United States hop acreage strung for harvest in 2024 is down 18 percent from 2023, according to a report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Although the beer industry has been ...

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 ...

Idaho hop growers, second only to Washington, faced a challenging year with unusual weather affecting harvest timing.

We are still in the midst of a craft beer revolution here in the U.S. The movement champions smaller, more local breweries, but the beer itself is often characterized by a specific ingredient: hops.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hops are the key ingredient that turn beer into beer. If you want to be an expert, here's what you need to know. Food & Wine / ...

When brewing an IPA, especially a West Coast IPA, there are endless hop varietals to choose from. The most common are Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Mosaic, Simcoe, Galaxy, El Dorado, Amarillo, and ...

WATER, malted barley and hops. It is the classic recipe for the world’s favourite intoxicant. According to a law declared in 1516 in the German state of Bavaria, a place that likes to see itself as ...

This column was first published Aug. 24, 2020. It has been updated to reflect the most recent data on hop production.