It’s that time of year again! Wet Hop Season! One of our favorite parts of harvest season is hosting brewers at the farm. Our team gets a chance to collaborate …
Drink Local | Round Barn Michigan Common with Nugget and Crystal hops
We are excited to have our homegrown Nugget and Crystal varieties featured in this local Michigan brewers take on the classic “Common” beer style. We cant wait to taste what …
Harvest to Delivery – We take every step to ensure quality
At Hop Head Farms we use a combination of German equipment and American ingenuity. The Germans have been growing hops and refining harvesting and drying equipment for decades. From cutting …
Introducing Proximity Malt Crystal Rye
Proximity Malt is excited to announce a new crystal rye malt. They have worked hard on developing this fantastic malt and believe it will find a home in a wide …
ZUPER SAAZER – Michigan grown SAAZ
ZUPER SAAZER – A Michigan take on a classic variety The classic Noble variety Saaz is know for earthy, herbal, spice and pleasant earthy aromas. Traditional Saaz is very low …
Hull Melon offers unique flavors of honeydew and strawberry
The HÜLL INSTITUTE acknowledged the craft beer movement by shifting their focus to developing bolder, fruitier hops for release in 2012. Previously, this German institute dedicated their research to traditional Noble …
Crystal Hop – America’s answer to HALLERTAU MITTELFRÜH
MICHIGAN’S IMPRESSION OF A CLASSIC NOBLE VARIETY. The Crystal Variety came out the 1983 breeding program at Oregon State University. It is often said to be America’s impression of Hallertau …
Hallertau Blanc Hop Profile – White Wine and Gooseberry with notes of Passion Fruit, Mango and Lemongrass
The Hop Head team has our trip planned to the Hallertau region of Germany for this years selection. One of our favorite hops to select is Hallertau Blanc. It is …
Why Michigan Hops?
Southwest Michigan is an ideal region to raise hops for many of the same reasons why fruit has been produced here since the 1860s. It comes down to rich soils …
STYRIAN WOLF HOP PROFILE
The Styrian Wolf variety comes to us from the Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing in Zalec Slovenia. It is a public research, developmental, advisory and educational organization that also …