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Long-time fans of British beer might remember St Austell Brewery’s flagship IPA Proper Job as a bold, citrus-driven ale that helped define a generation of hops-forward UK beers. But few know the pivotal part played by Charles Faram and our MD Paul Corbett, whose passion and vision helped unlock the “hops in Proper Job” that made it what it is today.
The American Hops in Proper Job
In the deeply researched article “A Scanner Dreckly — The Life and Legacy of St. Austell Proper Job IPA”, author Adrian Tierney-Jones traces the origins of Proper Job back to early-2000s. With visits to hop growers in the Yakima Valley, where Charles Faram worked with head brewer Roger Ryman to source the American-style hop profile that would redefine what a British IPA could be.
The article reveals how the combination of Willamette and Chinook for bitterness, with Cascade for aromatic lift — supplied through Faram’s network — gave Proper Job a character decades ahead of its time: pine, grapefruit, tropical fruit and resiny pine notes that helped shift the British brewing landscape away from traditional bitters and porters.
If you’ve ever wondered about the story behind those citrus-heavy, resinous hop notes in Proper Job — or how a traditional Cornish brewery ended up pioneering what would become a template for so many modern British IPAs — this article is a must-read.
Read the full piece here: [A Scanner Dreckly — The Life and Legacy of St. Austell Proper Job IPA].
