April 5, 2019
The Craft Brewers Conference® (CBC) & Brew Expo of America®, is the largest craft beer expo in the nation. Held annually by the Brewers Association (BA) and its partners. It is tradition that the hosting guild brews a commemorative beer and style of their choosing as the official symposium beer. With this year’s conference being […]
February 6, 2019
Lotus™ is our latest experimental hop variety developed under our breeding program to now be commercially available.
January 16, 2019
Hop grower and supplier, Hopsteiner, has partnered with brewing equipment manufacturer, BrauKon, to create an entirely new product designed for dry-hopping beer. The product – called BrauKon HopSteiner – was conceived in late 2018 as a means to increase beer yields without picking up oxygen absorption.
November 16, 2018
We came up with a twelve pack recipe list that is sure to help add a little extra holiday cheer in your meal prep this season. Cooking with craft beer not only adds complexity and character, but helps boost the depth of flavors already present in your dishes. And, believe it or not, it also […]
October 26, 2018
The New England IPA (NEIPA) or Hazy IPA is a unique beer style that continues to climb in popularity. More and more breweries are starting to emulate the phenomenon known as the “haze craze,” giving way to opaque, cloudy glasses with intense tropical fruit notes.
September 11, 2018
New brewing innovations are helping craft brewers revolutionize beer consistency, efficiency, and aroma with highly concentrated forms of downstream hop product lines. Hopsteiner, one of the foremost hop-growing, trading, breeding, and processing firms in the world, is leading the way in the production of several new innovative hop products to answer the demand of craft […]
July 17, 2018
The 2018 hop harvest is less than 60 days away! We are looking forward to another bountiful season and hope you are, too. According to the USDA-NASS hop acreage report, the U.S. hop crop is forecasted to increase to 55,339 acres – up 4% from last year’s 53,282 acres.
April 10, 2018
What do you get when you remove most of the bitterness found in a traditional India Pale Ale (IPA) and add the most “fruit-forward” hops available? You get a beer deserving of its own style – the New England IPA (NEIPA).
March 27, 2018
Join us this year for what’s gearing up to be another exciting hop harvest! In September, brewers from around the world visit our farms to select and contract hops for the coming year. Hopsteiner hosts a series of raw hop aroma evaluations and flavor panels.
February 28, 2018
In January of 2017, Hopsteiner set out to assess and blend an assortment of hops to match the sensory characteristics of three target hops – Amarillo, Citra, and Simcoe. Check out the full analysis and summary of reports here.
