Some of the money raised during last July’s Brewers Festival just provided a boost to the nascent Vermont hops industry when the Vermont Brewers Association gifted UVM’s Vermont Hops Project with enough dosh to buy a key piece of new equipment.
At the Winter Hops Conference — which took place at the Essex Resort & Spa last weekend — Vermont Pub & Brewery’s Steve Polewacyk handed over $20,000 to Heather Darby, the UVM agronomy professor and researcher who heads the project.
read more at Vermont Brewers Dig Deep for Hops Research | Bite Club: Vermont’s Food and Drink Blog.
Jim is a web developer living in Burlington, Vermont. He enjoys Vermont craft beer and is a beginner home brewer. His favorite beer style is India Pale Ale, along with IPAs he considers himself a "hop-head" and loves all hoppy tasting beers.
