By the Scottish Section

Join the CIBD Scottish Section for an online webinar exploring hop sensory science and current challenges surrounding hops. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions and hear directly from two experienced industry speakers.

Tessa Schilaty, Technical Marketing Manager at Yakima Chief Hops, will discuss the current state of hop sensory science. Her session will explore how hop companies use sensory to maintain quality standards, how raw material sensory can support brewhouse operations, and how hop sensory scientists are responding to current industry challenges.

Mattias Sjöberg, Regional Sales Manager for Hopsteiner UK, will discuss the importance of the Hopsteiner breeding programme, the challenges facing growers, and the steps being taken to invest in British hop farming. Hopsteiner founded its breeding programme in the mid-1990s in Yakima and has since worked to develop hop varieties that can withstand climate and disease pressures, produce stable alphas and oils, and deliver a wide range of flavours.

Speakers

• Tessa Schilaty - Technical Marketing Manager at Yakima Chief Hops 
  
  • Tessa Schilaty, originally from Seattle, brings extensive international experience to the brewing industry. She holds an MSc in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Sensory and Consumer Science from Penn State. Currently, she serves as the Technical Marketing Manager at Yakima Chief Hops, focusing on bridging the gap between marketing, and research and development. In her role, Tessa collaborates closely with Yakima Chief Hops' R&D team and brewing partners to design, execute, and document experiments aimed at advancing our collective knowledge of hops and beer flavor. This approach ensures that new product and variety development is closely aligned with what brewers actually want and need. When asked to describe her profession at a dinner party, Tessa describes it as "Drinking beer, but for science."
• Mattias Sjöberg - Regional Sales Manager for Hopsteiner 
  
  • Mattias moved from his native Sweden to Edinburgh to study Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University and has since graduating in 2004 held a number of roles within the industry, including setting up his own microbrewery and working as brewing operations manager at Brewdog in Ellon.
    Since 2024 Mattias is a regional sales manager for Hopsteiner UK and is using his decades of brewing knowledge to help his customers add deliciousness to their beer. 

Why you should attend:

• Gain insight into hop breeding programmes.
• Learn how hop sensory science supports quality and brewing performance.
• Hear about current challenges

Tickets: Free to register.