It’s that time of year again for brewers. Hop season is in full swing! The fresh hop harvest typically takes place in the cool mornings when hop bines, which average 18 ft in height, are cut down and placed on a truck bed. A picking machine then strips the hops from the bine, and stems…

Coleman Agriculture’s fifth generation hop farmer, Bill Coleman, was recently awarded the prestigious International Order of the Hop award for excellence in his contributions to the industry. The award is presented by the International Hop Congress, an organization that advocates for the interests of hop growers and merchants globally. Coleman Agriculture is a sixth-generation family…

The craft beer market in Europe is expected to observe an incremental growth of 666.34 million liters between 2020 and 2025. The market witnessed a YOY growth of 6.20% in 2021 and the growth momentum is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of 6% during the forecast period. According to the report, the Rest of…

Two Japanese companies have teamed up to see if they could cultivate brewer’s yeast where no one has cultivated brewer’s yeast before–the Derailleur Brew Works in Osaka’s Nishinari area. Since 2018, Derailleur has created over 100 types of craft beer, but are now preparing to create varieties that the world has never seen. Given its…

[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] Women will rule Amicus Brewing which was once Tallahassee’s former Waterworks building. Four families have taken over this historic site and will be turning it into a brewery. Earlier this month, the owner and developer of North American Properties sold the L-shaped, 1-acre patch of land to an…

[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] Rooftop farmer Khaya Maloney was on cloud nine when Soul Barrel Brewing in Cape Town used his hops to create their rustic country larger — SA Pils.  Maloney’s passion for farming, agriculture and technology stemmed from an episode of Carte Blanche in 2017, which featured rooftop farming. As…

[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] After learning that wine sales are down and losing out to a younger audience who are turning to beer, Napa’s winemaker, Patrick Rue, had an idea.  Rue runs Erosion Wine Co.in Napa Valley. He’s putting wine in cans, ignoring vintages, fermenting with genetically modified yeast and adding uncommon…

Last week, four top producing beer companies called out to President Biden to slash tariffs on aluminum imports as a way to fight inflation. According to the article in The Hill, in a letter to Biden, Gavin Hattersley, president and CEO of the Molson Coors Beverage Company; Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch; Jim Sabia, president…

For the first time in history, Mexico will be represented at the World Championship of Beer Sommeliers. But that’s not the biggest news for the country–Katia Niño will be the one who heads to Munich this September to join close to 100 beer sommeliers from around the world. In 2019, winning beer sommelier Elisa Raus…

The Best States for Beer Lovers, Ranked Last month, Vinepair released a list of the 50 best and worst U.S. states for beer lovers.   The article combines several sets of data around beer production where each state was ranked for the following: The number of craft breweries per 100,000 21+ adults in 2021 (via Brewers…