Hop Trophy tasting panel
All the beers in the Hop Trophy we will be tasted by an independent panel of beer experts. We introduce them to you on this page.
Tina Rogers
Craft beer enthusiast from Rotterdam, blogging since 2017 on 010beerblog about her beer adventures in Rotterdam and far beyond. Texas, Budapest, Manchester or Talinn? Tina has been there to discover the beer culture on the spot. Writes about beer, brewers and everything around it. Judge of the Dutch Beer Challenge, podcast-maker about beer and StiBON - Doemens Diplom-Biersommelier.
Matthias Kopp
Beer lover for a long time, but professional consultant and beer sommelier since 2014. Actually wanted to start a brewery in 2019, but then came Corona. International beer judge, has written various professional articles and appears from time to time as a beer expert on TV and is a presenter in video clips for breweries. To that end, he blogs here and here and has a lively Instagram channel.
Travels internationally to network and learn about the international beer world in all its facets.
Amanda Meijer
Since 2015, Amanda has been blogging on Speciaalbiertjesblog, where she takes you on her beer adventures and hopes you will become as crazy about beer as she has become. Since then, Amanda has described more than 850 beers for her website. She is an editor for beer magazines, took a place on the jury of the Dutch Beer Challenge and is training to become a StiBON - Doemens Diplom-Biersommelier.
Rick Kempen
Professional beer connoisseur, Beer Guru of the Netherlands. His life has been dedicated to beer for over 35 years. Works at Bier&cO, blogs at My Life With Beer. Wrote a standard work about beer and writes regularly for Bier! Magazine and Brouw! Magazine. Also StiBON - Doemens Diplom-Biersommelier and trainer at StiBON. In short: a professional beer expert who has had the pleasure of turning his work into his hobby.
The Hop Trophy is our journey visiting breweries where we take the best hops from European soil. We record our journey on the Hop Trophy page and you can follow our journey on Instagram.
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