Big news from the Brewers Association: there’s now a GABF medal category for Vera hopped beer!
Huge shoutout to Kayla Altendorf for all of her hard work!
https://www.brewersassociation.org/association-news/new-vera-hop-category-for-2025-gabf-competition/
Want more context? Learn more about the progress in Prosser on the Master Brewers Podcast - here’s a link to my conversation with Kayla.
And you can get Vera on LEx right now! It’s listed by the Hop Research Council as HRC-003.
I think with this new category the demand will spike and while there is a decent amount of 2024 crop around, it may go quick.
This is going to be a really good hop for the industry. Another stand out public hop variety that everyone should support. Had a chance to taste it at this years CBC, and it was exceptional. Along with HBC1019, one of my favorite new hops.