EP-083 Chris Hall of Brew By Numbers
Hosted by our London Contributor, Matthew Curtis\u2014For my first episode, I invited one of my best friends in the UK beer industry up to my apartment, here in North London, to record an interview. These days, Chris Hall works for a cool little brewery in South London called Brew By Numbers as their sales and media guy. I\u2019ll be bringing the full story of Brew by Numbers to GBH soon, but before then I wanted to talk to Chris about how he worked his way into the beer industry \xa0 His job encompasses everything from running the brewery\u2019s Twitter account to writing artful blog posts about forthcoming beer releases as well as developing and hosting events. On top of this he\u2019ll often be out visiting accounts and selling beer, and on really busy days you might even see him on the back of a forklift truck moving pallets around the warehouse. Such is the way of a small business. \xa0 But Chris\u2019 journey into the brewing industry was an unconventional one. Like me, he started out as a beer blogger, which is how we met and became friends. From there he became a professional beer writer, which eventually led to his position at Brew By Numbers. This is something we\u2019re seeing more and more of in the beer industry, people starting out as enthusiasts who are eventually turning pro.\xa0And like Chris, they\u2019re not just succeeding\u2014they're thriving.