Urban South Brewery has been trying out all sorts of things during the COVID shutdown, from immediately hosting web-BEER-nars to stay connected with customers to and producing a ton of… Read More

We’re always jumping over to the hops news page on the Michigan State University Extension website to find cool new content. MSU Extension is a thought leader for Great Lakes… Read More

Yakima Chief Hops, a global hop supplier, in partnership with Bale Breaker Brewing Co., hosted a special brew day for a group of local first responders and military veterans on… Read More

Australian hops are officially a thing here in the United States craft beer industry. Noting this rise, Hop Products Australia (HPA) commissioned their new Buffalo River Valley processing facility last… Read More

In the United States, most hops today are grown in the Pacific Northwest. In fact, production for Idaho, Oregon and Washington (the top three states) in 2019 totaled a record… Read More

Hopsteiner sent word about a specialized hop blend comprised of three unique Pacific Northwest-grown hop varieties they are calling Trident. Trident is a blend developed for those seeking a hop-forward… Read More

Late last year, right before break (a time when I vow to do nothing), the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Agricultural Statistics Board and the United States Department of… Read More

This was re-published with permission from Colorado State University. Go visit them here, and then enroll in some classes. The explosion of craft brewing across the globe has created an… Read More

The factors in hops that make or break a beer are lupulin as well as the hop resins (alpha and beta acids) and hop oils it contains. During the boil,… Read More

Yakima Chief Hops (YCH) recently exported the largest shipment of freshly harvested hops from the Pacific Northwest to South Korea in just one day for the first time in brewing… Read More