From a temperature perspective, August was slightly below average – the mean temperature was 0.3 °C lower than the long-term average. Tropical temperatures occurred at the beginning of the second decade of the month, with the highest temperature of 35.6 °C recorded on August 15. In total, there were 5 tropical days in August, one more than in July.
Dear business partners, We would like to invite you to visit our stand during Drinktec 2025 in Munich.
Date:September 15–19, 2025
Location: Booth no. 268, Hall C3
Free voucher e-code: DRI25BOHEMIA
During the exhibition, samples of the following beers brewed at the Hop Research Institute in Saaz and beers brewed for the „Ochutnej Žatec“ competition as part of the “Dočesná” hop festival, supported by Bohemia Hop, a.s., will be gradually available for tasting at the Bohemia Hop stand:
We look forward to meeting you!
The hop harvest has begun this week in the Žatec region. The opening of the hop harvest in Lenešice near Louny was personally attended today by the Minister of Agriculture, Marek Výborný.
Today, the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture published the final figures for this year’s harvested areas.
The total harvested area amounts to 4,812 hectares, of which 3,689 hectares are planted with the Saaz variety.
The first photos from this year’s harvest and table of areas can be viewed below.
July in the Saaz region was slightly below average in terms of temperature. The average temperature was 0.2 °C lower compared to the longterm average and 1.7 °C cooler than last year. Tropical days occurred only in the first week, with the highest temperature of the month recorded on 2 July at 35.6 °C. Temperatures above 30 °C were reached only once more, on 20 July. Rainfall was also below average – 24.7 mm less than the longterm norm. The cumulative annual precipitation now stands at 82% of the usual level. Rainfall significant for growers was recorded particularly in the Saaz area on 21 July and in the last days of the month.
The Hop Trail, curated for the Expo by Martin Štross and created under the leadership of the Hop Growers Association of the Czech Republic, with the support and cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, CHMELAŘSTVÍ, cooperative Žatec and Bohemia Hop, a.s., has been part of the Czech pavilion since the first day of the Expo.
