Sugar Creek Hops To Open First Hops Processing Facility Of Its Kind In Central Indiana

We ran into Spencer Gray, president of Sugar Creek Hops LLC, at the Craft Brewers Conference a couple of weeks ago. The farm is a family owned and operated hop farm and supply company located along picturesque Sugar Creek in fertile Boone County, Indiana. The Gray family comes from a long line of farmers producing everything from corn and soybeans to peaches and sugar cane. On top of all that coolness. Gray had even bigger news.

Sugar Creek Hops is set to open the first hops processing facility of its kind outside the traditional hop growing regions of the United States this August, said Gray. The new facility will include a custom engineered pellet mill designed specifically for the purpose of processing hops in a way that preserves volatile acids and essential oils, the key components that add bitterness, aroma and flavor to your lovely beer.

Sugar Creek Hops sources and brokers hops grown around the world in addition to operating the largest hop farm in Indiana. Sugar Creek Hops currently works with more 150 breweries located throughout the United States and abroad and has experienced double digit growth since opening their distribution facility last spring. This new facility will allow Sugar Creek to process hops from the raw dried cone into pellets, which are used by the vast majority of craft brewers… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT CRAFT BREWING BUSINESS