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Wellhopped Quality Program
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 Program and other programs 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 Program 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.
Our US and New Zealand hops are 100% cold from the day they are picked up from the farm.
The Charles Faram Yakima facility has proved to be a very useful staging point for the quality checks and safe carriage of US hops to the UK. With refrigerated containers continuing to bring hops across the Atlantic it really is a complete cold chain.
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 carry hops from all over the world and aim to provide an artist’s palette of flavors to create every type and style of beer. Our main office is conveniently located in the brewer’s paradise that is Portland OR, while our cold store warehouse is in the US hop capital, Yakima WA.
Gold Medal for Friday Beer’s new WR14 ale produced using raw materials from Charles Faram The Friday Beer Co is proud to be the winner
New hop variety aroma assessments The first AromaFest of 2019 crop took place today, assessing potential new varieties from our Hop Development Programme. The first
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