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

By Nick Law

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Episodes: 193

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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.


Episode Date
Episode 183: This Marks a Turning Point [with Cameron Brown from Turning Point Brew Co]
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 182: Will Climate Change Be the End of Citra Hops...? [Talking Sustainability with Chris Terry from 86 Carbon]
Nov 23, 2023
Episode 181: Why Marketing is one of the Most Important Aspects of Your Business [with Sarah Sinclair from Moonwake Beer Co]
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 180: Sell, Sell, Sell! [Talking Sales (and Belgian Beer) with Darren Filsell and Ben Stephenson from Devil's Depot]
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 179: Lock, Stock and Two Pints of Ale [with Gritchie Brewing Company and an EXCLUSIVE interview with Guy Ritchie]
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 178: From Bitters to Barrel Farms: Connecting the two with Ampersand Brew Co
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 177: Fermenting Thoughts: On Packaging and Sustainability
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 176: Battling an Infection in a Wild Brewery [with Wildflower Brewing & Blending]
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 175: Fermenting Thoughts: How Can Breweries and Hospitality Venues Survive During the Cost of Living Crisis?
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 174: Can Oasthouse Engineering Take Your Can Design to the Next Level...? [with Sam Morris from Oasthouse Engineering]
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 173: Understanding the UK's Beer Duty Reforms [with SIBA's Head of Public Affairs and Policy, Barry Watts]
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 172: Fermenting Thoughts: On Business Rates
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 171: Good Chemistry in The Kings Head [Taking on a Historic Pub with Kelly & Bob from Good Chemistry Brewing]
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 170: Fermenting Thoughts: On Pre-Pack Administrations and Bad Credit in the Supply Chain
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 169: Down by the Riverside [with Simon Webster from Thornbridge Brewery]
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 168: Tales from the Wilderness: Farmhouse Brewing & Blending in the middle of Wales [with Wilderness Brewery]
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 167: Talking Beer Politics with the Indie Rabble [with Dave & Naomi Hayward]
May 18, 2023
Episode 166: Guardians of Good for the Otherhood [with Pip Young from The Coven]
May 05, 2023
Episode 165: Going Hyperlocal [with Amity Brew Co]
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 164: For the Love of Brewing: Toby talks all things RedWillow Brewery
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 163: Fruit, Cask, Mead and Everything In Bee-tween [with Grizzly Grains Brewing]
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 162: Fermenting Thoughts: On Neurodivergence in the Hospitality Space
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 161: Delving into The Cider Hole [with Mike Pomranz]
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 160: Fermenting Thoughts: On BrewDog, China, Guinness and Marketing Transparency
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 159: Upscaling Your Brewery: What Considerations to Make When Brewing Your Growing Capacity [with Quantock Brewing]
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 158: Brewing Connections: How Triple Point is Building Sales Relationships in the Trade Market
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 157: Fermenting Thoughts: What is the Silver Sales Bullet?
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 156: Venturing into Hoxton's Great Beyond [with John and Ollie from Great Beyond Brewing Co]
Jan 26, 2023
Episode 155: How Gueuze the family business at Brouwerij Boon...? [with Karl Boon]
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 154: Fermenting Thoughts: Do Consumers Really Care About Transparency...?
Jan 14, 2023
Episode 153: Is the Nanobrewery Taproom model even viable, ever practical or make financial sense...? [with Blunt Rock Brewery, Cornwall, UK]
Jan 06, 2023
Fermenting Thoughts: Live Music, Lo-to-No ABV Beers and Why Venues Should Feed Their Damn Musicians!
Dec 22, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: What Makes a Good Pub?
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 152: What Happens Next After Your Brewery Ceases Trading...? [with Anthony Barrett, Twisted Wheel Brew Co]
Dec 09, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: How Worried Should We Be About All These Brewery Closures?
