November/December 2012

Raw Materials Issue

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.

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Raw Materials Issue

2012 World Barley and Hops Harvest

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.

Raw Materials Issue

Featured Stories

Evolution to Revolution

Jason Perrault

By the late 1990s, many craft brewers wanted something more, and breeders were ready to take up the cause. Thus began the next era in hop breeding.

The Next Great ‘Impact’ Hop

Stan Hieronymus

Private and public breeding programs everywhere are looking for the new and exotic. Hops from the U.S. to Germany are being bred for fruity, exotic flavors and aromas.

Understanding a Malt Analysis

Dan Bies & Betsy Roberts

Growing conditions, soil, malting barley varieties, and the malt process all impact the attributes of finished malt. These variations make the Malt Analysis even more important.

2012 BA Hop Usage Survey

Dick Cantwell

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.

Pharaoh Ale

Horst Dornbusch

The author and companions at the Portsmouth Brewery set out to replicate an ancient Egyptian brew using some concessions to modern tastes and equipment.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes most of our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates, Distribution News, and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Golden Road's Meg Gill.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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