The Terroir of Beer

Photo by Aaron Lynett
Kevin Bailey inspects one of the four varieties of hops growing on-site at the brewery. He also closely monitors the pH level of the soil is as the flowers thrive in neutral to alkaline soils.
Kevin Bailey, hops field manager at Bench Brewing Company in Beamsville, Ont.
Hop vines are trained to grow vertically on a trellis system, since they can reach heights of up to nine metres. Bailey shows off a young hop flower, which when fully matured and dried, will be used for brewing beer.
Bench Brewing Company recently moved into the renovated historic Maple Grove Schoolhouse in Beamsville and now...
.... features a taproom, barrel-aging and wild-ale program, beer garden and kitchen.