MILWAUKEE (AP) – Craft brewers eager to capitalize on the local food movement have created a strong demand for hops to flavor their all-local beers, but farms in most states have grown slowly because ...

Not long ago, enthusiasts foresaw a day when many San Diego beers would feature San Diego hops, the oily cones that lend beer numerous enticing flavors and aromas. When the San Diego Hop Growers ...

A single-engine Piper Comanche has room in its cargo hold for about a dozen big burlap sacks. Try to stuff in any more, and you’ll crush the precious green blooms inside the bags. But on this warm day ...

The growth in hop farming is directly related to the explosion of breweries, which numbered just under 200 across the United States 25 years ago, according to the National Brewers Association. As of ...

SABIN, Minn. — It won't be long, and corn and soybeans will come off the fields in our region. On Monday, Sept. 9, near Sabin, another type of row crop was being harvested and headed for a beer near ...

This week I’m going to focus on hops, a main ingredient in beer, specifically the growing and harvesting of hops that is in full speed as you read this column. Hops are the female flower of the hop ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A former Grand Traverse County hops farm has been up for sale for more than a year. MI Local Hops was the largest hops farm and processor east of the ...

As summer bleeds into fall, so does festival season. Why not add in a hop celebration before everything pumpkin and grapes begins? That was the line of thought by the team at TopWire Hop Project, ...

MILWAUKEE | Craft brewers eager to capitalize on the local food movement have created a strong demand for hops to flavor their all-local beers, but farms in most states have grown slowly because of ...