USDA grants $40,000 to Crooked Yard Hops (Bozeman, Montana USA), as part of an initiative to support Montana agriculture with a total $3M granted. Overall, 29 recipients received grants to support business growth. For Crooked Yard Hops, the grant supports their business which sells hops to brewers in Montana and across the county. Efforts focus …
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Hops imports into Brazil reached new record in 2021, when the country imported 3,506 tons, an increase of 66% year-on-year. Germany is the biggest exporter (with 63% of market share), to the South America country with a big beer history. Second Place is the USA, coming in at second place (with 33% of the market …
BarthHaas restarted their monthly coronavirus report with their January report showing an ‘amber’ situation in Europe regarding business continuity. An Amber rating requires constant health checks and screening of personnel, intensive sanitation measures and separation of shifts and logistics (due to social distancing and availability issues). Further, delays continue with increased costs associated due to …
Yakima Chief Hops completed construction of a state of the art cold storage warehouse in Belgium, in an effort to better serve the brewing community. The expansion into Europe greatly improves the company’s customer experience, including increased access to their extensive portfolio of hop products, as well as improved logistics and faster delivery times to …
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BarthHaas Japanese researchers carried out a medical study for 3 weeks, during which they evaluated the effect of non-alcoholic beer containing 35mg of hop bitter acids (iso-alpha acids and humulinones) on people’s mood, sleep, quality, and work performance. They found that hop bitter acids significantly improved total mood state, including anxiety, depression, fatigue, and vigour …
Craft brewers are using more and more of the hops grown in the research program at the University of Florida’s Institute for Food and Agriculture Services. Brewers’ are attracted to the completely different flavour and aroma profile from the local hops over other varieties and helps create uniquely Floridian-style IPAs and lagers.
The well-known beer ingredient, hops, was initially used in Italy as a gastronomy ingredient (risotto, frittatas etc.). The name of this ingredient varied by the region they were growing – bruscandoli or luperi or utizon, for English speakers called wild hops. To build on this tradition, and to add hops to the local beer ingredients …
A Derbyshire craft brewer, a Worchestershire hop grower and Tesco, are using British hops through a series of beer launches. Brithop, the first beer in the series, made by Buxton Brewery, launches exclusively at Tesco, with the following description on the label: “an all British British-grown IPA, showcasing some of the most exciting and aromatic …
USA entrepreneurs are starting up hop growing activities, in Indiana and Illinois, aimed at serving the local craft brewing industry. Two examples: 1./ Family members, Tim Byrne and Kory Byrne, from Floyds Knobs (Indiana), started Knob View Hops company. Their hops are regularly featured in beers at Our Lady of Perpetual Hops, a craft brewer …
Czech farmers happily announce that the 2021 hop harvest resulted in the largest production of hops in over a quarter century, and as a result allows the Czech Republic to further compete on global markets. The record 8500-ton yield came despite extreme weather fluctuations during the growing harvest but in the end a very good …
