From June 11th to 13th, a representative of Bohemia Hop participated in a significant South American trade fair focused on brewing, held in São Paulo, Brazil. Together with our distributor, we showcased Czech varieties. In addition to traditional hops, visitors to the fair were also introduced to varieties that are not yet well-known in the Brazilian market. The fair registered 8,500 experts from 150 different companies.
Read more: Brasil Brau 2024 in Sao Paulo with Bohemia Hop's Participation
Bohemia Hop, as the largest Czech hop trading company, has a long-standing relationship with the Chinese market which became in the past few years export market number one for Czech hops. Bohemia Hop participated at the European promotional event for the 33rd Yanjing Beer Festival in Brno on June 20th.
Read more: The European promotional event for the 33rd Yanjing Beer Festival
On 21 May 2024, Bohemia Hop, a.s. took part in a promotional event of Czech hops in Fokuoka, Kyushu, Japan, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic and the Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic with the support of Sapporo Brewery, EAT, Ohnishi Shoji and Godspeed Brewery, the aim of which was to present Czech hops to Japanese microbreweries.
Read more: A promotional event of Czech hops in Fokuoka, Kyushu, Japan
The Craft Brewers Conference and Brew Expo America 2024 (CBC) held in Las Vegas, experienced a true Czech beer and hop show. Alongside the traditional beer expo and conference, representatives from Bohemia Hop, Ambiente (Lokál, Dva Kohouti, Pult), and LUKR CZ organized additional events focusing on Czech beer culture and beer pouring techniques.
According to the report from the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (April 30th , 2024) the hop acreage in the Czech Republic remains almost the same as in 2023. The current acreage is 4,852 hectares, which is only 8 hectares less than last year. There has been a decrease in the acreage of Saaz variety by 60 hectares to the current 3,987 hectares. On the other hand, the acreage of Premiant variety increased by less than 4 hectares to the current 200.5 hectares. The largest increase in acreage was recorded with the Sládek variety, from last year's 410 hectares to the current 450 hectares.
From April 16-20, 2024, the 34th International Beer Festival took place at the Zahrada Čech Exhibition Center in Litoměřice, supported by Bohemia Hop, a.s. The absolute winner of this year's event in the World Beer Seal 2024 category was Pivovar Svijany, a.s., with their Svijanský Baron 15% beer. In the Czech Beer Seal 2024 category, Pivovar Trilobit took first place with their Trilobit light lager.
