden, the famous witbier known for its pale haze, citrus freshness, coriander spice and unmistakably summery character. It is light, refreshing and just unusual enough to spark a proper beer conversation — especially when the lads get into Belgian brewing traditions, wheat beer, orange peel, coriander, and whether Hoegaarden is a gateway beer, a misunderstood classic, or simply “a pint that looks like cloudy lemonade but behaves much better.”

The main feature this week is the Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of All Time — a gloriously nostalgic argument covering the scores and songs that made films unforgettable. From sweeping orchestral themes to instantly recognisable two-note terror, Pete and Cliff debate what makes a great soundtrack: emotional impact, cultural staying power, hummability, or whether it can make you feel heroic while putting the bins out. Expect discussion of legendary film music, big cinematic memories, and the usual disagreement over what deserves the number one spot.

Top 10 movie soundtracks: goosebumps, nostalgia and arguments.
John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and the music that made cinema bigger.
Which soundtrack improves the film the most?

The show then blasts off into one of the strangest stories yet: blocked NASA toilets. Yes, humanity can launch rockets, explore space, build artificial intelligence and plan missions beyond Earth — but apparently still has trouble making a toilet behave itself in orbit. Pete and Cliff discuss the glorious absurdity of space-age plumbing, the reality of life inside a spacecraft, and whether anyone would really volunteer for deep-space travel if the facilities came with a warning light and a suspicious smell.

NASA toilets: one small flush for man, one giant problem for mission control.

The lads also turn their attention to the future of James Bond, debating who should take over the role next, what kind of Bond the modern world needs, and whether the franchise should lean into grit, glamour, humour, or a complete reinvention. Naturally, the conversation becomes a mix of casting speculation, nostalgia, strong opinions and mild outrage.

From cosmic bathrooms, the conversation turns back down to Earth — but only just — as Cliff talks about his mates and their genuinely cool jobs travelling, exploring and working around the world. This leads to a wider chat about unusual careers, the romance of travel, the difference between “having a job” and “having a story,” and whether Pete and Cliff have accidentally chosen the least glamorous possible profession: talking into microphones while drinking beer and arguing about toilets.

And don’t miss the end of the episode, where the show plays out with the Hoegaarden sign-off song — a mellow, cloudy, Belgian tribute to wheat beer, old villages, orange peel and conversations that last longer than planned.

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• Country: Belgium
• Typical ABV: around 4.9%
• Appearance: cloudy pale yellow
• Flavour profile: citrus, wheat, light spice, coriander, orange peel
• Best served: cold, ideally in its chunky Hoegaarden glass
• Pairs well with: seafood, mussels, roast chicken, salads, soft cheese, Thai food and citrus desserts

Good talking point: Hoegaarden is often credited with helping revive Belgian white beer after the style had almost disappeared.

Pete and Cliff drink Hoegaarden Belgian wheat beer while debating the Top 10 movie soundtracks of all time, discussing blocked NASA toilets, speculating on the next James Bond, and chatting about cool jobs exploring the world. Plus, don’t miss the Hoegaarden sign-off song.

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