While there are over a hundred types of hop varieties, breeds and/or crossbreeds floating out there in this beer-soaked world of ours, there are about 80 main commercial varieties. Crosby… Read More

Before beer ever reaches a frosty pint glass, the hops in it are often dried. But it’s not so straightforward: Once picked, hops may mildew if not dried within 24… Read More

We can thank the federal government for many of our agricultural innovations. For instance, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has developed more than… Read More

We’re in flight right now to Denver — via zeppelin, of course — and we’re excited about our plans at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America this week. We’ll… Read More

You probably haven’t noticed because you have a life outside the internet, unlike me, but throughout the month of March the Hop Growers of America has been dropping a lot… Read More

I’ll be honest. I could spend most of the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America (CBC) just hanging in the Crosby Hop Farm lounge. A: You’ll see just about every… Read More

Our favorite U.K.-based brewery, Tongham, Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery is building a new hop kiln on the brewery site at Manor Farm because they are hop-growing and beer-brewing bosses that… Read More

The Brewers Association (BA) — the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers — recently announced the recipients of its 2019 Research and Service Grants Program, designed… Read More

Michigan actually used to be a lupulin Shangri-La. Way back in the mid-1800s, hops and cherries were the state’s biggest crops, but the local industry would fade away for a… Read More

The British hop harvest is dramatic, noisy, frenetic and does not last very long. In just a few weeks British hop farms will have completed the harvest of one of… Read More