Ep7 — Where It's At feat. Duration, Verdant and Five Points Brewing

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01/16/20 • 90 min

Welcome to the question time episode.

A few months ago I hosted a panel talk at a bar called Five Miles in Tottenham, North London called Where It’s At. It’s intent? To figure out where the UK craft beer industry is at the moment, perhaps taking stock of it in the process and figuring out how it might look in the future.

I’m joined on this panel by three influential people within the world of beer: Ed Mason, founder of the Five Points Brewing Company here in London; Miranda Hudson, founder of Duration Brewing in Norfolk, and Adam Robertson, founder of Verdant Brewing Company in Falmouth Cornwall.

Very few topics are left alone in this lengthy debate: quality, independence, crowdfunding, the price of beer—nothing is taboo. It resulted in a very interesting discussion, and at times quite amusing—especially when our host, Mark Hislop of Exale Brewing (formerly Hale Brewery) delivered us some patented Mali-Bomb shots midway through the discussion.

Thanks to Dan and Mark of Exale for hosting this discussion. Now that they’re in their new home in Walthamstow, North London, we hope to host another of these entertaining debates soon.

Host: Matthew Curtis
Guests: Adam Robertson — Verdant Brewing, Miranda Hudson — Duration Brewing, Ed Mason — The Five Points Brewing Company.
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Welcome to the question time episode.

Thanks to Dan and Mark of Exale for hosting this discussion. Now that they’re in their new home in Walthamstow, North London, we hope to host another of these entertaining debates soon.

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Ep6 — Leeds Leeds Leeds

Today’s episode is a bumper special: a narrative exploration of one of my favourite cities in the UK — Leeds. This bastion of West Yorkshire is very special to me, and that’s because it’s such a wonderful place to visit and to drink some very fine beer.

During this episode we’ll hear from several key people from within the Leeds beer scene, including: Richard Brownhill of Little Leeds Beerhouse and bar, Brownhill and Co, Russel Bisset, founder and director of Northern Monk Brewery, Katie Marriot and Mike Hampshire of Nomadic Beer, and finally Christian Townsley, who over two decades ago founded North Bar with his friend and business partner John Gyngell—who, together, are arguably two of the most important figures in British beer today.

Host: Matthew Curtis
Guests: Russell Bisset — Northern Monk, Richard Brownhill — Little Leeds Beerhouse, Katie Marriot & Mike Hampshire — Nomadic Beer, Christian Townsley — North Brewing Co.
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Ep8 — Beer & Socialism with Unity Brewing's Jimmy Hatherley

Today’s episode is an interview with Jimmy Hatherley, founder of Unity Brewing Co in Southampton. Jimmy is a good friend of mine, and a fantastic brewer. He established his brewery in 2016, influenced by modern, hoppy beers such as Russian River’s Pliny the Elder and Focal Banger from Vermont’s The Alchemist. His other influence is closer to home, however: Belgium. He’s just as interested in perfecting his crisp, nuanced saisons as he is his intensely hopped IPAs.

The other thing that interests Jimmy is building his business—but not in the way you might think. He doesn’t feel the need to grow his business to any greater size than he operates at already. Instead he wants to grow slowly, and laterally, investing in his people and a sustainable, good quality of life for his family, and his employees families. It’s a noble aim, and one that for me is at the core of independent brewing here in the United Kingdom.

Stick around after the interview is done as I’ll be reading another feature from our site. This time it’s a piece from Eoghan Walsh, who headed to Rwanda in search of authenticity, and instead went on a journey of self discovery.

Host: Matthew Curtis
Guest: Jimmy Hatherley — Unity Brewing Co.
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