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 151: Finding Your Hoppy Place Through Challenging Times [with Dave Hayward from A Hoppy Place]
Nov 24, 2022
Episode 150: What Does It Take to Run a Brewery in 2022...? [Ponderings and Pork Pies at Melton Mowbray's Round Corner Brewing]
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 149: Wrestling a Brewery into Submission [with Top Rope Brewing]
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 148: Should Craft Brewers Be Making Beers For Social Clubs Too...? [Exploring Pete Brown's new book, Clubland]
Oct 06, 2022
Episode 147: Will the Deposit Return Scheme wreak havoc for UK breweries...? [with SIBA's Barry Watts]
Sep 22, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: Why are Sierra Nevada focusing their marketing efforts on IPA? (And should we?)
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 146: Is Small the Next BIG Thing...? [Looking at the Viability of a Nanobrewery/Brewpub Model]
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 145: Monks, Mystics and Mashing In: The Story of Tynt Meadow
Jun 24, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: How to Get Your Beer Business Ahead of the Crowd
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 144: Can British Hops Really Create an Incredible IPA...? [with Will Rogers from Charles Faram]
Jun 02, 2022
Episode 143: Going For the Duration... with Miranda Hudson from Duration Brewing
May 19, 2022
Episode 142: Can an IPA Only Subscription Service Really Work...? [with Standard Brew Co]
May 06, 2022
Episode 141: Brew Like a Monk with Stan Hieronymus
Apr 15, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: 40 Years of (Mostly!) Great Beers!
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 140: Jolly Good for the Environment: Looking at the Recycling Chain with Yvan and Justin from Jolly Good Beer
Apr 01, 2022
Fermenting Thoughts: Great Expectations
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 139: Setting Up a Brewhouse with a Thermal Fluid System [with Azvex Brewing]
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 138: Charlie Bamforth is The Pope of Foam
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 137: How to Make Great IPAs [with Scott Janish, author of The New IPA]
Feb 19, 2022
Episode 137: Fermenting Thoughts: Fermenting Thoughts: Why is Instagram taking down your beer posts and what can you do about it...?
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 136: How to Move a Brewery [with Neepsend Brew Co]
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 135: Infinite Reflections on Scaling a Brewery: The Journey of Double Barrelled Brewery [with co-founder Luci Clayton-Jones]
Dec 22, 2021
Episode 134: Creating a Healthy Workplace Culture: Lessons Learned at Gipsy Hill Brewing Co [with Sam McMeekin]
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 133: Putting Language to Beer: How We Describe What's In The Glass [with Mark Dredge]
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 132: How to Prod a Brewery [Pushing the Boundaries with Every Beer, featuring Vault City Brewing]
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 131: A Late Night Chat in an Indie Bottle Shop [at Twickenham's Brewery Market]
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 130: Drinks Trends Through the Pandemic: A Look What We're Drinking and How We're Buying It Has Changed Since COVID-19 [with Real Drinks Ltd]
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 129: Brewing Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [with John Keeling, former Brewing Director of Fullers]
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 128: Who are Middle Child Brewing...? [with Sam Jones and Fraser Withers]
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 127: Manchester is a Hoppy Place - Putting the World to Rights [with Dave Hayward and Nick Law at Alphabet Brewery]
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 126: 'Tis the Saison: A Year in Beer from an Industry Perspective [with Jonny Garrett]
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 125: Brewing with Heritage Malt [with Dave Griggs and Carl Heron from Crisp Malting Group]
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 124: It's Cask Ale Week...! [with Frances Brace]
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 123: Dutch Guy Talks D.O [with Wild Goose Filling Business Development Manager, Laurent Engel]
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 122: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing [with Matty Dixon, founder of SiWC)
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 121: Converting a Derelict Building into a Brewhouse & 30 Line Taproom... in the Middle of a Pandemic [with Heist Brew Co]
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 120: Let's Record a Podcast and Talk about Beer, Pies and Mental Health [with Danny McColl from McColl's Brewery]
Jul 28, 2021
Episode 119: What Women Endure Working in Craft Beer and Why It Needs to Change [with Siobhan Buchanan & Charlotte Cook]
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 118: Canarchy in the USA [with Jesse Kercheval, International Business Development Manager for CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective]
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 117: Elusive Brewing's Andy Parker is... The Nicest Guy In Beer
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 116: How Healthy is Your Beer Drinking Lifestyle [with Mark Dredge]
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 115: From Bishop to Beercraft [with Bishop Nick's Nelion Ridley]
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 114: Wild & Sour Beers, Barrel-Aging and White Haired Canadian's Called Craig [with Kevin Freer from Block Three Brewing Company]
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 113: Are Marston's a Craft Brewery...? (and other such musings) [Brewing on a Big Scale with Emma-Gilleland]
Jun 09, 2021
Episode 112: Malt & Malt Extracts: Practical Insights for You and Your Brewhouse [with the Muntons Malt team]
May 27, 2021
Episode 111: Why Omega Yeast's Bill McFarland Swears by Kveik...!
