These Hop Growers Don’t Want Your Money
These Hop Growers Don’t Want Your MoneyTranscript of essay by Jo Caird 21 July 2020, for October online magazine It all started with a conversation over a beer at a community food growing event in South London, recalls Ann Bodkin, co-founder of the Grow Beer movement. “What could a lot of…
Compost, Soil and Community Beer
Abby Rose discusses with Ann Bodkin for Farmerama Radio podcast on Compost, Soil and Community Beer. Check out podcast 51, where Ann shares insights about the Grow Beer project, recorded at the Beer & Berries Festival 2019, Hospital, Arbroath, Scotland, curated by online journal Feast (Listen from 33:00). Thanks to Sustainable…
FEAST journal talks at Beer & Berries Festival, Hospitalfield
Laura Mansfield who runs the online journal FEAST developed a programme of talks on contemporary and sustainable approaches to craft brewing – from field to grain to glass for Beer & Berries festival 2019, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland. With ‘House of Ferment’ Kvass Workshop: Karen Gutherie ; Farmerama: Abby Rose ; New…
Press & Media
A Guardian article about how to grow your own community beer. An article in the Sunday Telegraph about growing your own hops, with lovely mentions of both Brixton Beer and the Palace Pint. Fame at last for Sam Holt and Cardiff’s Grow Beer project in Wales Online. Deal Hop Farm in…
How it started
Helen Steer and Ann Bodkin (@AnnBodkin) started Brixton Beer Co (@BrixtonBeerCo) after a conversation about beer at the Incredible Edible Lambeth Feast in October 2011. We wanted to celebrate beer and growing stuff in a fun way, plus we wanted to find a way to reach beyond the usual food activist…