Brewing Folk

Tue 02 Apr 2024

Pages - A Literary Event

Adam Robertson: News

Friday May 17th - 18:00 - 01:00 We're delighted to announce a new event happening in May at the Tate Modern - Corner Bar. …

Wed 27 Mar 2024

Changing My Mind

Ali Millar: My Life In Beer

I recently converted to beer. Until late last year, I’d always preferred spirits; I like feeling fast and half empty. I was 16 when …

Mon 25 Mar 2024

Small Batch Project - Discover our releases

Tim Duquenne: News

Small Batch Project: A new ongoing series of adventurous beers brewed at very low volume, using staff-led recipes and exciting new ingredients.For this new project, …

Wed 13 Mar 2024

A Knitwear Adventure

Tim Duquenne: Stories

In a daring escapade that's bound to leave you with your pints half full and your spirits entirely lifted, We decided to embark on …

Thu 29 Feb 2024

A Sour Summer

Audrey Golden: My Life In Beer

Until the summer of 2012, I’d have told you I didn’t like beer. Didn’t buy it, didn’t drink it. And then I discovered the …

Wed 28 Feb 2024

ORE, our new collab IPA and the myths behind its label

Tim Duquenne: News

Our latest collab IPA, ORE, was brewed with our friends from Saint Monday Brewery (Hackney, London). Expect a joyful and breezy mouthful of hop by way of …

Tue 13 Feb 2024

Hearts & Minds

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

We are joined by Paul Hill, a talented artist and tattooer. We delve into a new collaboration between Paul and Verdant, discussing the …

Wed 24 Jan 2024

None For the Road

Stu Hennigan: My Life In Beer

“Alcohol is a way of life. It’s my way of life. And I aim to keep it.” – The Simpsons Season Eight, Episode Eighteen, Homer Versus the …

Tue 09 Jan 2024

Putty 2024 Launch!

Tim Duquenne: News

We are really excited to announce that our famous DIPA Putty is coming back for a 2024 edition. Cans will be available at 10.30am on the …

Sat 23 Dec 2023

Jolly Good Fellow

DBC Pierre: My Life In Beer

‘Whiskey’s too rough, champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear…’ Tom T Hall sang this in a country classic of the …

Mon 27 Nov 2023

Backstage Beer Bums

Joel Gion: My Life In Beer

December 10th, 1996 Tonight at The Whiskey a Go Go is for us the first time at the scene of the crime. The crime …

Wed 22 Nov 2023

My Kind of Maybe

Tim Duquenne: News

Daniel Graham, a versatile Graphic Designer, operates as a freelance professional in Newlyn, Cornwall. With a decade-long design career, he has collaborated with numerous …

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Burnthouse Porter (Coffee Edition), our new collaboration with Origin Coffee

Tim Duquenne: Stories

At Verdant, we always focus on maximum flavour coupled with consistency and quality. We are most famous for Hazy IPA’s and fully saturated hop …

Thu 26 Oct 2023

I learned to drink on Ale

Luke Turner: My Life In Beer

It was perhaps unusual to grow up with the fear that indulging in things I enjoyed might come punished with eternal damnation. I belonged …

Tue 10 Oct 2023

Visiting the Redsell hop farm & the story behind our Hop Harvest '23 Lamanva (Best Bitter)

Tim Duquenne: Stories

We were introduced to Antony Rudgard-Redsell earlier this year by our New Zealand farmer Brent McGlashen. Brent said he had an English hop grower …

Fri 06 Oct 2023

Club Shipwrecked

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

The Shipbuilders, hailing from Liverpool, are a band that defies categorisation, blending various influences into their music. Their debut album, "Spring Tithe," released …

Tue 26 Sep 2023

Through Silver in Blood, or, Alcohol - a sober assessment

Dan Franklin: My Life In Beer

I knew deep down, in then some unknowable place within me, that I had a problem with alcohol when I first got damagingly drunk. …

Wed 13 Sep 2023

To Kill a Orca

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

We talk to George Morris about his new feature film. To Kill a Orca. You will notice that the latest release of our flagship …

Tue 05 Sep 2023

Andy Bell - AKA GLOK

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Before Andy joins us at the Taproom in October he joins Matthew Shaw for a conversation about his musical journey. Via trips to Cornwall …

Fri 01 Sep 2023

Medical Grade Music

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

In this podcast, our guests, Steve and Kavus, discuss their unique journey from the world of snooker to music and modular synths. They …

Thu 31 Aug 2023

Man Eating Typewriter

Lee Brackstone: Podcast

Set at the fag-end of the 1960s and framed as a novel within a novel published by a seedy London purveyor of pulp …

Wed 30 Aug 2023

Cornish Creatives x Little Palais

Adam Robertson: News

As we welcome back Cornish Creatives to the beer lineup for 2023, we have made a decision to not just focus on those who work …

Tue 29 Aug 2023

My Life in Beer

Harry Sword: My Life In Beer

When I was a toddler my mum turned around in her studio to find me swigging from a jam jar full of turps used …

Wed 23 Aug 2023

The Foghorns Lament

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

What does the foghorn sound like?It sounds huge. It rattles. It rattles you. It is a booming, lonely sound echoing into the vastness …

Mon 21 Aug 2023

Falmouth Beer Trail 2023 - Everything You Need To Know!

