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Featuring interviews, discussions and stories from a wide range of brewers and beer industry professionals.

Tune into our weekly podcast

Featuring interviews, discussions and stories from a wide range of brewers and beer industry professionals.

lATEST epISODES

From Bitters to Barrel Farms:

Connecting the two with Ampersand Brew Co

Season 5

· Episode 178

Andy Hipwell joins Nick to talk about everything from their Golden Best Bitter to their barrel farm.

Fermenting Thoughts

On Packaging and Sustainability

Season 5

· Episode 177

On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, Nick & Sean share their Fermenting Thoughts on all things packaging and sustainability. We discuss everything from the logistics of kegs, supporting venues, the value of cask beer and how simple design elements, such as texture on a label or point-of-sale material - when done properly - can make the difference.

Battling an infection in a wild brewery

with Wildflower Brewing & Blending

Season 5

· Episode 176

We chat to Topher Boehm about a wild bacteria infection in their wild brewery.

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About the show

Winner of the siba business award for best independent craft beer promotion 2023

Judges were hugely impressed by the breadth of information and knowledge being shared on this podcast and thought the execution was professional, engaging and entertaining. Particularly liked how brewery businesses themselves would benefit from listening – with some great insight on offer.

SIBA Judging Panel

Since launching in November 2018, the Hop Forward Podcast has been widely listened to by beer professionals and drinkers like in the United Kingdom, Europe, USA and across the world.

We've visited breweries and businesses and interviewed guests from the global beer industry, all of whom have had their own unique take on the brewing supply chain, from grain to glass.

Interest in the podcast continually grows every week and the podcast has been featured in a variety of publications, nominated as a finalist in the Guild of British Beer Writers Awards (2020) and was the winner of the Best Independent Craft Beer Promotion at the 2023 SIBA Business Awards, exposing the podcast to a wider audience.

The podcast is sponsored by a variety of supply chain businesses, all of whom get their message to a growing audience of beer professionals.

GUESTS INCLUDE...

Paul Jones

Cloudwater Brew Co

Johnny Garret

Craft Beer Channel

Lotte Peplow

Brewer's Association

Combie Cryan

Round Corner Brewing

Matthew Curtis

Pellicle

Father Mateusz

Tynt Meadow

Tim
Dewey

Timothy Taylors