The Pacific Northwest is the mecca of hop breeding. Oregon, Washington and Idaho grow 97 percent of the hops in the United States. For more than 100 years, Oregon State… Read More

The Brewers Association has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to fund public hop breeding for the purpose of developing and releasing disease resistant… Read More

For as abundant as hops are (and there’s possibly too many of them now) they sure are a fickle, expensive undertaking for growers. Plus, we have to wait for harvest… Read More

In September 2015, Hogs Back Brewery harvested the first hops from its own hop garden on a 3.5-acre plot adjacent to the brewery, bringing the traditional but near-extinct Farnham White… Read More

Crosby Hop Farm has been a grower, merchant and processor for five generations. Its 350-plus acres of hop yards in Woodburn, Ore., are home to nine hop varieties, including sustainable… Read More

We noted that there is potentially a big hop surplus problem on the way, but for Ska Brewing, when life hands you too many hops, make a fruity, juicy, hop-bursting… Read More

Last year, I was out at the hop harvest too. This year, I had a baby. Pfft. Anyway, last year Founders Brewing Co. Brewmaster Jeremy Kosmicki was also out at… Read More

Farming is a delicate balance of supply and demand, and there’s been nothing delicate about the aggressive growth of craft beer over the last decade. That growth has put great… Read More

Epic Brewing has a new series of New England-style IPAs debuting this month that caught our eye. We also like how honest they are about the hop explosion contained within.… Read More

A spontaneous sex change has caused eyebrows to be raised at the Hogs Back Brewery located in South England’s Surrey. The culprit is a Farnham White Bine hop plant which… Read More