by Annette Wiles | Jul 18, 2016 | Hop Harvesting
We have a few more additions to the family. Two Wolf 170 Harvesters are up and running....
by Annette Wiles | Jul 14, 2016 | Brewer, Craft Beer, Craft Brewers
The Iowa Brewers Guild is proud to offer its first-in-the-nation Department of Labor-sanctioned apprenticeship program for training professional brewers through a combination of on-the-job-learning and online coursework. The yearlong, 2,000-hour program is comprised...
by Annette Wiles | Jul 6, 2016 | Craft Brewers, Grow Hops, Nebraska Beer
It’s hot out. Time to relax. Go ahead, crack open a brew. How does a cold craft beer sound? Maybe a Percheron IPA from Ploughshare Brewing in Lincoln, Prairie Fire from Scratchtown Brewing in Ord, or Jug Thumper from Lucky Bucket Brewing in La Vista. How about...
by Annette Wiles | Jul 5, 2016 | Craft Brewers
By Jon Sicotte on June 24, 2016 The governor-approved Nebraska Craft Brewery Board will be a big boon in not just promoting tourism, but working on research to help further growth in hop farming, malted barley and adjunct production, and help add more production...
by Annette Wiles | Feb 15, 2016 | Grow Hops
Our Mission: To establish a well-managed hop enterprise that provides farmers with a high-value crop that returns the majority of the crop value back to the growers, and provides high quality whole leaf and pelletized hops to everyone from craft brewers to home...