Note: Holtwood Hops has suspended its hop cultivation "for the foreseeable future." Hops add bitterness to a beer and balance the sweet malt. They also add a depth of aroma and flavors such as citrus.

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and balance the malty, sweet characteristics in any beer.

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and are what balance the malty, sweet characteristics in ...

One of the most talked about ingredients in the beer brewing process is hops. Some brewing companies, like Hop Valley Brewing Co., take so much pride in their specialized use of this ingredient that ...

Hops in major beer-producing European countries like Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia are ripening earlier and producing less since 1994, scientists found. And, perhaps most alarmingly for the IPA ...

A plant growing for generations on a bottomland farm in Monroe County may be just what's needed to strengthen hops used in beer. "This was a beautiful accident," said Travis Wade, a Bloomington ...

The herbaceous, perennial hop plant is best known as a component of beer that adds a bitter flavor, but it can also be used in nonalcoholic beverages and herbal medicine, and it can be grown here in ...

Inquiring readers might wonder why a teetotaler would purchase this particular vine from among invasive plants. My excuse is that as a beginning gardener, I was very much into herbs, and hops once ...

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and balance the malty, sweet characteristics in any beer.