hops

GMO Yeast Mimics Flavors Of Hops, But Will Craft Brewers Bite?

7:35pm April 04, 2018

by Alastair Bland

Some beer-brewing scientists have developed a genetically modified yeast that produces the same hoppy aromas and flavors beer drinkers like, without the hops. But some craft brewers are skeptical.

Hops internodes growing in a Petri dish in the SUNY Cobleskill biotech lab.

Can Science Change The Mildewed Fortunes Of New York Heritage Hops?

10:59am October 24, 2017

by Lela Nargi

Hops helped make vast fortunes for 19th century farmers and brewers in New York state before a mildew blight ushered in their demise. Now, undergrads hope to develop mildew-resistant heritage hops.

Sunn O)))'s Greg Anderson (center) mugs with brewers from Right Proper, Stone and Pen Druid to make "Soused," a beer inspired by the drone-metal band's collaboration with Scott Walker.

Music & Culture

Maximum Hops Yield Maximum Results: Making Beer With Sunn O)))

11:03am April 11, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Scott Walker and Sunn O)))'s collaborative record Soused, a dark and wild leap into the metallic abyss, has inspired a collaborative beer by the same name. What does that beer taste like?

Ignacio Nicolas Campillo, director of a hops production facility in northern Spain, peels apart the flower of the hops plant, to reveal yellow powder inside. The powder is used to make beer.

No Bitterness Here: Craft Beer Boom Boosts Spain's Hops Growers

4:41pm December 15, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

When Germany halted exports in WWII, Spanish brewers asked farmers in a town in northern Spain to plant hops. Now, the town produces 99 percent of the country's hops used by the craft beer industry.

Queue Listen Now

"What will get people to try our mead? If we can make it closer to a beer, that might help," says Andrew Geffken, co-owner of Charm City Meadworks in Baltimore, Md.

National

This Modern Meadery is Making Honey Wine Hip — With Hops

1:15pm August 04, 2016

by Carolyn Beans

A Baltimore-based meadmaker is going after the beer-drinking demographic by adding a new ingredient to this old-timey honey-based drink: hops.