Bohemia Hop (BH) in cooperation with the Hop Research Institute (HRI) in Zatec organized a gathering and educational session focused on the application of Czech hops in the brewing industry that took place on 28th March 2019. This event was great opportunity to introduce newly registered Czech hop varieties and to compare performences of Harmonie and Country hops in beer. Apart form this round of evaluation, the participants evaluated beers brewed with Kazbek, Saaz and Saaz Late hops.
The first year of a new beer competition called "The Kazbek Cup 2019" took place during the seminars parallelly. The judges evaluated 38 smaples of beer where 50% of Kabek hops was the minimum quantity used for hopping.
Results in a category of "Bottom Fementated Beer": 1st HarmoniKa Beer (microbrewery U Orloje - The Hop and Beer Tample in Zatec), 2nd 12 Kazbek Single Hop Beer (Volt Brewery), 3rd Rebel Drsoň (Měšťanského pivovaru Havlíčkův Brod).
Results in a category of "Top Fementated Beer":1st ExperimentAle (microbrewery U Orloje - The Hop and Beer Tample in Zatec), 2nd Kazbek Beer (Trilobit Brewery), 3rd Kazbek Ale (Experimental Brewery of the Hop Research Institute in Zatec)
