Hopsteiner is one of the oldest hop breeding, growing, and trading firms around. The company was formed by S.S. Steiner in 1845 in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Since then, the company grew to have operations in nine regions around the world, from Germany to the Yakima Valley, and even China.

Now that the 2016 harvest is complete, I had an opportunity to ask some questions about the company, the development of new hop varieties, as well as some lessons they learned from this year’s crop.

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