2012 BA Hop Usage Survey
The purpose of the BA Hop Usage Survey has been one of empowerment, serving a purpose not just of education, but of communication between brewers and growers.
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We all know the basic ingredients in brewing beer: barley, hops, water, and yeast. Learn all about these ingredients, including where and how to get them, what equipment to use to store and handle them in your brewery, and how to maintain and analyze their quality to make the best beer possible.
The purpose of the BA Hop Usage Survey has been one of empowerment, serving a purpose not just of education, but of communication between brewers and growers.
The feed and malting barley markets are beginning to converge, while the high-alpha and flavor/aroma hops markets begin to diverge as craft brewing continues full steam ahead.
For the November/December 2012 The New Brewer, we present our annual Raw Materials issue. In this issue, we review the hops and barley harvests in the U.S. and worldwide, and discuss topics such as hop breeding and malt analysis. Read More
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Floods, rains, drought, and storms—some at the worst possible times—led to poor growing conditions in many key agricultural areas around the world.
The purpose of the BA Hop Usage Survey has been one of empowerment, serving a purpose not just of education, but of communication between brewers and growers.
Until brewers’ forward hop contracting closely matches what they actually use, farmers will continue to play “catch up” in trying to match what they grow with what we want.
These days it seems everyone is talking about Brett, but what makes it so fascinating is that very little knowledge exists about this yeast and its use in brewing.
A new ruling by the National Organic Standards Board has changed the organic beer landscape significantly. What should your brewery be doing about it right now?
In this issue, we examine the 2011 hops and barley crops and discuss other topics such as hop contracting.Read More