This Week in Craft Beer – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to Dan Jablow. Here is another perspective on the US Craft Beer Scene, and the way that Universities are creating programmes to help the industry thrive.

Join me as I chat with Bluntrock owner George about the success of his hyper-locally focused West Country Brewery.

Join me as I chat with Jack from No frills Joe Brewing Co. based near Dartford in Kent.

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 continue to lead the way for hazy East Coast pale ales in the UK, and are also seen as a pioneer on issues such as the importance of freshness, beer cold storage, and continue to be a major influence on taproom culture in London.

Aside from brewing amazing beer, Tom's passion is to promote a responsible link between beer and health, and it was great to catch up with him at the opening session of the BBNo Riverside Festival for an update.

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Gaz from Pomona Island based in Salford.

Pomona Island was launched by Gaz, Ryan, Nick and James in October 2017, and quickly established a strong reputation for themselves in the fabulous Manchester Craft Beer Scene, brewing great modern beers across a range of styles, but specialising in New World big juicy IPAs.

https://www.pomonaislandbrew.co.uk/

Gaz wholeheartedly recommends the following fine establishments:

https://craftbrewtique.co.uk/

https://prairie-schooner-taphouse.co.uk/

https://www.theassemblymcr.co.uk/

https://www.sevenbro7hers.com/

https://www.marblebeers.com/

https://the-northern-type.myshopify.com/

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Jack from Tartarus Beers based in Horsforth, West Yorshire.

Launched in 2020 Tartarus are a new nano brewery that specialises in strong and European styles of beer. The brewery and all of the beers are named after myths, legends and folklore. With their love of mythology in mind, Tartarus was born.

https://www.tartarusbeers.co.uk/

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, George and Charlie from Crossover Blendery based in Hertfordshire.

Crossover are a small blendery focused on producing 100% spontaneously fermented beers aged in traditional vessels such as oak barrels.

The aim is to source ingredients as close to the Blendery as possible. The work is seasonal, brewing in the cold months and fruiting in the warm. Each beer they make is of that year, It is of that season and it cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world.

The way they make beer and its eventual flavour characteristics blur the lines between beer and other fermented beverages. As a result they want to emphasise the ‘crossing over’ of beer into these other drinks which are often considered a distant and superior or inferior cousin.

These beers are a labour of love and incredibly time-consuming to produce.

https://www.crossoverblendery.co.uk/

George and Charlie wholeheartedly recommend the following fine establishments:

https://www.beershophq.uk/pages/shops

https://www.facebook.com/brokensealtap/

I am delighted to welcome to The Podcast, Gareth from Epochal Barrel Fermented Ales based in Glasgow.

Epochal makes beer with a sense of place. Whether through use of local barley, unique house microflora, our special Scottish water, the impact of climate on the aging process or inspiration drawn from local brewing traditions, Epochal beer is particular to Scotland and to the brewery itself.

Their beer is modern and their own, but with roots in Scotland’s brewing heritage.

https://www.epochal.co.uk/

Gareth wholeheartedly reccommends the following fine local establishments

https://www.koelschipyard.beer/

https://www.weebeershop.co.uk/

https://www.thegoodspiritsco.com/

https://www.valhallasgoat.com/

https://www.simplethingsfermentations.com/

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 blending their love of brewing great beers and then integrating the business into the local community in Stockton.

https://threebrothersbrewing.co.uk/

David wholeheartedly recommends the following fine establishments:

https://twitter.com/bearandbottlene?lang=en

https://www.lostrobot.co.uk/

https://www.offtheground.coffee/

https://www.signalssaltburn.com/

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 in Warrington. (now known as the Tavern Sports Bar).

John launched 4Ts Brewery in 2010, initially out of his garage, before moving to Runcorn in 2012, and then moving to larger premises back in Warrington in 2015.

Initially cask-focused, 4Ts now produces an impressive range of cask, keg and canned beer, always focused on "satisfying taste buds everywhere"

https://www.4tsbrewery.co.uk/

John and Jordan wholeheartedly recommend the following fine establishment:

http://www.thefirkin.co.uk/