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Spreading Hoppiness | Brewing Podcast

The Spreading Hoppiness Podcast is full of hops, beers, and brilliant chats with brewers and growers across the UK. Join Maddie and Paddie as they take you on a hop filled journey from the history of hop growing to innovative new brewing products. This hops podcast has it all from brewers who don’t do favourites to brewers crying on a tractor. Get to know brewers from around the world, learn about their best brewing techniques, and what characters they have met along the way! Featuring a great list of special guests, including Beer Writer Mark Dredge, Head Brewer Alice Batham, Nectaron® founder Dr Ron Beatson and so many more!

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This podcast thumbnail features Hop Breeder and expert Dr Ron Beatson as he chats to Charles Faram's Group Technical Director WIll Rogers smiling at the camera, with the words 'The Kiwi Kronicles - Dr Ron talks science, stories and sensational flavours'

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This podcast thumbnail features Ant from Ledbury Real Ales and Charles Faram's Group Technical Director Will Rogers. They are smiling at the camera with the words 'Brewing Green - Expert Tips for a Sustainable Future' behind them in green and white text.

This podcast thumbnail features Beer Write Mark Dredge chatting to Hop Breeder Klara Hadju with the words Hop Breeding 101: From Seedling to Success.

This brewing podcast thumbnail artwork features Beer Writer Mark Dredge, Malt Expert Axel Jany and Charles Faram's Jon Stringer chatting to each other. Behind them are the words It's the Weyermann ® Way: From Recipe to Refinement

This thumbnail features brewer Chris Gooch and Special Projects Manager Ben Adams. They are chatting about green beer, with the words Harvest Celebrations with Green Hops: Tips, tricks and Brewing Techniques behind them in green and white text.

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This image features the podcast cover for the Inside Budvar Brewery - Tradition, Techique and taste podcast featuring Adam Broz and Matt Clarke from Lakes Brew Co

This image features the podcast cover for Spreading Hoppiness, the Charles Faram podcast and this episode is Hops on the Horizon: The Next Generation of Hop Flavours. The image features 4 people, emma inch, rob topham, paul corbett and will rogers, with a hop yard in the background the episodes title in big capital letters

This image features the thumbnail for Spreading Hoppiness The Charles Faram Podcast - Hops and High-Tech: The Abstrax Hops Arroach. The thumbnail features 4 people, Maddie and Paddie from Charles Faram, Julian Shrago from Beachwood brewing and Craig Thomas from Abstrax Hops. Hop oils, fruit flavourings.

What do witches, world records, a day dedicated to celebrating beer, and hop root foraging have in common? More than you realise, but for today it’s Jane Peyton! This month, we sit down with extraordinary storyteller and beer aficionado Jane to uncover the ‘spellbinding’ truth behind the classic Disney witch image, Jane’s adventures picking hops and foraging for rare hop shoots, the history of women in brewing, and the incredible moment she shattered a world record for the largest beer tasting event! Plus, we raise a glass to Beer Day Britain, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. And, of course, we get a sneak peek at what’s brewing next in her adventures. This is an episode you won’t want to miss

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Full Episode List | Brewing Podcast

Listen to all episodes from the Spreading Hoppiness brewing podcast, from brewers who don’t do favourites to crying on a tractor, this brewing podcast covers every topic, from hops to world record attempts.

Season 2

Step inside one of the world’s most iconic breweries – Budvar . Tune in for this master class of tradition, technique and taste, as Will Rogers and Brewmaster Adam Brož discuss Budvar’s extensive history, extended lagering process and why whole cone hops still remain supreme.

International Hop Growers, the importance of working together & the tighty whities tale

Get ready to set off across the world as we bring you ear to ear with 5 international hop growers

The Hop Heats series continues…

Join us and 150 brewers for a sensory beer tasting like no other. A panel of experts put their taste buds to the test with four brand new beers, each brewed with experimental hops that have never been used before.

Ever heard of Abstrax? Increase your yields, transform your brews and introduce new flavours with this revolutionary range of flavour liquids! But don’t just take our word for it. Listen to Julian Shargo from Beach Wood Brewing and learn how these products have transformed his brewing process.

What do witches, world records, a day dedicated to celebrating beer, and hop root foraging have in common? – Found on in this brewing podcast episode – Brew & Lore: Witches, World Records and Adventures in the World of Beer!

Could this really be the end of chemical hop pesticides? Award-winning hop grower Jimmy Barrett thinks he’s found the answer. Learn how to is giving his hops the strength they need to overcome anything Mother Nature throws at them. What to know what he’s planning? Find out in this week’s hop podcast episode: The War on Hop Diseases: Could this be the End of Chemical Pesticides?

Season 1

Tears and a tractor! Surely you want to here that story?! On this week’s brewing podcast we talk relationships but not the romantic kind… Listen to a great range of hop growers and brewers and learn why they find the grower brewer relationship so important!

On this week’s hop podcast Beer Writer Mark Dredge chats with Hop Breeder Klara Hadju from Wye hops, she is telling us all about her day job and how she is excited to find the next big flavour in hop growing. To see what plans she has next, check out Ep31: The Secrets of the Hop Lab

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