Oregonian

Gardening basics: Dig up hops plants now for home brewing later

Hops grow at Oregon State University's hop yard in Corvallis. (Lynn Ketchum) With craft beer and home brewing becoming more popular, interest is fermenting among gardeners in backyard hops. Oregon ...
Oregonian

Fungus-free hops for better beer: Gardening basics

Fermentation science students learn about the flavors and aromas of hops.jpg Oregon State University fermentation science students learn about the flavors and aromas of hops. Flavors and aromas can ...
Statesman Journal

If you can control it, hops a nice vine, even if you're not a brewer

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 ...
Press-Telegram

CRAFT BEER CORNER: Beer 101: Basics Of Hops

My love affair with beer began in 1988 or ’89 with my first sip of Ken Grossman’s deliciously hoppy and now famous Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The Corona, Pabst, Lucky Lager, Schaefer and Coors that had ...
The Bulletin

Hop chemist Francis Lloyd Rigby helped brewing basics

YAKIMA, Wash. — Francis Lloyd Rigby, a hop chemist and pioneer in the industry that produces the bitter flavoring for beer, has died at age 89. Rigby died Saturday at his Yakima home. Rigby began ...