At BarthHaas, our mission is to push the boundaries of what hops can do. We don’t just provide hops, we provide solutions. One of our latest breakthroughs, Prysma™, is transforming the way brewers think about aroma, efficiency, and consistency.
What is Prysma™?
Prysma™ is our most advanced liquid hop flavor platform, designed to deliver authentic flavors and aromas. It excels at delivering both hop and other natural flavors on one simple 100% hop derived platform with impact and without the inefficiencies of traditional brewing. Developed using a unique, state-of-the-art 100% hop derived emulsifier for a stable long-lasting freshness, Prysma™ can offer:
- True-to-type flavor: Capturing the delicate volatiles that define hop character.
- Outstanding stability: Protecting aroma over time while maintaining freshness.
- Precision dosing: Flowable, easy to handle, and effective even when added late in the process as a post filtration addition
- Efficiency gains: Reducing losses compared to pellets, saving both beer and resources.
In short: Prysma™ combines, flavor flexibility, precision and authenticity, with production efficiency, all in one liquid hop solution.
Why Jopen Turned to Liquid Hops
Jopen Brewery in Haarlem, Netherlands, is known for its hop-forward beers and creative innovation. But like many brewers, they faced challenges with raw hop variability, beer losses, and process inefficiencies.
“To create hop forward beers you obviously have to use a lot of hops, which leads to big losses,” explains Head Brewer Daniel Schappert. “Additionally, not all the hops we purchase in big enough quantities to select the batches, which leads to variation in the hops and therefore the beers.”
Jopen’s team wanted a solution that would not only preserve flavor and aroma but also improve process control. That’s where Prysma™ came in.
Testing Prysma™ in Practice
Jopen brewed one “mother beer” with Titan for bitterness and Tango and Huell Classic for aroma. From there, the wort was split into four different styles:
- Pale Ale
- Wit Beer
- Lager
- Non-alcoholic Lager
Each variant was finished with Prysma™, along with SPECTRUM and PHAs, to test flexibility across beer types. The results? Clear improvements in consistency, yield, and aroma expression.
The Brewer’s Verdict
For Daniel, the experience highlighted exactly why liquid hops matter:
- Ease of use: “Prysma™ was very easy to incorporate into our process, it has a great flowability which makes it very easy to dose.”
- Flavor quality: “The outcome was great, it has a lot of depth and is less chemically than comparable products.”
- Efficiency: “It’s a simple calculation, for every kilo of hop pellets we don’t use, we save up to 14 liters of beer.”
- Flexibility: “The beauty of Prysma™ is that you can get the true taste right after dosing and that you can dose it so late. This speeds up lagering time and helps if you have to troubleshoot a beer that turned out less intense aroma-wise than you wanted it to be.”
By substituting some hop pellets with Prysma™ and SPECTRUM, Jopen achieved the same aroma results, with more consistency and less loss.
Why Prysma™ Matters for the Industry
Jopen’s case study reflects the broader brewing reality: the demand for hop-forward beers remains high, but efficiency and consistency are equally critical. Traditional pellet hopping alone can’t always deliver on all fronts.
The Prysma™ 100% hop derived flavor platform gives brewers the tools to:
- Reduce raw material and beer losses
- Gain control over flavor and aroma consistency
- Accelerate processes like lagering
- Explore new creative possibilities across styles
At BarthHaas, we’re proud to partner with breweries like Jopen that embrace innovation to stay ahead.
Curious how Prysma™ can transform your brewing process? Contact BarthHaas to learn how our liquid hops can help you create hop-forward beers with greater efficiency and precision.
