About Us
 A HISTORY OF QUALITY
New Zealand Hops Ltd is a grower-owned company based in Nelson, New Zealand. Hops have been grown in this region for more than 150 years and co-ordination of the industry was facilitated with the inception of the New Zealand Hop Marketing Board in 1939. The company has supported a professional plant-breeding programme since the 1950s and, in 1986, became the first country in the world to commercially produce hops from triploid hop cultivars in response to international brewers' demand for seedless hops.
A DECADE OF DEVELOPMENT
During the last decade, the breeding programme of new hop cultivars has focused on the development of quality aromatic hops utilising traditional European noble hop cultivars for selected development. Commercial production of selected aroma cultivars has been a major factor in the most recent growth of the New Zealand hop industry. This is reflected in the demands by international brewers for these quality aroma hops, with their reliable yields of alpha acid.
FANTASTIC RESULTS
New Zealand Hops Ltd is able to offer a range of hops with interesting aromatic properties providing the brewer with the dual benefits of both pleasant aroma and economic bittering. New Zealand hops have been used in a number of International prizewinning beers and are also used as the cornerstone hop in many major brands.
 THE ENVIRONMENTALLY PURE DIFFERENCE
The favourable growing conditions for hop cultivation and strict quarantine regulations in New Zealand minimise the reliance on applications of chemical pesticides and fungicides and, as such, can be broadly considered spray-free. New Zealand Hops Ltd is also able to offer a range of completely organically produced and certified hops.
HARVESTED FOR PERFECTION
New Zealand hops are harvested in late February and March of each year. During drying, hot water radiators are the source of heat, thereby ensuring the hops stay free from any contamination by exhaust gases. The dried hops are pelleted at our own facility near Nelson and hop extracts are produced at our modern supercritical CO2 extraction facility, Extract Solutions Ltd, situated adjacent to the hop pelleting plant.
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