Colorado may not be the best-known hop growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose took the top accolade ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado may not be the best-known hop growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat ...

Colorado may not be the best-known hop-growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose, Colorado, took the top ...

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 ...

MOXEE -- On a small patch of land here at Roy Farms, where hops typically climb a long strand of twine on their journey to harvest, an experiment is under way to see if a shorter trip over plastic ...

MOXEE — The annual hop harvest is underway at CLS Farms near Moxee, and over the next month it will involve several hundred workers, around-the-clock effort and the near-constant hum of machinery and ...

Most people know the Willamette Valley for its pinot noir, but there’s another kind of vine that grows in abundance and produces a key ingredient in one of Portland’s favorite beverages: beer. Drive ...

A single-engine Piper Comanche has room in its cargo hold for about a dozen big burlap sacks. Try to stuff in any more, and you’ll crush the precious green blooms inside the bags. But on this warm day ...