Meet Sales Manager Bernard Maushardt in this week's BSG Employee Profile!

Triumph is a new public hop variety that delivers strong fruit character backed by spice and pine. Ask your sales manager for more info!

We had a wonderful time seeing friends old and new at the 2019 Craft Brewers Conference in Denver - here are just a few of our fond memories from the gathering. See you next year in San Antonio!

The beer, a red brut IPA called “2019 Craft Brewers Conference Symposium Ale,” was brewed at Sleeping Giant Brewing Company in Denver as a collaboration between members of the Colorado Brewers Guild. Weighing in at 7.0% abv and 42 IBUs with color adjustment from the Sinamar®, the 2019 CBC Symposium Ale will be available to attendees of the Craft Brewers Conference (also look for it at #JunosBar, the BSG beer station at booth #15065).

Congratulations to BSG Hops' grower Hukins Hops of Tenterden, Kent, UK, who were recently named the 2019 Hop Grower of the Year by the Taste of Kent Awards. Ross Hukins is the fourth generation of his family to grow hops at Haffenden Farms in the Weald of Kent. Founded in 1880 by Alexander Hukins, successive generations of the Hukins family have maintained a focus on growing heritage British aroma varieties.

Centuries ago, women brewsters would don their long, pointed hats, hang their broomsticks above their door to signal business was open, and get to work brewing in their large cauldrons. The visual should conjure up the image of a classic witch, complete with a cat to case away mice and vermin from the brewing ingredients. While modern brewsters have ditched the broomsticks and cauldrons, the term “witch” carries on to become a positive affirmation with the organization Witch Hunt in Minneapolis.

Over the past couple weeks, members of the BSG team have been out and about across the US and Canada collaborating with Pink Boots Society and a number of great breweries to celebrate the contributions of women to our industry.

Well-deserved congratulations to BSG Hops’ grower B&D Farms of St. Paul, Oregon on their first-place finish in the Cascade Cup! The Cascade Cup is an annual award presented by the Hop Quality Group to the top producer of Cascade hops. The winner is determined by blind judging based on appearance, aroma, and analysis. B&D Farms won their award in January during the 63rd annual American Hop Convention.

BSG Hops is excited to announce and welcome Chad Kennedy as the company’s new Hop Specialist. In this role, Chad will be responsible for a diverse range of projects including supply chain management, quality assurance, and assisting with marketing and sales initiatives. He will be based in Portland, ideally located between the company’s top US hop growing areas.