This Week in Craft Beer

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, David from Three Brothers Brewery based in Stockton on Tees.

Three Brothers was founded in 2016 by brothers David and Kit Dodd, and their brother-in-law Chris, with the dream of …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Jordan from 4Ts Brewery based in Warrington.

4Ts Founder John Wilkinson worked as a Drayman for Tetley Walkers in the 1990s, before opening his own pub, Wilkies Tavern in 1998 …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Josh and Mitch from Glasshouse Beer Co.

Glasshouse were setup late 2016 in Kings Heath, south of Birmingham, brewing on a half-barrel kit in Josh's Mum's greenhouse, before …

This week sees a variation from our usual Podcast programming, partly due to Rob having been completely off the grid last week, backpacking on the Isle of Jura.

Before he went away, Rob was honoured to be invited on as …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Andrew from Beerhut Brewing Co.

Beerhut are a small independent brewery setup in 2017 and based in Co. Down, Northern Ireland. What started as a hobby in a small tin hut has …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Steve and Jamie from Farmyard Brew Co based near Lancaster.

Launched in 2016, on Steve's family farm, …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, James Campbell from Sureshot Brewing Co based in Manchester.

Founded in 2020, Sureshot Brewing has been a long term project of James Campbell. Everyone with a bitter taste in …

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Jack from Anspach & Hobday based in London.

Leading the new wave of craft beer in London, Anspach & Hobday curates a mix of modern and classic flavours. Pouring quality …

I am delighted to welcome to the 100th Episode of This Week in Craft Beer The Podcast, podcast Dan and James from Overtone Brewing based in Glasgow.

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I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Daniel from Small Batch Brewing based in Runcorn.

Small Batch was formed in late 2020 to make Good Beer For …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast John from Hops and Dots Brew Co. based in Bishop Auckland.

Hops and Dots was formed in the summer of 2018 to …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Johnny and James from Holy Goat Brewing based in Dundee.

Holy Goat was formed in Dundee in the summer of …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Sean from Assembly Brew Co. based in Stockport.

Assembly started life as a Bottleshop and Taproom in the Urmston suburb of Southwest Manchester in 2018. In the midst of the COVID …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Anthony and Mark from Twisted Wheel Brew Co. based in Warrington.

The brewery was launched in 2019, is …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Duncan Alexander and Ben Morris from 71 Brewing Co. based in Dundee.

71 Brewing Co. are an independent brewery crafting crisp lagers and small batch brews, inspired by new wave, …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Chris and Garry from Stannary Brewing Co. based in Tavistock in Devon.

Stannary Brewing Co. is an independent brewery, run by life long friends Mark Stephens, Chris John & …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Jim and Henry from Brook House Hops based in Herefordshire.

The explosive rise of craft brewing has …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Tom Hutchins from Brew By Numbers, based in Greenwich.

Brew By Numbers was launched in December 2012,  and quickly applied a scientific approach to brewing,  working with split …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Paul Seiffert from Black Lodge Brewing based in Liverpool.

Black Lodge is a fast moving, small batch-brewery …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Will Mayne from Bullhouse Brew Co. based in Belfast.

Bullhouse was initially founded back in 2016, literally …

It was back in 2011 that the crew started brewing beer out of their garage in Caracas, Venezuela, making wild concoctions with whatever the could get …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Darcey from Blackjack Beers based in Manchester.

Blackjack was launched in 2012, and has made a significant contribution to the development of the amazing Manchester Craft Beer …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Paul Jones from Cloudwater Brew Co. based in Manchester.

Paul launched Cloudwater in Feb 2015 to champion …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Sam and Katie from Vessel Beer Shop in Plymouth.

Sam and Katie launched Vessel in 2016, and it is now widely regarded as one of the UK's leading Independent Bottle Shops and …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Sheldon and Joe from BRZN Brewery based in Brighton.

BRZN is run by four friends, Sheldon, Max, Aleks and Joe, who after home-brewing for 6 months launched BRZN in Dec 2019, …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Chris Shepherd from Pastore Brewing & Blending, based in Waterbeach, near Cambridge.

Chris co-founded Pastore in 2018 with his son Ben, focusing on producing fresh and aged …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Stacey Ayeh (R-Yay) from Rock Leopard Brewing based in South-East London.

Stacey founded Rock Leopard in 2017, after having worked in and around the industry for the previous …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Archie and Louis Village from Villages Brew Co. based in Deptford South-East London.

