November/December 2025

Raw Materials

For the November/December 2025 The New Brewer, we present our annual Raw Materials issue. In this issue, we examine the 2025 hops and barley crops and their effect on the craft brewing industry. Other features focus on women in hops; neomexicanus hops; and how to brew with the new Huell Classic hop.

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Raw Materials

2025 World Barley and Hop Harvests

A comprehensive look at the 2025 hops and barley harvests. Hop acreage continues to decline in the U.S., while climate change is affecting crops around the world.

Raw Materials

Featured Stories

6 Women Changing the Future of Hops

Stan Hieronymus

From advocates to researchers to hop breeders and farmers, these six women are playing a major role in shaping the future of the U.S. hop industry.

Entrenched in Craft

Gabe Toth

Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus hops had a moment in the spotlight at a time when the craft beer market—and hoppy beers in particular—seemed to have no ceiling.

Brewing with Huell Classic

Horst Dornbusch & Walter König

In breeding the new Huell Classic, the goal was to produce a climate-hardy hybrid that brewers around the world could use as a successor to the old German landraces.

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 Brew 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 Bill Butcher of Virginia’s Port City Brewing Company.

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

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