British hops sought after in Europe
Brook House Hops are one of the few British farms that still send their hops into Europe. Read about the importance of cold storage and their recent series of collabs with French craft breweries.
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International Hop Conference 2022
Attended by hop growers and brewers from around the world the 66th American Hop Conference covers the latest research into hop growing, looks at emerging trends in US hop varieties, and outlines the status of hop demand and supply levels since the 2021 harvest.
Petainer keg partnership for the UK
Petainer is delighted to announce that Brook House Hops have been appointed to distribute Petainer Kegs in the UK. Alongside quality English-grown hops and popular US and NZ hop varieties, Brook House Hops also supply malt and yeast, providing brewers with a one-stop shop for brewing supplies. Partnering with Petainer completes the loop, with 20L...
Hop Trading and Exchange in the Age of the Pandemic
Coronavirus, Covid-19, pandemic – all words we don’t really want to hear right now, since the months of lockdown have started to blur into a haze of lost memories and, for many businesses, lost income. Here at Brook House Hops, we’ve been affected by the boatload as you can imagine, due to our place as...
Tap Social Movement: A Case Study
Founded in 2016, Tap Social Movement grew out of a passion for good beer and social justice. When they went out looking for hops to use in their brews, they came across Brook House Hops and over the years since, a flourishing working relationship has developed. Head brewer, Jason Bolger explains: “I searched online for...
Dark Beers for Dark Nights – A History and Exploration
We’ve noticed that a lot of local beer houses have been holding special dark beer events and dark beer festivals since the nights started drawing in in November. There also seems to be more availability of dark ales and speciality, often stout or porter based craft beers. So it got us to thinking: why is...
Success Leads to Major Investment in New Cutting-Edge Equipment
Rather excitingly, we have recently invested over £100,000 into our facilities on the back of customer feedback and encouragement, purchasing a much sought after hop pellet mill. Since launching last year, business has boomed due to the popularity of not just home grown, locally sourced hops but also the unique aromas that come from our...
Yakima Valley Research Visit – November 2019
Several members of the Brook House Hops team spent a few weeks on the road in the US during November. We try really hard to differentiate on quality, which means we buy hops pelletised at the source in Yakima and invest in selection. Hopefully this means that our customers can brew tasty, fresh beer. We...
The Story of Brook House Hops
As a team running a hop farm, we have a surprising amount of career history between us in stockbroking, investments, tech start-ups and enterprise software. So where did the hop journey begin? The Career Change into Hops First things first: there’s Will. Will is our owner and the farmer at Brook House Farm. Will used...
Time to Celebrate with our First Ever Annual Hop Walk
Based just beside the stunning Malvern hills, just off a country lane in Bromyard, Brook House Hops are a hidden gem in the Herefordshire countryside. Boasting just shy of 100 acres of hop fields, we have been selling our UK hops to brewers all over the country since last year but this year was our...