Archie and Louis co-founded Villages in 2016 with the goal of bringing people together to do …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Andy Hipwell from Ampersand Brew Co. based in Diss in South Norfolk.

Andy co-founded Ampersand in 2017 with …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Dave Stone from Wylam Brewery based in Newcastle.

Wylam was launched in the year 2000, initially brewing traditional English beer styles, at the same time that Dave was making a …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Tim and Felix from Fallen Acorn based in Gosport, Hampshire.

Launched in 2016, Fallen Acorn are striving to deliver the highest quality beer from traditional styles and brewing …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast James Atherton from Beerblefish based in Walthamstow, NE London.

Beerblefish was launched in August 2015 by …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Emma and Olly from Merakai Brewing Co. based in Uckfield, East Sussex.

Merakai was launched in Autumn 2020 by Emma and Olly, to create opportunities and environments to share and …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Chris Holyfield from Wild Horse Brewery based in Llandudno, North Wales.

Wild Horse was launched in 2015 by …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Gabe Cook The Ciderologist!

Gabe is on a mission to change the way the World thinks and drink cider.

Gabe …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Oli Webb from Dig Brew Co based in Birmingham.

Oli launched Dig Brew in 2017 to be a young and vibrant showcase of the very best hops, malt and yeast in their finished products.

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I am delighted to welcome to the podcast John Rawcliffe from State of Kind Brew Co based in Wigan.

John launched State of Kind in the Spring of 2021 with a mission to make some amazing beers, and help some great causes …

Join Rob and Steve reporting live from Leeds at Hop City 2021; arguably the UK's pre-eminent Craft Beer Festival. 

Featuring interviews with Ross …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Jimmy Hatherley from Unity Brewing in Southampton.

Unity was founded in Southampton in Dec 2016. Unity …

Join Rob and Steve reporting live from the Printworks in Wapping as they continue the Summer Beer Festival Season, featuring update chats with Jordan from Unbarred, DaveBV from The VirtualPubClub and Gaving from The …

Beer Festivals are BACK!!!

Join me for an on-location report from Staggeringly Good's WarehouseFest in Portsmouth, including interviews with Joe from Staggeringly Good and Dave from Southsea Brewing.

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This was another visit that I promised to make during a podcast which we actually followed through on! 

Steve and Rob from TWICB made the journey to …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Mark Hislop  from Exale Brewing in East London.

Exale is a small independently owned brewery based in the …

Long in the planning, Steve and Rob headed down to St Agnes in Cornwall last weekend to spend an amazing evening in the sunshine with Jonny and the Team at Pipeline Brewing Co Taproom.

If you haven't visited this …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Drew Harris from both Boutilliers and  Low Key Barrel Project.

Drew is one half of Kent based Boutilliers, along with Rich Bennett, and in Nov 2020 Drew and Rich launched Low Key …

When I first interviewed Andy from Three Hills for the Podcast in October 2020, he had just got the keys to their new Bermondsey Beer-Mile Brewery and Taproom. At the time we discussed their grand-opening plans, …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Alex and Graeme from Full Circle Brew Co in Newcastle.

It is exactly 12 months to the week since we first …

Little Earth Project are based in a idyllic, peaceful and remote corner of South Suffolk, and they have a campsite and a pub, and a brewery.

When I …

Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery near Coalville in Leicestershire, founded in 1835. The abbey was the first permanent …

I first interviewed Joe from Pentrich on the Podcast in Episode 15 in October 2020. At that time we got to talking about how Pentrich had built their reputation by putting "proper" heavily-hopped NEIPAs into keg. I …

Born from a desire of escaping the oil and gas industry, Fierce would become the end result of a chance meeting of co-founders Dave Grant and Dave …

Donncha has crammed a wealth of experiences, both good and bad, into his past decade, in and around the Craft Beer Scene. As he moved from Head …

Since launching in early 2018 Pollys have grown and adapted to form a small but tight-knit team of six running the day to day operations of the …

Squawk was founded in Manchester in 2013. At its heart is a love of beer, the people that drink it and the people that make it.