May 19, 2021
Episode 110: Julie Rhodes on Getting Them Through the Door: Increasing Beer Sales through Good Marketing
May 13, 2021
Episode 109: Branding a Beer Business: a Conversation from a Designer's Perspective [with Marcus Ohanesian and Nick Law]
May 06, 2021
Episode 108: The Origins of Moonwake Beer Co
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 107: East Meets West [with Vocation Brewery & Gweilo Beer UK]
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 106: An American Brewery in London [with Werewolf Beer]
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 105: How to Make a Sustainable Beer [with DEYA Brewing Company]
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 103: Don't Forget the Fuggles: Is There Any Hope for the Future of British Hops? [with Ali Capper from the British Hop Association]
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 102: Pubs and the Pandemic [with Nick Boley from the Campaign for Real Ale]
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 102: Beyond the Pale and Shores of America: Sierra Nevada's Role in the UK and Europe
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 101: Looking Into the Abyss [with Julie O'Grady from Neptune Brewery]
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 100: More Monk Thank Punk [with Northern Monk's Russell Bisset]
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 99: From a Cold Store in an Apartment to Building Nigeria’s First Craft Brewery [with Bature Brewery]
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 98: The Reality of a #BrewersLife [with Donncha Burke]
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 97: Why We Need Leadership and Personal Development in the Brewing and Beer Industry [with Christian Barden]
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 96: Summoning up the Number of the Feast [with Leviathan Brewing]
Dec 04, 2020
Episode 95: Beers that Belong to the Land [with Duration Brewing]
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 94: Brewed with Music [with Signature Brew]
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 93: Unity Brewing Co: Four Years, Four Beers and the Ups and Downs of Owning a Brewery
Nov 12, 2020
Small Breweries' Relief (Part 2) with Timothy Taylor's
Nov 04, 2020
Small Brewers' Relief (Part 1) [with Anspach & Hobday]
Oct 29, 2020
4pm is Officially Beer O'Clock [with Untappd CEO]
Oct 22, 2020
Work In Progress: Working for a more inclusive beer industry [with Brewgooder’s Alan Mahon]
Oct 12, 2020
The Formula for a Great Beer Business [with Good Chemistry Brewing]
Oct 05, 2020
Beers, Braumeisters and Alpacas [with Jason Bayliffe from Broadtown Brewery]
Sep 27, 2020
Dried Yeast and Fermentations [with Andrew Paterson from Lallemand Brewing]
Sep 21, 2020
Riding the Hazy Waves of IPA [with Pipeline Brewing Co's Jonny Cooper]
Sep 10, 2020
Barrel Ageing and Mixed Fermentation [with London Beer Factory]
Sep 02, 2020
Save the Brewery [with Broughton Ales]
Aug 21, 2020
You're Hired: The Brewery Apprentice [with Mark Tetlow]
Aug 13, 2020
Amy Brookes talks Content on Draft [How to Harness the Power of Social Media for Your Beer Business]
Aug 06, 2020
Painting the Town Red [with Round Corner Brewing]
Jul 30, 2020
Working for Independent British Beer [with SIBA's Head of Comms and Marketing, Neil Walker]
Jul 23, 2020
Unearthing Devon's Hidden Gem [with Utopian Brewing]
Jul 16, 2020
Alcohol Free Beers [with Founder and CEO of Big Drop Brewing Co, Rob Fink]
Jul 08, 2020
