
New Zealand Hops with Stan Hieronymus – BeerSmith Podcast #283
BeerSmith Home and Beer Brewing Podcast
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The New Hops Coming on the Market
Nectron and Superdilic are the two major new ones coming on. Freestyle has struck a deal with that has some government match funding, which means freestyle will probably keep some of the hops proprietary but others will have to go where any hop grower and New Zealand can use them. Clayton hops just announced a deal with plant food, which is again government funded, and then they'll be helping fund research,. So you're going to see more varieties. And one plus is as breeders and growers are thinking about that when they don't have a large amount of one variety that's super popular, if they spread that out across the picking window, then they're able to guarantee
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