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 ...

Go straight to the source for fresh hop beers. Courtesy of Bale Breaker Brewing Company Centrally located in Washington state, the Yakima Valley produces an abundance of apples, cherries, and pears.

Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often used within 24 hours. Access is limited to a roughly six-week window and is often draft-only near hop ...

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 ...

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, ...

Wynkoop Brewing Company is gearing up for the Great American Beer Festival and recently tapped a couple of its rarest but most outstanding beers. Orville is a blend of a couple of unusual beers: a ...

ARLINGTON — Brewing is more fun with friends, especially when it’s a fresh hop. For Cole Rinehardt, owner of Arlington’s In The Shadow Brewing, it’s become an annual tradition during hop season. He ...

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 ...