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Yakima, Wash. – May 30, 2023 – Bale Breaker Brewing Company, a brewery located on their family’s 4th generation hop farm in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is excited to announce the newest 16oz release in their Frenz Collaboration Series. Releasing 6/16 in their Yakima and Ballard taprooms, this summer’s Frenz IPA is a collaboration with longtime brewing

Fresh hop season always brings a variety of flavours for brewers to play with – whether it’s the tropical hit of Nectaron, the citrusy sharpness of Motueka or the piney Waimea. Yet the 2023 harvest brought with it a surprise; the official launch ...

Beer fans will soon have the chance to taste the freshest new flavours from local hop growers and brewers, as the annual phenomenon that is the Fresh Hop Beer Season gets underway. This year, participating New World stores in the North Island will ...

It is autumn in the southern hemisphere which means it is harvest time for hops south of the equator. This episode of the All About Beer Podcast is all about New Zealand Hops. Don Tse and Em Sauter chat with Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops and Ron Beatson of NZ Hops. Today, New Zealand hops are known for their

With harvest season set to kick off for the horticulture sector in the top of the South Island, orchardists, growers and hop farmers are faced with staff shortages due to closed borders.

The company approached kiwifruit giant Zespri to get approval for the move. “We were very thankful when they said yes, and it has put a golden glow on a tough year for our family farm and staff.” About 35,000 tonnes of gold kiwifruit was delivered to the Food Network South Island’s distribution hub in Christchurch on Friday. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Food Network South Island manager Leo Kwon and Christchurch City councillor Phil Mauger inspect the crop. Mac Hops carried the growing and ha...

MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Brent McGlashen, of Mac Hops in Lower Moutere, west of Nelson, with hop vines shredded in a Boxing Day hail storm. Hop growers in the Motueka area are counting the costs of the area’s freak Boxing Day hail storm, with estimates that more than half the crop has been destroyed on some farms. The losses have been estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, but the full impact will take time to assess. Lower Moutere grower Brent McGlashen said his farm, Mac Hops, was on...