by Denisse Gutierrez | Dec 10, 2019 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, grower, Uncategorized
Grower Perspectives: Veterans Blend Inspired by our own military Veteran employees, Yakima Chief Hops launched their annual community hop blend, the Veterans Blend, in 2018. Each year, YCH collaborates with military Veteran brewers representing multiple branches of...
by Yakima Chief Hops | Nov 28, 2019 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire
Hop Chats: HBC 472 Contributed by: Tommy Yancone, YCH Technical Brewer Yakima Chief Hops maintains a strong partnership with Yakima Chief Ranches, an organization that works to develop new hop varieties to give you even more options when brewing beer. The YCR breeding...
by Denisse Gutierrez | Nov 4, 2019 | blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events, grower
PNW Crop Report: October 2019 The 2019 Pacific Northwest hop harvest is officially over as the crop is either in cold storage or various stages of processing and shipping on its way to brew kettles across the planet. Weather cooperated for most of the harvest...
by Denisse Gutierrez | Oct 21, 2019 | blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events, grower, Uncategorized
Triumph – A New Public Variety In the hop industry, we tend to focus on the processes from “field to pint,” but there’s a lot of work that takes place before a hop variety ever reaches the field. Behind the scenes, breeders and growers spend time, energy and...
by Denisse Gutierrez | Oct 18, 2019 | blog-farming, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
Yakima Chief Hops played tour guide out at Perrault Farms to 15 members of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform from around the globe. Read more about how Yakima Chief Hops encourages advancement in sustainable agricultural practices and how farms such as...
by Denisse Gutierrez | Sep 26, 2019 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events, news
PNW CROP REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2019 The hop harvest in the Pacific Northwest is progressing well. Cool weather has allowed for an orderly ripening of the crop and most growers have been able to hit their optimum picking windows resulting in excellent overall quality....
