Question: Can hops be grown ornamentally? I’d like to try and grow some up both sides of a doorway and across the top. If so, where does one obtain seeds or young plants? Answer: Hops are twining ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS - As craft beer and home brewing continue to rise, interest in growing hops ferments among home gardeners. Shaun Townsend, Oregon State University's hops breeder, said he regularly fields ...

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.

January and February are the months for digging up rhizomes for replanting. Rhizomes also can be planted in deep containers outside or directly in the ground after January. Crosby Hop Farm in Woodburn ...

While some of my friends may turn up their noses, I absolutely love a hoppy beer, especially on a hot day. Here are a few facts about the plant that produces such wonderfully citrusy and bitter ...

With increased popularity of home brewing and a demand for locally grown ingredients, interest in backyard hop production is growing. Primarily used as bittering and aroma agents in beer, hop plants ...

Home brewers looking to produce a few cones – and backyard gardeners seeking a fast-growing ornamental – might enlist a trellis or two. More serious, yet still small-scale, farmers should consider ...

Growing hops in the backyard makes it easier to brew beer at home. (Lynn Ketchum) With craft beer and home brewing becoming more popular, interest in growing hops is fermenting among home gardeners.

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 ...

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.