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Gambrinus Honey Malted Oats came about by combining the best of two great things: the flavor characteristics of Gambrinus Honey Malt and the ongoing popularity of New England-style and hazy IPAs. Using Rahr Malted Oats and Gambrinus Honey Malt as product controls, the team at the Rahr Technical Center worked to home in on the […]

The year is 1992, George H.W. Bush is the president, Brian Mulroney is Canada’s Prime Minister, and the Toronto Blue Jays are on the way to winning their first World Series. In the world of beer, the craft movement is just getting started: there are 359 breweries in the US (now approaching 10,000) and less […]

You may have noticed something different about BSG lately … Starting with the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference in May, and continuing through the year, we’re rolling out our new, refreshed brand. In fact, you might have already seen our new logo on our websites, in trade publications, or maybe even on hats at your local […]

The USDA’s hop breeding program made news again when its latest public hop variety was announced earlier this spring. Vista – the hop formerly known as USDA Experimental #074 – was bred in 2006 at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Station in Corvallis, OR. Its ancestry includes Perle, Northern Brewer, and Hallertauer, and it was selected […]

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Beginning in spring 2022, BSG and Rahr Malting Co.® are introducing a program for local customers to recycle empty malt bags. In partnership with Bauhaus Brew Labs, Native Sustainability, Tattersall Distilling, and Wexford Services, the initial launch of the Malt Bag Recycling Project will serve as a pilot for future versions with collection sites around the country. The pilot […]

Unless you’ve been living in an alternate-universe monastery subsisting entirely on a liquid diet of hard seltzer, you’ve probably at least seen and perhaps tasted (or even brewed) a dip hopped beer. What is dip hopping, and what does it do, and should you try it? Please … set down the goblet of that bizarro-Trappist […]

Soft, smooth, and luxurious like its namesake, Cashmere is a versatile dual-purpose hop that brings complex aromas of citrus and tropical fruit to the forefront. But don’t be deterred by its fancy-sounding name, in truth Cashmere is a complex hop for the people. A cross between Cascade and Northern Brewer, Cashmere was released in 2013 […]

Since BSG first shared the news with our customers in 2019, Triumph hops have been seen in more and more beers around the US and the world. But three years on, this public variety is still flying a bit under the radar. In this post, we’ll make sure you’re not missing out on the winning […]

The Southern Hemisphere hop harvest is in full swing! BSG partners with NZ Hops Ltd. to bring the best of New Zealand hops to brewers. This cooperative of master growers, based in Nelson, New Zealand, is sharing the experience on social media – follow along at @nzhops for a virtual front row seat at #HarFest2022.   2022 Crop Outlook […]

After years of being “sessionized,” IPAs are going big again The importance of the IPA category to the craft beer market isn’t exactly breaking news, but the resurgence of Imperial IPAs amid low-ABV and health-conscious trends in brewing is noteworthy. According to industry sales data, Imperial IPAs are up almost 20% YTD for 2021 in […]

Dean Palmer Hinetai Hops Tapawera, Nelson, New Zealand Hinetai Hops is owned and operated by 5th-generation hop farmer Dean Palmer. Dean’s father John founded Hinetai in 1992, but the farm’s roots run much deeper: Dean’s great-great-grand-uncle C.A. Palmer farmed in Waimea West, and his hops won first prize at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1881. Hinetai […]