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 124: It's Cask Ale Week...! [with Frances Brace]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15734005.jpg)
Episode 124: It's Cask Ale Week...! [with Frances Brace]
This week sees the return of Cask Ale Week: an initiative set up by independent award body for pubs serving great quality cask beer: Cask Marque.In this week's episode, guest Frances Brace and host N…
00:54:00 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
![Episode 123: Dutch Guy Talks D.O [with Wild Goose Filling Business Development Manager, Laurent Engel]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15724356.jpg)
Episode 123: Dutch Guy Talks D.O [with Wild Goose Filling Business Development Manager, Laurent Engel]
Dissolved Oxygen (D.O): no two words strike fear into the heart of the brewers. As you're probably aware, oxygen ingress into beer is bad news; the more D.O in a beer (counted in parts per billion, …
01:17:07 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Episode 122: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing [with Matty Dixon, founder of SiWC)
Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (abbreviated as SiWC) started life in 2020 with an ambition to become a leading brewery specialising in the production of low-alcohol and non-alcoholic beers and to open a s…
01:16:19 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
![Episode 121: Converting a Derelict Building into a Brewhouse & 30 Line Taproom... in the Middle of a Pandemic [with Heist Brew Co]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15700036.jpg)
Episode 121: Converting a Derelict Building into a Brewhouse & 30 Line Taproom... in the Middle of a Pandemic [with Heist Brew Co]
We kick Season 3 of the Hop Forward Podcast off with by catching up with Adam France and Dan Hunt: founders of Heist Brew Co.Heist started brewing back in 2018 out of an old-school house in the ex-mi…
00:58:41 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
![Episode 120: Let's Record a Podcast and Talk about Beer, Pies and Mental Health [with Danny McColl from McColl's Brewery]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15649200.jpg)
Episode 120: Let's Record a Podcast and Talk about Beer, Pies and Mental Health [with Danny McColl from McColl's Brewery]
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, Nick and founder of McColl's Brewery, Danny McColl, have an honest and open discussion about mental health. We discuss some of the difficulties running a small …
01:18:47 |
Wed 28 Jul 2021
![Episode 119: What Women Endure Working in Craft Beer and Why It Needs to Change [with Siobhan Buchanan & Charlotte Cook]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15641486.jpg)
Episode 119: What Women Endure Working in Craft Beer and Why It Needs to Change [with Siobhan Buchanan & Charlotte Cook]
This week on the Hop Forward Podcast, we talk to beer writer Siobhan Buchanan and Head Brewer of South London's Coalition Brewing, Charlotte Cook, to talk about sexism, misogyny, toxic workplace cult…
00:58:42 |
Fri 23 Jul 2021
![Episode 118: Canarchy in the USA [with Jesse Kercheval, International Business Development Manager for CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15630460.jpg)
Episode 118: Canarchy in the USA [with Jesse Kercheval, International Business Development Manager for CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective]
Founded in 2015, CANarchy is a disruptive collective of like-minded brewers dedicated to bringing high-quality, innovative flavours to drinkers in the name of independent craft beer. The portfolio of…
00:57:16 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Episode 117: Elusive Brewing's Andy Parker is... The Nicest Guy In Beer
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week we're joined by founder of Elusive Brewing, Andy Parker: officially 'the nicest guy in beer'. We talk about how he won a The Craft Beer Co’s National Home Brewer…
01:03:14 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
![Episode 116: How Healthy is Your Beer Drinking Lifestyle [with Mark Dredge]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15609880.jpg)
Episode 116: How Healthy is Your Beer Drinking Lifestyle [with Mark Dredge]
Beer and food writer and broadcaster Mark Dredge joins us on the Hop Forward Podcast this week to have an open and frank discussion about the effects of alcohol on our bodies. We also chat about why…
00:46:47 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
![Episode 115: From Bishop to Beercraft [with Bishop Nick's Nelion Ridley]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15596278.jpg)
Episode 115: From Bishop to Beercraft [with Bishop Nick's Nelion Ridley]
On the podcast this week, we're joined by Nelion Ridley, family brewer and owner of Essex based brewery, Bishop Nick.
