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Last week we took part in the Drinktec 2025 trade fair in Munich, which took place from 15th till 19th of September 2025. As always, it was a great experience for us.

On Monday 8th of September we took part in the Hop Grower Event organised by Asahi. During our part of the programme, we took our guests to see our low trellis hops constructions, irrigation reservoirs as well as meteorological station that forms part of the FOR HOPS project, which is organised by Pilsner Urquell/Asahi.

The whole brewing community worldwide, including the largest multinational brewing groups, is eagerly waiting for this year’s harvest results. That’s why we had the honour to welcome the representatives of Molson Coors Beverage Company and show them how the grand finale of the current crop 2025 looks like at TOP HOP GROUP.

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.

Like every year, the hop growing community celebrated St. Lawrence day on August 8th in Kounov. We did not miss the chance to take part in this traditional event.

TOP HOP GROUP would like to invite you to the trade fair drinktec 2025, which takes place between 15th and 19th of September 2025 in exhibition centre Messe München, Germany.

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.

We had the honour to welcome yet another international delegation of brewers from USA, Canada and Australia, alongside Agricultural Diplomat Filip Lameš from Embassy in Ottawa and Milan Vagner, Economy and Trade counsellor from Embassy in Canberra.

In April we welcomed a group of students from Czech University of Life Sciences, department of Agroecology and Crop Production, who are the participants of the course “Hop growing” at, currently the only of it’s kind in the country.

Between 7th and 10th of April 2025 we travelled to Armenia in order to visit craft and industrial breweries and represent TOP HOP during a trade mission organised by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic and Czech Embassy in Yerevan.

This week we welcomed a group of Kazakh and Kyrgyz brewers in Hořesedly. Yet another trip organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic brought a group of professionals with an interest in Czech brewing supplies as well as hops and malt. The visitors represented six Kazakh and Kyrgyz breweries.

During 26th till 28th November 2024, TOP HOP team participated at this years BrauBeviale 2024 in Nürnberg. This convention, one of the largest of it’s kind, attracted crowds of like minded people from all around the world, all with one aim – meet and share insights from what we all love, the beverage industry. For us it was a great opportunity to represent Czech values, traditions and our broad experience from the area of hops growing, processing and trade.

As part of an official trip of the Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Mr. Marek Výborný to Turkey and Serbia in November 2024, we met with representatives of beer brewing and agricultural sectors of these two countries.

In October 2024 the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic together with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Kenya organized a beerbrewing business mission to Nairobi, and we did not miss the chance to represent Czech hops in Africa.

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.

TOP HOP GROUP, the current leader in hop growing in the Czech Republic, is continuing in it’s expansion. We are happy to announce, that we just concluded an acquisition of a new farm, the company LUPOFYT s.r.o., which owns and manages 1817 hectares of arable land and 83 hectares of hop gardens!

Last week we had the pleasure to welcome a Vietnamese delegation consisting of representatives of Habeco as well as distributors of brewing supplies. This visit was organized by Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic as part of their projects of economic diplomacy.

Recently we welcomed a group of Brazilian brewers and brewing supplies distributors at our production plant in Horesedly. This visit was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic as part of their economic diplomacy programme.

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.

Beginnings of this innovative method of hop growing comes from the UK, where it’s become quite a popular method of hop growing. These constructions are only 3 meters tall as opposed to the standard 7 meters construction.

Hop research in Destnice near Saaz has had a long tradition since the time of Dr. Karel Osvald, and our team from V.F. HUMULUS is proud to continue in his legacy.

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

We celebrated Saint Lawrence, who is the patron of all hop growers, on Saturday August 10th!

TOP HOP participated at this year’s Craft Brewer’s Conference in Las Vegas.

We’re not waiting what the weather prepares for us, we adapt to the changing climate.

We welcomed a group of American and Canadian brewers at our processing plant in Horesedly as well as representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.