Since the early days they’ve been brewing progressive, hop-forward beers with traditional …

Drop Project was launched in 2019 by Joe, Will and JT, inspired by their love of the outdoors and enjoying nature to the max. Drop Project brew fantastic modern Craft Beers with an Eco conscious mindset, attempting to …

Top Rope Brewing began way back in January 2015, when Ben and Neil met at Brewdog Liverpool's homebrew club.  Bonding over a shared interest in beer …

VAUX has been a beloved name in Sunderland for almost 200 years. From the earliest incarnation of 'C. Vaux & Sons' in 1837 the brewery was an important part of city life in Sunderland until its sudden closure in …

O'Brother was the brainchild of 3 brothers, Barry, Brian and Paddy O'Neil, who in 2014 swapped the 9-5 jobs for beer 24/7, setup the brewery and haven't looked back since!

https://www.obrotherbrewing.com/

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Two Tribes was launched in 2016 as an evolution of founder Justin Deighton's previous beer businesses, and are based at the heart of many of the UK's …

Founded in 2013 and set on the stunning Kent coast, Time and Tide Brewing are fueled by their passion for beer, their sense of fun and unrelenting dedication to making the best beer they possibly can.

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Ben and Mick homebrewed for two years before opening commercially in 2014 on the family farm in a stunning rural setting.

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Mark has been a main-stay of the Newcastle Beer Scene for many years, brewing first at Mordue and then at Tyne Bank, before starting Almasty in the sumer of 2014, named after the legendary Siberian Big Foot!

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Ryan started Chain House in September 2017,  with a commitment to provide local beer to local bars, in Preston.

Ryan wholeheartedly recommends the …

This is a conversation with my friend and fellow podcast host Mark Peacock. Mark is based in Chicago and has been publishing his popular Travel …

Stuart and Jasper started Yonder Brewing & Blending in July 2018, with three key tenets, an obsession with mixed fermentation, a focus on locally …

Brew York was founded in 2015 by Wayne Smith and Lee Grabham, in the beautiful York City Centre with a mission to make beers with personality that …

Hackney Brewery was founded in 2011 by Peter Hills and Jon Swain, in a couple of Hackney Railway arches.

Towards the end of 2020, they ran a …

Padstow Brewing Company was setup in 2013 on the rugged North Cornish Coast.

Padstow brew fresh, exciting and fiercely independent beers. They are a true small-batch brewery, with no computers or accountants to run the …

Crafty Cats started life in lockdown No.1 as the brothers bunkered down in the family farmhouse to ride out the pandemic. Having dabbled in home-brewing for some time, they decided to start sharing the fruits of their …

Bone Machine Brew Co. are a fierce craft brewery inspired by a love of stoner rock, cosmo punk, Russian music and an idiosyncratic sense of humour. Underpinning the apparent chaos lies great values of honesty, hard work …

Roman is a Dutchman who was born in Brussels, but he studied for many years in London.

After completing his studies, Roman began brewing part-time in 2014 on a farm near Ilford. Inspired by both the scientific and …

Oli and Sam met at Cardiff Uni where Sam began brewing in his bedroom at their shared house.

After graduating, Sam moved back to Birmingham and began brewing in his attic. Meanwhile Oli almost escaped to the world of …

Jordan began as a home brewer a decade ago. In 2014 he launched Unbarred as a 100l nano brewery in his back garden, and began to win awards.

Jordan …

FLOC Brewing was established in Margate in 2020 to brew hop-forward, delicious beers with the finest ingredients. FLOC beers are liquid sunshine - beer that makes people smile!

https://www.flocbrewing.com/

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I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Shaz and Mike from Docks Beers in Grimsby.

Docks Beers was established in Grimsby in 2018 and was built from the ground-up in a disused Grimsby Mission church.

www.docksbeers.com

Named after the mythical carnivorous version of the cuddly koala, Drop Bear was launched by Joelle and Sarah in 2019 with a clear mission - brew …

For Joe and his friends, Jon and Russ, it all got a little out of control in 2015, when they first uttered the sentence ‘Hey! Shall we get together …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast, Lotte Peplow - The American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe for the Brewers Association.

The Brewers Association is an American not-for-profit Trade Association, who can take …

Tom grew up helping out his father in the family cidery, before launching his first brewery Mill Green in 2008, focused on producing cask ale with American hops.

