NextGen Hops

NextGen Hops: The Future of Canadian Hop

NextGen Hops is a Canadian hops breeding program that was established at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in British Columbia (BC), in partnership with Green Flora Greenhouses and local hops producers. NextGen Hops is a traditional plant breeding program that uses state-of-the-art molecular (DNA analysis), and chemical techniques (HPLC and GCMS), to accelerate the variety development process. BC has a long history of hop cultivation and NextGen Hops utilizes this by crossing locally adapted male hop plants to existing commercial varieties as the foundation of our breeding program.

Moreover, we have transferred heat and drought tolerant traits into our varieties by also using wild hop plants collected from extreme growing environments throughout North America. NextGen Hops is committed to developing unique and improved hops varieties with superior agronomic traits for hops growers, and desirable, novel aromas and flavours for brewers. In short, we develop new hops varieties for British Columbia growers that brewers everywhere want to use!