MUNICH — Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

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 ...

Workers at Alexander Valley Hops, east of Healdsburg, brought in their hop harvest on Thursday. The harvest involves gathering 20-foot-long bines — the climbing stems of hop plants — and then feeding ...

U.S. hops strung for harvest this season are forecast at 44,543 acres, an 18% drop compared to 2023, according to a new USDA report. “Our industry is certainly entering a really challenging period of ...

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