Breaking Brews with Shan Ferments
Shanleigh ThomsonBreaking Brews - your digest of the latest in hops and beer science. Shanleigh Thomson condenses and demystifies emerging research and news, brewing it into easily digestible and enjoyable reads. Stay ahead of the beer curve with Breaking Brews!
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Summer Research Recap & El Dorado
El Dorado went into the ground as a bittering hop. The pear and watermelon it is known for now sat outside the original target completely, and CLS Farms went from one experimental acre to twenty seven the following year once they saw what w...
Research Recap: June & July 2026
Seven papers published or indexed across June and July cover hop aroma over shelf life, thiol release timing, hop oil chemistry, carbonation engineering, and two studies sitting squarely in the non alcoholic category. Read together, most of...
Terroir Tuesday Week 23: El Dorado
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Introduction
Every hop in this series so far has a documented parentage or an institutional breeding program behind it, Crystal from USDA Corvallis, Hallertau Blanc from Hüll, Fuggles as a Kentish landra...
The Crop Check, and the Hop That Should Be Extinct
If a hop you rely on keeps swinging on price or supply, the national acreage number won't explain it. It barely moved this year. Washington shed about 900 acres, Idaho picked up almost 800, and the map redrew underneath a total that looks f...
Hallertau Blanc and Why the Bag Lies
If Hallertau Blanc has ever let you down, the problem is probably timing, not the hop. Most of its geraniol is locked up as geranyl acetate, and only active yeast releases it. Cold dry hop it and you get the quiet version of a hop that was...
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Shanleigh Thomson, founder of Shan.Ferments, blends her passion for craft beer & education to create an inclusive brewing science platform.
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