USDA Releases 2022 Hop Planting Report
On June 10th, the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS) released their annual report on hop…
Data Analysis
We love statistics… and beer. So, we decided to combine the two, and the result was actually pretty interesting. Here we discuss the science behind brewing, hops, and everything in between.
Top 5 Disasters that Threatened US Hop Production
The Pacific Northwest grows over 99% of all hops in the United States. The US is also the number one…
The Best New Hop From Each Country
After running through our testing on the new Great Lake Hop varieties courtesy of Hang ’em High, I wanted to…
11 of the Most Interesting Data Visualizations on Beer
I’m a statistics nerd and love working with data. It is one of the reasons I built BeerMaverick in the…
Visualizing Differences in Yeast Strains
I do a lot with data on this site. Most of our data-themed articles are surrounding hops, and its for…
Michigan Grown Hops: The Industry’s Best Kept Secret
Earlier this spring, Hang ’em High Hops reached out to us to see if there was any interest in running…
What are Experimental Hops?
Experimental hops are hops that are still working their way through the viability phase of their breeding program. We as…
How to Find the Biggest Hop Bargains
When brewing a hop-heavy beer like an IPA, brewers know that at lest half of their budget will be taken…
The Most Popular Hops in Use Today
We are often asked “What are the most popular hops to use?“, and while it is a loaded question that…
Why are Hops so Expensive?
Hops are expensive. They range anywhere from $2.50 per ounce to over $5 for coveted varieties such as Galaxy and…
The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the CTZ Hop
CTZ is an acronym for Columbus, Tomahawk, and Zeus, three trade names owned by various private corporations for what is…
Highest Alpha Acid (AA%) Hops
Alpha acids (α acids) are chemical compounds of the Humulus lupulus (or hop) plant. These acids are found in the resin…
Highest Cohumulone Hops
The primary bittering components of hops are the three alpha acids: Humulone, Ad-Humulone and Cohumulone. Combined, these three are collectively…
Your Hop Substitutions are Wrong!
Update: The first version of our data-driven hop substitute tool is here! The old hop substitution charts we’ve been using…
The United States of Beer
The United States of America is a diverse and highly unique country. We often see sharp differences from one state…
The Top 15 Hop Producing Countries in 2023
The majority of the world’s hop production is concentrated between both the northern and southern 35th and 55th parallels.
Analyzing the USA Hop Production Statistics of 2019
In January 2020, Hop Growers of America released their 2019 Statistical Report on the state of hop growing and production…
The Most Commonly Used IPA Hops
If you’ve read this site for long enough, it should have become obvious that I love IPAs. Well, I am…