Hops are taking shape on the vines they grow from in New Zealand. While the hop harvest is months past in the northern hemisphere, it is coming up down under, where growers strip their vines in ...

Six clusters of hops vines grow outside the Yakima headquarters of John I. Haas. The company is one of just a few large-scale hops distributors in the Yakima Valley, and part of the Barth-Haas group, ...

Smash beers (single malt/single hop) have taken over many a taproom, with St. Louis’s Schlafly brewpub being no exception. The concept is to highlight flavors with the core ingredients, helping raise ...

YAKIMA – Whether your brew of choice is Budweiser or Bale Breaker, there are few places on Earth where you can sip a cold pint knowing the flavors came from a farm just down the road. That’s a point ...

Don’t tell Eric March that Germans lack a sense of humor. He’s reduced Bavarian farmers to helpless laughter, merely by mentioning San Diego’s hop crop. “I’ve had German hop growers laugh me out of ...