Yakima Chief Hops (YCH) has announced a new partnership with MacHops, a fifth generation hop farm in Nelson, New Zealand.
Yakima Chief Hops is currently owned by 15 hop growers from across the Pacific Northwest — the heart of America’s hop industry — and they source from a large network of growers.
While the majority is grown in the Pacific Northwest, YCH also offers an array of New Zealand-grown varieties within its portfolio. YCH takes pride in ensuring that brewing customers have access to a wide selection of hops to continue fueling their creativity. In 2021, YCH sourced more than ten hop varieties from New Zealand.
Now, YCH has teamed up with MacHops to supply high-quality New Zealand hops to its customers across the globe (excluding New Zealand and Australia). Located in Nelson, New Zealand, MacHops has been owned and operated by the McGlashen family for the past five generations and is a grower owner of NZ Hops Limited.
“As one of its larger producers, MacHops is proud of its association with the New Zealand hop industry over several generations,” said Brent McGlashen, director at MacHops.
Dedication to excellence
“Our values are ‘passion, respect, integrity and dedication to excellence’. We align strongly with the values of the Yakima Chief Hops grower families, and with each season strive to deliver the highest quality hops to our brewing customers internationally. We are excited to have been recognised for this by YCH, and selected to be their exclusive supplier of hops from New Zealand.”
“I am thrilled at our new partnership with MacHops as it further strengthens our mission of connecting family hop farms and brewers,” said Bryan Pierce, chief sales and marketing officer at YCH.
“This is a unique opportunity to really carry that through for hop farms not just here in the PNW, but on a global scale. It is very special to find another family farm that is as like-minded as our farms here in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and we look forward to the close relationship and ties shared in our unique agriculture product — hops.
“With MacHops’ high commitment to quality, and their own unique family story, we’re excited for this next page of New Zealand Hops and YCH, and what it means for brewers.”
