{"id":20197,"date":"2026-09-22T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/?p=20197"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:51:09","slug":"andy-hepworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/blog\/andy-hepworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Hepworth on Tradition, Trade-offs and Brewing the Sussex Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hepworthbrewery.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hepworth &amp; Co<\/a> inherited its Sussex pedigree from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_and_Barnes\">King and Barnes<\/a>, a two hundred year old Horsham brewery, and has spent the years since holding fast to methods that predate refrigeration while quietly leading the industry on sustainability. We sat down with Andy Hepworth to talk floor malting, Sussex grown hops voted best in the country, and the wastewater to energy system now powering the brewery. He also reflects on the award that means the most to him, and why balance beats trend chasing every time a new pint is brewed.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horsham has had breweries since 1880. Were Hepworth&#8217;s one of the original Sussex breweries, or did you begin a new chapter in that story?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hepworth &amp; co was founded by the production team from King and Barnes, a 200 year old brewery, when that shut down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20166\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth.png\" alt=\"Hepworth Brewery with its green facade\" width=\"997\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth.png 997w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-768x423.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system of brewing you use today is largely unchanged from methods used five hundred years ago. Why stick with tradition in an age of automation?\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brewers centuries ago did not have the science and technology that we have today but learnt from experience and devised a very efficient system. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have been involved with automating breweries. Some is good, for example cleaning and packaging, and some is just to reduce cost and has consequences for the quality. It is a trade off.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1280x851.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1600x1064.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Showcasing-range-of-beers-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hepworth&#8217;s beer is often described as Sussex through and through. What does that really mean in practice? <\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use Sussex grown barley and hops in nearly all our beer, we have a local purchasing policy. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A example of that is that our new brewery buildings were put up by a company 2 miles from us and most of the pipework by a company by a company 1 mile, and we are in the middle of the countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hepworth&#8217;s is often held up as a pioneer in Sussex brewing, having led by example for years and helped set what some would call the Sussex standard. How does that reputation sit with you, and what do you think you have done differently? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will always strive for the best quality, even if it costs a little more. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We like to take the most wholesome route first, so most of our beers would conform to the German beer purity laws. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We frequently look back, we have the Institute of Brewing Journals from 1898-1911, to see if ideas have been tried before and they usually have so you can learn from them. Sometimes we have solved the problems that blighted certain styles, such as bottled conditioned beers, we are much cleaner now so they will last without pasteurisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20153\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer.jpg\" alt=\"Hepworth prospect Beer\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-1280x851.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-1600x1064.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hepworth-prospect-Beer-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your hops come from Bodiam, which sits practically on the Kent border. Why source from there rather than further afield? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have known the farmer for 30 years, and because he cannot put KENT on his hops he has to be that much better. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His hops were voted the Best in the UK this year.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You use a traditional floor malting process. Can you explain what that involves and why it is worth the extra effort? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is quite a simple system, first the grain is soaked to encourage it to germinate. The it is spread out thinly on a flat floor to germinate for \u215a days and turned regularly to stop the rootlets matting together. Once the enzymes are formed to convert the starch in the grain to sugar it is dried gently to stop that process from happening until we mash the malt in the brewery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20152\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20152\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20152\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-1280x851.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-1600x1064.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pouring-Hepworth-at-a-Sussex-pub-Sussex-Brewery-Hepworth-Brewery-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hepworth Beer @ the Fox Revived Pub Horley 08-10-2024 Photography by Sophie Ward<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hepworth&#8217;s became the first UK brewery to install a full-scale wastewater-to-energy system. What prompted that leap? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We weren\u2019t the first but we are the first to have a new type of anaerobic digester that not only cleans our waste water but produces electricity and hot water for the brewery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What tangible difference has the WASE partnership made? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are direct benefits, it cuts our carbon footprint, cuts our costs and has given us useful information on how our brewery is producing the waste water enabling us to control our water usage better.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years Hepworth&#8217;s has picked up a real haul of awards. Which mean the most to you? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To win SIBA\u2019s Supreme Champion Craft beer with a stout when the trend was for American Hopped IPAs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there a particular reputation you are proud of? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully reliably high quality for whatever style we brew.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you had to pick, what are your top three best-selling beers, and what do you think makes each one so popular? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sussex, a traditional pale ale at 3.5% and our two lagers Blonde Organic at 5% and Saxon Lager at 4%. Although taste is individual I believe that in any style of beer if you can balance the malt and hops the beer will be enjoyable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20154\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex.jpg\" alt=\"Craft Brewed Beer in Sussex. Bottled Beer\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-1280x851.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-1600x1064.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Craft-Brewed-Beer-in-Sussex-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For readers who want to see all this in person, the floor malting, the wastewater plant, the beers themselves, what can they expect from a visit? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We run drop in brewery tours on the first Saturday of every month, and put on special tours for groups of ten or more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The roadmap starts in 2022 with all LED lighting, on-site solar panels and thermal insulation across the site. How much of a difference did those first practical changes make to your numbers? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t have to heat any of our buildings from bought in energy<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025 was the year you aim to stop burning fossil fuels altogether. How close are you to that milestone? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly we have not achieved that yet due to two main factors, firstly the development of both the anaerobic digester (Wase unit ) and the high temperature heat pump have taken much longer than envisaged. The second is that since Covid our industry has suffered badly and the level of investment we can afford was not as we would have hoped. We will get there.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20159\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20159\" src=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1280x851.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1600x1064.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/restaurantsbrighton.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Beer-tasting-and-brewery-tours-at-Hepworth-Brewery-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hepworth Beer @ the Fox Revived Pub Horley 08-10-2024 Photography by Sophie Ward<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hepworth &#038; Co has been quietly redefining what Sussex brewing looks like, from centuries old floor malting to a wastewater system that powers the brewery itself. Andy Hepworth talks tradition, award winning hops and why balance always beats trend chasing when it comes to a genuinely memorable pint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1012],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supplier-spotlight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Andy Hepworth Interview: Inside Hepworth Brewery, Sussex<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andy Hepworth talks floor malting, award winning Sussex hops and Hepworth Brewery&#039;s wastewater to energy system. 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