
“It’s kind of neat to be such a small operation in the bush and to get acknowledged by Molson,” Sartori said, remembering the early days of his business relationship with Molson Coors. It’s good for the stomach or sleeping.”īut a hops farm and a brewery are a match made in heaven “You can make a kind of chocolate with it,” he said. breweries, including Molson Coors, as well as craft beer producers.īut Sartori says there are other uses for the sticky, aromatic cones other than beer. The Sartori hops are used by several B.C.

By the 1990s that was just a memory, but starting in the mid-2000s hops were growing in Chilliwack again. Hops was once the dominant crop in Chilliwack and it brought seasonal work for thousands who would travel to the area at harvest time. Hops is the main ingredient in beer that gives it that signature bitter flavour, especially with craft beer like IPA where it’s certainly a case of the hoppier the better.

He’s chuffed about the reliable quality of his product.

Hops at harvest time at Sartori Hop Ranch, Sept.
