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The Skol Hop
We're just a couple of dudes from Iowa who like drinking beer and talking about the Minnesota Vikings. Grab a cold one, sit back, and join us! Thanks for listening! https://linktr.ee/theskolhop
Episodes
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Adam Thielen is Coming Home! Vikings 53-Man Roster! Better Barn Town Beer! | TSH Ep. 102
Last week, we tried a beer from Barn Town Brewing that didn’t really hit the spot for us. We decided to try another one of theirs this week, and boy did they…
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Vikings Pre-Season Thoughts, Roster Predictions, A Beer We Didn’t Like | TSH Ep. 101
With the NFL regular season just around the corner, we share our thoughts on the first two Vikings preseason games. We talk about the wide receiver group, the…
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The Skol Hop Brew Hop 2025! Ten Breweries in 2 Days! | TSH Ep. 100
To celebrate 100 episodes we took another Brew Hop trip across our great state to check out 10 different breweries that you can find in Iowa! Listeners of the…
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The Skol Hop Picks the Vikings 2025 NFL Season | TSH Ep. 99
Welcome to our 2025 Vikings Pick ‘Em episode, where we go through the Vikings regular season schedule game by game and predict whether they will win or lose…
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Brutal Beer Treatment, Brew Hop Preview, Banter over Training Camp & 2025 Season | TSH Ep. 98
We FINALLY got to try the Ladder Cream Ale from Firetrucker Beer after we were somewhat unkind to the cans sitting in our fridge. We also dropped in a special…
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RAGBRAI Beer, Former QB is Good, Addison Suspension? | TSH Ep. 97
If you’ve been around The Skol Hop for any length of time, you should know that we love Iowa Beer. So much so that we only drink Iowa brewed beer on our…
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Andrew VanGinkel, Kirk Cousins, Larry the Cable Guy and Things we love about Sports | TSH Ep. 96
Friend of the show Forrest joins us this week as we discuss the second round of NFL Top 100 players to be revealed. Andrew VanGinkel had a career-best season…
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The NFL Top 100, Preseason Games, and Stuff we hate about Sports | TSH Ep. 95
We tried another Field Day Brewing beer on this episode. This time it was the Czech Dark Lager, and it was awesome! We talked about a particular Viking making…
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What we’d do for a Vikings Super Bowl, Netflix Quarterback 2, More Offseason thoughts | TSH Ep. 94
Taking a page out of George Kittle’s book, we discussed some things we’d do to guarantee a Vikings Super Bowl like he did recently on Bussin’ with the Boys…
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Sad Vikings News, Positive Signs from OTAs, and Contract Extensions | TSH Ep. 93
We cover a lot of ground on today’s episode. First we discuss the passing of a Vikings legend, Jim Marshall. We both hope they decided to enshrine him in the…
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The Pain and Agony of Being a Vikings Fan | TSH Ep. 92
Not to be a downer, but sometimes being a Vikings fan downright sucks. If you’ve ever felt that way about this team, than this episode is a space for you to…
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Ca$hin’ Czech$, Possible Vikings Trades, and teams similar to the Vikes | TSH Ep. 91
We featured a beer from a new brewery on today’s episode. We tried Dimensional Brewing Company’s Ca$hin’ Czech$, a dark lager that was surprisingly good. Then…
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Football in the Olympics, Wolves in the Playoffs, and the Full NFL Schedule | TSH Ep. 90
With a I-O-W-A Amber in hand from Adventurous Brewing, we dive deep into NFL owners voting to approve NFL players participating in flag football in the 2028…
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Vikings Opponents for the 2025 Season, A Trip to Europe? And an Adventurous Dark Beer | TSH Ep. 88
As we await the release of the 2025 NFL Regular Season Schedule, we take a look at the Vikings opponents for the upcoming season and theorize about all of the…
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Vikings NFL Draft Reactions, Optimism for the 2025 season, Iowa Beer | TSH Ep. 88
We give our reactions to the 2025 NFL Draft while enjoying the Iowa IPA out of Firetrucker Brewery in Ankeny, IA. What a great beer! Everything seems to be…
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Who will the Vikings take in the NFL Draft? More Dinosaur Beer? | TSH Ep. 87
On this episode of The Skol Hop we dissect the rumors swirling around a quarterback who will remain nameless with ties to the Vikings. We also give our…
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NFL Rule Changes and a great chat with Dustin Baker and Sal Spice | TSH Ep. 86
After a quick recap of the NFL rule changes that came out of the NFL owners meetings in the past week, we got the chance to hang out with friend of the show…
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Vikings Free Agency Winds Down and That Would Be The Most Vikings Thing Ever | TSH Ep. 85
We look back on a pretty wild free agency for our favorite purple team. With a comprehensive list of all of the moves involving the Vikings, we share our…
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More Vikings (and Bears) Free Agency, “Born Ready” Nut Brown Ale, March Madness | TSH Ep. 84
We finally got to try the beer we brewed about a month ago (see Episodes 79, 80, and 81) with friend-of-the-show Forrest! Named after Randy Moss’ infamous…
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Vikings Free Agency Shenanigans, Bolstering the Trenches, Return of the Hitman! | TSH Ep. 83
Since it’s nearly St. Patrick’s day, we celebrated with Millstream Brewing’s Shenanigans Irish Red Ale. It packs a punch at 7%, but it’s fantastic! While we…
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Hanging out with Leighton Glodek!
