5 Rights: R.J. Whitlow, owner and head brewer at 5 Rights Brewing, always wanted to brew a fresh hop beer with Simcoe hops. This year he finally got the opportunity.

The first beer he made at home What I was craving was hops. I've always been a hop head. ... When I came here, I don’t think Lakefront or New Glarus even had an IPA.

The beer-tour business in Madison has been good for the founders of Hop Head Beer Tours, so the company is expanding to the east. Justin Schmitz and Filipe Moreira founded their company in 2010 by ...