+1 416 907 9343
Charles Faram Brewing Supplies Inc 136 Skyway Avenue, Toronto, M9W 4Y9
+1 416 907 9343
Wellhopped Quality Programme
We recognise the importance of ensuring the best quality practices before the hops reach our sites. Farm to Faram looks at grower assistance, our assurance stamp, hop development and the cold chain.
Quality testing and auditing continues through the process from the hops arriving on site to arriving with the customer.
Our customer promise extends further than product quality. It covers the areas of expertise and technical advice, community and we have awards to prove our commitment.
As advisors and providers of a one-stop-shop we take our recommendations seriously. From Technical Advisor qualifications to reviews of our product offering.
Farm to Faram
We recognise the importance of ensuring the best quality practices before the hops reach our sites. Farm to Faram looks at grower assistance, our assurance stamp, hop development and the cold chain.
Charles Faram has always had a great relationship with growers around the world. Our team are constantly;
We send out a procedure document to all growers explaining how we require our hop samples to be presented – QA 213
We also facilitate and host industry hop competitions including The Wellhopped World Series and the British Hop Awards
The Charles Faram Hop Development Programme and other programmes that we support encompasses the importance that we hold on being able to help brewers create great beer means that our hops have to inspire and bring something new to the brewer and be viable to the grower.
The aim of our Hop Development Programme has been to find agronomically sound, exciting new varieties that will one day be produced commercially with the help of our own expertise and solid grower relationships.
Faram and beyond
Quality testing and auditing continues through the process from the hops arriving on site to arriving with the customer
Pesticides & heavy metal testing (sent to Eurofins for testing) QA50 / QA67
Moisture testing – QA58
Grading (Visual / aroma check)
Alpha testing – QA15
Customer selections
Trials for further excellence and efficiency in the production of our pellets.
Our boxes are made from 100% recycled material and are recyclable.
Work is taking place in to further improving our three layer packaging.
As the outer layer is aluminium, plastic is currently required to prevent contact with the product.
We hope to have a solution shortly.
The specification for our foils is to bar moisture, oxygen, and light while retaining the strength.
Our stretch wrap can be recycled.
Faram’s have invested heavily in their facilities in both the UK and the USA to ensure the best quality hops are received by their customers.
To ensure the hops stay in the best condition we have a cold store at the Worcestershire site which stores the hops at 0°c.
The facility is up there with the best cold stores in the world for storing hops. The 1,860m² (20,000ft²) store is capable of storing an additional 1,700 pallets. The hops are being held for customers to draw on as required.
Our transport partners are regularly reviewed to ensure the best service and rates available.
Customer promise
Our customer promise extends further than product quality. It covers the areas of expertise and technical advice, community and we have awards to prove our commitment.
Qualified Technical Advisors
Access to Murphy’s technical advice
Product trials
Recipes
Brewing collaborations
Seminars and hop crop inspections
Brewery Resource Roadshow and The Charles Faram HopWalk
Sponsorship of valuable events and conferences
IS0 9001:2015
2017 & 2019 SIBA Supplier of the year
2011-2012 Castle Rock Brewery Supplier of the year
2016 Adnams Supply Chain, always evolving award, focus – Innovation
2016, 2017 & 2018 The Sunday Times International Track 200
2018 Hall & Woodhouse Suppliers Awards – Ambition
Non-hop products
As advisors and providers of a one-stop-shop we take our recommendations seriously. From Technical Advisor qualifications to reviews of our product offering.
We work closely with partners to provide a one-stop-shop that provides ease and value to our brewing customers.
The website reflects the differing supply agreements that we have across countries.
We listen to customers and our team members, so if a product is not performing, we will remove it from our offering and where possible look for a more effective substitute.
We also review suggestions of possible product additions from our customers and team. Where the agreement is viable for all partners, we are keen to expand our range.
We are not exclusive in our provision of technical expertise for non-hop products. If you buy any product from us, you are entitled to free technical advise from our advisors and also from the supplier partner advisors.
Fast · Fresh · Faram
Fast · Fresh · Faram
We’ve been hop suppliers for over 150 years, so we’ve got a lot of hop history. Charles Faram Hop Merchants and Factors has one of the largest range of hop varieties available from stock in both vacuum packed leaf hops and Type 90 (T90) pellets.
YouTube video 13.07.2021 Henry Kirk from Dark Star Brewery answers the Five Minutes with Faram’s questions with our Jon Stringer.He talks about Azacca, Rodenbach, Fat
YouTube video 08.06.2021 Faram MD Paul Corbett chats about hops over in New Zealand with George Tunstall from NZ Hops Ltd and Brent McGlashen of
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