We had the opportunity to chat with Leighton Glodek from Strictly Vikings!
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Our beer needs a name and the Vikings need Free Agents and Draft Picks | TSH Ep. 82
Recreational Red Ale was the beer of the night from Great Revivalist out of Clinton, Iowa. Very delicious, would recommend. We gave an update on the beer we’re…
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A Melange of Beers, Brew Day Recap, All-Time Vikes for $15 | TSH Ep. 81
Friend of the show Forrest joins us for the 3rd straight episode as we recap last week’s Brew Day. We’re definitely getting excited to try this new beer we’ve…
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The Skol Hop Brew Day 2025! | TSH Ep. 80
Coming to you on location in Austin’s garage, we embark upon yet another Beer Brewing Day. This year we set out to brew a Nut Brown Ale (name TBD, drop…
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Bowl Briefs, Back Roads Brown Beer, Beer Brewing Bonanza | TSH Ep. 79
Friend of the show Forrest (the Bears/Michigan fan) joins us as we prepare to brew the 2025 Skol Hop beer. Before we tap into Forrest’s beer brewing expertise…
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Stupid Beer, Luka and the Lakers, Kupp to the Vikings (Guest Dustin Baker) | TSH Ep. 78
The Mega Cake Stupid Desert Sour from ReUnion Brewing has been haunting Evan at the grocery store for some time now, and finally he had the guts to pick some…
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Championship Recaps, Super Bowl Prediction, Robot Refs, Cousins Curse, Heartwarming JJ | TSH Ep. 77
With Big Grove’s Into the Woods Kettle Sour to sip on, we recap the AFC and NFC Championship games that ultimately resulted in another Chiefs-Eagles Super…
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A bitter end to the Vikings season, Sore backs, and how to pronounce GIF? | TSH Ep. 76
We spin the Wheel of Purple Punishments one final time due to the fact that the Vikings lost in the Wild Card round to the Rams. Our backs, and our spirits…
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End of Season Superlative Awards for the 2024 Minnesota Vikings | TSH Ep. 75
With the Vikings playing the Rams on Monday night in the final Wild Card matchup of the NFL playoffs, we decided to record a day early and hand out some…
The Skol HopAn ugly loss for the Vikings, a hairy situation for Austin, and a few delicious beers | TSH Ep. 74
It was a day of mourning around The Skol Hop studio as the Vikings dropped their final regular season in embarrassing fashion against the Lions. We broke our…
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Purple beats Green, Red IPA, Honolulu Blues | TSH Ep. 73
The Vikings successfully swept the Packers in the regular season and we’re here for it! The Vikings are 14-2! We try IPA Positive from 5 Cities Brewing, a red…
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The Vikings win again, Evan wins an auction, and Austin wins at beer??? | TSH Ep. 72
The Vikings are 13-2 and are heading to the playoffs, but Evan picked the Seahawks to win in this week 16 matchup with the Vikings. The Wheel of Purple…
The Skol HopThe Vikings are 12-2, We try FOUR different Iowa beers, Good chats with Forrest | TSH Ep. 71
As the Vikings wrapped up their 12th win of the season over the Chicago Bears, we had friend-of-the-show Forrest on to talk all things NFC North. We tried 4…
The Skol HopAustin’s in Jamaica, Evan has some good Iowa Beer and the Vikings are 11-2 | TSH Ep. 70
While Austin couldn’t smuggle some Iowa Beer into Jamaica, he enjoyed some good old fashioned Red Stripe and Evan enjoyed a Cherry Pylon from Twin Span Brewing…
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The Sprite Challenge, Hanging out with Dustin Baker and Janik Eckardt | TSH Ep. 69
Austin had to spin The Wheel again, the Vikings keep on trucking, and we got the opportunity to hang out with Dustin Baker and Janik Eckardt of Vikings…
The Skol HopVikings beat the Bears in OT, The Refs are Blind, Cranberry beer is good | TSH Ep. 68
‘Tis the season to try festive holiday beers! We tried Backpocket’s Winter Lager, a cranberry lager that hits the spot as the weather starts to cool off and…
The Skol HopThings get a little Salty, Sam Darnold finally looks good, Vikings are 8-2! | TSH Ep. 67
Well, we were wrong. In our preseason picks, Evan and Austin both tabbed the Vikings to lose to the Titans in Week 11 which means we both spun the Wheel of…
The Skol HopIt may be tough to see, but the Vikings are a good football team! | TSH Ep. 66
Join us as we take a look back at the Vikings gritty 12-7 win over Jacksonville and look ahead to their 2nd of 3 straight games on the road at Tennessee. Evan…
The Skol HopSomething Spicy, The Sweetness of a Vikings Win, Savoring Good Beer | TSH Ep. 65
Austin fell victim to the Wheel of Purple Punishments yet again, and his punishment was pretty spicy! He was able to wash it down with some great beer from…
The Skol HopThe Cinnamon Challenge! Can the Vikings get back to winning after dropping 2 straight? | TSH Ep. 64
We feature another great beer from Big Grove Brewing (Wade Wisely) while we hash out all of the good and bad from the Vikings loss to the Rams on Thursday…
The Skol HopWhat is the Purple Punishment this time? Time to Panic for Vikings Fans? Can they beat the Rams? | TSH Ep. 63
The Vikings lost a close one to the Lions which means we had to spin the Wheel of Purple Punishments. What a silly idea, the Wheel of Purple Punishments. Our…
The Skol HopAre the Vikings the best team in the NFC North? Can they beat Detroit in Week 7? | TSH Ep. 62
We enjoyed more beer from Titonka Brewing and got to work discussing everything that’s happened so far for the 5-0 Minnesota Vikings at their bye week. We dig…
The Skol HopThe Vikings are 5-0! Is Darnold better than Cousins? Do the Vikings need another RB? | TSH Ep. 61
The Vikings are 5-0 and we escape the wrath of the wheel of Purple Punishments! It’s easy to talk about your favorite football team when they’re undefeated and…
The Skol HopTSH Reacts - NFL Week 5 - Vikings beat the Jets 23-17!
