Bitburger - Grünhopfenbier

Shortly after the hop harvest, Bitburger launches a special and strictly limited beer specialty on the market: Bitburger Grünhopfenbier is brewed with freshly harvested cones of Cascade aroma hops from Hopfenhof Dick in the Southern Eifel Nature Park. “Our green hop beer is something very special, if only because it can only be brewed once a year during the hop harvest,” says Nele Gänz, Head of the Bitburger Versuchsbrauerei. “The flavor depends largely on the growing conditions of the hops, which is why a beer beer has a different character every year.” Together with other employees of the brewery and hop farmer Andreas Dick, she picked the hops early in the morning and immediately afterwards, together with her team brewed the Bitburger green hop beer. Freshly harvested hops must be processed quickly, otherwise it loses its aroma: “Bitburger is in the fortunate “Bitburger is in the fortunate position of having a hop garden in close proximity that we can process the hops so freshly.”