A major wind storm early this week that howled through portions of the Pacific Northwest, eastern Washington and parts of Idaho has damaged hops still on the vine and ready for harvest. Yakima Chief Hops—the grower-owned network of farms that is the country’s largest hop company—reports that the Labor Day windstorms damaged anywhere from 3… Read More…
Pineapple IPA the Next Grapefruit?
Move over grapefruit, pineapple is here. Lead by the rise of fruit beer in 2015 and the shift towards tropical flavors in the last three years, with grapefruit IPA’s taking the lead, pineapple is now the fastest growing flavor in beer and cider. If you aren’t a big fan of tropical flavors added… Read More…
Tips for Making Alcoholic Ice Cream That’s Legal
It’s the lazy, hot final days of summer. People need a little cheer from the gloom of the ongoing pandemic. Have you thought about making alcoholic ice cream for your customers? Here is how to do it legally.
CO2 Supply May Get Worse
The supply of CO2 may get worse before it gets better. Brewers have many uses for CO2. but they face competition in procuring CO2 which is also used in the medical field, the food industry, water treatment plants and many other high-value industries. Due to the shortage, CO2 distributors are spreading their supply… Read More…
Record Number of Acres Planted for Hope – Barley Crop Also Up
Farmers planted 2.80 million acres of barley for the 2020 crop year, up 3 percent from the previous year. Nationwide, 97 percent of the barley acreage was sown by June 7th with 75 percent of the barley acreage being reported in good to excellent condition. Hop acreage strung for harvest in 2020 for Washington,… Read More…
Webinar to Discuss Real-Time Fermentation Monitoring
Precision Fermentation will be presenting a special webinar on July 14, 2020, hosted by the Master Brewers Association of the Americas in a webinar titled “Leveraging Real-Time Fermentation Monitoring to Elevate Product Quality and Operational Efficiency.” The fermentation management process that brewers use today has changed little for thousands of years. Successful outcomes are… Read More…
Hop Growers Pull-Back Due to Reduced Demand
Hop growers had predicted moderate growth in the hop harvest and in sales this year but have now pulled back their estimates to flat over 2019 because of the drop in beer sales during the pandemic and the expected slow return to normal in the on-premise business. Washington state growers cultivated 41,000 acres of… Read More…
Effects of Climate Change on Brewing Industry Not Forgotten During Pandemic
Climate change seems like a distant concern to the brewing industry in the middle of a global pandemic. But the impacts could be both more severe and much longer lasting. Global brewers such as Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors are all investing heavily in finding new drought- and heat-resistant hops and barley, but small-scale brewers are… Read More…
Scientist Create Designer Wheat for Whisky Production
Researchers from Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire have developed wheat that reduces wear and tear on pumps in the distillery, reducing the overal amount of energy needed in the distilling process. Rothamsted’s Dr Rowan Mitchell said the wheat could even replace corn, which is easier to process. Rest of the story at the Drinks… Read More…
The State of Hops as Southern Hemisphere Readies to Harvest
It’s fall time south of the equator, and in those hop growing countries in the southern hemisphere, that means it’s hop harvest time. Despite growth in beer sales worldwide over the last few decades, according to the annual Barth Report published by the Barth-Haas Group, a global hops company, the total acreage devoted to… Read More…
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