Colorado brewers are a proud bunch, proud of their beer, of their profession and of their state – which is why many of them have made small batches of beer that use only ingredients made or grown in ...

The Northwest is famous for pioneering the art of craft beer. Today we get a closer look at what goes into creating a key ingredient in brewing--hops! For more information about their hops, visit the ...

A commercial hops processing facility planned for Loudoun County could have a big impact on Virginia’s rapidly growing craft beer industry, according to Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The governor’s office ...

Centrally located in Washington state, the Yakima Valley produces an abundance of apples, cherries, and pears. Perhaps more importantly for beer lovers, it’s also a critical agricultural area for ...

In this Sept. 18, 2009 photo, Seth Somerville poses with some of the organic hops in the field where he grows them on his farm in Oxford, Iowa. Somerville, 25, says he is one of the few, if not the ...

Stretching skyward like mythical giant beanstocks, hops climb steel-supported trellises in the chaparral and oak-wooded hills east of Clearlake. Fifty years after the last commercially grown hops ...

The Empire Hops Festival is no more. But don’t despair beer enthusiasts, it’s expanded into the Empire Hops and Harvest Festival, emphasizing the connection between beer and foodstuffs. Ten area ...

Northwest Indiana's craft beer industry has become so big that it now supports local hops farms, which have been growing to keep up with demand. Howe Farms, in Winfield, and Cone Keepers Hop Yard, in ...