The cultivation of hop in the Netherlands is back with a vengeance

Published 2021년 9월 29일

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The Dutch hop growing industry is experiencing a resurgence, with the number of hop growers and breweries with their own hop fields reaching 45, up from just two at the turn of the century. This growth is largely due to the rise in craft beer breweries, of which the Netherlands now has over 900, compared to about 70 at the start of the century. The demand for aromatic hops, used in bitter and extra hoppy beers like IPA, has increased due to their popularity. While professional hop growers are mainly located in the east of the country and North Brabant, breweries with their own hop fields are more common in the west, often used for marketing and customer engagement rather than production.

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In the wake of the popularity of craft beer and the explosive growth in the number of Dutch breweries, the number of hop growers in our country is also growing. The counter now stands at 21 hop growers and another 24 brewers with their own hop field, according to figures from the Dutch Heritage Heritage Foundation. At the turn of the century there were only two, by now a total of more than forty. From 2016, the number of hop growers increased rapidly. According to the same statistics, the Netherlands today has almost nine hundred breweries; at the beginning of this century there were only about seventy. According to the beer foundation, hop cultivation had all but disappeared from the Netherlands. "Since the Dutch hop growers could not compete on price and quality with the large-scale hop cultivation in other countries in Europe." But thanks to the popularity of small-scale craft beer, the demand for certain hops has increased. "There is more demand for aromatic hops used in ...

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