Five minutes with Faram – Ian Thomson, Cumbrian Legendary Ales

Five minutes with Faram - Ian Thomson, Cumbrian Legendary Ales

What’s your favourite hop?

Amarillo®

What’s your favourite beer?

Apart from our own…Timothy Taylor’s Landlord

What’s the one item in the brewery you couldn’t do without? 

Coffee!

Favourite interest/hobby outside of brewing? 

Playing Cricket

Favourite Food & Beer pairing?

Curry with a nice cool lager

Favourite beer destination?

Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater.
https://www.kirkstile.com/

Favourite pub in the UK?

Manor House, Oxen Park (my local)
https://manorhouseoxenpark.co.uk/

Your biggest inspiration in brewing?

Hayley Barton our previous Head Brewer

What’s the last beer you brewed? 

Loweswater Gold

Favourite artist to play during a brew day?

Coldplay

What got you into brewing?

A fascination with beer, always something I hoped to do.

If you weren’t in the Brewing Industry what would you be doing?

Something less enjoyable

Fuggles or Goldings?

Goldings
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