The Brewers Association has learned that the USDA-ARS has begun the process of hiring a third full-time permanent scientist to conduct public hop research.Read More

The BA recently conducted its first ever Hopsource hop sensory assessment, with the purpose of gauging brewer interest in experimental public hop varieties. Hopsource is part of a multi-year effort to reinvigorate public hop research.Read More

The Brewers Association (BA) recently announced an agreement with United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to fund public hop breeding program within the USDA system. The execution of this trust agreement follows 18 months of developing a …Read More

We Want You… and your hop usage data, for the 2017 Brewers Association Hop Survey. We’ve extended the survey closing date to Friday, September 1. We can’t communicate to hop growers without your participation. Take the survey today! Each pound of …Read More

In April, the Brewers Association (BA) joined Canada’s Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) as a member, to ensure that American craft brewers’ needs and perspectives are well represented. Roughly 20% of the malt consumed by U.S. brewers is …Read More

Something extraordinary is happening in the brewery supply chain. The malting barley industry is evolving in exciting ways, albeit at a slower pace than the hops industry. That’s understandable given the relative scales of the two crops. Malt is the soul …Read More

In the U.S. there has never been a more dynamic period of time in the hop industry than the past 9 years. In 2010, U.S. aroma hop acreage stood at 8100, or around 26% of the total (31,289), with alpha acres …Read More