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 ...

Colorado may not be the best-known hop growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose took the top accolade ...

The Dauenhauer hop picker is a hulking piece of machinery, standing 36 feet tall and comprising a maze of hooks, screens and conveyer belts. Crosby Hop Farm of Woodburn recently finished installing ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOXEE — The annual hop harvest is underway at CLS Farms near Moxee, and over the next month it will involve several hundred workers, around-the-clock effort and the near-constant hum of machinery and ...