{"id":2734,"date":"2026-08-26T19:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hophelden.nl\/blog-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:25:13","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hophelden.nl\/en\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our blog<\/h1>\n\t\t\t

Stories about beer, brewing, our brewers, and everything related to it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t

\ud83d\udcc5 A new story appears here every Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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\n\t\t\tEverything<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeer in the news<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeer brewing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrewery spotlight<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Glazen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeer brewing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Yeast: the tiny little creature that does all the real work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Hops and malt get all the attention, but the little creature that does the real work often remains overlooked: yeast. We explain how\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Verse\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Why one IPA smells like mango and the other like pine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Two IPAs of the same strength can smell completely different. That is almost never due to the malt and almost always to the hops:\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Beer with food: three pairings that always work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Wine with food is a habit, beer with food is a discovery. With three simple principles and a few concrete\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Bruine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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This is how you store craft beer without it losing its flavor.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Light, heat, and time all do something to your beer, and not always for the better. Why brown glass exists, which beers\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Twee\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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Struuk Beer from Ewijk: six beers that all start with Ons<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Ons Japie, Ons Gabbertje, Ons Coolio. The beers from Struuk Bier in Ewijk, Gelderland, bear names as if they were family members. Behind\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeer in the news<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Hague wants to abolish the small brewer tariff: what that means for small brewers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Cabinet plans to abolish the reduced excise duty rate for small breweries as of January 1, 2027. It yields little for the Treasury\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Which glass goes with which beer?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Why does the same beer sometimes taste just a little better from a different glass? We explain which glass to use for wheat beer, tripel, IPA and\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Bospolder Brewery: brewing with what the Westland has to offer<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Marko and Andr\u00e9 Penning brew in Honselersdijk with what the Westland has to offer: bell peppers from neighbor Voort Horticulture, grapes from Kwintsheul\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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IBU, EBC, and %: why does this beer taste the way it tastes?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Zoek je in onze webshop een nieuw flesje uit, dan zie je onderin altijd drie cijfertjes staan: een IBU, een EBC en…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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