All Aboard the Hazy Hype Train [with Beau Schiner from Austmann]
Jul 03, 2020
Mental Health in Brewing and Beers [with Yeastie Boy Stu McKinley]
Jun 25, 2020
Will Pubs Ever Be the Same Again...? [with Adrian Tiereny-Jones]
Jun 17, 2020
Craft: Why the term is completely undefinable, hopelessly misunderstood and absolutely essential [with Pete Brown]
Jun 11, 2020
Belgium Born, London Brewed [Talking Belgium Beer Styles with Solvay Society]
Jun 04, 2020
Now THAT'S how you brew a Lager [with The Original Budweiser Budvar]
May 28, 2020
The Under Beer Belly of a #BrewersLife: Part 3 [Alcoholism in Brewing and Beer with former John Harvard's brewer, Mike Souza]
May 21, 2020
The Under Beer Belly of a #Brewers Life - Part 02: Well Being and Mental Health in the Brewhouse [with Mike McGuigan]
May 14, 2020
The Under Beer Belly of a #Brewers Life - Part 01: Sexism [with Jaega Wise and Lauren Harkness]
May 07, 2020
What is the Deposit Return Scheme and Why Should Brewers Care? [Discussions from SIBA Beer X with Barry Watts, Ride Brew Co and Loch Leven Brewery]
Apr 30, 2020
Brewin' USA [with Lotte Peplow from the Brewers Association]
Apr 22, 2020
Recovering from Crowdfunding '19 [with Redchurch Brewery]
Apr 16, 2020
Life in Lockdown [with Pressure Drop, Round Corner Brewing and many more...!]
Apr 06, 2020
Power to the People... not the Pubcos [with Mark Dodds]
Mar 26, 2020
How Can Breweries, Bars and Pubs Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak? [with Chris Wright from the Pubs Advisory Service]
Mar 18, 2020
40 Years Championing Independent Beer in the UK [with Ian Fozard from Rooster’s Brewery and National Chairman of SIBA]
Mar 05, 2020
90% Cleaning, 10% Paperwork: Brewery Hygiene and Biofilms [with independent hygiene consultant Paul Browning]
Feb 26, 2020
Starting an Uprising with Windsor & Eton Brewery [with Master Brewer Paddy Johnson]
Feb 21, 2020
Celebrating the Unsung Heroes in Beer [with Marble Brewery]
Feb 13, 2020
All for that Taste of Taylor's [with Andy Leman and Tim Dewery from Timothy Taylor's]
Feb 07, 2020
Why Branding is Pivotal to Your Brewery and Beer Business [LIVE with Nick Law at SIBA's North & East 2020 Meeting)
Jan 31, 2020
Building a Great Experience with The Secret Hopper
Jan 24, 2020
David Laird is the Bearded Beer Baron
Jan 17, 2020
The Future of British Beer [Looking Ahead with Jonny Garrett]
Jan 09, 2020
Hoppy Christmas [A Festive Message from Nick Law]
Dec 19, 2019
Blue Christmas [A Taste of Tradition with Sheffield's Bradfield Brewery]
Dec 13, 2019
Beer Art & Branding [Lewy Lewy on Beer Illustrations]
Dec 05, 2019
50 Episodes...? That's One More Than 49! [Nick & Paddy hit Torrside SmokeFest]
Nov 29, 2019
Health and Safety in the Brewhouse [with American Beer Professional, Teri Fahrendorf]
Nov 21, 2019
40 Years and Lots of Beers [with Roger Protz]
Nov 13, 2019
Take a Wander Beyond to the Dark Side [with Head Brewer Mat Breslin from Wander Beyond Brewing]
Nov 08, 2019
Shiny Hoppy People: Brewery Vessels and Equipment [with James & Venks from SSV Limited]
Oct 31, 2019
Raise a Toast to Sustainability [with Louisa Ziane from Toast Ales]
Oct 23, 2019
Building a Sustainable Cask Ale Brewery
Oct 17, 2019
The Quality of Cask Beer [with Nigel Sadler]
Oct 09, 2019
A Bottle of Rum and a Shot of Reality [with Team Toxic]
Oct 03, 2019
50 Observations from 500 Breweries [Joel Geier travels across America]
Sep 23, 2019
Inside a Liquid Delicatessen [with Real Ale Ltd]
Sep 13, 2019
Independence [with Jules Gray from Hop Hideout]
Sep 06, 2019
What Would Jesus Brew? [with Hackney Church Brew Co.]
