On a special Breaking News edition of Beer is a Conversation, we chat with Cryer Malt’s David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins, Vice President of Sales for North and South America for Yakima Chief Hops about the announcement that Cryer Malt is the new distribution partner for the US hop supplier.

Listeners will know from our many conversations with Jason Perrault and other representatives of Yakima Chief Hops that Bintani has been the company’s Australian partner. The sale of a major interest in Bintani to US-based Rahr Corporation led to a contract dispute between the two partners. While now settled, Yakima Chief Hops has now partnered with Cryer Malt in Australia.

Matt Kirkegaard discusses the background to the change with David Cryer and Ryan Hopkins and finds out what the partnership means to both company’s and also to Australian brewers.
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