Brewing & Climate Change, Part 2
The hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is highly susceptible to climate-induced environmental changes. Key measures are currently underway to ensure its long-term survival.
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Brewing & Climate Change, Part 1
Changes in long-established weather patterns around the globe are occurring faster than the vast majority of crops—including hops and barley—can adapt.
Climate-Smart Barley
Barley can represent up to 30% of the carbon footprint of a pint of craft beer, and regenerative agriculture practices are providing quantifiable sustainability results.
2024 World Barley and Hop Harvests
A comprehensive look at the 2024 hops and barley harvests. Hop acreage declined significantly in the U.S., while climate change is affecting crops around the world.
Enduring and Endearing
Brewers and drinkers still want varieties with unique aromas and flavors; growers want cultivars that are agronomically desirable as well as attractive to brewers.
Apples to Apples
Cider is an amazingly diverse beverage, as many cider makers, and increasingly, brewers who choose to add the beverage to their repertoire, can attest.
Thiolized Yeast 101
The brewing industry became clued into thiols when researchers began to identify them as the highly impactful compounds driving tropical aroma in modern hop varieties.
Gene Editing
With the advent of more precise gene editing technology such as CRISPR, bioengineered small grains may find their way into the malting supply chain in coming years.
2023 World Barley and Hop Harvests
A comprehensive look at the 2023 hops and barley harvests. Hop acreage declined significantly in the U.S., while climate change is affecting crops around the world.
Common Bines
Farms in the Pacific Northwest grow 43% of the hops in the world. Other small hop farms from around the country and world make up the rest of the story.
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