Author: Adam Janata

On Tuesday 26th of August, we had the honour to welcome representatives of Heineken, who came to see the hop gardens and harvest at TOP HOP GROUP.

On Thursday 21st of August hop harvest 2025 at TOP HOP GROUP has begun. The first farms that started harvesting were CHMEL PODLESÍ and Petrohradská.

Last week we had the honour to welcome representatives of the Japanese brewery Suntory, who came for garden checking just before the harvest begun. Apart from hop gardens, we also visited production facilities of PREOL in Lovosice.

At the end of this year’s hops processing season, most of TOP HOP and V.F. Humulus teams set out for a joint teambuilding that took place in the legendary Budweiser Budvar, the last remaining Czech national brewery. And it wasn’t just an ordinary brewery visit – we received a full brewery tour that turned out to be a 5-hour experience full of new insights, flavours and inspiration.

Central institute for supervising and testing in agriculture (ÚKZÚZ) published the current hop acreage for upcoming season 2025.

Last week, we were delighted to welcome representatives of Sapporo Breweries, our very close partner, who arrived for a General Meeting of V.F. Humulus. Apart from the board meeting, our guests also paid a visit to Cinke gardens in Žatec, the place where we cultivate new hop plants.

Dear business partners, on behalf of the TOP HOP GROUP, we would like to invite you to join us from 26th to 28th of November at this year’s BrauBeviale 2024 in Nürnberg.

We had the honour to receive a large delegation of representatives from one of the most important Japanese beverage producers, the company Suntory Spirits Ltd., who came to our production plant in Hořesedly.

In the beginning of September, we participated in one of the many projects organized by Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, as part of the Czech exposition at international food trade fair Fine Food Australia in Melbourne.

The first farm from TOP HOP GROUP to start the harvest 2024 were Zemědělská společnočnost Blšany and TUFA Tuchořice.