Tag: Hops

UF scientists meeting craft brewer demand by converting hops to pellets

by Brad Buck
June 12, 2024

Many craft brewers prefer to make their product using hops pellets because of several advantages they provide over whole cone hops. To address a request by Tampa Bay-area craft brewers, University of Florida scientists are converting the crop ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Breeding, Brewers Association, Brewery, Cones, Craft Beer, Field Trials, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Harvest, Hops, LED Lighting, Pelletizer, Pellets, Shinsuke Agehara, Spring Hops Field Day, Zhanao Deng

UF/IFAS researchers work to make beer hops a Florida crop

by Megan Winslow
May 7, 2024

Although plenty of Florida’s craft brewers advertise their libations as brewed with state-grown ingredients, a vital ingredient – hops – is not readily available within the Sunshine State. A University of Florida study currently underway, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS
Tags: Apopka, Aroma Test, Beer, Brewers Association, Brewing, Cascade, Chinook, Craft Brewing, Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Greenhouse, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Katherine Thompson-Witrick, Megan Winslow, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Research, Sensory Test, Testing, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Yakima Valley

Brewers, craft beer enthusiasts reap flavor of UF hops research

by Brad Buck
October 10, 2023

As you watch workers use chainsaws to cut down the bines of hop cones for this year’s fall harvest, you can almost sense the craft beer the hops will eventually produce. Last week, scientists at the University of Florida Gulf Coast Research ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Brewery, Craft Beer, Environmental Horticulture, Fall Harvest, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Hops Field Day, Horticultural Sciences, LED Lighting, Locally Grown, Shinsuke Agehara, Zhanao Deng

As the popularity of craft beer keeps soaring, a Florida brewer praises UF hops research

by Brad Buck
June 7, 2023

Lucas Frank started brewing beer at home in 2010 and in 2019, decided to change careers after working in health care for 20 years. He established his own business, Hiatus Brewing, in Ocala in 2019. To make your own beer, you need hops. That’s ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Brewery, Cascade, Craft Beer, Florida-grown, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Hops Field Day, LED Lighting, Lucas Frank, Research, Shinsuke Agehara, Zhanao Deng

MEDIA ALERT: Come to Florida Ag Expo; learn about hops, other emerging crops and artificial intelligence

by Brad Buck
October 27, 2022

WHAT: Tour a hops yard. Find out how artificial intelligence helps farmers. Discover how UF/IFAS will help growers use fewer nutrients. Find out how plant breeding can help growers avoid diseases – all at this year’s Florida Ag Expo. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, Blackberries, Florida Ag Expo, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Plant Breeding, Plant Disease, Precision Agriculture, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Weeds

Brewers savor the candy flavor of some Florida-grown hops

by Brad Buck
June 7, 2022

Brewers like the flavor and aroma that come from Florida-grown Cascade hops, says a University of Florida Extension agent. They say it tastes a little like candy. Matt Smith admits his sample size is small thus far – only seven brewers ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness
Tags: Aroma, Brewers, Cascade, Craft Beer, Flavor, Florida-grown, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, LED Lighting, Matt Smith, Plant Breeding, Tampa Bay, Trials, UF/IFAS Extension, Zhanao Deng

Tasty craft beer brewed from UF/IFAS-grown hops

by Brad Buck
October 20, 2021

BALM, Fla. --- If you hopped over to the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center and tasted the craft beer made from hops grown by scientists at the University of Florida, you’d notice it’s a little bitter, but researchers and brewers say ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Acid, Aroma, Bitter, Craft Beer, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Hops Field Day, Shinsuke Agehara, Taste, Varieties, Zhanao Deng

UF/IFAS appoints interim director of Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center to support team’s urban initiatives, successes

by Lourdes Mederos
May 13, 2020

DAVIE, Fla. – Jack Rechcigl has been appointed as interim Center Director of the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS FLREC) On May 12, Rechcigl stepped in to oversee the operations and research at the UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blueberries, CALS, Covid-19, Davie, FL, Florida Agriculture Expo, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Robin Giblin-Davis, Strawberries, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Urban Environment, Wildlife Ecology

Interest in UF/IFAS Hops Experiment Grows

by Brad Buck
December 3, 2019

BALM, Fla. --- Tampa Bay microbreweries have a hankering for hops, and some see a University of Florida experimental farm as a source for the crop that will help quench their customers’ thirsts. Several Tampa Bay area breweries have come ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Craft Beer, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Horticultural Sciences, LED Lights, Microbreweries, Shinsuke Agehara, Tampa Bay, Trellis

Hemp, Hops and More Crops Highlight Florida Ag Expo

by Brad Buck
October 23, 2019

BALM, Fla. --- Farmers, nursery managers and others can get a glimpse of the latest and greatest UF/IFAS research into tomatoes, strawberries, hemp, hops and ornamental plants at the annual Florida Ag Expo at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Florida Ag Expo, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hemp, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Specialty Crops, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Zachary Brym

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