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British Hops are unique – Goldings and Fuggles can combine to produce great cask-conditioned beer. However modern craft beer is often built on the US ‘big four’: Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe – along with Southern-Hemisphere favourites like Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin. This leaves problems for craft brewers in the UK – on the one-hand...

Brewers need hops to brew tasty beer. Hops can either be bought on contracts (you agree a price now for delivery in a couple of year’s time), or on the spot market for immediate delivery. Contracts are generally best: Hop prices are volatile – as a brewer you can protect yourself from future fluctuations by...

I’m really excited to announce that Brook House Hops is changing the way that hop farmers and brewers trade, by selling our hops online; making us the first direct to brewer hop grower in the UK! Traditionally, hops are sold via merchants, however, we believe that this new direct approach will be well received by brewers who are looking...