Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often used within 24 hours. Access is limited to a roughly six-week window and is often draft-only near hop ...

THE thought of autumn and of harvest brings to the mind an image of burdened wealth, — vines heavy with rich fruitage tugging at strained stems, the limbs of overladen trees braced to the season’s ...

In all corners of the Yakima Valley, warehouses rumble, workers rise early and headlights bounce through fields. The smell of hops is pungent as the 2024 crop makes its way from fields to storehouses, ...

Solar panels are mounted on poles above a hops field near Au in der Hallertau, Germany, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Solar panels atop crops has been gaining traction in recent years as incentives and ...

Jeff Perrault, in straw hat, leads a tour of hops fields at Perrault Farms for a group from the Beer Institute on Thursday. YAKIMA VALLEY – The challenges facing the Washington hop farmer are aplenty, ...

Hops in major beer-producing European countries like Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia are ripening earlier and producing less since 1994, scientists found. And, perhaps most alarmingly for the IPA ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Fresh, juicy hops went from the field to the brewery in less than two hours Thursday. The hops were picked and cleaned in the Hop Yard at Bell’s Brewery, 8938 Krum Ave. in ...

A cloud of dust kicked up from the gravel road as Chuck Weaver piloted a six-rotor drone over rows of leafy hop plants at BC Hop Ranch near Woodburn, Ore. About 90 people watched from the ground as ...

When the City of Hillsboro and the Hillsboro Hops agreed to build a second baseball stadium at the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex, the result was an exciting project to bring a new, up-to-date, 6,000 ...

These beers are vibrant, bright, brimming with fresh green flavors, and are only available once a year. Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often ...