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Welcome back to the Manor! Get ready to pour a pint of bitter or to light your pipe. We're even okay if you play your violin while you listen, but we don't recommend doing any cocaine. Ever. Not even a 7% solution.
Our first Sherlock Holmes episode! Sure, we've mentioned him off the cuff a few times, but in this episode we're going all out and discussing the Hound of the Baskervilles! Don't worry, though. No huge spoilers. Just very tiny minimal ones that won't ruin the ending. But to be fair, you've had well over 100 years to have read it, so that's on you.
But wait! There's more! We're also talking about the overlap between this and Scrooge McDuck! Aren't you glad you're here.
So listen on and enjoy!
Next week's episode is literary firsts... well, some anyway.
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Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wondered why some Scottish ales and some Belgian, particularly Trappist, ales have numbers on them? Wonder no more! We get into the shilling system used in Scotland and the numbering system used by Trappist brewers.
Pour yourself a pint of either or something else and listen on!
Next week's episode is on Sherlock Holmes and Scrooge McDuck! Kind of.
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Friday May 16, 2025
Friday May 16, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another Monty Python episode! Well, more or less. It definitely involves Monty Python, or at least 1/6th of them, but also involves pubbing things. So more or less what we always talk about. Pour yourself a cask ale and enjoy this episode on the pub that started as one of, if not the first, micro-breweries!
Next week's episode is about the Scottish shilling system and the Belgian numbering system of their ales.
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/
Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor
On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
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Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor! Welcome to our annual "best of" episode where Jody gives his top album picks and James gives his top picks of whatever he feels like (this year its pints of Guinness). Yes, we know it's May, but we wanted to put some thought into it! Jody did anyway. Enjoy!
Next week's episode is about the Pythons Arms pub, a cross over between Monty Python and early micro-brewing.
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
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On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
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Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to the final episode of our Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti's 50th anniversary episode! We're wrapping thing up on the final bit of Led Zep's heyday. There's more to come later this year, but for now, this will have to keep your Zep cravings in check. Listen in and be ready for some melancholy! A pint will help with that.
Next week's episode is our annual best of episode... featuring our top picks of albums and beer from 2025!
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
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On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
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Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor! While the news of this broke a fair bit ago, for those who didn't know, the man on the Led Zeppelin IV album (Signs as Percy likes to call it) has been identified! If you want to know more, pour yourself a pint and listen on!
Next week's episode is the final episode (#5) of our Led Zep Physical Graffiti 50th anniversary arc!
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
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On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
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Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the 4th of 5 episodes on our Led Zeppelin 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti arc! This episode... touring! Pour yourself a pint and enjoy!
Next week's episode is about the artwork of Led Zeppelin's fourth album.
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
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On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
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Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor! Okay, the title is a bit misleading. But would the title "study analyzes what happens when full pints are reduced to 2/3rds pint" have piqued your interest? I think not!
But it is an overlap, to see what would happen if pint sizes were reduced. Listen in to see what happened when a study in the UK had a dozen voluntary pubs reduce their pint sizes. Did it reduce drinking? If so, by how much? Did anything else change?
Listen on! After pouring yourself either a full pint or a 2/3rds of a half or whatever you want. It's all voluntary here at the Manor, as well!
Next week's episode is the 4th of our Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 50th anniversary episodes, with their touring for the PG album.
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/
Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor
On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
Image courtesy of: James
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to the median point of our Led Zeppelin 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti arc! This episode... the songs! Pour yourself a pint and enjoy!
Next week's episode is about the science and statistics of pints in UK pubs! Actually even more exciting than it sounds, if that's possible!
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/
Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor
On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
Image courtesy of: James
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another pub-ish episode and another HHGTTG episode! We're talking about the pubs that go into the series... the radio series, the books, the films, life, the universe, and everything! Fictional and real life pubs! All of it and 42. Pour yourself a pint or mix yourself a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and enjoy!
Next week's episode is the third of our series on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti's 50th anniversary.
Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pksr-a17e1a
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinterrorsmacabremanormeadmetalmayhe/
Or on twitter: @Terrors_Manor
On Instagram: @macabremanormeadmetalmayhem
You can also find our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and I Heart Radio; pretty much wherever fine (and our) podcasts are aired.
Image courtesy of: James