Mike Sheerin, consulting chef at Three Floyds Brewpub and chef-owner of the yet-to-open restaurant the Trencherman, challenged his brother Patrick Sheerin, executive chef at the Signature Room at the ...

Hops – what a marvelous discovery when they were first used to brew beer. It is the perfect plant match for the chore. Hops are primarily used to balance the sweetness of the malted barley, add ...

Mathias Schuetz with the NextGen Hops program in a greenhouse in B.C.'s Fraser Valley where potential new varieties of hops optimized for the B.C. climate are being grown. (Abel Rosado - image credit) ...

Hops yards are rare in Nebraska. Monte and Sondra said they know a few backyard hops growers in central Nebraska, but the nearest they know of is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln hops yard near Sutton ...

Chemically, hops contain more than 100 different compounds, including substantial amounts of flavonoids, acids, resins, and protein. 4 One group of acids, referred to as alpha acids, are responsible ...

Hops — the little buds that give beer its bitter kick — are widely studied for their ability to stunt bacterial growth and disease. The ability to synthesize hops could help scientists generate ...

For many men, a finding by Oregon researchers sounds too good to be true: An ingredient in beer seems to help prevent prostate cancer, at least in lab experiments. The trouble is that you'd ...

As many beer lovers know, making your own brew in the comfort of your home is becoming more and more popular. But as one Michigan family recently learned, brewers need to make sure their pets don't ...

Two of the Steeles’ three adult sons, Michael and Noah, balanced on top of the scaffolding Sunday, cutting the hops-entwined rope as Monte slowly pulled them between the rows with his tractor. They ...