Klophop, our own hop grass — vandeStreek

from garden to festival

Klophop is more than just a hop plant. It's a community.

What started in the Klopvaart City Garden grew into a national network of hop farmers. People with a garden, balcony, or facade who share one goal: to grow fresh hops for our annual Klophop beer.

Join In!
Every spring, hops are super easy to propagate. So: share your plant, give away a cutting, or start one yourself. That way, we'll continue to grow Klophop together throughout the Netherlands.

Want to join in?
1. Request cuttings in the Hop Farmers WhatsApp group
2. Share your growth updates there
3. Come to the joint harvest at the brewery on September 12 & 13.

During the harvest festival, we'll pick all the hops together, of course with a good glass of beer in hand. From your hops, we will brew a Fresh Hop beer in October: a refreshing, hoppy blonde beer with undried hops, straight from plant to kettle.

On October 17, at the Fresh Hop Fest, this beer, along with many other fresh hop beers, will be on tap.

So Klophop is not just any beer or hop variety. It's your hops. Your harvest. Our shared moment.

Become a Hop Farmer. Join the propagation. Join the harvest. Join the tasting.

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GROWING...

Throughout the entire growing season from May to September, we help all Klophop farmers turn their cuttings into a mature hop plant full of Klophop cones (the hop flowers used to brew beer). Learn useful tips and tricks for your hop plant or visit our hop garden and hear from our hop farmer what you can do best.

Download the guide below, which explains in detail how to best grow your hop cutting into a hop plant. And as a hop farmer, we would also like to invite you to the special hop farmer WhatsApp group!

... AND HARVEST!

Every year in September, the traditional hop harvest month, we celebrate the most enjoyable and
important part of the project: the harvest festival! Everyone brings their hop plant to the brewery where we, together with all the hop growers, pick the hops. Of course, while enjoying a nice beer. From all the collected hops, we eventually brew the Klophop beer. A beautiful hoppy blonde beer that you all helped create!

This year's harvest festival is on September 12 & 13!

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From Klophop to Fresh Hop Festival

That love for fresh hops doesn't stop at just one beer. Klophop also sparked the idea for the Fresh Hop Festival: a festival where everything revolves around fresh hops, the harvest moment, and beers you can only taste once a year.

Every autumn, brewers, beer lovers, and hop fanatics gather to celebrate Fresh Hop at the largest Fresh Hop Festival in the Netherlands, held at our brewery.

The Fresh Hop Festival 2026 is on October 17th!