With a rich heritage of traditional brewing as part of the Ridley brewing family…
01:11:51 |
Thu 24 Jun 2021
![Episode 114: Wild & Sour Beers, Barrel-Aging and White Haired Canadian's Called Craig [with Kevin Freer from Block Three Brewing Company]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15585702.jpg)
Episode 114: Wild & Sour Beers, Barrel-Aging and White Haired Canadian's Called Craig [with Kevin Freer from Block Three Brewing Company]
On the podcast this week, we're joined by Head Brewer of Block Three Brewing Company, Kevin Freer. Based in St. Jacobs, ON, Canada, the brewery produce a range of beers including Fickle Mistress - a…
00:57:17 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
![Episode 113: Are Marston's a Craft Brewery...? (and other such musings) [Brewing on a Big Scale with Emma-Gilleland]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15572752.jpg)
Episode 113: Are Marston's a Craft Brewery...? (and other such musings) [Brewing on a Big Scale with Emma-Gilleland]
Described on the BBC website as 'the most influential women in brewing today', Emma Gilleland was the first ever woman head brewer in England.
Emma is now the Director of Supply Chain for Carlsberg-M…
00:47:03 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
![Episode 112: Malt & Malt Extracts: Practical Insights for You and Your Brewhouse [with the Muntons Malt team]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15548384.jpg)
Episode 112: Malt & Malt Extracts: Practical Insights for You and Your Brewhouse [with the Muntons Malt team]
Recently, we’ve been paying more attention to brewing practises, especially in the content of these shows. In addition to Ali Capper from the British Hop Association, talking about the flight of far…
01:16:55 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Episode 111: Why Omega Yeast's Bill McFarland Swears by Kveik...!
On the podcast this week, we talk to Omega Yeast's Bill McFarland about all things fermentation and supporting brewers with their yeast requirements.
We focus in particular on brewing lagers, imperi…
01:10:43 |
Wed 19 May 2021
Episode 110: Julie Rhodes on Getting Them Through the Door: Increasing Beer Sales through Good Marketing
The Disruptive Entrepreneur, Rob Moore, says that the difference between sales and marketing is, ‘Sales is taking the cash off the customer… marketing is getting them into the shop in the first plac…
01:15:18 |
Thu 13 May 2021
![Episode 109: Branding a Beer Business: a Conversation from a Designer's Perspective [with Marcus Ohanesian and Nick Law]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15510411.jpg)
Episode 109: Branding a Beer Business: a Conversation from a Designer's Perspective [with Marcus Ohanesian and Nick Law]
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, two designers involved in the craft beer space - Marcus Ohanesian (Perfect Evolution) and podcast host Nick Law (Hop Forward) discuss branding from a designer's …
01:02:19 |
Thu 06 May 2021
Episode 108: The Origins of Moonwake Beer Co
Already a year in the making, Moonwake Beer Co based in Leith, Edinburgh, spent January 2021 lockdown awaiting delivery of their 35hl three-vessel brew kit that has been delayed due to a backlog of c…
01:10:23 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
![Episode 107: East Meets West [with Vocation Brewery & Gweilo Beer UK]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15482666.jpg)
Episode 107: East Meets West [with Vocation Brewery & Gweilo Beer UK]
I first became aware of Vocation Brewery on a warm summer’s drive to Stamford in 2015. As we passed The Green Man pub on the edge of the town, I saw an A-board sporting a design that reminded me of …
00:55:09 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
![Episode 106: An American Brewery in London [with Werewolf Beer]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15468239.jpg)
Episode 106: An American Brewery in London [with Werewolf Beer]
During his 5 years as Head Brewer at London Brewing Co, Rich White - original up upstate New York - was able to help it grow from a tiny kitchen brewery to a full size production facility, creating a…
01:20:28 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
![Episode 105: How to Make a Sustainable Beer [with DEYA Brewing Company]](https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/97/a1/a0/nick84993/1400x1400_15453500.jpg)
Episode 105: How to Make a Sustainable Beer [with DEYA Brewing Company]
Sustainability and ethics are not only becoming a part of brewery life but are starting to come to the forefront for the modern beer business.
One brewery who are serious about working out their CO2 …
01:02:53 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
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