In 2016, driven by a love of sour beers, he pivoted to …

Vault City was launched in 2018 by Founders Steve and Johnnie in Edinburgh, who started out homebrewing on the kitchen stove, before evolving to …

Pillars Founders Gavin and Omar started out homebrewing in a garden shed, before launching Pillars Brewery in Walthamstow in 2016, as London's first specialist Craft Lager Brewery.

https://www.pillarsbrewery.com/

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Phil started out homebrewing in the basement of his hairdressing salon in Leeds, before launching Play Brew in 2017, initially as a Contract …

Daftaboutcraft is a monthly (soon to be 3-weekly) exploration of the wonderful and creative world of craft beer. Hosted by two guys called Dave, who …

Heist was launched by Dan and Adam in 2017, initially as cuckoo brewers, before opening their own facility in the mining village of Clowne in Derbyshire in 2018. In early 2020 the brewery relocated to the Neepsend …

Having honed his craft at Gipsy Hill, Fourpure and Arundel Brewery, Brenden launched Little Monster in Jan 2018 initially as a gypsy brewery.

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The Beak was launched in 2014 initially as a nomadic project by award winning food and drink journalist Danny Tapper. Danny perfected recipes on his one-barrel kit in the Yorkshire Dales, before cuckoo brewing at the …

Carnival Brewing was formed in 2018 by Dom Hope-Smith and Ade Burke inspired by a chance introduction at a local charity Carnival. Sharing their passions for music, family and beer, ideas grew and the beers started …

Established in 2013, Weird Beard don't believe in being stereotyped. They love upfront, in your face, hop-focused craft beers, along with classic styles.

Their varied range of core beers are supplemented with a large …

Established in 2014, Southsea, are a small brewery producing modern beers set up within the walls of the iconic Southsea Castle just outside Portsmouth on the South English Coast.

https://southseabrewing.co.uk/

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All Day is a Farmhouse Brewery in a 500 year-old barn on a working farm, which includes a 20-acre organic orchard and a hop yard. They specialise in …

I am delighted to welcome to the podcast Joe from Pentrich Brewing, based in the Derbyshire village of Pentrich, just outside the Peak District.

Joe and his friend Ryan established Pentrich in 2016 with the goal of …

Andrew spent seven years brewing in China including some time as the head brewer at a Drei Kronen Bavarian brauhaus in Shanghai, prior to launching Three Hills on his birthday in 2016.

Three Hills Brewing is named after …

Based in Central Manchester, Wander Beyond Brewing launched back in December 2017, as a small team with an ambition to make beers bursting with flavour. Inspired by the outdoors and their love for adventure, Wander …

Andrew has owned the Pelham Arms Pub in Lewes since 2008. In 2016 Andy stepped up his homebrewing in the cellar of the Pelham Arms (affectionately …

The London Beer Factory is an open exploration of beer, modern and independent, never still, always innovating. Globally inspired, locally minded.

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Opened in the summer of 2018, Pipeline Brewing Co. crafts small batches of vibrant, hoppy, juicy beers using fresh ingredients and Cornish water. 

They create craft beers that showcase the best of New World hops.

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Piglove can trace it's roots back to 2016 when two guys from Venezuela, met by chance in Leeds, and discovered a mutual admiration for Craft Beer.

Piglove is the English translation of a Venezuelan expression "cochino …

Neptune was founded in April 2015, focused on the principle of brewing quality, consistent beer for all to enjoy.

That same year Julie O'Grady also …

Duration Brewery has been created with a considered purpose rarely seen in an Industry that often seems to be in a desperate hurry.

Bates and Miranda …

S43 were founded just outside Durham in 2012, and proceeded to build a strong reputation for cask beer in the North East. At the end of 2018, they hired Texan Alex Rattray to launch the Craft Beer arm of the business. …

Full Circle Brew Co is the latest in a long-line of successful family businesses in the drinks and hospitality sector.

Very few Craft Breweries in …

Join me for a great chat with Mike and Luci, Co-Founders of Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading.

Listen-in to discover how attention to detail drives everything that they do, from the quality of the beer to the …

Mondo Brewing co-founder Tom Palmer grew up in the shadow of Big Beer in St Louis, USA, but it took his immersion in the fascinating, illegal underworld of the Tokyo home-brew scene to convince him that brewing was his …

Join me for an in-depth chat with Dom and Dane, co-founders of Phantom Brewing in Reading. Get the background that led to the epic Leap-Day party …

We go deep with Ross Holland, Mr Alpha Delta, to discover the origins of arguably the hottest property in UK Independent Craft Brewing. 

Listen-in to …