World hop acreage rose in 2020 for the seventh year in succession. The country with the largest share of hop acreage worldwide is the United States with 40 percent, followed… Read More

The hop news out of Europe this month is not as glowing as the United States (see yesterday’s USDA Hop Report), according to the BarthHaas Hop Report for June 2021,… Read More

The June Hop Acreage Strung for Harvest, 2021 report has been released by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), announcing hop acreage is “at a record high 60,735 acres, 4… Read More

French hops (Aramis, Elixir, Mistral, Triskel) are known for their distinctive flavor and a unique ability to round out a hop bill. The team at John I. Haas (HAAS) began… Read More

Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), a grower owned global hop supplier, is yet again innovating aromatic beers with their latest product launch – Cryo Pop Original Blend. Coming four years since… Read More

Hop Products Australia (HPA) have completed their 2021 hop harvest. They picked 675 hectares that resulted in 1,526 metric tonnes of hops. This was a 44 hectare (6.9%) increase and… Read More

RipeLocker, a leader in extending the post-harvest life of perishables, announced late last year that its technology that can extend the life of fresh hops by six weeks. Tests were… Read More

Ahh…the mystery of the Blue Lake Process. How exactly are whole cone hops frozen and shipped to breweries to help create (among other styles) fresh hop beers? “It’s a bit… Read More

The hop harvest. It only comes once a year, and to celebrate this limited time event, breweries roll out some of their hoppiest creations — harvest, wet or fresh hop… Read More

It is a frigid 10 degrees outside the CBB office, but in the land down under, the temperature is just right for some hop harvesting. Normally our pals at HPA… Read More