Only four ingredients are needed to make modern beer: water, malted grain (in most cases, barley), hops, and yeast. Just by manipulating these four elements, a skilled brewer can produce any of 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 University of Florida is making strides in crafting alcohol; more specifically, a method for growing hops despite Florida's incompatible climate. Through the use of greenhouses, researchers at ...

Have you ever wondered how beer is made and what ingredients are used in this most refreshing beverage? One key element is hops — a cone-shaped flower of the plant (Humulus lupulus) in the ...

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 ...

ELMIRA, Ore. (AP) - Out on a former cattle ranch in the foothills of the Coast Range, Norman Vidoni has taken a great leap - or maybe that should be hop - of faith. A dedicated home brewer with no ...