What’s your favourite hop?
Oliver: my favourite hop is Mosaic®
What’s your favourite beer?
Oliver: my favourite beer is not available in the UK and is Swish by Bissell Brother, it’s phenomenal
Mat: Westmalle dubbel
Favourite Food & Beer pairing?
Oliver: You can’t beat a good spicy meat pizza with a lovely NEIPA
Favourite beer destination?
Oliver: Last year I had the opportunity to tour the New England area of America and it has amazing taprooms and great beer to boot
Mat: Belgium. I have been a few times and it has been amazing beer and weather.
Favourite pub in the UK?
Oliver: The Lockhart tavern in Haywards Heath, It has the nicest staff with an great ever changing craft beer range
Mat: Georgi Fin in Worthing, Was my local micro pub.
What’s the one item in the brewery you couldn’t live without?
Oliver: I could not live without our Anton Paar cbox
Mat: Tea bags!
Favourite song/album/artist/music to play during a brew day?
Oliver: Its pretty much non stop metal throughout the day but mostly KillSwitch Engage
Mat: Metal with splatters of synthwave and some occasional Kraftwerk.
If you weren’t in the brewing industry, what would you be doing?
Oliver: I’d probably still be stuck behind a desk as a picture editor
Mat: Producing in the TV & Film world.
Biggest inspiration in brewing?
Mat: Local legend Mark Tranter. Dark Star were the first beers I was drinking and what he is now doing at Burning Sky is just awesome!
Favourite beer festival?
Oliver: Northern Monk’s Hop City Leeds
What got you into brewing?
Mat: I had always wanted to give it a go and my wife bought me a kit one Christmas. I told myself I wouldn’t let this hobby get out of hand. So here I am!
Favourite interest/hobby outside of brewing?
Mat: I do late Victorian military re-enactment (Zulu war era). It’s a good switch off and great sitting round a camp fire in the evening drinking far too much port with friends.
What’s the last beer you brewed?
Our brand new DIPA “Dragonfly”
Fuggles or Goldings?
Oliver: Golding
Mat: Goldings
What’s next for Arundel Brewery?
Getting our brand-new canning line up and running
