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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 206
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 156: Venturing into Hoxton's Great Beyond [with John and Ollie from Great Beyond Brewing Co]
In this episode of Hop Forward Podcast, we sit down with John and Ollie from Great Beyond Brewing Company. These two industry veterans have a wealth of experience in the world of beer, having previou…
01:04:00 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Episode 155: How Gueuze the family business at Brouwerij Boon...? [with Karl Boon]
Bad puns aside, on the Hop Forward Podcast this week we're excited to welcome Karl Boon of Belgium's Brouwerij Boon, who shares his expertise on all things Gueuze and Lambic.Karel is well-known for h…
01:30:14 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Episode 154: Fermenting Thoughts: Do Consumers Really Care About Transparency...?
In our Fermenting Thoughts this week, Nick and Sean discuss the Wild Beer Co buyout by Curious, the resurrection of Kelham Island Brewery and ask the question, 'Do consumers really care about transpa…
00:39:34 |
Sat 14 Jan 2023
Episode 153: Is the Nanobrewery Taproom model even viable, ever practical or make financial sense...? [with Blunt Rock Brewery, Cornwall, UK]
January is a time for self-reflection, focus and setting goals and targets for the new year that lies ahead. So, in the spirit of the season and asking questions about the future of my own brewery (…
00:56:20 |
Fri 06 Jan 2023
Fermenting Thoughts: Live Music, Lo-to-No ABV Beers and Why Venues Should Feed Their Damn Musicians!
Happy Christmas everyone! We've got some great full length episodes coming in the New Year (stay tuned to the end to find out more!) but we thought we'd throw in some Fermenting Thoughts on live mus…
00:24:36 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: What Makes a Good Pub?
In these Fermenting Thoughts, Nick and Sean get festive and discuss plans for Christmas and our ideal cask beers for Christmas, which leads us on to a question, 'What Makes a Good Pub?'. Sean shares…
00:22:59 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
Episode 152: What Happens Next After Your Brewery Ceases Trading...? [with Anthony Barrett, Twisted Wheel Brew Co]
On Monday 4th December 2022, it was announced that Warrington's Twisted Wheel Brew Co had ceased trading. Numerous factors contributed to the closing of this much loved brewery, including Covid, con…
01:20:34 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: How Worried Should We Be About All These Brewery Closures?
In a new series of industry insights, Hop Forward host Nick Law is joined by The Beverage Agent Sean Robertson for their regular reflections on the beer, beverage and hospitality industry.This week, …
00:35:02 |
Mon 05 Dec 2022
Episode 151: Finding Your Hoppy Place Through Challenging Times [with Dave Hayward from A Hoppy Place]
Times are tough for brewers, retailers, hospitality and supply chain businesses at the moment. Raw materials, chemicals, packaging costs and even blue roll has increased exponentially in price. And…
01:14:29 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Episode 150: What Does It Take to Run a Brewery in 2022...? [Ponderings and Pork Pies at Melton Mowbray's Round Corner Brewing]
We celebrate episode 150 of the Hop Forward Podcast by travelling to England's Rural Capital of Food to visit Round Corner Brewing. Situated in the market town of Melton Mowbray, famous for the pork…
01:23:45 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Episode 149: Wrestling a Brewery into Submission [with Top Rope Brewing]
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, we're joined by Neil Rothwell - co-founder of Liverpool's Top Rope Brewing. Coming up to their 6th birthday celebrations, we take a look back at their journey a…
01:07:09 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Episode 148: Should Craft Brewers Be Making Beers For Social Clubs Too...? [Exploring Pete Brown's new book, Clubland]
This week on the Hop Forward Podcast, we're joined once again by author Pete Brown to discuss his latest book, Clubland: How The Working Men's Club Shaped Britain. We explore some of the questions s…
00:54:34 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
Episode 147: Will the Deposit Return Scheme wreak havoc for UK breweries...? [with SIBA's Barry Watts]
There's no doubt that the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme will cause unnecessary disruption to beverage producers here in the United Kingdom. But how much havoc will this ill-thought-out s…
00:58:29 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: Why are Sierra Nevada focusing their marketing efforts on IPA? (And should we?)
A recent article from Paste Magazine called Iconic Craft Breweries Are Completely Surrendering to IPA Dominance has divided opinion on IPAs in discussions online amongst beer lovers.As someone who ha…
00:00:42 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Episode 146: Is Small the Next BIG Thing...? [Looking at the Viability of a Nanobrewery/Brewpub Model]
This week on the Hop Forward Podcast we’re asking the question, ‘Is small the next BIG thing?’ when it comes to owning and operating a brewery. We catch up with David Eastwood from Southsea Brewing …
01:06:58 |
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Episode 145: Monks, Mystics and Mashing In: The Story of Tynt Meadow
Brewer and Brother at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Fr Mateusz, often says that people know more about the surface of the moon than they do about monks.Nestled away in the idlic Leicestershire countrysi…
01:31:26 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: How to Get Your Beer Business Ahead of the Crowd
This week, my Fermenting Thoughts are taken from a seminar I ran at SIBA Beer X in Liverpool, March 2022, called 'Brewery Marketing: How to Get Your Beer Buisness Ahead of the Crowd'.We explore every…
00:40:00 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Episode 144: Can British Hops Really Create an Incredible IPA...? [with Will Rogers from Charles Faram]
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, we ask the question, 'Can British Hops Really Create an Incredible IPA?' to Will Rogers, technical director for hop merchant, Charles Faram.To answer this questi…
01:07:34 |
Thu 02 Jun 2022
Episode 143: Going For the Duration... with Miranda Hudson from Duration Brewing
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, we're joined by Duration Brewing co-founder, Miranda Hudson, to talk about their forthcoming crowdfunding campaign. The brewery is planning to expand capacity a…
00:49:06 |
Thu 19 May 2022
Episode 142: Can an IPA Only Subscription Service Really Work...? [with Standard Brew Co]
Standard Brew Co is a customer-owned, subscription-based brewery, shipping out new and exclusive, small batch IPA’s every month. Each subscriber receives twelve shares in the business and become an o…
00:55:30 |
Fri 06 May 2022
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