Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business

Hop Forward is a biweekly podcast dedicated to the craft beer industry. Including both interviews, discussions and stories from a range of brewers and entrepreneurs within the industry, to advice from founder and host, Nick Law, about starting, scaling and sustaining your own ventures, the Hop Forward podcast is here to help you get ahead with your beers, brand and business.

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Update frequency: every 10 days
Average duration: 59 minutes
Episodes: 206
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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Building a Brand with the 'Bee Man' [Talking to Jason Winter from Bumble Beer]

This week, on the Hop Forward Podcast, we talk to a businessman who is going after the macro-brands with his eco-friendly, vegan lager, Bumble Beer. Jason Winter is the entrepreneur behind Bumble Be…

01:04:02 | Wed 22 May 2019

Fermenting Thoughts: The Best Beers You'll Never Try [Why Branding Is So Important!]

Fermenting Thoughts are bonus mini-episodes aimed at getting you ahead in the brewing and beer business where Hop Forward founder, Nick Law, shares his knowledge, thoughts and expertise on various as…

00:16:42 | Wed 15 May 2019

Glasgow's Disability Tap Room [with the Glasgow Brewery Collective]

Our senses and being able bodied is something many of us take for granted. But how would you respond if you were to lose your eyesight, hearing or a limb? Life for you would change dramatically as t…

00:39:51 | Tue 30 Apr 2019

Saving the Planet One Keg at a Time [with Lewis Jones from Ecokeg]

There's never been a better time to keg beer. One way packaging means brewers don't have to round up empty steel kegs from bars and pubs, whilst landlords can dispose easily of the container once it'…

00:28:14 | Tue 23 Apr 2019

What Has SIBA Ever Done For Us...? [With James Calder, Head of Public Affairs and Comms]

SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers, was established in 1980 to represent the interests of the growing number of breweries in Britain, and currently represents around 830 independent craft brewe…

00:43:41 | Tue 16 Apr 2019

Brewery Sell-Ups, Supermarket Beer & Bread Twitter [with Matthew Curtis]

When news broke that Magic Rock Brewing sold their fledgling business to Australia's Lion, Twitter started trending with #MagicRock as people in droves started discussing 'What does this mean?!' yet …

02:00:34 | Wed 10 Apr 2019

Making Moonshine with Dan Baxter & Laura Rangeley [Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield, UK]

Abbeydale Brewery have been around the block and then some! Founded by Patrick Morton and with his father Hugh in 1996, they quickly carved out a reputation for themselves in Sheffield and beyond by…

00:59:16 | Tue 02 Apr 2019

Canning with Charles Sibbald [The Man Who Built a Canning Machine]

In this week's episode, we catch up with Charles Sibbald, a man who built his own canning machine! Having been challenged by a fellow brewer to come up with a solution for his own brewery, he set hi…

00:32:13 | Wed 27 Mar 2019

Stu McKinlay from Yeastie Boys Lets the Beat Drop!

Yeastie Boys isn't your conventional brewery. They span the northern and southern hemisphere, operating out of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, their products are readily available in n…

00:44:26 | Thu 21 Mar 2019

Belfast and Beyond [with Willy Mayne from Bullhouse Brew Co]

In this week's episode we chat to Willy Mayne of Bullhouse Brew Co based in Belfast, who talks about some of the difficulties selling beer in Northern Ireland due to archaic laws surrounding licensin…

00:53:05 | Thu 14 Mar 2019

How Techies are Disrupting Craft Beer

We caught up with David Jackson, CEO of EeBria: a technology business that exists to serve the craft beer industry. Having learned from and left Viagogo, David Jackson set up EeBria, which is now th…

00:34:54 | Fri 08 Mar 2019

Supermarkets, Sales and Asahi London Pride

Richard Morrice has an impressive CV. Marketing Director for Courage Brewing (John Smith's, Foster's, and Miller), Richard moved on to set up his own marketing agency, working with the huge multinat…

01:03:05 | Wed 27 Feb 2019

Home of the Space Hopper [Eyes Brewing on Building a Brewery in Bradford]

This week, we talk to Eyes Brewing - the UK’s first wheat focused brewery, based in Bradford - an old industrial city in the heart of Yorkshire. I first met Dan Logan in 2016. At the time a stand-up…

01:22:07 | Tue 19 Feb 2019

Stick To Your Guns If You Want To Be A Cowboy [Matthew Curtis on Beer Trends and Social Media]

On this week’s episode, we catch up with award winning beer writer, photographer and consultant Matthew Curtis to chat about beer trends and social media, exploring everything from packaging types, w…

00:58:22 | Wed 13 Feb 2019

Life on Mars [with Dann Paquette from The Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert]

Our interview with a new microbrewery has a unique and interesting background… Husband and wife duo - Dann and Martha Paquette - set up The Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert (Beers of SMOD, for sh…

01:16:25 | Tue 05 Feb 2019

Talking Hops [with WIll Kirby from Brook House Hops]

Hops really are the star of the show as far as most modern beers are concerned. However, have you stopped to consider how they're grown and farmed, and their journey from field to glass? We join Wi…

00:41:01 | Tue 29 Jan 2019

Talking Yeast with Casey Helwig [from Imperial Yeast, Portland, Oregon]

The old adage is true: 'Brewers make work; yeast makes beer'. However, as brewers, we have much control over how our yeast performs. Healthy, consistent fermentation is at the heart of every brew hou…

00:43:48 | Wed 23 Jan 2019

How Magic is Magic Rock? [Talking Beer, Brands & Business with Richard Burhouse]

Magic Rock Brewing have been at the forefront of the UK craft beer scene for eight years. Drawing inspiration from the American market, founder and director Richard Burhouse set to work building a…

00:57:37 | Wed 16 Jan 2019

Nano Brewing [with Kate Russell from Inner Bay Brewery, and Div Lannigan from Ride Brew Co].

We all have to start somewhere, and for many, that's setting up a brewery in their kitchen or a shipping container. However, some people enjoy operating on a small scale and wish to stay that way, wh…

00:45:43 | Tue 08 Jan 2019

Big Beer with Josh Noel [Author of Barrel Aged Stout and Selling Out]

This week, we chat with Chicago Tribune beer writer and author of 'Barrel Aged Stout and Selling Out', Josh Noel. Nick and Josh discuss the lack of transparency by companies such as Anheuser Busch (…

00:48:43 | Wed 19 Dec 2018

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