About this episode

This episode discusses how brewers can improve their beer by using new hop products and techniques, focusing on brewhouse efficiency and flavor enhancement.

For more than a decade, IPA, in all its variants, ruled the craft beer world. It’s a beer style built on hops. While IPA ruled the world, so did hops. But as the beer world has evolved, so have hop products. No longer is it enough to throw a ton of the latest hop variety into a hazy beer. New hop products can be used differently, add new flavors and aromas and change mouthfeel. In this bonus episode, sponsored by Hopsteiner, we talk about how brewers can think about hops in a whole new way–not just IBUs and oils, but texture and mouthfeel. And while hop varieties were, for a while, chasing tropical flavors, new varieties are supporting the current trend toward lagers. Visit AllAboutBeer.com for more podcasts, to read original articles, and to get info on upcoming events. Click here to support independent journalism covering the beer industry. This Episode is Sponsored by: Hopsteiner Let’s talk brewhouse efficiency: Replacing pellet loads with Salvo cannot only boost aroma density, but reduce trub load and increase beer wart. Seems like simple math, but if it is still not obvious— replacing pellets with Salvo can give you MORE BEER per batch with BETTER brewhouse efficiency. Salvo…

People in this episode

Host: All About Beer

Topics covered

• brewing techniques
• hops
• beer styles
• craft beer
• brewhouse efficiency

Keywords

• brewing
• hops
• Salvo
• craft beer
• beer efficiency
• flavor solutions
• IPA
• lager

Sponsors

Hopsteiner

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