Tim Duquenne: News

Hey folks! We're stocked to finally share the news with y'all: the Falmouth Beer Trail is making its comeback for 2023! After the success …

Thu 10 Aug 2023

Richard Milward

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Richard Milward was born 26th October 1984 in Middlesbrough, England. In 2007, his debut novel Apples (Faber) was published when Richard was the tender …

Mon 07 Aug 2023

The Utopia Strong

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Leading up to our White Rabbit Books event this coming Saturday (12th August), we caught up with Steve Davis (yes that Steve Davis) & Kavus Torabi. Who …

Wed 19 Jul 2023

Godspeed, a collab IPA with Hops and Crafts

Adam Robertson: News

Chris from Hops & Crafts is moving back across the pond. Farewell Chris. We met Chris from Hops & Crafts, Exeter, at …

Tue 18 Jul 2023

Dance Your Way Home

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Dance Your Way Home This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite …

Fri 14 Jul 2023

Be Intoxicated

Richard Milward: My Life In Beer

My favourite literary guidance comes from Charles Baudelaire’s ‘Enivrez-vous’ (‘Be Intoxicated’, or just ‘Get Drunk’), one of the prose-poems in his 1869 Le Spleen …

Wed 05 Jul 2023

Salvage

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

We’re very excited announce that we have had the privilege of supporting local talent here in Penryn. The resulting short film Salvage, is a …

Fri 16 Jun 2023

Off Planet

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

David Maclean from DJANGO DJANGO came to visit us at the Verdant Taproom. We chatted about songwriting, production, art & design, collaboration, AI, DJing …

Fri 02 Jun 2023

Whiplash - Dublin

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Billy & Kieran recently travelled over to Belfast to brew an IPA with Whiplash Brewing. Our mission was to see how far we …

Tue 30 May 2023

Drinking for England

Adelle Stripe: My Life In Beer

By the A64, the town where I grew up sits a mile from the dual carriageway, on either side of the River Wharfe. The …

Wed 10 May 2023

Number 9 - Jon Hopkins

Adam Robertson: Podcast

We caught up with Jon Hopkins on his visit last month. We talk all about the beer we made with Jon, Light Through …

Mon 01 May 2023

Garage Beer Co - Barcelona

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

We’ve been visiting Garage Beer Co each Autumn for the past few years for their annual beer festival MASH. The festival was back in …

Tue 25 Apr 2023

Justin Wiggan

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

We’re excited to announce a new project here at Verdant Brewing. We will be welcoming award winning sound artist Justin Wiggan as our …

Sat 22 Apr 2023

Old Men With Beer Guts and Dominos

Will Burns: My Life In Beer

It’s not quite true to say I grew up in pubs - though of course that might depend on exactly how far into adulthood …

Fri 21 Apr 2023

Introducing SUNDIALER Pale Ale, launching on tap in 120+ venues around the U.K

Tim Duquenne: News

Creating a crushable hazy Pale Ale that invites a sun-drenched drinking session whilst neither breaking the bank nor paralysing your palate is a real …

Tue 11 Apr 2023

Crafting Creativity: The Story Behind 'The First Note' Collaboration Beer (Verdant x Tate)

Tim Duquenne: News

We recently had a proposition from the Tate in London, asking if we would like to work and collaborate on their upcoming exhibition between …

Fri 07 Apr 2023

Verdant Brewing Co x Tate Eats

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

HILMA AF KLINT & PIET MONDRIAN - FORMS OF LIFE Working with the Tate is always an exciting proposition. When asked if we would like to …

Wed 22 Mar 2023

Have you got a Mild on?

Jennifer Lucy Allan: My Life In Beer

My sisters and I clutched one another in horror. "No!" I wailed. "Whyyyyyy?!" my middle sister cried. The youngest gasped, too grief-stricken to speak. …

Wed 22 Feb 2023

Hopsickle: My Life in Beer

David Keenan: My Life In Beer

The first alcohol I ever consumed was a can of Strongbow that I split with my mate Stuart Geddes (Gekkie) while walking round Craigneuk …

Fri 03 Feb 2023

Mr Bongo Records

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Mr. Bongo is and has been putting out some of the best reissues focused on World Music that you can buy. Basically, if …

Fri 20 Jan 2023

Finders Keepers Records

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

This week it is our pleasure to present Doug Shipton to the Brewing Folk podcast. Doug is one half of Finders Keepers Records …

Fri 13 Jan 2023

Justin Robertson

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

Justin played an absolute blinder at the Verdant Taproom back in November 2022 and we can’t wait for his return in 2023. We …

Thu 12 Jan 2023

Putty 2023 - Webshop Can Drop + Exclusive UK Draught Launch

Tim Duquenne: News

The 2023 version of Putty (DIPA) will be available on our webshop Wednesday 18th January at 10.30am. Putty was originally conceived as a special …

Fri 06 Jan 2023

Richard Norris

Matthew Shaw: Podcast

It gives us great pleasure to share the first ever Brewing Folk podcast with you. Richard Norris is our guest, talking us through …

Thu 22 Sep 2022

Visiting German Hop Farms in the Hallertau Region

Tim Duquenne: Stories

Last week Verdant's Rich and James travelled to Munich to attend the huge drinks expo, Drinktec. Felix from ProHops reached out, asking if we fancied …

Thu 14 Jul 2022

Little Summer Beer Bash 2022 - All you need to know!

Tim Duquenne: News

We’re really excited to welcome you all to Penryn on Saturday 23rd July for our Little Summer Beer Bash 2022. The Little Summer Beer …

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