BdA Harvest Beers, on November 18th the awards ceremony for the competition on craft beers with freshly harvested hops

BEER OF THE YEAR RETURNS HARVEST BEERS, THE UNIONBIRRAI COMPETITORS DEDICATED TO CRAFT BEERS PRODUCED WITH FRESHLY COLLECTED HOPS

The awards event at the Conceited Bar in Reggio Emilia, as part of the Harvest Fest occasion, on Saturday 18 November 2023 at 2.30 pm. There are 2 classifications for the competitors arranged in partnership with the Italian Hops Business, with 3 winning beers for each classification.

The visit with Beer of the Year Harvest Beers is restored, the competitors arranged by Unionbirrai, in partnership with the Italian Hops Business, which rewards the very best craft beers produced with newly collected hops (harvest), whose awards event will be hosted by the Conceited Bar of Reggio Emilia, as part of the Harvest Fest occasion, Saturday 18 November 2023 at 2.30 pm.

In a diverse developing landscape, where the hop supply chain is ending up being progressively crucial, Unionbirrai, in partnership with the Italian Hops Business, concentrates on beers produced with making use of fresh or damp hops. The goal is to boost these beers in the duration that accompanies the harvest of the hops and their fresh usage in production, offering all breweries and beer companies the chance to make their harvest identifies understood at the minute of their optimum expression, sending them to judgment of a jury of specialist cups. Likewise for the 2nd edition of this contest there will be 3 winning beers for each of the 2 competitors classifications, in which the beers are evaluated within 2 groupings attributable to the production of beers with newly collected hops: Fresh Hop Beer (beers defined by utilize of Fresh hops) and Wet Hop Beer (beers defined by the usage of Wet hops).

The strong advancement in the last few years of the sector’s supply chain, of which hops are an essential component and which typically identifies craft beer in a crucial method, has actually motivated this competitors which highly describes the farming nature of craft beer. As constantly, to guarantee optimum openness and severity, the jurors work blindly, without understanding the name of the beer and the manufacturer.

As we get closer to the BdA • Harvest Beers awards event, Unionbirrai is currently considering Christmas and is doing so by introducing the 3rd edition of BdA • XMAS Beers, the competitors that rewards the very best Italian Christmas craft beers and their pairing with panettone, the winners of which will be revealed in December. All details on Unionbirrai competitors is readily available on the site www.birradellanno.it.