45 min
HIP Biz 15 with Ned and Charlie Braxton from Brewing Brothers HIPCAST
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The latest episode of HIP Biz is now available, hosted by our roving Business Editor Damien Pestell. In this series we tell the story of the people behind our local businesses, finding out how and why they created their business.
This week Damien travels by bicycle (and up a very large hill) to meet the fabulous Brewing Brothers, Ned and Charlie Braxton at their sparkly new brewery up on the Ridge in Hastings.
They talk about their first job as publicans, managing their family owned pub in East Sussex and the fondness they have for those formative years, where they made many mistakes but had so much fun.
They discuss how those mistakes taught them invaluable lessons when it came to setting up their own business, and the West Coast road trip they embarked on in 2014 that inspired them, opening their eyes to the concept of micro-brewing, which celebrated the craft of beer making and the brewer.
They talk about how their friend Bill, an amateur brewer, joined the team right at the start and how they started brewing their own beer shortly afterwards, before opening the doors to their first pub, The Imperial on Queens road in 2016.
HIP finds out how the business was extremely well received in Hastings before Covid, and how they pivoted the business model overnight to a delivery service, quite literally getting on their bikes and personally meeting customers.
They discuss the fantastic bond they have developed with their customers and how a creative crowdfunding campaign enabled their latest move to the new brewery site and tap room.
By their own admission Ned and Charlie had no idea what they were doing when they first started their business and they’ve winged it on more than one occasion, but good fortune has followed them and they’ve had a fantastic time in the process.
A lot of fun was had recording this episode and catching up with one of the most fun businesses in Hastings, we hope that you enjoy the show which is now available on most platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hastings-independent-press/message
The latest episode of HIP Biz is now available, hosted by our roving Business Editor Damien Pestell. In this series we tell the story of the people behind our local businesses, finding out how and why they created their business.
This week Damien travels by bicycle (and up a very large hill) to meet the fabulous Brewing Brothers, Ned and Charlie Braxton at their sparkly new brewery up on the Ridge in Hastings.
They talk about their first job as publicans, managing their family owned pub in East Sussex and the fondness they have for those formative years, where they made many mistakes but had so much fun.
They discuss how those mistakes taught them invaluable lessons when it came to setting up their own business, and the West Coast road trip they embarked on in 2014 that inspired them, opening their eyes to the concept of micro-brewing, which celebrated the craft of beer making and the brewer.
They talk about how their friend Bill, an amateur brewer, joined the team right at the start and how they started brewing their own beer shortly afterwards, before opening the doors to their first pub, The Imperial on Queens road in 2016.
HIP finds out how the business was extremely well received in Hastings before Covid, and how they pivoted the business model overnight to a delivery service, quite literally getting on their bikes and personally meeting customers.
They discuss the fantastic bond they have developed with their customers and how a creative crowdfunding campaign enabled their latest move to the new brewery site and tap room.
By their own admission Ned and Charlie had no idea what they were doing when they first started their business and they’ve winged it on more than one occasion, but good fortune has followed them and they’ve had a fantastic time in the process.
A lot of fun was had recording this episode and catching up with one of the most fun businesses in Hastings, we hope that you enjoy the show which is now available on most platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hastings-independent-press/message
45 min