MUNICH — Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

The 2025 hop harvest yielded exciting new varieties, with vibrant tropical and fruit-forward aromas that appeal to modern brewers. Hop breeding programs are shifting focus from bitterness toward ...

Workers at Alexander Valley Hops, east of Healdsburg, brought in their hop harvest on Thursday. The harvest involves gathering 20-foot-long bines — the climbing stems of hop plants — and then feeding ...

U.S. hops production increased 2% to 104 million pounds in 2023 despite a 10% drop in acreage, according to the USDA. That’s due in large part to more plantings in Washington and Idaho of high alpha ...

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 ...

A crew collects 125 pounds on the Lucky Lab's back porch that now are in the new brews By JOHN FOYSTON The Oregonian Portlanders are eagerly forging new connections with the land that feeds them, beer ...

A sweet and calming aroma filled the air in front of Steamworks Brewing Co. on Wednesday morning as a mobile hop harvester stripped cones from vines. The harvester rumbled as the tines removed the ...

Inside the 2025 hop harvest and the experimental varieties brewers are most excited about. The 2025 hop harvest yielded exciting new varieties, with vibrant tropical and fruit-forward aromas that ...

For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a reporter and editor. He is the co-owner and editor of All About Beer. On-air he hosts the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast, the ...