Hops are the key ingredient that turn beer into beer. If you want to be an expert, here's what you need to know. Food & Wine / Hopsy / Dziggyfoto / Getty Images Hops have fueled the modern beer ...

But without hops, your beer would be devoid of any floral, piney, earthy aromas and flavors. The post Bitter, citrusy, piney: ...

Hops are an essential ingredient in beer brewing and an important economic crop. The female flowers of hops are covered in ...

This past September, Portland’s Breakside Brewery was conducting a strange experiment. Brewers had just returned from a field a half hour south with a sack full of freshly-picked hops. To fully access ...

Hops bring two key attributes to beer: bitterness and aromas. Some hop-driven styles have a medium or pronounced bitterness ...

Animal and cell studies suggest that consuming hops could provide a range of health benefits, but human studies are sparse. Hops plants provide beer with its signature taste and aroma, and studies in ...

Hops are the key ingredient that turn beer into beer. If you want to be an expert, here's what you need to know. For more than 20 years John Holl has been covering the beer industry as a reporter and ...