Tridge summary
Germany and Czechia are experiencing significant hop harvest shortfalls due to extreme weather conditions, with Germany, the world's second-largest hop producer, expecting an 18% drop from average yields and a 20.4% decrease from the previous year. The heatwaves and drought have particularly impacted early-maturing varieties, leading to severe reductions in production. While hop yields in Slovenia and Poland are expected to rise slightly, the shortages are expected to affect brewers in the UK, where hop cultivation is not on the same scale as in Germany. The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) in the UK is calling for government action to address the challenges facing the industry, including high energy bills and proposed changes to the Alcohol Duty System.
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Original content
Estimates from BarthHaas suggest that hop harvests this year will be substantially lower than average in Germany and Czechia, bringing more woe to brewers across Europe. Germany is the world’s second biggest producer of hops, after the United States. However, the heatwaves and drought of this summer have severely affected production, particularly of early-maturing varieties, such as Hallertau Mittelfrüh, though there is hope that rainfall in late August may have rescued late-maturing varieties. Overall, German hop yields are expected to be 18% short of an average year, and 20.4% below last year’s – with 38.1 tonnes harvested as opposed to 47.8 tonnes in 2021. Spalt, just south of Nuremberg, has the severest predicted drop, with a -32.6% deviation from the average is anticipated. Hallertau (in Bavaria), which produces almost a quarter of the world’s hops according to some estimates, is also expected to produce a harvest 18.5% below average. Czechia’s forecast 4.7 tonne hop harvest ...
Source: Thedrinkbusiness
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