The Hot Hops on the Block

Dear Client: In a segment dominated and sometimes driven by hop-forward profiles, this is worth a note: New Zealand's Nelson Sauvin hop has played prominently in some of the largest craft brewers' latest offerings. New Belgium used it in Shift, their biggest release of the year. Boston Beer Co. featured it in their Single-Batch series debut late last fall. Stone employed it for their 15th anniversary commemoration beer. It's not by coincidence. Expect to see more New Zealand varietals as