This week I cover the major hop thiols and how they can be used to increase the aromatic and fruity
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“Wait! Women run hop farms in Michigan?” That was the response from one brewer as I gathered information for this story. While Michigan ranks number one in the Great Lakes region and number four nationally for total hop acreage, many of the women driving that success remain behind the scenes. From harvest coordination and greenhouse […]
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This week I look at the “Noble Fruits”, a term coined by Ken Schramm to describe the fruits that work
In California, craft beer and wine are both power players, but a refreshing beer at the end of the day seems to be a popular thirst-quencher whether your line of work is fermenting grapes or grains.
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Cider’s explosive growth runs parallel to that of beer, driven by creative makers reimagining what cider can be.
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The brewery's latest venture offers a produce-led dining experience on the waterfront at Manly Wharf. Today, there is no family of hops more in vogue than those coming from New Zealand.
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A harvest-season collaboration sees Felons and Bright Brewery craft a limited, fresh hop pilsner in Bright. 
Inspired by travels during his twenties, Brett Philips shares how he found his love for beer in Europe and how that inspires his work today. Spiced beers aren’t just waiting for an occasion anymore—they’re now year-round, tapping an ever-changing cupboard of craft brewing.
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This week I take a closer look at brewing the vaunted New England IPA (NEIPA), also called Hazy IPA and
The main harvest window for citrus fruits runs from November to March, so why isn’t that period citrus beer season?
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This week I take a look at the major hop techniques, and provide a perspective on which hop techniques are
This week I take a close look at hop sensory data which these days is often published on a “spider
Many small-town breweries are woven into the fabric of their surroundings. They're gathering places for tourists and locals alike, representing Americana at its finest.
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This week I take a fresh look at mash hopping and why it might promote long term beer stability. What
This week I take a fresh look at the major aromatic hop oils and how they affect your beer’s aroma
This week I take a look at cold, short duration dry hopping which seems counter-intuitive but has been shown to
John Palmer guides you through brewing this delightful beer, that is widely praised but far too often poorly replicated. John Palmer guides you through brewing this delightful beer, that is widely praised but far too often poorly replicated. This week I take a quick look at the major hop alpha acids and the role they play in brewing
A new project delivered by the AEGIC will support Australian barley growers to further diversify markets as demand grows in Central and Latin America. There’s an old saying in winemaking that it takes a lot of great beer to make great wine. But in the brewing industry, it takes plenty of great tacos to make great beer.
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It’s not often I review other software based brewing tools, but I was recently contacted by Enrico Mollica about a
The fourth-largest producer of hops in the U.S., Michigan has become a unique test subject for the future of American hop production—and craft beer itself.
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Weather conditions led to reduced hop yields across the board, but high alpha and oil levels indicate a promising crop. 
Today I published several important hop add-ons to cover new and experimental hop varieties that have become available the last few years. This was a fairly sizeable task spanning several weeks to identify and collect information on the latest hop varieties. The main hop update adds 137 varieties, and there are over 100 additional varieties […] Brandon Hernández combed the desert and laid out a stellar septet of breweries to visit in Las Vegas.
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France is famous for its attachment to good food and good alcohol—the French art de vivre. Beer still doesn’t seem to qualify as such. But that might be changing.
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This week I take a look at the hops from New Zealand and Australia which have become some of the most desirable IPA hops in the world over the last few years. Hop Varieties from Australia and New Zealand As the US craft beer industry has grown, many of the varieties from Australia and New […]