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Hosted by Nick Law · arts · EN-GB · 211 episodes
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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Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business is hosted by Nick Law. The show has published 211 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 200: Episode CC: Return of the Fat Jedi" (9 January 2026, 114 minutes), "Episode 199: Can You Reuse Dry Hops? Sludge, Soup and Everything in Between [with Pete Gillespie, Garage Project - Wellington, NZ]" (2 January 2026, 97 minutes), and "Episode 198: The Power of Place: Building the Brewery Story Around The Abbey Estate [with Claire Monk from Welbeck Abbey Brewery]" (15 December 2025, 87 minutes).
Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 74 minutes across 211 episodes.
Booking probability for Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business's contact route on record: verified email.
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Nick Law hosts Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business, an arts show with 211 episodes published.
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Episode #200
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...! Craft beer is on the rise, queues of beer nerds are lining up for the latest Imperial Stouts and a brave alliance of brewers has formed to bring down the Galactic Empire...
On the Hop Forward Podcast this week, we head to Wellington, New Zealand, by the magic of the internet to sit down digitally with Pete Gillespie, co-founder of Garage Project , for a deep dive into one of the most...
Established in 2011 by General Manager and Brewster Claire Monk, Welbeck Abbey Brewery is situated on the Welbeck Abbey Estate . Founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1153, after the Dissolution, the Abbey was...
How many grams per litre of dry-hopping creates those big juice DIPA flavours? What cereal should we use to create a self-stable haze? What are the correct additives and E-numbers that will give us the right hue to our...
In this episode, Nick sits down with Dean & Jill Baker, the husband-and-wife team behind Bakers Dozen Brewing . Based in Rutland, the smallest county in the UK, the Bakers have built a lifestyle business from scratch —...
On the podcast this week, Nick takes us on a roving audio tour of SIBA Beer X —the UK’s largest brewing trade show—capturing raw, on-the-ground insights straight from the tradeshow floor. Armed with a microphone and...
On the podcast this week, Nick is joined by Craig Thomas, National Account Manager at Abstrax , to take a deep dive into the science, story, and serious hop chemistry behind their innovative hop products—used by some of...
On the podcast this week, Nick is joined by Tim Bloomer, co-founder and Sustainability Director for Fell Brewery . Based in Cumbria, one of the UK's most scenic areas, having a brewery that is friendly to the...
I've stayed in craft beer for over a decade not just for the love of the liquid, but for the friendships. The relationships I've built are what keep me here, the camaraderie amongst brewers and beer professionals. You...
This week on the Hop Forward Podcast, we're joined by journalist and Beer Writer of the Year 2023, David Jesudason. We discuss diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within hospitality and the brewing sector, exploring...
Episode #190
Hopefully, by the end of this episode, we'll have answered the question why Dave Hayward, co-founder of A Hoppy Place and Indie Rabble Brewing Co , is selling a shit load of hazies... but even if we don't, we're sure...
I'm sure you'll forgive the clickbaity title but it's a question I've been asking for the last 10 years. Most brewery businesses start by obtaining a premises, purchasing equipment, commissioning a brewhouse and getting...
Episode #188
This week on the Hop Forward Podcast, we're diving into one of the most fascinating corners of brewing: blending and wild beers with Dan Wye who oversees Origins , the wild and spontaneous fermentation arm of Fyne Ales...
Nick Smith from Steam Machine Brewing Company joins us on the Hop Forward Podcast this week to discuss their unique subscription service, The Fellowship of the Beer. The Fellowship of Beer is an extension of Steam...
When Buxton Brewery announced it had gone into administration, shockwaves could be felt across the craft beer community. As a pillar of the UK craft beer scene since 2009, setting benchmarks for quality and innovation...
Is regenerative Barley really the future of sustainable malt, or has its benefit been over-hyped? In this week's episode, Nick hosts a panel debate to hash it out with experts in the field whether this and other...
Liverpool has long been a musical powerhouse. From Echo and the Bunnymen and Frankie Goes to Hollywood to its most famous sons, The Beatles, the City of Pop has shaped global culture. But Liverpool is far more than...
Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business
Stay tuned for new episodes of the Hop Forward Podcast coming this December! In the meantime, Nick gives us the lowdown on what's been happening over the past year since the podcast has been in the fridge/on...
This episode marks a turning point for the Hop Forward Podcast as it will be the last episode of the show before we go on hiatus (or a 'hop rest' as we prefer to call it) for a while. In this episode, Nick shares his...
On the podcast this week, Nick is joined by Chris Terry from 86 Carbon to talk about the impacts of climate change on the brewing and hospitality industry and explore ways to make your business more sustainable and...
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