Advanced Hop Products for Modern Brewing
The brewing industry is undergoing a transformation. Consumers constantly expect new taste experiences, product developments must be implemented more quickly, and economic pressures accompany nearly every step of production.
At the same time, demands for quality, consistency, and sustainability are rising. Raw materials are becoming scarcer, resources must be used more efficiently, and new beverage categories such as non-alcoholic beers present additional opportunities—and challenges.
With Modern Brewing, we offer a webinar series that addresses precisely these topics. Our experts share practical knowledge on modern brewing processes, innovative hop products, current market trends, and scientific insights into flavor development.
The goal: to provide you with concrete tools that will help you position your brewery to be future-proof and competitive
Modern Brewing
HopHaze
We know how to remove turbidity from beer, but how do we get a defined and stable haze into the beer? - There is an innovative hop product for this, too. The use of this product and all the parameters that need to be considered in connection with stable turbidity are shown and explained in this seminar.
Free Online Seminar
English
German
Speakers
Dr. Christina Schönberger
Product and Education Expert
Dr. Schönberger is one of the top sensory experts in the international brewing industry. She did her doctorate on non-volatile flavours in bottom-fermented beers and has written numerous scientific publications and book chapters on hop and beer sensory analysis. She has worked at BarthHaas since 2005 and, together with Georg Drexler, heads the Brewing Solutions department, which focuses on technical consulting for breweries. Dr. Schönberger was instrumental in the development of Hopsessed, the BarthHaas scheme for sensory analysis of hop aroma. She is also a co-founder of the HopsAcademy, which has been offering seminars for brewers and hop and beer enthusiasts worldwide since 2011. Since 2018, she has also been responsible for the Concept Brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
Lorenz Schareina
Senior Brewmaster
Upcoming Events
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New Varieties
The last 20 years have brought an unprecedented diversity of new hop varieties with new aromas and flavors. For some years now, it has been impossible to imagine hop breeding without the aspects of resource saving and sustainability. What this means for current hop breeding and what characteristics new hop varieties have to offer in addition to an appealing aroma, bitter and flavor profile is presented in this class.
Free Online Seminar
English
German
Speakers
Dr. Christina Schönberger
Product and Education Expert
Dr. Schönberger is one of the top sensory experts in the international brewing industry. She did her doctorate on non-volatile flavours in bottom-fermented beers and has written numerous scientific publications and book chapters on hop and beer sensory analysis. She has worked at BarthHaas since 2005 and, together with Georg Drexler, heads the Brewing Solutions department, which focuses on technical consulting for breweries. Dr. Schönberger was instrumental in the development of Hopsessed, the BarthHaas scheme for sensory analysis of hop aroma. She is also a co-founder of the HopsAcademy, which has been offering seminars for brewers and hop and beer enthusiasts worldwide since 2011. Since 2018, she has also been responsible for the Concept Brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
Marius Hartmann
Technical Manager Brewing Solutions
Working together, thinking innovatively - living the traditional craft: The creative head of the concept brewery is a trained master brewer and maltster, a graduate of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and has been working in the brewing and beverage industry since 2008. Not least due to several years of professional experience at home and abroad, including in the USA, he has broadened his horizons and is open to diverse product developments. In addition to creating hop-driven beers with innovative hop varieties and products for and with customers from all over the world, the conception of novel trendy beverages is his passion. Since 2018, he has been responsible for creative recipe developments at the concept brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
Phil Rutjens
VIC & TAS Sales Rep
Phil loves the creative side of brewing, and is always eager to get new hops into the hands of brewers. He has more than 20 years experience in the craft beer industry, from Brewery Operations Manager at Urban Alley Brewery to Brewery Manager at Southern Bay Brewery. Phil has experience in optimising the brewing and packaging process, coordinating and forecasting stock requirements, and maintaining internal and external industry relationships.
Simon Whittock
Head of Agronomic Services
Simon studied Marine Science, specialising in Genetics, Biochemistry and Phylogenetics before tackling a PhD in Plant Genetics. Simon now has an expert level understanding of hops and how to cross plants to achieve certain agronomic and flavour outcomes, which has helped us introduce a number of successful proprietary varieties to the brewing world.
Upcoming Events
Modern Brewing
SPECTRUM & PRYSMA®
The evolution of liquid hop products culminates with the launch of our new aroma platform PPRYSMA®. This course focuses on the properties that characterize and distinguish PRYSMA® from SPECTRUM. PRYSMA’s special features allow the product to be used in a wide range of creative applications in the production process. This class will give you insights into the limitless possibilities of PRYSMA®.
Free Online Seminar
English
German
Speakers
Dr. Christina Schönberger
Product and Education Expert
Dr. Schönberger is one of the top sensory experts in the international brewing industry. She did her doctorate on non-volatile flavours in bottom-fermented beers and has written numerous scientific publications and book chapters on hop and beer sensory analysis. She has worked at BarthHaas since 2005 and, together with Georg Drexler, heads the Brewing Solutions department, which focuses on technical consulting for breweries. Dr. Schönberger was instrumental in the development of Hopsessed, the BarthHaas scheme for sensory analysis of hop aroma. She is also a co-founder of the HopsAcademy, which has been offering seminars for brewers and hop and beer enthusiasts worldwide since 2011. Since 2018, she has also been responsible for the Concept Brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
Mark Zunkel
Technical Manager Brewing Solutions
Mark began his professional career in 2001 in the capital of the craft beer movement in Boulder, Colorado/USA. His journey took him to Germany, where he graduated with a degree in brewing and beverage technology. Even then, he was intensively involved with the topic of (hop) aroma in beer. Since 2011, Mark has been researching and teaching about hop aroma and the innovative use of hops and hop products as Technical Manager at BarthHaas. He leads tastings and is particularly enthusiastic about the new, innovative uses of hops in a wide variety of beverages.
