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NZ 2025 Hop Harvest Report available

NZ 2025 Hop Harvest Report available

After wrapping up a very successful harvest we have published our inaugural harvest report. As well as covering harvest outcomes and estimated NZ industry volumes, this report aims to give...

Harvest '25 Wrap Up

Harvest '25 Wrap Up

Harvest 2025 has wrapped up! We had the best team and facilities working so hard together to deliver hop products of exceptional quality at rapid pace. Huge thanks to all...

Matthew Cuthbert joins Clayton Hops

Matthew Cuthbert joins Clayton Hops

We are thrilled to introduce Matthew Cuthbert as our Australian Sales Manager. With over 15 years of experience in the brewing industry, Matthew is excited to bring his knowledge and...

Choice Az! The Rise Of Kiwi Hops

Choice Az! The Rise Of Kiwi Hops

This article by The Crafty Pint highlights the great things going on in the New Zealand hop industry including production at major scale, innovative formats and new hop varieties. We...

A Milestone...

A Milestone...

A milestone was marked this week at Clayton Hops as we planted our first selected exclusive hop for commercialization from our partnership with The New Zealand Institute for Plant and...

Beer Hug Amplifire

Beer Hug Amplifire

Beer Hug always do a great job of serving up new and unique offerings to craft beer drinkers. Their latest box is a collection of beers made with our Amplifire™️...

Innovation Award Winners!

Innovation Award Winners!

We were thrilled to be awarded the highly coveted Morton Coutts award for Innovation for our Amplifire TM advanced hop product range at the recent NZ Beer Awards, hosted by...

David Sipes Announcement

David Sipes Announcement

We are very pleased to announce the addition of David Sipes to our team as National Sales Manager in the US. David is a senior level brewing industry professional with...

Update - November '23

Update - November '23

It has been a full-on couple of months for the team at Clayton Hops - global travel, churning out Amplifire™ Hop Oil samples, finishing the installation of our new cryogenic...

Products that will make a whole lot of noise....

Products that will make a whole lot of noise....

Introducing our new and exciting range of advanced brewing products, designed to boost flavour, aroma and beer yields. At Clayton Hops, our mission is to inspire brewers with exciting, efficient...

Update - July '23

Update - July '23

Our first season of producing T90 pellets in our state of the art processing facility is complete and the installation of our cryogenically concentrated pellet system is underway. We have...

Exclusive, new hop varieties

Exclusive, new hop varieties

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Plant and Food Research. This will enable us to develop and evaluate six advanced selections from the Plant & Food Research...

Update - April '23

Update - April '23

Our biggest harvest to date has concluded - with solid yields, the new on farm facilities cranking and great sensory feedback from many amazing visitors from here and around the...

Update - Dec '22

Update - Dec '22

New people, new facilities, and soon to be a new year. Catch up on the year that was. Read more

Update - March '23

Update - March '23

Harvest is in full swing and the crop is looking and smelling great. Read the latest from the midst of harvest. Read

End of Clayton Hops 2022 Harvest

End of Clayton Hops 2022 Harvest

Here is a brief update on the end of Clayton Hops 2022 harvest. Our 2022 harvest was a massive effort made possible with our team of 140 staff, 4 farms,...

Harvest 2022 Update

Harvest 2022 Update

We are pleased to report that we are on-track for a nice hop harvest. Harvest started in late February and will finish late March. The general consensus across the industry...

Hop Aromas

Hop Aromas

Ever wondered about the different hop aromas? It’s incredible to see all the different aromas that hops impart into beer. Hops really are a hero of the craft beer world....