PARTNER ZONE START COOPERATIVE PRODUCTS QUALITY AND SAFETY WORK CENTERS NEWS Start Our products Cereals Vegetables Hop Fertilizers Phytosanitary Seeds Diesel Hardware store Catalogue Get to know our new online catalog Links Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs. Government of La Rioja. Ministry of Agriculture. Sigpac La Rioja. Time. La Rioja Meteorological Stations. Centers Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón Briones Villar de Torre Castildelgado Contact address Cooperativa Garu Ctra. De Logroño, Km. 43 · 26250 Santo Domingo De La Calzada (La Rioja) 941 341 582 info@cooperativagaru.com © Cooperativa Garu 2013 All rights reserved

PARTNER ZONE START COOPERATIVE PRODUCTS QUALITY AND SAFETY WORK CENTERS NEWS Start Products Hop What is it? The flowers of the hop plant (also called cones or pine cones) contain yellow glands inside them. These glands are filled with a resin called lupulin, which is the active ingredient that brewers look for in hops. Hops give the beer its characteristic bitter taste and aroma. In 1994 an agreement was signed between Sociedad Cooperativa GARU, S. Coop and the Sociedad Anónima Española de Fomento del Hops to develop the crop, since in previous tests it was shown that it was a profitable crop and suitable for the climate in the area. Plantations A member of the Cooperative has two plantations of 7 hectares in the municipality of Cirueña, for which the Cooperative has: a towed combine harvester a peeling machine a drying machine an elevator conveyor belts a press, where the hop flowers are bagged once processed. Links Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs. Government of La Rioja. Ministry of Agriculture. Sigpac La Rioja. Time. La Rioja Meteorological Stations. Centers Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón Briones Villar de Torre Castildelgado Contact address Cooperativa Garu Ctra. De Logroño, Km. 43 · 26250 Santo Domingo De La Calzada (La Rioja) 941 341 582 info@cooperativagaru.com © Cooperativa Garu 2013 All rights reserved