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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Life in Lockdown [with Pressure Drop, Round Corner Brewing and many more...!]

How do we make sense of a world suffering a health pandemic and economic recession? Will the beer industry ever recover from this? What will happen to my business, my job, my family, my income...? …

00:02:52 | Mon 06 Apr 2020

Power to the People... not the Pubcos [with Mark Dodds]

The history of pub ownership is a long, complex one, as you will no doubt hear from today’s episode with long standing publican Mark Dodds will attest. Mark, who once ran the Sun & Doves in Camberwe…

01:44:13 | Thu 26 Mar 2020

How Can Breweries, Bars and Pubs Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak? [with Chris Wright from the Pubs Advisory Service]

How can breweries, bars and pubs survive the Coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom? That’s the burning question that is on everyone’s lips at the moment. The hospitality industry has been quick…

01:13:42 | Wed 18 Mar 2020

40 Years Championing Independent Beer in the UK [with Ian Fozard from Rooster’s Brewery and National Chairman of SIBA]

This month, the Society of Independent Brewers Association - SIBA - celebrates its 40 year of championing independent beer in the UK. SIBA has achieved some monumental things, including lobbying for…

01:04:28 | Thu 05 Mar 2020

90% Cleaning, 10% Paperwork: Brewery Hygiene and Biofilms [with independent hygiene consultant Paul Browning]

The old adage goes that brewing is 90% cleaning, 10% paperwork. Like all sayings, there's an element of truth hidden within. Brewer's spend vast amounts of time cleaning vessels, packaging lines, c…

01:21:46 | Wed 26 Feb 2020

Starting an Uprising with Windsor & Eton Brewery [with Master Brewer Paddy Johnson]

On this week's episode of the Hop Forward Podcast we talk to Master Brewer, Paddy Johnson, from WeBrew - home to the Windsor & Eton and Uprising brands - all about brewing and some of the challenges …

01:15:54 | Fri 21 Feb 2020

Celebrating the Unsung Heroes in Beer [with Marble Brewery]

The heart and soul behind every brewery are its people. Whether that’s the Head Brewer, shift brewers, the sales force, marketing departments, accountants, cellarmen, the dray runners, tap room staf…

01:16:35 | Thu 13 Feb 2020

All for that Taste of Taylor's [with Andy Leman and Tim Dewery from Timothy Taylor's]

Cast your mind back to the first ever pint of Landlord from West Yorkshire brewery Timothy Taylor’s. What was it like? I'm sure there's not a beer drinker out there who hasn't experienced the delig…

00:57:50 | Fri 07 Feb 2020

Why Branding is Pivotal to Your Brewery and Beer Business [LIVE with Nick Law at SIBA's North & East 2020 Meeting)

Recorded live at the January SIBA North & East Region meeting at Rooster's Tap Room in Harrogate, Hop Forward's Creative Director and podcast host - Nick Law - gave a presentation on why he thinks gr…

00:23:43 | Fri 31 Jan 2020

Building a Great Experience with The Secret Hopper

Imagine having a mystery shopper come into your brewery tap room or shop and assess how you and the team are doing from a customer experience perspective. Well, that's what Andrew Coplan who runs Th…

00:41:02 | Fri 24 Jan 2020

David Laird is the Bearded Beer Baron

Coming from a traditional sales background where he learned the ropes, David Laird - also known as the Bearded Beer Baron - moved into the beer industry working for Beer52, helping to retain customer…

00:49:09 | Fri 17 Jan 2020

The Future of British Beer [Looking Ahead with Jonny Garrett]

As an industry, we’ve come a long way over the past 10 years. But at the start of a new decade, there's no denying that British beer has a tough job ahead of it. Whereas many of the slogans and mark…

01:09:38 | Thu 09 Jan 2020

Hoppy Christmas [A Festive Message from Nick Law]

HOPPY CHRISTMAS everybody! We'll be taking a short break over the festive period for some much needed rest, time to regroup and let the creative juices flow again, and tuck into a bottle of 2018's Go…

00:10:29 | Thu 19 Dec 2019

Blue Christmas [A Taste of Tradition with Sheffield's Bradfield Brewery]

After seeing a decline in milk sales from local customers and being hit hard by supermarket pricing, the Sheffield born and bred Gill family looked for an alternative to dairy farming, including furn…

00:44:26 | Fri 13 Dec 2019

Beer Art & Branding [Lewy Lewy on Beer Illustrations]

Hailing from Barnsley, South Yorkshire (UK), beer illustrator and artist Lewy Lewy discusses what it takes to create bespoke artwork for craft breweries in this week's episode of the Hop Forward Podc…

00:43:26 | Thu 05 Dec 2019

50 Episodes...? That's One More Than 49! [Nick & Paddy hit Torrside SmokeFest]

“50 episodes? That’s one more than 49!” observes The Sheffield Brewery Company’s Paddy Spencer in this week’s anniversary episode of the Hop Forward Podcast. To celebrate episode 50, Nick and guest …

01:40:14 | Fri 29 Nov 2019

Health and Safety in the Brewhouse [with American Beer Professional, Teri Fahrendorf]

Ask any brewer in the industry about a near-miss they've had in the brewhouse and you'll be met with countless stories, some told as anecdotes and some recounted with tentative trepidation, most of a…

01:10:23 | Thu 21 Nov 2019

40 Years and Lots of Beers [with Roger Protz]

Roger Protz is one of the world's leading beer writers, historians, lecturers and tasters With over 20 books under his belt on the subject, he has also edited more than 20 editions of the annual CAM…

00:34:27 | Wed 13 Nov 2019

Take a Wander Beyond to the Dark Side [with Head Brewer Mat Breslin from Wander Beyond Brewing]

This week, we head over to the dark side with Wander Beyond Brewing's Head Brewer, Mat Breslin, as we talk about brewing and barrel aging high gravity beers such as Imperial Stouts, Milkshake IPAs an…

00:33:59 | Fri 08 Nov 2019

Shiny Hoppy People: Brewery Vessels and Equipment [with James & Venks from SSV Limited]

Is there anything more alluring to a brewer than shiny stainless steel? We think not! But where should you start when looking to purchase equipment or upgrade your existing brewhouse? Should you go …

01:00:01 | Thu 31 Oct 2019

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