November/December 2013

Raw Materials Issue

For the November/December 2013 The New Brewer, we present our Raw Materials issue. In this issue, we take a look at the hop and barley crops in the U.S. and worldwide in 2013. The issue also examines new hop varieties, gluten-reduced beer, and how to brew sticke, a version of altbier.

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Raw Materials Issue

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2013 World Barley and Hops Harvest

The world barley markets are improving; the hop alpha-glut is receding; and the hop flavor/aroma markets are tightening as we offer our annual global raw materials report.

Raw Materials Issue

Featured Stories

The Next Big Thing

Stan Hieronymus

Brewers are looking at two sets of numbers these days: how many acres of popular varieties are planted, and the attributes of numbered hops under development.

Brewing Gluten-Reduced Beer with Barley

Sylvie Van Zandycke

The addition of process aids can contribute to reducing the amount of gluten proteins in beer to undetectable levels when measured using immunological tests.

2013 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.

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Imperial Sticke Collaboration

Horst Dornbusch

A dozen brewers from four continents assembled at a small brewery near Talagante in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile to brew a “doppelbock-like” version of altbier.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brew News and New Releases sections, and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Anne Sprecher of Sprecher Brewing in Milwaukee.

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

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