26/08/2026
If anyone is enjoying a pint of The Usual Best Bitter from Frome Brewing Company Ltd then here’s who the hops come from;
When Brent McGlashen was just a primary school boy, every day after school during the hop harvest, he would race his three siblings home – the quickest one to throw down their bicycle and run into the hop shed nabbing the pick of the afternoon jobs. “Dad paid us fifty cents an hour and, being ki...