For almost a decade, Company Brewing in Riverwest has been asking neighbors to bring in hops to help them brew a special beer. The annually released Riverwest Backyard Hops beer uses any assortment of ...

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. Wouldn’t ...

The startlingly intense, vibrant green aroma of fresh hops is enough to make any beer lover’s knees buckle. The culprit is lupulin, a yellow pollen lookalike produced in the cone-shaped hop flower.

The beginning of fall means the onslaught of seasonal flavors, from pumpkin spice lattes to apple cider – but for beer lovers, it’s also fresh hop season. Hops are the flowers of the hop plant that ...

These beers are vibrant, bright, brimming with fresh green flavors, and are only available once a year. For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a reporter and editor.