Stan Hieronymus joins me to discuss the new hop varieties coming out as well as the wide variety of new hop products available to brewers.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (53:00)
- This week I welcome back Stan Hieronymus. Stan is an expert on hops and author of the books For the Love of Hops, Brew Like a Monk, Brewing Local and Brewing with Wheat (Amazon affiliate links). He is also a certified BJCP beer judge and author of dozens of periodicals on brewing.
- We start with a brief discussion of Stan’s recent trips to South America and the state of craft and home brewing there.
- Stan talks first about why we still need new hop varieties and why they are important for both farmers and brewers.
- We discuss how hop acreage in the Pacific Northwest has dropped significantly since 2018 and Stan tells us some of the reasons why.
- I talk about a recent study which shows people are drinking less than ever, and Stan and I discuss some of the changes happening and how it has altered Craft and homebrewing.
- We discuss two important new hop varieties that were recently named which are Dolcita and Vera.
- Stan explains the difference between public and proprietary hops.
- We talk about some of the challenges in bringing a new hop to market and why it often takes 15 years or more.
- We discuss the Hop Quality Group and their role in bringing forward a new experimental hop variety.
- Stan talks about the explosion in new hop products including those specifically targeted for the boil, the whirlpool and dry hopping. In addition a variety of hop products and hop oils can be added post fermentation to taste.
- We discuss how to keep up and understand the new hop products to maximize their use.
- Stan gives his thoughts on IPAs and also how additional styles are helping to drive the hop market.
- He provides his closing thoughts.
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