There are some fields so vast that they seem to stretch beyond the horizon. The long rows, punctuated with tall trellises that coax miles and miles of bright green hops (Humulus lupulus) skyward, are ...

Have you ever wondered how beer is made and what ingredients are used in this most refreshing beverage? One key element is hops — a cone-shaped flower of the plant (Humulus lupulus) in the ...

Ian Birkett, in black, his dad Joe Birkett (in glasses) and Fletcher Bach operate Square Nail Hops Farm in Ferrisburgh. One day late last fall, Ian Birkett was hiking in the Northeast Kingdom when he ...

The explosion of craft brewing across the globe has created an insatiable demand for hops - the fragrant green flowers that impart beers with those distinctive, crisp, bitter flavors. Colorado State ...

Have you ever wondered what those unusual looking vines are growing on some Canyon County farms? They’re probably hops, which supply a growing industry of microbreweries here in Idaho. Garden master ...

COOPERSVILLE, MI - For the owners of Pure Mitten Hops, raising the flower where the art of brewing beer begins involves a marriage of hand labor, imported equipment and family. On a recent afternoon, ...

The 2019 American Hop Convention, held in January in Monterey, California, was part agriculture conference and part old-home week. Almost all of the nation’s beer hops—and roughly 40 percent of all ...

PARMA, Idaho — Have you ever wondered what those unusual looking vines are growing on some Canyon County farms? They’re probably hops, which supply a growing industry of microbreweries in Idaho. Hops ...