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

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


Latest Episodes

Episode 176: Battling an Infection in a Wild Brewery [with Wildflower Brewing & Blending]
August 24, 2023

In this episode of the Hop Forward Podcast, Nick chats with Topher Boehm, co-founder of Australia...

Episode 175: Fermenting Thoughts: How Can Breweries and Hospitality Venues Survive During the Cost of Living Crisis?
August 17, 2023

Nick and Sean's Fermenting Thoughts this week look at the current state of the brewing and hospit...

Episode 174: Can Oasthouse Engineering Take Your Can Design to the Next Level...? [with Sam Morris from Oasthouse Engineering]
August 03, 2023

Beverage can painting has been around since the 1930s but due to the intensive offset lithography...

Episode 173: Understanding the UK's Beer Duty Reforms [with SIBA's Head of Public Affairs and Policy, Barry Watts]
July 21, 2023

On 1st August 2023, the United Kingdom will implement a new system for alcohol taxation in a 'rad...

Episode 172: Fermenting Thoughts: On Business Rates
July 14, 2023

Nick & Sean discuss business rates this week and how they feel the system is outdated and in ...

Episode 171: Good Chemistry in The Kings Head [Taking on a Historic Pub with Kelly & Bob from Good Chemistry Brewing]
July 07, 2023

The Kings Head in Bristol dates back to the mid-1800s and resides in a building going back to the...

Episode 170: Fermenting Thoughts: On Pre-Pack Administrations and Bad Credit in the Supply Chain
June 30, 2023

Nick Law and Sean Robinson share their latest Fermenting Thoughts as they delve into the world of...

Episode 169: Down by the Riverside [with Simon Webster from Thornbridge Brewery]
June 23, 2023

When you hear the word Jaipur, chances are a beer comes to mind before the Indian city. This reno...

Episode 168: Tales from the Wilderness: Farmhouse Brewing & Blending in the middle of Wales [with Wilderness Brewery]
June 08, 2023

Situated in rural mid-Wales, Wilderness Brewery are a small team dedicated to creating and ageing...

Episode 167: Talking Beer Politics with the Indie Rabble [with Dave & Naomi Hayward]
May 18, 2023

Co-owners Naomi and Dave Hayward of Windsor and Maidenheads multi-award-winning craft beer busin...