The Vikings beat the Jets in London! Austin and Evan share their initial reactions to the win!
The Skol HopThe Skol Hop Interviews Dustin Baker!
Join us as we hang out with Dustin Baker of Vikings Territory and Vikes Now! We talk TJ Hockenson's timeline for return, Vikings trade talks, surprises from…
The Skol HopFree beer and the Vikings win over the Packers - Doesn’t get much better! | TSH Ep. 60
We celebrate our favorite team being 4-0 with some free beer compliments of Titonka Brewing out of Titonka, IA! They provided us with their Rooster Tail Red…
The Skol HopThe Vikings HANDLE the Texans, Purple Punishments Round 2, Vikings @ Packers look ahead | TSH Ep. 59
The Vikings took it to the Texans in Week 3 and we both picked the Vikings to lose in our preseason picks. You know what that means…The Wheel of Purple…
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TSH Predicts - NFL Week 3 - Vikings host the Texans
The Skol Hop makes their predictions for a week 3 showdown against the Houston Texans at the Minnesota Vikings!
The Skol HopLIVE from the Iowa Podcast Awards! Roughly 80 pushups, Crushin on Amber, and a Vikings Victory! | TSH Ep. 58
We made it to the Iowa Podcast Awards and had a blast recording a live episode while we were there! Of course the Vikings had to go out and beat the 49ers…
The Skol HopTSH Reacts - NFL Week 2 - Vikings beat the 49ers 23-17!
The Vikings beat the 49ers in the home opener at US Bank Stadium! Austin and Evan share their initial reactions to the win!
The Skol HopVikings beat the Giants in Week 1, but can they beat the 49ers in Week 2? | TSH Ep. 57
A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! Football is back, baby! Fall is here and…
The Skol HopTSH Reacts - NFL Week 1 - Vikings beat the Giants 28-6
The Vikings looked pretty darn good in the season opener at MetLife Stadium against the New York Football Giants. Evan and Austin of @TheSkolHop give their…
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A new brewery, Purple Punishments Preview and Dustin Baker’s thoughts before NFL Week 1 | TSH Ep. 56
A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! We’ve tried a lot of different Iowa beers…
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2024 NFL Cutdown Day and what it means for the Vikings, Purple Punishments | TSH Ep. 55
A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! It’s almost fall, and you know that that…
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What have we Cine so far from the 2024 Vikings? Are they making the Wright choices for roster spots? | TSH Ep. 54
A quick shameless plug to head to iowapodcastawards.com/vote and vote for The Skol Hop for the People’s Choice Award! Joined by friend of the show Forrest this…
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BIG Skol Hop News, Vikings Trades, First Preseason Game | TSH Ep. 53
We’ve got some BIG news to share! We’ve been nominated for a handful of awards at the first ever Iowa Podcast Awards in September! We spend a little bit of…
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Final thoughts on the 23-24 Season, Training Camp Myths Debunked with Dustin Baker | TSH Ep. 52
With only a few weeks until the 24-25 NFL season is in full force, we decided to look back one final time on the 23-24 season and discuss our favorite and…
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Early Vikings training camp talkers, 2024 Schedule Pick ‘Em, George Washington takes a drink | TSH Ep. 51
With a Big Grove Tailwind Golden Ale to sip on, the boys talk some early Vikings training camp news and then make their picks for all 17 games of the Vikings…
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The Skol Hop Brew Hop 2024! Eleven Breweries in 2 days! | TSH Ep. 50
As we celebrate 50 episodes of The Skol Hop, join us for a little road trip to see and experience 11 different craft breweries around the state of Iowa! If…
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Not so Mystery Beer, Netflix Receiver, and Vikings Numbers 80-99 | TSH Ep. 49
With impeccable deduction, Evan correctly identifies the brewer and name of this week's featured brew from Five Cities Brewing - Crush Tangerine Wheat. While…