Ep 04 - Sustainability Fundamentals - Chris Terry

07/23/23 • 41 min

It's the hottest topic in the brewing industry right now. But how many of us can recite all the fundamentals right now?
In this episode we have with us Chris Terry a brewing sustainability expert who delivers carbon literacy training all around the world with his company 86-Carbon.
By the end of this episode you will understand every brewery based sustainability fundamental.
3:21 - Why is sustainability an important topic?
7:26 - What is carbon zero?
8:32 - What is carbon offsetting?
11:32 - So what are kilos of CO2 equivalent or CO2e?
12:35 - What is green washing?
14:48 - What is scope 1, 2 and 3
21:26 - Can one brewery can make a difference?
30:04 - what are the threats of sustainability?
34:50 - What can breweries action on sustainability?
37:25 - My top tips for brewers.
Thank you to our sponsor Brewing Trade, a platform to not only buy high quality hops direct, but also sell your over contracted ones!
🔗 Chris' LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lewington/
🔁 Brewing Trade - https://www.brewingtrade.com/

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Previous Episode

Ep 03 - Beyond the Rub & Sniff - Henry Smith

The rub & sniff is the staple of every hop assessment we do.
But are there questions we can ask our hop farmer or merchant as well as the rub and sniff that will better understand the hops you are assessing?
This episode is with Henry Smith formally the youngest hop farmer in Europe and a generational hop farmer.
02:26 - The rub & sniff
10:55 - Alpha Acids and hop quality
14:08 - The hop manufacturing process
19:30 - The 3 tier kiln system
22:41 - Cold storage
24:49 - Hop pellet process
38:07 - How important is country, climate and soil?
43:55 - Hop growing technology and analytics
46:04 - Hop diseases and it’s regionality
48:44 - The future of hop growing
51:04 - What questions should you be asking to get great hops?
Thank you to our sponsor Brewing Trade, a platform to not only buy high quality hops direct, but also sell your over contracted ones!
🔗 Chris' LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lewington/
🔁 Brewing Trade - https://www.brewingtrade.com/

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Ep 05 - How To Manage Brewery Data - Tristan Mobbs

We learn from expert data analyst Tristan Mobbs why, how and when we should collect data to better our brewery's processes.
We also learn:
•⁠ ⁠How to stop wasting time
•⁠ ⁠How to learn to manage your data quicker.
•⁠ ⁠A failed former business adventure of ours
1:35 - The back story
5:00 - Tristan’s career to date
9:27 - Factors to consider before collecting data
11:43 - How to organise data
15:34 - How to structure data
19:24 - How to analyse data
24:23 - How to visualise data
27:12 - Common mistakes with data
36:30 - AI and data collection
🔗 Tristan Mobbs - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristanmobbs/
🔗 Chris' LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lewington/
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The Modern Brewer Podcast - Ep 04 - Sustainability Fundamentals - Chris Terry

Transcript

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So welcome everyone to the fourth episode of the modern brewer podcast on today's episode We're going to be talking about sustainability Sustainability will be a theme that goes throughout this podcast life. This is going to be the first episode. So what we're going to do is cover the basics of sustainability, the key terms, key concepts, and ultimately how your brewery could start sustainability today. But first, a big thank you to all of the followers slash subscrib