Best Practices for Hop and Barley Growers
Consumers expect safe and high quality food, with an increasing focus on sustainable production practices from the field to the retail outlet. This applies to hops and barley, too.
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Consumers expect safe and high quality food, with an increasing focus on sustainable production practices from the field to the retail outlet. This applies to hops and barley, too.
If you’re looking for inspiration for session ales and lagers, look no further than Bavaria. It is within this drinking culture that we find the world’s most enduring quaffing beers.
If you haven’t been to Washington, D.C., since the city hosted the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America in 2013, you have some catching up to do.
Many farm breweries are excited about the prospect of growing their own ingredients. Most do it for creativity and inspiration, rather than controlling their own supply chain.
Many distribution models exist, but several indicators suggest that many craft brewers appear to be concentrating more seriously on their own backyards these days.
The trend toward embracing locally sourced ingredients in food and beverages seems well on its way to becoming a mainstream phenomenon, much like craft beer itself.
Do we think more highly of local beers because they are “green?” Or for other reasons? These questions are explored in this excerpt from Brewing Local American-Grown Beer.
The Hot Steep method, a rapid wort preparation method approved by the ASBC, will allow breweries of all sizes and budgets to easily evaluate extractable malt flavor.
Heirloom beer brands–brews your grandfather quaffed back in the day–have a heritage that resonates with a younger generation.
Brewers can now choose among at least 200 readily available hop varieties. In the malt department, however, it is rare for a brewer to disclose the malt varieties on the label.