Whether your pint of choice was brewed down the street or thousands of miles away, there is a high chance its hops were ...

During hop season in September, you can try a special with hops sprinkled right on top of the finished pie. Pair it with a fresh hop beer from a local brewery for the ultimate experience.

Food & Drink Life Lifestyle Try these 5 Seattle bars for fresh hop beers Oct. 5, 2023 at 10:00 am Updated Oct. 5, 2023 at 10:00 am ...

Most hops used in brewing are dried. But thanks to the agriculture of the Willamette Valley, plenty of local breweries feature special seasonal beers that use fresh-picked hops that aren’t dried.

Two excellent fresh-hop hazy IPAs (Orange Whip and Fresh Cut) I drank at Fortside Brewing (2200 N.E. Andresen Road, Suite B, Vancouver) inspired me to spend a week visiting local taprooms to get a ...

For hops that are not used fresh from the bine, many are dried and packaged in mylar bags to ensure freshness. These are called whole cone hops, and they often add a robust aroma and flavor to a beer.

LOUISVILLE ‒ UnHitched Brewing Co. is getting ready to celebrate fresh hop beer. The brewery and restaurant, 115 S. Mill St., is hosting an all-day beer festival called the Fresh Hop Fest from ...

Fresh-hop beers are a once-a-year tradition only feasible in the Northwest due to its proximity to the Yakima Valley, where nearly 75% of the country’s hops are harvested.

Schlafly celebrates the hop harvest with its annual Fresh Hop Beer Festival noon to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 26, at Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue) in Maplewood.

Windmills Brewery in the Grandscape area of The Colony will host North Texas Fresh Hop Festival on Oct. 29. In its inaugural year, this festival celebrates beers brewed with fresh hops.

Hop harvest marks the start of fresh (or wet) hop beer season. To recap, fresh hop beers utilize recently harvested (within ~36 hours), unprocessed whole hop flowers in the brewing process.