November/December 2014

Raw Materials Issue

For the November/December 2014 The New Brewer, we present our Raw Materials issue. For this issue, we review the 2014 world hops and barley harvests; discuss new hop varieties; present the BA Hop Usage Survey results; and examine barley and malt from the Southern Hemisphere.

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Raw Materials Issue

2014 World Barley and Hops Harvest

A comprehensive look at the 2014 hops and barley harvests, broken out into regions. First up: how shifting demand for hop varieties has led to replanting in the U.S.

Raw Materials Issue

Featured Stories

Groundbreaking

Stan Hieronymus

More new varieties are on the way, including plenty from other hop growing countries and some from parts of the U.S. where farmers only recently began growing hops.

2014 BA Hop Usage Survey

Dick Cantwell

Some things remain unchanged. Cascade’s reign in the top spot of the BA Hop Usage Survey stretches on, but there’s a newcomer in the top 10.

Barley and Malt from a Southern Hemisphere Perspective

Horst Dornbusch

In the geography of malt and barley, Chile is usually not the first country that comes to mind. But in a normal year, some 75 percent of the Chilean harvest is of malting quality.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Fred Bueltmann of New Holland Brewing.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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