Upstate Hops brokers NY Hops with local craft brewers here in New York State. Farm brewers who must rely on an ever increasing volume of NY grown hops can benefit from this connection.
Here is what Upstate Hops can offer craft brewers:
- Testing of all our hops for moisture, cohumulone, and alpha values
- Whole Cone or pellets packaging in 1, 5, or 11 # nitro flushed mylar bags
- Cardboard box packaging to reduce breakage
- Cold storage of processed hops
- Shipping via UPS
- Up to date inventories of available hop varieties and volumes
- Cost benefits for hop contracts ahead of harvest
Craft brewers are encouraged to contact us for pricing of available hops.
Here is what Upstate Hops can offer hop growers:
- Assist growers throughout the growing season
- Test samples of their hops for alpha, beta and cohumulone levels
- Harvest the hops with a mobile harvester
- Assist in getting the cones dried to 10% moisture
- Pelletize the hops with new state of the art equipment
- Package the pellets in nitro flushed mylar bags inside cardboard boxes
- Cold storage of processed hops
Hop growers can choose any of these services a la carte, or they can sell their wet hops to Upstate Hops directly.