Aug 29, 2019
Don't Talk about the Sparklers [with Claudia Mayne from Five Points Brewing Company]
Aug 23, 2019
Brokering the Brew from a Custard Factory [Daniel Rowntree from BrewBroker]
Aug 01, 2019
Ric Womersley is Raising Awareness One Beer at a Time [at Spotlight Brewing Co.]
Jul 31, 2019
Something BIG is Brewing in the City of Bradford [at EYES Haus]
Jul 23, 2019
Bars, Buying, and Beer Bros
Jul 18, 2019
Lager Drinkers Demand Rights [with Will Evans from Manchester Union Brewery]
Jul 09, 2019
Beer Riffing it up in Swansea [with Rhys Pillai from Beer Riff]
Jul 03, 2019
Mental Health in the Beer Industry [with Paul Jones from Cloudwater]
Jun 26, 2019
What Ails Cask Ale [Shane Swindells on the Plight of Cask Beer]
Jun 19, 2019
Melissa Cole on Beer Writing... and why her face is on a pint of Guinness!
Jun 11, 2019
Why Carl Marshall thinks a well kept pint of Hobgoblin and clean toilets are the hallmark of a good taproom.
Jun 06, 2019
The Queer Brewing Project [with Beer Writer, Lily Waite]
May 28, 2019
Building a Brand with the 'Bee Man' [Talking to Jason Winter from Bumble Beer]
May 22, 2019
Fermenting Thoughts: The Best Beers You'll Never Try [Why Branding Is So Important!]
May 15, 2019
Glasgow's Disability Tap Room [with the Glasgow Brewery Collective]
Apr 30, 2019
Saving the Planet One Keg at a Time [with Lewis Jones from Ecokeg]
Apr 23, 2019
What Has SIBA Ever Done For Us...? [With James Calder, Head of Public Affairs and Comms]
Apr 16, 2019
Brewery Sell-Ups, Supermarket Beer & Bread Twitter [with Matthew Curtis]
Apr 10, 2019
Making Moonshine with Dan Baxter & Laura Rangeley [Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield, UK]
Apr 02, 2019
Canning with Charles Sibbald [The Man Who Built a Canning Machine]
Mar 27, 2019
Stu McKinlay from Yeastie Boys Lets the Beat Drop!
Mar 21, 2019
Belfast and Beyond [with Willy Mayne from Bullhouse Brew Co]
Mar 14, 2019
How Techies are Disrupting Craft Beer
Mar 08, 2019
Supermarkets, Sales and Asahi London Pride
Feb 27, 2019
Home of the Space Hopper [Eyes Brewing on Building a Brewery in Bradford]
Feb 19, 2019
Stick To Your Guns If You Want To Be A Cowboy [Matthew Curtis on Beer Trends and Social Media]
Feb 13, 2019
Life on Mars [with Dann Paquette from The Brewery of Saint Mars of the Desert]
Feb 05, 2019
Talking Hops [with WIll Kirby from Brook House Hops]
Jan 29, 2019
Talking Yeast with Casey Helwig [from Imperial Yeast, Portland, Oregon]
Jan 23, 2019
How Magic is Magic Rock? [Talking Beer, Brands & Business with Richard Burhouse]
Jan 16, 2019
Nano Brewing [with Kate Russell from Inner Bay Brewery, and Div Lannigan from Ride Brew Co].
Jan 08, 2019
Big Beer with Josh Noel [Author of Barrel Aged Stout and Selling Out]
Dec 19, 2018
Talking Malt with the Very Model of a Modern Major General [Carl Heron from Crisp Malting Group]
Dec 11, 2018
Pure Crunchy Dust at Dark City 2018 [with Nick and Paddy at Northern Monk]
Nov 30, 2018
Ups & Downs of Running a Brewhouse [Interview with Alex Barlow of Sentinel Brewing Co.]
Nov 20, 2018
Low Alcohol Beers with Big Drop Brewing Co. [Interview with Johnny Clayton]
Nov 15, 2018
Beer Twitter is Losing its Shit [How to Handle Social Media Criticism)
Nov 07, 2018
Episode 1: Where the Hell is Clowne? [Nick meets Heist Craft]
Nov 07, 2018