WHY JOIN
Access to the hop quality knowledge base of the current HQG membership, our membership is an evergrowing pool of hop and brewing raw material knowledge and experience.
Ability to participate in the yearly hop farm sanitation and pellet mill visits; a means to strengthen your connection with the growers in hop growing regions. Access to the farm reports from these visits. Connected to these visits, HQG members have benefited from the outreach efforts of the grower events & BBQs in these hop growing regions.
Deeper partnership and connection with the hop dealers and brokers, both through the farm and pellet mill visits and continued collaborative and educational activities. These connections provide valuable insight into the operational conditions of hop suppliers.
Partnership in the HQG sponsored and funded public hop breeding program lead by John Henning, a program that essentially saved an important piece of the public hop germplasm. HQG members have the earliest access to the selection and distribution of these new public varieties coming out of the breeding program. This year, we have put more than ten single hop beers, brewed by members, out to all of membership so all breweries could truly evaluate hops from our breeding program. It is an exciting time to be involved in HQG.
How to join
Brewery members of the Hop Quality Group must maintain a US TTB production permit and have less than 5% ownership from hop growers/brokers. Members agree to abide by the HQG Code of Conduct, our NDA at all times, and pledge to keep hops appropriately cold until use, treating hops as a food product.
Members also will need to pay their yearly dues which you can see here.
If everything looks good and you would like to join, please contact Tom Tweedy and he will get you all the information you need for joining!
CURRENT BREWERY MEMBERS
The Hop Quality Group initially formed in 2010 with a handful of craft brewers concerned about the direction of hop quality. Over the last ten years, our group has grown and matured through our pursuit of hop quality. The HQG kept a lookout for other quality brewers with a keen focus on hops over these ten years. As a part of that process, we have asked new brewers to join our ranks, growing our membership to over 50 unique breweries. Our Brewery Members can be found below.
