When brewing an IPA, especially a West Coast IPA, there are endless hop varietals to choose from. The most common are Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Mosaic, Simcoe, Galaxy, El Dorado, Amarillo, and ...

While it might seem complex to anyone who has never brewed their own beer, at its essence, beer is made of only a handful of ingredients. To brew beer, all you need are water, a grain (most often ...

Samuel Adams has released a trio of India pale ales that play around with different hop varieties to make for an interesting "research" session. Rebel IPA was first introduced last year and is the ...

Picking up a handful of Amarillo hops and taking a whiff should give you the unmistakable smell of fresh oranges, like peeling a clementine. But you may also, depending on when the hops were harvested ...

Most Portland fresh-hop beers were hitting taps as we were going to press. Still, some eager beavers managed to release beers in time for our reviewers. Note: Part of the magic of fresh-hop beers is ...

This week I’m going to focus on hops, a main ingredient in beer, specifically the growing and harvesting of hops that is in full speed as you read this column. Hops are the female flower of the hop ...