According to the official report from the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture issued on December 2, 2025, total hop production in the Czech Republic in 2025 reached 6,909 tons, which ranks it among those slightly above average.
This fall, a beer resulting from a joint effort by the breweries Budějovický Budvar and Bila Shaka was introduced in Kenya, where our sales manager Tomas Roubik represented Bohemia Hop company. Czech Mates, a Czech-style lager brewed at the Bila Shaka brewery in Kenya under the supervision of the brewers from both breweries using decoction brewing, is a successful endeavor. The outcome is very satisfying because the beer, thanks to double mashing, gains a fuller body, and due to 100% hopping with the Saaz hop variety supplied by Bohemia Hop, it has a typical delicate hop aroma of Czech lagers and a higher bitterness for the local market (around 28 IBU). This bitterness precisely completes the overall impression of the lager and provides very pleasant drinkability.
Read more: Successful Kenyan Collaboration CZECH MATES with Czech Hops!
From September 15 to 19, 2025, we took part in the international DRINKTEC trade fair in Munich—one of the most prominent events in the beverage industry. Our company was proud to host its own exhibition booth, where we showcased our services and products to a wide range of industry professionals.
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.
