About this Course
Climate change, the availability of raw materials and increasing demands for sustainability are bringing about lasting changes to hop cultivation. In this webinar, you will learn how new hop varieties are developed, what challenges they are designed to address, and why there is much more to it than just aroma and bitterness.
New Varieties & Sustainable Brewing
Course Overview
In this webinar, our experts will examine the impact of climate change on the hop market and highlight the role that modern breeding programs play in developing sustainable hop varieties. Using practical examples – including the Luna variety – we will explore the challenges and opportunities involved in introducing new varieties, as well as their availability on the market. Furthermore, we will discuss the requirements that new hop varieties must meet today: alongside attractive aroma, bitterness and flavour profiles, aspects such as cultivation stability, sustainability, security of supply and economic viability are becoming increasingly important. Participants will gain valuable insights into how breeding and variety selection can help to successfully overcome the challenges of the future.
Free Online Seminar
English
Take Aways from this Course:
- The impact of climate change on hop cultivation and availability
- Insights into current challenges in hop procurement
- Understanding modern breeding objectives and breeding programs
- A practical example of the market launch of a new variety (e.g. Luna)
- Criteria that new hop varieties must meet today, in addition to aroma and bitterness
- Approaches to a sustainable and future-proof raw materials strategy
Modern Brewing
Meet Your Experts
Learn from internationally recognized hop and sensory experts with extensive experience in research, brewing and product development.
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.
Florian Weingart
Operational Purchasing Officer
