Jeff Perrault, in straw hat, leads a tour of hops fields at Perrault Farms for a group from the Beer Institute on Thursday. YAKIMA VALLEY – The challenges facing the Washington hop farmer are aplenty, ...

A single-engine Piper Comanche has room in its cargo hold for about a dozen big burlap sacks. Try to stuff in any more, and you’ll crush the precious green blooms inside the bags. But on this warm day ...

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.

MILWAUKEE | Craft brewers eager to capitalize on the local food movement have created a strong demand for hops to flavor their all-local beers, but farms in most states have grown slowly because of ...