It’s a big week in the beer world as the team tackle a triple bunger. ABAC, Broo and BrewDog – all making headlines this week.
hops
HBC 692 released commercially as Talus™
The experimental hop variety, formerly known as HBC 692, has been released commercially under the proprietary name Talus™.
Brewer forecasts death of bitter beers after IPA competition
One of New Zealand’s leading brewers forecasts the “destruction” of bitter beers in the wake of the influential Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge.
New Zealand posts record hops harvest
New Zealand Hops has recorded a record harvest for the 2020 growing year, though has expressed concern about the likely impact of COVID-19 on sales.
HPA marks first phase completion of $35m expansion
Hop Products Australia is set to celebrate a major milestone in its $35 million Buffalo Rivers expansion with the commissioning of its processing facility this week.
New Zealand Hops appoints new chief executive
New Zealand Hops appoints food and beverage industry veteran as new Chief Executive.
Beer is a Conversation Bonus: Darren Gamache
Virgil Gamache Farms is a leading hop grower in Toppenish in the Yakima Valley 1990’s when a chance discovery of some ‘wild’ hops saw the introduction of Amarillo hops to the beer world.
Beer is a Conversation Bonus: Eric Desmarais
Eric Desmarais takes us through CLS farms’ history and his family’s connection to the land as well as the ways in which they have made the business more sustainable as both a farm and as an employer through a progressive agronomic approach, cutting-edge harvesting facilities and processing hops.
Beer is a Conversation Bonus: Jim Solberg and Matt Sage
As part of the 2019 northern hemisphere hop harvest, Matt and Pete went with Bintani to the US to make their final selections from the autumn crops. While there they made a visit to the Portland HQ of Indi Hops.
Beer is a Conversation: Johann van der Walt
This week we sat down to chat with Green Beacon’s Johann van der Walt to talk about using experimental hops and got much more that expected from a brewer who has proved to be a reluctant podcast guest in the past.