Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often used within 24 hours. Access is ...

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 noon to ...

It’s that time of year again in the beer world — hop harvest season! Hops are the flowers of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, used in brewing for bittering beer as well as adding flavor and aroma. Late ...

Beer is brewed with dried hops due to the flower’s extremely short shelf life. But during the three-week harvest season in Oregon (generally between mid-August and mid-September), brewers have the ...

FRESH HOP BEERS are somewhat analogous to Beaujolais nouveau wines in that they’re the freshest possible beer you can get. The Northwest is basically the Beaujolais region of the hops world. What ...

Late summer is prime time for hopheads and foodies to obsess over the Pacific Northwest’s bounty. Plump and juicy heirloom tomatoes fill market stands and seasonal menus with vibrant colors and rich, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Beer lovers, rejoice: It’s fresh hop season for many Pacific Northwest-favorite breweries. Most hops used in brewing are dried. But thanks to the agriculture of the Willamette ...

Fresh Hop Ale Festival organizers expected about 4,000 people last year and got more than 5,000; this year they're ready for as many as 7,500. "We are hop mecca," said Joe Nation, co-chairman of the ...

Rendezvous Brewing in Hackensack, MN brews a special small batch seasonal beer with fresh hops from Grant Goltz (see season 14, episodes 11 & 12). The fresh hops impart a different flavor, likened to ...

You can see it in customers’ eyes when they walk into the brewery and scan the beer list. A twinkle arrives when they land on a small green sign next to the beer name and style: “fresh hop.” Starting ...