Mr. Zdenek Rosa,the Chairman of Chmelarstvi, Druzstvo Zatec and Bohemia Hop a.s. , and Mr. Milan Strnad, the Director of Processing Plant, had a meeting with Mr. Tomas Duba, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Tokio, and with Mr. Marcel Sauer, Head of Commercial and Economic Section.
Mr. Rosa delivered lot of information about the history of exporting Czech hops to Japan and about the current situation.
Bohemia Hop traditionally participated in Craft Brewer´s Conference (CBC) and BrewExpo America 2015 that were held in Portland, Oregon, USA. Many participants of CBC visited our booth and took free samples of original Czech hop varieties that were displayed. More than 11.000 people and more than 600 exhibitors visited CBC and BrewExpo America.
Bohemia Hop is a member of Brewers Association of America, the Czech Beer and Malt Association and also the Czech-Moravian Union of Microbrewers
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On May 6th 2015 EU Delegation in Beijing celebrated EU Day with the presence of EU High Representative Frederica Mogherini who officially opened an exhibition “Tastes of Europe”.
Czech Republic selected two Czech products with so called Geographical Indications (GI) –Czech beer Budweiser and Czech Saaz hops (hops from Zatec). The acting Head of Mission of the Czech Republic and the chairman of CHMELARSTVI, druzstvo Žatec and BOHEMIA HOP Mr. Zdenek Rosa attended the event.
Bohemia Hop in cooperation with the Hop Research Institute in Zatec organized a traditional seminar on „Application of Czech Hops in the Brewing Industry” that took place on 22nd April 2015. Almost 100 participants from Czech breweries and other experts related with brewing industry gathered at the Hop Research Institute to learn about the current trends in the hop and brewing industry and to taste and evaluate beers brewed from Czech hop varieties in a trial brewery of the Hop research institute. The seminar topics and beer samples were focused on dry hopping.
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Central stitute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (CISTA) announced the final crop results for 2014. The total hop harvest in the Czech Republic reached 6.202 t of hops. The average yield was 1,39 t/ha.
The total production was up by 872 t compare to 2013 and by 1 864 t compare to 2012.
